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Man killed in car crash near Coffs Harbour

A 76-year-old man died when the car he was driving crashed about 35 kms northwest of Coffs Harbour last Friday afternoon, police said.

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Action needed on affordable housing and land banking say regional city Mayors

Regional Cities NSW mayors have called on the state government to take action on the worsening housing crisis outside of Sydney as they call for affordable housing and a way to stop developers land banking.

Connection?

Is there any connection between a five-star resort that is about to build holiday apartments and houses a kilometre...

Floodplain Mullumbimby

Mullumbimby is a floodplain. Every time we have a heavy downpour I am up and down through the night,...

Fridays4Forests demonstration outside Justine Elliot’s office

About thirty citizens gathered outside Richmond MP Justine Elliot’s South Tweed office on Friday to draw attention to the...

Voices of those with memory loss to air in new Bay FM doco series

One in twelve Australians past the age of 65 are said to be living with dementia yet their stories are rarely heard.

Cartoon of the week – 13 March, 2024

The letters deadline for The Echo is noon Friday. Letters longer than 200 words may be cut. The publication of letters is at the discretion of the letters editor.

Sue (Surname withheld), Ocean Shores

To the men who think they own the women and children in their lives, and feel they have the right to manipulate, bully, threaten, and physically injure or murder them, your actions will have a permanent and damaging impact on your vulnerable partner and children. If your life and relationship are not working for you, don’t blame your family and make them pay. Your frustration is not their fault or their responsibility to fix.

As a survivor of domestic violence I would like to recommend that if a woman has been brave enough to seek help for domestic violence, then she has just put herself and her children at much great danger, and this should send a red alert that they need immediate and long-term protection from a dangerous perpetrator of domestic violence.

Until this is enforced we will continue to sadly see children losing their mothers and mothers losing their children


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