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November 9, 2026

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Green Heroes among 2026 NSW Environment Award winners

The NSW Environment Awards, hosted by the state’s leading environmental advocacy organisation, Nature Conservation Council NSW, was recently held at Customs House in Sydney.

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Third person dies after Suffolk Park crash

A 70-year-old woman has died in hospital after a three-vehicle crash at Suffolk Park last weekend, bringing the death toll to three.

Chumps: certain fools

I noticed in a recent edition of The Echo what I regard as the most enduringly relevant of the...

Remembrance Day 2026: 11am, 11 November

It is estimated that in WWl there were 20 million dead and 20 million injured. From a population base...

Make a SHIFT and support women at risk of homelessness

The Small SHIFT: I Will Survive event where seven women, spanning seven decades, tell their story in seven minutes, is back for the fourth year running on Thursday, 5 November.

New Tweed Heads Hub backed by $3.8 million commitment

The newly opened Veteran and Family Hub at Tweed Heads will be backed by a renewed $3.8 million commitment from RSL NSW to sponsor veteran and family services, delivered by partner charity RSL LifeCare.

‘Go-ahead’ not positive

So the NRPP unanimously approved the controversial 57 Station St development after more than 2,500 signatories were against it. Those...

Bravo David Morris on underlining the furphy of Byron Bay having a ‘unique culture’. What a sham of a claim – used to beguile, and believed by the credulous. When used as a statement of fact it does my head in. (This view from a resident whose family settled here over 150 years ago).

Another thing that does my head in is the Greens mayoral candidate for the next Byron Shire Council (BSC) election promoting herself as ‘distinctly collaborative’ and anti ego-driven politics. Sounds good, and it may be on her own wish-list, but again I have to say it’s a sham of mammoth proportions.

I earnestly, and I repeat earnestly, tried to work with Sarah on Council for five years. Others may have a different opinion but after this experience I have to say that I found her to be at the top of my list of non-collaborative, ego-driven grandstanders I have had the misfortune to engage with – and I’ve been on countless committees and forums in my career as a senior public educator.

Jan Hackett, Byron Bay



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Remembrance Day 2026: 11am, 11 November

It is estimated that in WWl there were 20 million dead and 20 million injured. From a population base of fewer than five million,...

Love books? Join Friends of the Library

Friends of the Libraries, Byron Shire are looking for some fresh, new, younger faces to join the group and help keep it moving forward.

Racehorses shot for pet food by NSW breeder

Thirteen thoroughbred horses deemed no longer useful, have been destroyed with eight horses destroyed by firearm at Berkeley Park Stud.

Byron Bay Surf Lifesaving Club youngsters shine

Two young members of Byron Bay Surf Lifesaving Club have delivered outstanding performances at the Paddle NSW State Sprint Championships, held at the Penrith International Regatta Centre over the weekend.