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Young motorbike rider killed in Lismore

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Byron Council signs MoU with Homes NSW

Byron Council has formally partnered with Homes NSW in a bid to accelerate social and affordable housing projects across the Shire, with the former Mullumbimby Hospital site identified as a key priority.
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Byron EchoJo Immig - 0

No man is an island

What is it with billionaires and islands? Donald Trump wants to resurrect the notorious prison island of Alcatraz to house ‘America’s most ruthless and violent offenders’. Perhaps subconsciously he is preparing his future island residence.  The sordid Epstein network is divided into those who did and did not travel to Epstein Island where, undoubtedly, heinous crimes occurred.
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Articles & ColumnsDavid Lowe - 0

Pauline at the Press Club, and on Planet Gina

Last week Australia had a glimpse of what life might be like under Prime Minister Pauline Hanson, via two speeches, one in Canberra and one in Townsville.
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Cartoons of the week – 24 June, 2026

The Echo loves your letters and is proud to provide a community forum on the issues that matter most to our readers and the people of the NSW north coast. So don’t be a passive reader, send us your epistles.
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NSW budget and the Northern Rivers

The Minns government says it's handed down a budget which locks in major funding for North Coast health infrastructure, alongside targeted cost-of-living relief designed for regional households and disaster recovery, as locals continue to face higher costs.
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LettersLouise Doran, Ocean Shores - 0

Economics of rail trail

Byron Shire and the North Coast is one of the fastest-growing regions on NSW’s east coast with millions of...
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No Small Thing: NRCF Women’s Giving Circle event, Murwillumbah

Cheek Media founder, Hannah Ferguson, will headline a panel of prominent women leaders at the Regent Theatre in Murwillumbah next Thursday, in an event the organisers say brings, 'the kind of line-up you'd usually travel to Sydney for' to the Northern Rivers.
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A 30-year-old man has reportedly died after a motorbike crash in East Lismore on Sunday night.

Police on Monday morning said they were called to Ballina Road in East Lismore around 7.40pm Sunday in response to a motorcycle having left the road and crashed into a tree.

Officers carried out CPR on the 30-year-old male driver before he was treated by NSW Ambulance paramedics but said he died at the scene.

Police are asking anyone with information or dashcam footage to contact Crime stoppers on 1800 333 000, with officers to prepare a report for the Coroner.

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Local News

26-room Mullum seniors hostel on exhibition

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A proposal to build a 26-room seniors hostel in Mullumbimby is back on the table, after being rejected by Byron Shire Council in December 2025.
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Schools Roadshow heads to Lismore

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The Rivers Secondary College Lismore High Campus will host 80 principals and public school leaders from across the North Coast and New England on Friday 26 June as part of the 2026 Schools Roadshow.
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Editorial

Could you be a better councillor?

Aslan Shand - 0
I had the opportunity to speak to the NSW Reconstruction Authority (NSW RA) last month. One of the matters I brought up was the proposed 57 Station Street, Mullumbimby development. It was clear that the only ‘community feedback’ they would be listening to supported housing development on that site.
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Letters

Discursion on ‘reserve’

Robert Podhajsky, Ocean Shores - 0
Reserve is a word with many meanings. What is the Reserve Bank of Australia? Does it have a ‘reserve’? Reserve means: To keep back or...
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Appeal to locate missing woman

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E-bikes destroyed by police in Tweed

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Bird flu reaches Western Australia

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H5 avian flu has officially arrived in Western Australia, first discovered days ago in a dead migratory seabird near Esperance (700 km south-east of Perth), and since found in numerous other birds.
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Remembering Pete Woolnough with song

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It is with great sadness that the community heard the news of the death of Peter Woolnough.
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