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June 24, 2026

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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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Gambling harm recognised by Tweed Council, supported by Wesley Mission

Faith-based, not-for-profit organisation providing community services in NSW, Wesley Mission, has welcomed Tweed Shire Council’s decision to publicly recognise the impact of gambling harm and advocate for stronger harm-minimisation measures.

Putting their money where their mouth and conscience is

Climate action group Rising Tide say they will disrupt business at Tweed City ANZ today, as local long-term customers withdraw their life savings from the bank.

Early childhood educators to receive 15pc pay rise

The federal Labor government says it is investing a further $3.6 billion over the next two years to lock in the historic 15 cent pay rise for early childhood educators.

Helping hands create strong communities

Volunteering fosters meaningful connections and Pottsville Beach Neighbourhood Centre creates a shared space where people from all backgrounds and circumstances gather.

Men’s XV: Byron Shire Rebels vs Lismore

The Rebels Men’s XV put in a dominant attacking display of rugby to see off Lismore 42-17, racking up...

Mullum water supply, a new twist

Debates on the future of Mullumbimby’s water supply took a new twist at Council’s meeting on 18 June. The latest...

Thank you Nicole for your letter in last week’s Echo, expressing exactly what almost ALL Jews in Australia are feeling re the lack of leadership, cowardice and incompetence of the Albanese government as well as the blind one-sided bias, especially from the ABC, SBS and the Greens that simply must have contributed to where we are today.

People love dead Jews, they express the shock and how sorry they are for what has happened in Bondi, yet it’s business as usual with their ridiculously biased Jihadi supporting rhetoric continuing in the same breath.

Throwing money at us to build higher walls around our children and communities and changing gun laws are not the solution, they are just a coward’s way of kicking the can down the road. Radical Islamists also want to kill non-radical Muslims as can be seen yet again with the Muslim hero who risked certain death and disarmed one of the blood thirsty terrorists at Bondi, only to now have to live in fear from Islamic extremist assasins for the rest of his life? Wake Up!

Danny Wakil, Billinudgel



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Appeal to locate missing woman

Police are appealing for public assistance to locate a woman missing from the Kempsey area.

Citizen science last line of defence for threatened species

Native forest logging is again in the spotlight in NSW, following Monday night’s Four Corners investigation into Forestry Corporation NSW’s failure to protect nationally endangered species.

Site confirmed for future high school at Pottsville

The NSW government says it has secured a site for a future high school in Pottsville, delivering on its commitment to future-proof public education for the growing Tweed community in the Northern Rivers.

Eleven winners at Byron Bay Herb Nursery

The Byron Bay Herb Nursery continues to create constructive pathways to achievement with twelve students from Byron Bay Herb Nursery’s disability support program recently graduating with a Certificate II in Horticulture.