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Appalling leadership

Rod Murray, Ocean Shores - 0
While the PM spins and avoids transparency and the foreign minister prefers to yell abuse to take up time and never gives a straight...
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Byron Echo

Jo Immig’s article

Ian Blair Hamilton, Byron Bay - 0
I am looking at Jo Immig’s article in last week’s Echo, where she said the reasons human have been successful as a species is...
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Byron Echo

Nationwide Olympics

John Dobinson, Brisbane - 0
A 2032 Olympics update: Queensland’s credit rating has been downgraded from AA+ to AA by S&P Global Ratings (Standard and Poor’s) which influences the...
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Byron Echo

Deaths from military conflict

Stephen Williams, President, Mullumbimby RSL Sub-Branch - 0
Whilst the Mullumbimby RSL Sub-Branch acknowledges the death of Zomi Francom as tragic, so too are the deaths of all civilian and military personnel...
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Byron Echo

SRV and traffic lights

Liz Levy, Suffolk Park - 0
Amongst the many correspondents understandably aghast at a second 35 per cent SRV, last week we were told that traffic lights would be ‘absurd’...
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Byron Echo

Ill-gotten gains

T Sharples, Tweed Heads - 0
As the American President Trump stuffs up the world and stuffs his pockets with money, Australia’s homegrown hard-right-wing, Trump-loving Pauline Hanson has been stuffing...
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Byron Echo

Trump corruption

John Scrivener, Main Arm - 0
The swamp of corruption surrounding the Trump administration makes its predecessor’s shenanigans in Ukraine look like amateur hour. Trump’s personal net worth has surged...
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Byron Echo

Development? Where now?

Terry Hand, Mullumbimby - 0
So Cr Michael Lyon (Facebook, 17 September) has indicated that he no longer supports housing development for the 57 Station Street car park and...
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Byron Echo

Good governance

Cr Elia Hauge, Myocum - 0
How we work with community matters. Two items at Thursday’s Council meeting cut to the heart of that relationship: our loss of community trust,...
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Byron Echo

60-day cap?

Julia Allen, Byron Bay - 0
Where is the enforcement of Byron Shire’s 60-day Airbnb cap? During the community debate over short-term holiday letting in Byron Shire in March 2023, I...
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Cartoons

Cartoon of the week – 23 September, 2026

The Echo - 0
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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Entertainment News

Interview with Finn Ress – keyboardist, composer and producer

The Echo - 0
A new music and arts festival is coming to the Northern Rivers, with Bangalow set to host the inaugural Dingo Music & Arts Festival across four days from 8 to 11 October.
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Entertainment News

Prost, Byron! Oktoberfest is back

The Echo - 0
Grab your steins and throw on your lederhosen, Stone & Wood is doing Oktoberfest properly this year.
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Entertainment News

Byron Ballet’s 20th Anniversary Nutcracker

The Echo - 0
After a successful season performing with the Victorian State Ballet in Beauty and the Beast, dancers from the Byron Youth Ballet Company are preparing to take the stage once more – this time for their own production of The Nutcracker.
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Entertainment News

The Whitlams Return to Rock Island

The Echo - 0
The Whitlams are coming to the Hotel Brunswick on Friday, 2 October for the first show of the Return to Rock Island tour. The band is revisiting its favourite rock venues down the East Coast, where long, sweaty nights formed the bedrock of The Whitlams’ reputation as a memorable force in the Australian live music scene.
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Entertainment News

Greasing up Bright Lights

The Echo - 0
Bright Lights senior musical theatre troupe is proud to present Grease for their 2026 musical production.
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Entertainment News

Animals reveal a human story at BBFF

The Echo - 0
Animals take an unexpected starring role in the newly revealed program for the 20th Byron Bay International Film Festival, with filmmakers from Australia and around the world using our relationships with animals to explore some distinctly human questions.
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Byron Echo

2026 annual Senior Basketball Carnival

The Echo - 0
The 13th annual Senior Basketball Carnival was held last week, 11 to 13 September at Byron’s Cavanbah Sports Centre with teams attending from all...
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Byron Echo

Byron takes top spots in Sydney’s U16 Bridge to Beach

The Echo - 0
Three young surf lifesavers from Byron Bay Surf Lifesaving Club (BBSLSC) have produced an outstanding result on Sydney Harbour, claiming all three podium positions...
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Byron Echo

Byron Netball finishes epic season on a high

The Echo - 0
Buffy Gall Byron Bay Netball Club has wrapped up an outstanding season with premiership glory, strong junior results and a growing group of young players...
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The Good Life

Byron Farmers Market is growing young farmers

The Echo - 0
Last year Byron Farmers Market launched a Young Farmer Sponsorship Program to support and encourage a new generation of farmers, and the inaugural recipients...
Read more
Byron Echo

Appalling leadership

Rod Murray, Ocean Shores - 0
While the PM spins and avoids transparency and the foreign minister prefers to yell abuse to take up time and never gives a straight...
Read more
Byron Echo

Jo Immig’s article

Ian Blair Hamilton, Byron Bay - 0
I am looking at Jo Immig’s article in last week’s Echo, where she said the reasons human have been successful as a species is...
Read more
Byron Echo

Nationwide Olympics

John Dobinson, Brisbane - 0
A 2032 Olympics update: Queensland’s credit rating has been downgraded from AA+ to AA by S&P Global Ratings (Standard and Poor’s) which influences the...
Read more
Byron Echo

Deaths from military conflict

Stephen Williams, President, Mullumbimby RSL Sub-Branch - 0
Whilst the Mullumbimby RSL Sub-Branch acknowledges the death of Zomi Francom as tragic, so too are the deaths of all civilian and military personnel...
Read more
Byron Echo

SRV and traffic lights

Liz Levy, Suffolk Park - 0
Amongst the many correspondents understandably aghast at a second 35 per cent SRV, last week we were told that traffic lights would be ‘absurd’...
Read more
Byron Echo

Ill-gotten gains

T Sharples, Tweed Heads - 0
As the American President Trump stuffs up the world and stuffs his pockets with money, Australia’s homegrown hard-right-wing, Trump-loving Pauline Hanson has been stuffing...
Read more
Byron Echo

Trump corruption

John Scrivener, Main Arm - 0
The swamp of corruption surrounding the Trump administration makes its predecessor’s shenanigans in Ukraine look like amateur hour. Trump’s personal net worth has surged...
Read more
Byron Echo

Development? Where now?

Terry Hand, Mullumbimby - 0
So Cr Michael Lyon (Facebook, 17 September) has indicated that he no longer supports housing development for the 57 Station Street car park and...
Read more
Byron Echo

Good governance

Cr Elia Hauge, Myocum - 0
How we work with community matters. Two items at Thursday’s Council meeting cut to the heart of that relationship: our loss of community trust,...
Read more
Byron Echo

60-day cap?

Julia Allen, Byron Bay - 0
Where is the enforcement of Byron Shire’s 60-day Airbnb cap? During the community debate over short-term holiday letting in Byron Shire in March 2023, I...
Read more
Cartoons

Cartoon of the week – 23 September, 2026

The Echo - 0
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.
Read more
Entertainment News

Interview with Finn Ress – keyboardist, composer and producer

The Echo - 0
A new music and arts festival is coming to the Northern Rivers, with Bangalow set to host the inaugural Dingo Music & Arts Festival across four days from 8 to 11 October.
Read more
Entertainment News

Prost, Byron! Oktoberfest is back

The Echo - 0
Grab your steins and throw on your lederhosen, Stone & Wood is doing Oktoberfest properly this year.
Read more
Entertainment News

Byron Ballet’s 20th Anniversary Nutcracker

The Echo - 0
After a successful season performing with the Victorian State Ballet in Beauty and the Beast, dancers from the Byron Youth Ballet Company are preparing to take the stage once more – this time for their own production of The Nutcracker.
Read more
Entertainment News

The Whitlams Return to Rock Island

The Echo - 0
The Whitlams are coming to the Hotel Brunswick on Friday, 2 October for the first show of the Return to Rock Island tour. The band is revisiting its favourite rock venues down the East Coast, where long, sweaty nights formed the bedrock of The Whitlams’ reputation as a memorable force in the Australian live music scene.
Read more
Entertainment News

Greasing up Bright Lights

The Echo - 0
Bright Lights senior musical theatre troupe is proud to present Grease for their 2026 musical production.
Read more
Entertainment News

Animals reveal a human story at BBFF

The Echo - 0
Animals take an unexpected starring role in the newly revealed program for the 20th Byron Bay International Film Festival, with filmmakers from Australia and around the world using our relationships with animals to explore some distinctly human questions.
Read more
Byron Echo

2026 annual Senior Basketball Carnival

The Echo - 0
The 13th annual Senior Basketball Carnival was held last week, 11 to 13 September at Byron’s Cavanbah Sports Centre with teams attending from all...
Read more
Byron Echo

Byron takes top spots in Sydney’s U16 Bridge to Beach

The Echo - 0
Three young surf lifesavers from Byron Bay Surf Lifesaving Club (BBSLSC) have produced an outstanding result on Sydney Harbour, claiming all three podium positions...
Read more
Byron Echo

Byron Netball finishes epic season on a high

The Echo - 0
Buffy Gall Byron Bay Netball Club has wrapped up an outstanding season with premiership glory, strong junior results and a growing group of young players...
Read more
The Good Life

Byron Farmers Market is growing young farmers

The Echo - 0
Last year Byron Farmers Market launched a Young Farmer Sponsorship Program to support and encourage a new generation of farmers, and the inaugural recipients...
Read more
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Coercive control incidents rise across Northern Rivers

Paul Bibby - 0
Recorded incidents of coercive control have increased across the Northern Rivers in the second year of NSW’s new coercive control laws, with 30 incidents recorded in the Richmond-Tweed region since the offence came into effect.
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Local News

New laws set to influence local live music scene

The Echo - 0
New NSW laws designed to support live music venues have been passed months after Byron Shire Council abandoned plans for a Special Entertainment Precinct in Byron Bay.
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Local News

Shark drone operator rescues six-year-old at Lighthouse Beach

The Echo - 0
A shark surveillance drone operator at Ballina’s Lighthouse Beach has found himself carrying out a very different kind of rescue after spotting a six-year-old boy struggling in the surf.
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Red alert issued for potentially toxic algae at Lake Ainsworth

The Echo - 0
People are being warned to stay out of Lake Ainsworth at Lennox Head after testing detected high levels of potentially toxic blue-green algae.
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