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ReSolve Global: making renewable energy truly sustainable

David Lowe - 0
The Northern Rivers has enthusiastically embraced rooftop solar since it was invented. Now a locally established initiative is tackling the other end of the problem: what happens when the panels come down?
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Local News

57 Station Street public meeting moved

The Echo - 0
A motion for Byron Shire Council to tell Landcom it was withdrawing support for the 57 Station Street affordable housing project was lost on Mayor Ndiaye’s casting vote at Council’s ordinary meeting on 17 September.
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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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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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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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Local News

Volunteer for Bruns-Byron VRA

The Echo - 0
VRA Brunswick-Byron is inviting adults across Byron Shire to join the local volunteer rescue team during a recruitment campaign running during September.
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Democracy does not equal liberalism

iden Grandsimon - 0
In recent years, democracy seems to be taking sides. In political commentary, opinion columns, or even conversations with friends, after each major election, there appears to be a preferred ‘democratic’ candidate.
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Editorial

Does Byron’s bum look too big?

Aslan Shand - 0
Byron Shire Council charges more for residential rates, farmland rates, water, sewer, and waste when compared to Ballina, Lismore, Clarence and Richmond shires. Only Byron’s business rates are lower.
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Time to create a new politics

Catherine Cusack - 0
Climate change is happening faster than we thought and Australia is set to fall well short of its 2030 renewable energy target of 82 per cent.
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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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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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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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Local News

A natural burial and conservation site for Byron Shire

Rebekah O’Flaherty - 0
For many people in Byron Shire, caring for the environment is not simply something we do; it is part of how we live.
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Local News

Community rallies in support of Bangalow Bowlo

The Echo - 0
Over 1,000 people rallied on Saturday in support of the Bangalow Bowlo and returning it to community hands, 11 months after Norths Collective closed the Bowlo.
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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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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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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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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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Local News

2026 Mother’s Day planting – take two this Sunday

The Echo - 0
The Brunswick Valley Landcare’s annual Mother’s Day planting is now going ahead this Sunday, 27 September from 9am to 12 noon at 6 Durrumbul Road, Main Arm, Bundjalung Country.
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Mandy Nolan’s Soapbox: Lets Talk About Dementia

Mandy Nolan - 0
This week is Dementia Action Week. Some of its purposes are to raise awareness, reduce stigma and build understanding. We don’t talk about dementia because it scares us.
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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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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 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 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...
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The Good Life

Cin cin to Spritz-ember at Pixie

The Echo - 0
Prawn linguine and a $13 spritz? Say less. All month long, Pixie Italian is celebrating Spritz-ember, with $13 Aperol, Campari, Hugo, and Limoncello Spritzes pouring...
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Local News

Swap the classroom for the trenches?

The Echo - 0
History teachers from the Northern Rivers are being encouraged to apply for the new NSW History Teachers Anzac Scholarship, designed to send a history...
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Local News

The Pocket Road to close later this month

The Echo - 0
The Pocket Road will be closed for several months from 28 September to repair a culvert originally built in 1960.
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Local News

Challenge of mobile market wash stations

Aslan Shand - 0
Byron Shire Council (BSC) introduced the mobile market wash stations in 2024 as they looked to phase out single-use food and beverage packaging at events held on Council-managed land.
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Local News

Take the time to make a difference

The Echo - 0
The Mullumbimby Anglican Op Shop is calling out for volunteers in their shop on Mullumbimby’s main street.
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Local News

Tyagarah’s slow and gentle treasure – from their hive to your home

The Echo - 0
When Michael Howes left Sydney in the mid-1990s, he wasn’t chasing a business. He came north to visit a friend, got lost somewhere in the ranges, fell for the country and stayed. He started keeping bees in 1996...
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Local News

Friendly pooches up for adoption

The Echo - 0
Stone & Wood are teaming up with Willow Tree Sanctuary and a whole lot of friendly dogs who are looking for their forever homes this Saturday, 19 September at the tasting room in Byron Bay from 11am to 2pm.
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Philosotree

Karin Kolbe, Suffolk Park - 0
If a tree is planted on a dune, but there’s no social media post to announce it, did it really get planted? Karin Kolbe, Suffolk Park  
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Byron Echo

Just a thought

Anthony Plesko, Broadwater - 0
Once upon a time Billy Shakespeare wrote... ‘The world is a stage and we are all but actors playing a role.’ What would he write today? Today’s...
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Olympics: a national event

John Dobinson, Brisbane - 0
The 2032 Olympics need to be managed by the federal government, a major financial contributor to the multi-billion dollar project, because the Queensland state...
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Better stories

Trevor Syme, Bridgewater - 0
David Lowe, as always, tells it how it is. Clearly the Pacific Forum overlooked any number of things. Upsetting. The emphasis on military scenarios...
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Local News

ReSolve Global: making renewable energy truly sustainable

David Lowe - 0
The Northern Rivers has enthusiastically embraced rooftop solar since it was invented. Now a locally established initiative is tackling the other end of the problem: what happens when the panels come down?
Read more
Local News

57 Station Street public meeting moved

The Echo - 0
A motion for Byron Shire Council to tell Landcom it was withdrawing support for the 57 Station Street affordable housing project was lost on Mayor Ndiaye’s casting vote at Council’s ordinary meeting on 17 September.
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Lifestyle News

Australia’s .au domain just cracked the global top ten

Sponsored content - 0
When Verisign published its latest Domain Name Industry Brief for the first quarter of 2026, one line in the country-code rankings stood out.
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Local News

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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