Local News
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Local Brazilians call residents to action over Amazon fires with Sunday protest
Members of the Byron Shire's Brazilian community are organising a silent protest to express their distress and anger over the devastating fires raging in the Amazon rainforest.
2 days ago | Paul Bibby | 2 Local News -
Terragon fire being treated as suspicious as RFS continues to protect homes
Paul Bibby A bushfire threatening homes on Kyogle Road near Terragon may have been deliberately lit, according to the Rural Fire Service (RFS). As RFS workers undertook back burning over night to protect properties, RFS spokesperson James Morrison said the... Read More →
2 days ago | Paul Bibby | 2 Local News -
Butler St Reserve to be retained for recreation, markets
Byron's Butler St Reserve will be spared from major commercial development after Council voted to take this option off the table.
2 days ago | Paul Bibby | 3 Local News -
Down goes the Dong – Byron Council votes to decommission roundabout sculpture
Just eight months after its striking edifice first emerged from the Bayshore Drive roundabout, the 'Disco Dong' has been consigned to annals of history by Byron Council.
2 days ago | Paul Bibby | 24 Local News
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Local Brazilians call residents to action over Amazon fires with Sunday protest
Members of the Byron Shire's Brazilian community are organising a silent protest to express their distress and anger over the devastating fires raging in the Amazon rainforest.
2 days ago | Paul Bibby | 2 -
Terragon fire being treated as suspicious as RFS continues to protect homes
Paul Bibby A bushfire threatening homes on Kyogle Road near Terragon may have been deliberately lit, according to the Rural Fire Service (RFS). As RFS workers undertook back burning over night to protect properties, RFS spokesperson James Morrison said the... Read More →
2 days ago | Paul Bibby | 2 -
Butler St Reserve to be retained for recreation, markets
Byron's Butler St Reserve will be spared from major commercial development after Council voted to take this option off the table.
2 days ago | Paul Bibby | 3 -
Down goes the Dong – Byron Council votes to decommission roundabout sculpture
Just eight months after its striking edifice first emerged from the Bayshore Drive roundabout, the 'Disco Dong' has been consigned to annals of history by Byron Council.
2 days ago | Paul Bibby | 24 -
Bruns surf club redevelopment approved by Byron Council
After more than a decade of lobbying and fundraising, the Brunswick Heads Surf Lifesaving Club has had its $3.8m redevelopment approved by Byron Council.
2 days ago | Paul Bibby | 0 -
Police vehicle and suspect’s sedan burn on M1
The issue of police pursuits always raises the question of safety for police staff, those being chased and the general public.
3 days ago | Echonetdaily | 0 -
Fires fighters near UKI prepare for afternoon wind change
The New South Wales Rural Fire Service are currently attending properties on Kyogle Raod near Terragon. RFS staff and volunteers are responding to reports of a large column of smoke 6km south-west of Uki. Aircraft have been sent to assist... Read More →
3 days ago | Eve Jeffery | 0 -
New GM for Byron Community Centre
Byron Community Centre has appointed the former head of a sizeable fundraising and philanthropic organisation to be its new general manager.
3 days ago | Paul Bibby | 0 -
Lismore tip fire extinguished after 10 days
A fire that had been smouldering at the Lismore Recycling & Recovery Centre for about 10 days, was finally extinguished yesterday by Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) with the assistance of Lismore City Council staff
3 days ago | Echonetdaily | 1 -
Recycling your thingies with KNAG
The Lismore Knitting Nannas Against Gas (KNAG) are on a mission to recycle every bit of tiny plastic they can, to help save the land, air, and water for the kiddies.
3 days ago | Eve Jeffery | 2 -
Every choice you make makes a difference
The climate crisis and equity are the two issues that are the focus of the Homeward Bound program that is bringing together 100 women from the areas of science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and medicine (STEMM) this year.
3 days ago | Aslan Shand | 0 -
Be careful on the coast
Wind and swell have both been high in recent week and Surf Life Saving NSW says that the next few days will be pretty tricky with a weather system about to play havoc on the coast.
4 days ago | Echonetdaily | 0 -
Man turns himself in over Tim Watkins’ death
While the Mullumbimby community is still grieving the loss of Tim Watkins, police say a man has been charged with dangerous driving causing death after the hit-and-run near on Sunday June 23.
4 days ago | Echonetdaily | 0 -
Local art takes centre stage
‘Celebrating a Moment’ is the theme of this year’s Ocean Shores Art Expo. There are 276 entries and 200 student artworks that are featuring in this year’s exhibition.
4 days ago | Echonetdaily | 0 -
Council fail on bypass
While the Byron bypass protestors have been evicted from the site following two arrests last Thursday and the construction continues to move ahead there are still local residents who believe Council is failing the community.
4 days ago | Aslan Shand | 6 -
Lismore kids Dance In The Dirt
The Students of South Lismore Primary in collaboration with Byron Bay not-for-profit, One Vision Productions have just released their latest music video 'Dance in the Dirt'.
4 days ago | Echonetdaily | 0 -
Public kept in the dark over ‘Disco Dong’
Byron Council has refused to release a structural investigation report detailing serious safety issues affecting the ‘Disco Dong’ sculpture on the Bayshore Drive roundabout.
4 days ago | Paul Bibby | 8 -
Man dies in moped collision at Tweed Heads
Police are investigating a fatal crash at Tweed Heads after a moped and a Holden Colorado collided in the southbound lanes on Ducat Street.
4 days ago | Echonetdaily | 0 -
It’s baaaack! Developer submits revised, smaller DA for 139 Jonson St Byron Bay
Plans for a mixed use development at the southern end of Jonson Street, Byron Bay have been reintroduced by the developer 10 months after being summarily rejected by the Joint Regional Planning Panel.
5 days ago | Paul Bibby | 12 -
Bunnies Beware! Tweed Council to cull feral rabbit population with release of calicivirus
The Tweed Shire's feral rabbit population is facing a bleak future with the council set to release the rabbit-eradicating calicivirus next month.
5 days ago | Paul Bibby | 4 -
Byron Mayor’s energy saving light-bulb moment: turn off the street lights
Byron Mayor Simon Richardson has come up with a novel way of reducing energy use in the Shire – turn off the street lights.
5 days ago | Paul Bibby | 20 -
Man appears in Tweed Heads court on cocaine supply charges
A man appeared in Tweed Heads local court yesterday on charges of commercial drug supply involving half a kilo of cocaine.
5 days ago | Paul Bibby | 0 -
Dusty drivers raise more than a million for cancer research
‘Two cars have been pronounced dead and I believe one got left at the pub’, said Mystery Box Rally commentator Katherine Ferris Monday morning. Fundraisers had a target of a million dollars this year and by Monday morning had already raised nearly five thousand dollars extra for cancer research.
6 days ago | Echonetdaily | 0 -
Labor politician leads Tweed council back-flip on anti-Adani stance
The Tweed Shire Council has performed a political back-flip on a 2017 promise to avoid hiring building companies contracted to Adani’s proposed Carmichael mine in central Queensland. The council had to ‘move away from a position of protest’ to one that wouldn’t ‘prohibit or hamper future projects and jobs for people in the tweed’, Cr Byrnes wrote.
6 days ago | Mia Armitage | 18 -
Young talent shines at Lismore Eisteddfod
Eisteddfods encourage children and adults of amateur status to further their skills and to have their works tested by skilful, highly qualified adjudicators and the annual Lismore Eisteddfod is well underway.
6 days ago | Echonetdaily | 0
