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Local NewsThe Echo - June 15, 20260

Lismore rallies to save homes from demolition

Around hundred residents met at the Lismore Quad on Saturday to demand the demolitions of heritage homes cease, the flood recovery promised is delivered, and that every person be housed.

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Entertainment NewsThe Echo - June 9, 20260

Eclectic Selection for the week beginning 10 June 2026

Eclectic Selection: What’s on this week is a taste of some of the events that can be found in the Byron Shire and beyond this coming week.

Local NewsThe Echo - June 12, 20260

Load limit increased for Byron Creek Bridge

The load limit for Byron Creek Bridge has been increased to 24 tonnes, say Byron Shire Council, following structural analysis of the bridge.

Local NewsAslan Shand - June 15, 20260

Call to end damaging native logging agreements

North East Forest Alliance (NEFA) is calling on the NSW state government to reassess the Wood Supply Agreements (WSA) that facilitate native forest in NSW’s state forests.

Local NewsThe Echo - June 12, 20260

The Pocket Winter Festival bringing you music, food and fun

The Pocket Winter Festival is set to return on Sunday, 21 June, from 10am to 2pm, bringing together the community for a day of music, food, entertainment and family fun at The Pocket Public School.

Byron EchoAlan Dickens, Byron Bay - June 11, 20260

Byron stormwater strategy

Has anyone read the Engeny report supplied to Byron Council on the stormwater strategy for Byron Bay? There are several...

Local NewsThe Echo - June 11, 20260

Tropical soda apple eradication project spans 130km of the Richmond River

A major regional effort to manage a highly invasive weed has been completed across the Far North Coast, says Rous County Council (Rous), "marking an important step forward in protecting local agriculture and the environment".

Mining giants enjoying a free ride

Articles & Columns The Echo - August 18, 2014 1

Why should massive mining corporations like BHP, Rio Tinto and Glencore continue to get cheap fuel from the government while everyone else suffers? The big miners get off scot-free in Tony Abbott's brutal budget.

Childcare cuts attack most vulnerable: Elliot

Local News The Echo - July 10, 2014 0

Richmond MP Justine Elliot has launched a swingeing attack on a new piece of Abbott government legislation, which she says ‘has the sole purpose of cutting the Child Care Benefit that 3,110 families in Richmond rely on.’

Premiers’ confected anger aims to fool

Letters The Echo - May 21, 2014 1

Trevor Robertson, Upper Crystal Creek. Don't be fooled by the confected anger expressed publicly by conservative state premiers in the wake of the Abbott government's first budget.

National News

Men’s Health Week: simple conversations

The Echo - June 15, 2026 0

This National Men’s Health Week experts from Triple P – Positive Parenting Program are encouraging dads, granddads and father figures to embrace something simple but powerful: everyday conversations that support their own wellbeing and their family’s wellbeing.

World News

Peace in our time?

David Lowe - June 15, 2026 0

While details remain scant, there are claims from multiple sources that a peace deal has finally been reached in the war between Iran and the United States, after nearly four months of fighting.

Byron Echo

How to stop the erosion of our human rights

Russell Eldridge - June 15, 2026 0

Let’s celebrate Refugee Week, 15–21 June, which was initiated in Australia 40 years ago and now observed worldwide.

Local News

Appeal to locate wanted man Adam Richards