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NSW Flood Inquiry released today
The NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet was in Lismore at Southern Cross University this morning at 11am releasing the NSW Independent Flood Inquiry where he accepted every recommendation put forward.
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Kids Big Day Out at the Byron Writers Festival 2022
If you are a kid, or you know a kid who loves books, reading and creativity, then Byron Writers Festival’s ‘Kids Big Day Out’ on Sunday 28 August is the ultimate event for you!
Byron Writers Festival: A life of crime
One of the highlight panels at the festival this year will bring together best-selling authors Trent Dalton and Steve Toltz with actor Bryan Brown and acclaimed author and podcast creator Matthew Condon to discuss how they bring the lives of criminals to life in their writing.
Flood on Prince Street
It seems that the strongest impediment to the Prince Street temporary housing is the addition of fill to the...
Good start to season for Byron Beez basketballers
Byron Bay basketballers have started the season strongly with the women picking up a win, and a narrow loss,...
Have your say on aged care facility in Kingscliff
The developers of new $150 million redevelopment ‘designed to meet the growing and evolving needs of seniors in the region’, are inviting Kingscliff residents to take part in community consultation.
Halcyon House and Paper Daisy
Simon Haslam
A stylish boutique beachfront hotel with bespoke rooms, its own day spa, a beautiful pool and a laidback...
Stories about "Aboriginal history":
Storylines: Do not give us Invasion Day as a day of celebration
Echonetdaily is proud to launch Storylines – a series of monthly articles by Indigenous writers.
Multi-media work for Quad highlights Lismore’s indigenous history
A $100,000 grant will see a large-scale digital work projected in the Lismore Quadrangle, providing a multi-sensory experience of Bundjalung language, history and story.
In denial of violent history against Indigenous people
Meg Pickup, Ballina. Historian Mark McKenna writes about Australia’s romanticised history that talks up the deeds of white settlers and ignores that settlers prospered at the expense of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
Local News
Lismore Councillors to collectively decide on new GM
Eve Jeffery - 2
The recent history of general managers in the Lismore Council has been nothing if not chequered. With a very politically divided council, the question of whether all interested councillors, or just a select few, should choose the new GM proved contentious last night in the Goonellabah chambers.
Byron Echo
Byron’s Fletcher St welcomes new members
Paul Bibby - 0
Fletcher Street Cottage has welcomed the arrival of three new community support workers to help the growing number of locals facing the challenges of homelessness.
Byron Echo
Byron’s Mayor Lyon defends Mullum pod fiasco
Byron Shire Council Mayor Michael Lyon has defended Council’s handling of the ongoing Mullum pod accommodation debacle, telling The Echo that councillors requested, through a Council resolution, that Resilience NSW conduct consultation with neighbouring residents regarding the rail corridor works on Prince Street.
Byron Echo
Mullum, flooding and pods
In this region we are all, except for a few, living on floodplains or areas prone to further landslips. And as far as I...
