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$51 million, 13-storey development at Tweed Heads up for debate

At Thursday’s Tweed Shire Council meeting a $51 million, 13-storey affordable housing development at 25-27 Boyd Street, Tweed Heads will be discussed.

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Vote for our kids’ future

Our children are looking to us. They see the fires, floods, and rising heat and ask: will our adults...

The public good in times of private bad

Cyclone Alfred would have been called Anthony until the Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) wisely changed the name.

Revisiting Alfred’s jaunt south

With the threat of further flooding now dissipated, an enormous cleanup job remains in the aftermath of Tropical Cyclone Alfred.

A short history on successive governments’ lacklustre attempts at coastal protection

A government-funded study by coastal engineers into beach erosion from Byron Bay to Hastings Point warned of ongoing erosion 47 years ago, and urged governments to act to prevent further loss of property.

Former mayor battled to ‘Save the Tweed’

The former long-serving mayor of Tweed Shire, Max Boyd AM, has laid bare the decades-long struggle he, other councillors, and the community fought to stop corruption and over-development of their shire.

Attacks lack nuance

I really value The Echo. A big thank you to all the drudges. I’ve even chipped in lousy $5...

Stories about "airplane noise":

Low-flying planes too noisy

Susana Gardavsky, Myocum. What a beautiful holiday long weekend we had though no thanks to the small aircraft noise which polluted our air space pretty much the whole weekend and is continuing on just because they can.

Lismore Regional Gallery is temporarily closed

Following Tropical Cyclone Alfred the Lismore Regional Gallery will remain closed until all exhibitions have been reinstalled. 

NSW Labor’s anti-protest law challenged in Court 

The Palestine Action Group will be filing a constitutional challenge to the NSW Labor government’s anti-protest laws that were passed in the NSW Parliament in a late night sitting on February 20. 

Waiting for the Great Leap Forward

As I anticipate my first encounter with a tropical cyclone, I find it hard to sit still and thoughts swirl through my mind like the winds in the storm.

Local midwife to improve maternal outcomes in PNG 

Local Murwillumbah midwife, Carolyn Hastie, is one of seven Australians volunteering their expertise in Papua New Guinea .