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Plastic not so fantastic

There is nothing healthier than drinking some water – or so I’ve always told my kids. It doesn’t contain sugar or colour additives – as one person used to tell us as children, ‘it’s sky juice’! What could be better?
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Ballina memorial pays tribute to fallen Marine Rescue volunteers

On Sunday, a memorial was unveiled at the RSL Memorial Park, next to the Ballina RSL, to pay tribute to those lost on the night of May 4 on the Ballina Bar.
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Planet WatchByron Bird Buddies - 0

Protecting the marathon globetrotters, the terns

Sunlight sparkles on the sea, where lazy swells gather momentum to form perfect waves before playing out onto the deserted shore.
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Local NewsThe Echo - 0

Music comes to Mullum this weekend!

Wild Rocket blast into Mullum as Mullum Roots Festival lights up the town this coming weekend. Three venues around Mullum will host music, while songwriting workshops will happen at the Drill Hall Theatre on Sunday.
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Local NewsThe Echo - 0

Inaugural DINGO Music & Arts Festival to light up Bangalow in October

It is a fusion of local and international art, music, performance, food, and thought that will be coming to you in Bagalow as part of the inaugural DINGO Music & Arts Festival across four days from 8 to 11 October.
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Free shop to move on from Billinudgel

The Billinudgel Railway Station building, managed by Byron Shire Council (BSC) on behalf of Transport for NSW (TfNSW), has been used as a free community shop where people can donate unwanted items which are available for others to take since 2022.
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Byron EchoPeter Olson, Goonengerry - 0

Backup plans

We carry a spare tyre in the car in case the unexpected and unpredictable happens. Byron Council needs to consider...
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Tasmanian activists stage dead whale crime scene to protest industrial krill fishing

National News The Echo - 0
Activists have today unveiled a life-sized dead juvenile humpback out the front of the Commission for Conservation of Antarctic and Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) building in Hobart, calling for an end to krill fishing in Antarctica.
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More wildlife deaths at Tasmanian salmon farm

National News The Echo - 5
In just one month, fifteen cormorants and one seal have drowned in a single Tassal industrial fish farm lease on the Tasman Peninsula.
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Humpback whale killed in krill supertrawler net

National News The Echo - 6
A criminal complaint has been filed regarding a humpback whale being killed by a krill supertrawler, the Chilean-flagged Antarctic Endeavour, in the pristine waters of the Antarctic.
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Salmon deaths in Macquarie Harbour

National News The Echo - 1
The Bob Brown Foundation says that it is time for the RSPCA to act, with shocking numbers of farmed salmon dying in Macquarie Harbour and around Tasmania.
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Captain Paul Watson’s detention extended

National News The Echo - 2
Legendary Canadian environmentalist Captain Paul Watson's detention in a Greenland jail has just been extended by another three weeks, bringing his total time in remand to 94 days.
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Krill supertrawlers found trawling through whale pods in Antarctic

National News The Echo - 18
Today Sea Shepherd Global has released footage and images of large industrial krill supertrawlers, once again trawling in large pods of whales off the Antarctic Peninsula.
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Local News

Ballina courthouse windows smashed, man charged

The Echo - 0
Police say a man will face court today, charged after 12 windows were allegedly smashed in Ballina last night.   Police say, 'About 10.35pm (Thursday 9 July 2026), police were called to Martin Street following reports of a man smashing windows'.
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Local News

Alleged native tree removal continues in Lennox, says councillor

The Echo - 0
With a government agency now investigating the alleged clear felling of natives on a large private block in Lennox Head, Ballina Greens councillor Kiri Dicker has told The Echo that contractors were felling trees all morning, ‘trying to get the job done’.
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Local News

Ocean Shores man charged with advocating terrorism online

The Echo - 0
Police say a 20-year-old Ocean Shores man is behind bars (refused bail) and will face court in Tweed Heads Local Court on 18 September, charged with advocating terrorism.  
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Local News

Ballina king tide alert for 13–16 July

The Echo - 0
Ballina Shire Council is encouraging motorists to drive safely over the coming days with king tides leading to minor flooding of some local roads.
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