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Mullumbimby railway station burns down
At around midnight last night, a fire started which engulfed the old Mullumbimby railway station. It's been twenty years since the last train came through, but the building has been an important community hub, providing office space for a number of organisations, including COREM, Mullum Music Festival and Social Futures.
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REDinc’s new Performing Arts Centre is go!
It’s been a long wait, but two years on from the 2022 flood REDinc in Lismore have announced the official opening of a new Performing Arts Centre.
A quiet day in Bruns after arrests and lock-ons
Though no machinery arrived at Wallum this morning, contractors and police were on the development site at Brunswick Heads as well as dozens of Save Wallum protesters.
Mandy Nolan’s Soapbox: Shopping Centres Scare Me
I feel trapped. There isn’t a single time I attend where I don’t check my proximity to the exits, or imagine what I’d do if there was a fire, or worse, a shooter. The sense of being enclosed is unnatural, I can’t tell what time of day it is, I lose my sense of direction. It’s designed to be disorienting. It feels otherworldly. And never in a good way. They are designed to make you stay longer. They are by design, disorienting.
Press release vs Save Wallum views
The Echo editor (page 1, 10 April) might need to consider the role of a journalist – particularly that...
Bruns Holistic Dental Centre closed
Longterm employee and senior dentist, Dr Roy Gamma, has described the closure of Brunswick Holistic Dental Centre (BHDC) as devastating.
Stories about "Ballina Police":
Search for missing swimmer at Lennox Head suspended
Police have suspended a multi-agency search in waters off Lennox Head.
Man dies in hospital after being found critically injured near Ballina
Investigations continue into the death of a man who was found critically injured near Ballina on Saturday.
New cops for the Northern Rivers
The Tweed/Byron police district has four newly graduated officers while Richmond Police District Superintendent Toby Lindsay has welcomed eight recruits further south, including one woman, for the team covering Lismore, Nimbin, Ballina and surrounds.
Man found dead on Richmond River bank at Ballina
Echonetdaily understands a man whose body was found on the banks of the Richmond River at Ballina on Saturday night was one of two men who had earlier fallen into the river.
Ballina police face assault, perjury trial
A group of policemen are accused of fabricating a story that a man, who was allegedly assaulted in the Ballina police station, punched a senior constable.
Man charged with sexual assault at Ballina beach
A man has been charged after allegedly sexually assaulting a woman on a Ballina beach yesterday.
Man charged over fake banknotes at Evans Head
A 72-year-old man will face court next month after he was allegedly found in possession of counterfeit currency at Evans Head.
Police appeal for teenage girl missing near Ballina
Police hold serious concerns for the welfare of a teenage girl who went missing from her home in Alstonville, near Ballina yesterday morning.
Police investigated after missing Ballina man found dead
For the second time this year Ballina police are being investigated after they failed to find a person who was reported missing and was subsequently discovered dead.
Police to be investigated over Ballina man’s death
A critical incident investigation has been established after police apparently failed to find a man reported to be lying on the ground at a property in Tamar Street, Ballina, on Tuesday, only to return hours later to find the man dead.
Byron Echo
Flood insurance inquiry’s North Coast hearings
A public hearing into insurers’ responses to the 2022 flood was held in Lismore last Thursday, with one local insurance brokerage business owner describing the compact that exists between insurers and society as ‘broken’.
Local News
Getting ready for the 24/25 bush fire season
This year’s official NSW Bush Fire Danger Period closed on March 21. Essential Energy says its thoughts are now turned toward to the 2024-25 season, and it has begun surveying its powerlines in and around the North Coast region.
Local News
Keeping watch on Tyalgum Road
Residents keen to stay up to date on the status of the temporary track at Tyalgum Road – particularly during significant rain events – are urged to sign up to a new SMS alert system launched by Tweed Shire Council.
Byron Echo
Blaming Queensland again
I was astounded to read Mandy Nolan’s article ‘Why The Nude Beach Is A Wicked Problem’, in which she implied that it may largely...
