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2022 flood data will not be incorporated into Council planning ‘at this stage’
With the recent release of local flood data from the devastating 2022 floods now public, Council staff have told The Echo there is no budget this year to apply for funding to incorporate it into their planning instruments.
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Record unfair – big fine for sign
Local small business operator, Matthew Bowden, aka the Vinyl Junkie, says he is shocked at a $1,500 Council fine after placing signage on the corner of Ewingsdale Road to direct record lovers to his recent Easter record fair at Ewingsdale Hall.
Housing roundtable held in Lismore
Member for Lismore, Janelle Saffin MP hosted a Northern Rivers housing roundtable in this week.
Man dies after being stabbed – Coffs Harbour
An investigation is underway after a man died after being stabbed at Coffs Harbour on Thursday.
NSW government promises $230 million in DV prevention and crisis support
The NSW Government has announced $230 million as part of an emergency support package over the next four years for domestic, family and sexual violence victim-survivors.
Byron biz breakfast on May 14
The Byron business community are invited for a networking breakfast on Tuesday, May 14 from 7.30am at Fishheads.
People power must prevail market failures
The Wallum fiasco exemplifies all that is wrong with our current neoliberal economic system, one that thrives on pitting nature and community against ‘progress and development’.
Stories about "beached whale":
Dead whale on Suffolk Park beach
A dead whale has washed up on Suffolk Park beach, just inside the Arakwal National Park.
Whale burial on Tweed beach raises a stink with locals
The burial of a dead four-metre sperm whale which had beached at Casuarina Beach on the Tweed Coast last week has caused a stink with locals who fear its rotting carcass could pose a health risk to beach users and also attract sharks to the area.
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Almost ten years since the Northern Rivers made history at Bentley
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With hundreds of riot police expected to confront thousands of protectors on site at the Bentley blockade, west of Lismore, it was a great relief to many when the NSW government suspended Metgasco's Petroleum Exploration Licence on 15 May 2014, effectively handing a historic win to the community.
Byron Echo
Mandy Nolan’s Soapbox: Behind the Velvet Rope
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Some people get to experience life differently to the rest of us. We go out of our way to make sure things are better for them. These people tend to be super wealthy and privileged so they probably don’t need the extra curation. I wondered why we do this. I wondered what life must be like when it’s made slightly better than everyone else’s experience. When you belong to those eight seats at the front of the plane with champagne and clean toilets while the rest of us wait patiently for tea and water. Behind the velvet rope.
Byron Echo
Trilogy: New Wave
More than a decade has passed since the original Trilogy (2007), a classic surf film directed by one-time Suffolk Park resident and legendary surf filmmaker Taylor Steele was released. Since then, surfing has transitioned from a countercultural pastime to a mainstream sport. Trilogy: New Wave examines this evolution with a new lens, offering an unexpected perspective of surfing’s present.
Byron Echo
Conversations with Mark Swivel
Byron Community College is thrilled to announcement their new series, ‘Conversations with Mark Swivel’. Mark is a well-known man-about-town owing to his dedication to community-building, activism and all the stellar work he does in raising awareness on important topics that affect us all.