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Mullum Food Box opens for 2025

Mullumbimby Uniting Church Food Box have commenced their 13th year of operations, distributing nutritious food to those in need every Thursday, from 9.30am till 11.30am.

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Cartoon of the week – February 12, 2025

The letters deadline for The Echo is noon Friday. Letters longer than 200 words may be cut. The publication of letters is at the discretion of the letters editor.

Wallum protector fined as stop-work continues

Wallum protector, Maria Lloyd, faced Byron Bay Local Court last Tuesday following an incident in June last year at the contested 126-housing unit urban development in Bayside, Brunswick Heads.

Stand off between squatters, police and NSW Reconstruction Authority in Lismore

Yesterday’s attempt to cut off water to nine houses that the NSW Reconstruction Authority has bought back post-flood and are currently occupied by around 30-40 people has led to a standoff. 

Cash splashed at youth crime, but where’s the funding for prevention?

Federal funding of $3 million has been announced for a North Coast Crime Prevention Infrastructure Action Plan, which will see $1m go towards Tweed, Ballina, and Byron Shire councils for crime prevention measures.

Police knife-scanning blitz in Coffs

Police in Coffs Harbour say they seized several knives during a high-visibility operation last Thursday.

Farmers’ markets

I’m Louis and I’m ten years old. I love the Byron Farmers Market and have been going all my...

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Another tree-sitter stops logging in Ellis State Forest

Sitting 20 metres high amongst the canopy of Ellis State Forest this morning, a community member has stopped all machinery from operating by attaching a tree-sit to the equipment in the logging area, putting a halt to works for today.

Hate crimes beefed up – what do federal candidates think?

Despite the Law Council of Australia raising serious concerns over risks to freedom of political speech, federal parliament has passed a new hate crime law that will see jail time for publicly displaying prohibited Nazi symbols or giving a Nazi salute.

Giving Albo the elbow: Bradbury to contest PM’s safe seat

Local filmmaker, David Bradbury, says he will run against PM Anthony Albanese in his safe Sydney seat of Grayndler as an independent at the upcoming federal election.

‘Stitch up’ or a step in the right direction?

Electoral reform legislation to cap political donations passed the Senate last week, with many crossbenchers expressing their fury at the process and the major parties claiming the moral high ground as they joined forces.

Face-recognition tech proposed for excluded gamblers

The New South Wales government says it’s inviting the public to have their say on two gaming reform schemes.