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Local NewsThe Echo - June 26, 20260

Schools Roadshow heads to Lismore

The Rivers Secondary College Lismore High Campus will host 80 principals and public school leaders from across the North Coast and New England on Friday 26 June as part of the 2026 Schools Roadshow.

Other News

Local NewsPaul Bibby - June 24, 20260

BSC moves closer to special rate rise

Byron Shire Council has moved a step closer to seeking a special rate rise, unanimously endorsing a community engagement program that will form a key part of any future application to increase rates above the state-imposed cap.

Byron EchoLydia Kindred, NRRL director/secretary - June 24, 20260

Consultation lacking with rail trail

Byron Shire Council is pursuing an unfunded on-formation bike trail, risking significant ratepayer liability for ongoing maintenance, while disregarding...

Local NewsTaylor & Emiliano - June 25, 20260

A Byron kickback with the Gimelli family

The Gimelli family ran a small Italian restaurant on Jonson Street from about 1995 into the early 2000s. It was a classy joint, ahead of Byron’s culinary curve, serving dishes from every corner of Italy.

Local NewsThe Echo - June 22, 20260

Momentum hosts free skate workshop for girls and women

Whether you are stepping on a skateboard for the first time, sharpening your skills or getting ready to compete, a free school holiday workshop is being offered to all female skaters up to 25 years.

National NewsThe Echo - June 24, 20260

Citizen science last line of defence for threatened species

Native forest logging is again in the spotlight in NSW, following Monday night’s Four Corners investigation into Forestry Corporation NSW’s failure to protect nationally endangered species.

Entertainment NewsThe Echo - June 23, 20260

Floodland

Local filmmaker Darius Devas is bringing Floodland – winner of the Sustainable Futures Award at the Sydney Film Festival – to Mullumbimby, for one night only.

Is land sharing the future?

Byron Echo David Heilpern - January 16, 2025 10

Christmas is a time for visiting, and boy, did we visit. Up in humid hills around Nimbin, a few sunsets on a MO near Main Arm, long long lunch/dinner/breakfast at a grass castle at Wilsons Creek, dinner in strata-titled Billen Cliffs, then to a couple of long-established communities a bit south in sandy Clarence country near the coast.

Editorial

Could you be a better councillor?

Aslan Shand - June 26, 2026 0

I had the opportunity to speak to the NSW Reconstruction Authority (NSW RA) last month. One of the matters I brought up was the proposed 57 Station Street, Mullumbimby development. It was clear that the only ‘community feedback’ they would be listening to supported housing development on that site.

Letters

Discursion on ‘reserve’

Robert Podhajsky, Ocean Shores - June 26, 2026 0

Reserve is a word with many meanings. What is the Reserve Bank of Australia? Does it have a ‘reserve’? Reserve means: To keep back or...

Letters

Economics of rail trail

Louise Doran, Ocean Shores - June 26, 2026 0

Byron Shire and the North Coast is one of the fastest-growing regions on NSW’s east coast with millions of tourists, not a dying country...

Byron Echo

Sustainable infrastructure

Annie Radermacher, Brunswick Heads - June 26, 2026 0

I attended the last Byron Council meeting – thanks to the community members who were able to come. The frustration is apparent. Legislation protects the...

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