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LettersAnnie Radermacher, Brunswick Heads  - 0

How can we keep paying for incompetence

The only way forward is going backwards. That’s how I explain the current situation of Byron Shire Council. The...
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Local NewsThe Echo - 0

Wollumbin Art Award winners to be revealed this Saturday

The winners of one of the Northern Rivers’ major regional art awards will be revealed at Tweed Regional Gallery this Saturday, as the 2026 Wollumbin Art Award exhibition opens in Murwillumbah.
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Byron EchoThe Echo - 0

Mullum Gold Club charity day Saturday

This Saturday, 29 August  the Mullumbimby Golf Club (MGC) is hosting its rescheduled MND (Motor Neurone Disease) Charity Day in honour of Steve Ryan.
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National NewsThe Echo - 0

Disastrous levels of sexism and misogyny in Australian schools

Monash University has conducted the largest Australian survey of teachers to examine their experiences of sexism, misogyny and sexual harassment in schools.
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Entertainment NewsThe Echo - 0

Everyone’s welcome at the House of Spaghetti

Spaghetti Circus is throwing open the doors of its Mullumbimby home later this month, presenting its 2026 Annual Show, House of Spaghetti, at the Mullumbimby Showground from Friday 28 to Sunday 30 August. Five shows over three days, with every student on stage.
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Local NewsAslan Shand - 0

Byron Bay fights for its low-rise character as 16m to 21m height breaches loom

Urgent questions are being raised about Byron Bay’s future as the NSW government increasingly uses fast-tracked planning pathways that can allow major developments to bypass or vary local planning controls, including height limits, raising concerns about how Byron’s unique character, built environment, and community expectations will be protected.
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LettersAnnie Radermacher, Brunswick Heads  - 0

How can we keep paying for incompetence

The only way forward is going backwards. That’s how I explain the current situation of Byron Shire Council. The...
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Stories about "bushfires":

RFS urges safe burning as fires continue in the Northern Rivers

Local News The Echo - 0
NSW Rural Fire Service (RFS) crews are continuing to respond to a number of bush and grass fires across the Richmond Valley and Kyogle Local Government Areas.
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Power to the people: how Byron Council could lead the way in energy resilience

Byron Echo Dr Anne Stuart - 2
Byron Shire had bushfires in 2019-2020, floods in 2022, extreme heatwaves and long power outages in 2024 and early 2025.
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Tyagarah fire op downscaled as local crews join Tabulam fight

Local News Mia Armitage - 0
Firefighting operations in the Tyagarah nature reserve near the Byron Arts and Industry Estate have significantly down-sized, owing mostly to more dangerous fires elsewhere in the region.
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Properties destroyed in Northern Rivers fires

Local News Mia Armitage - 0
Firefighters in Tabulam and Nymboida, southwest of Lismore, are hoping today’s cooler weather will help work on containing several large fires in the region.
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Brunswick/Byron fire update

Local News The Echo - 0
Due to overnight rain on the Bayshore Drive fireground, the fire between Brunswick Heads and Byron Bay has been downgraded to PATROL status, with responsibility returning to local crews.
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How to avoid setting your political pants on fire

Articles & Columns David Lowe - 21
While in opposition, Anthony Albanese was endlessly critical of Scott Morrison's inaction over the climate emergency, and his lack of meaningful support for Australians as they faced unprecedented bushfires and other calamities. So, does our current prime minister hold a hose, and if so, does it contain petrol or water?
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Local legend awarded for her work with Red Cross

Local News David Lowe - 0
Kerrie Gray has recently received a Medal of the Order of Australia and is also Ballina Shire's newest Senior Citizen of the Year. She met The Echo in Alstonville to talk about the ongoing crises facing our region, and what everyone can do to help.
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NSW Forestry challenged over failed forestry practices in precedent-setting case

Byron Echo Aslan Shand - 1
What makes bushfires worse, causes native species collapse and creates forest dieback?
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Commitment awards given to local firefighters

Local News Aslan Shand - 0
Recognising the commitment, risk and efforts put in by local volunteers during the unprecedented 2019–20 Black Summer bushfires, 164 local Rural Fire Service (RFS) volunteers from the Far North Coast District were recently recognised. 
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Community carers and responders program launched

Local News The Echo - 0
Following the recent second anniversary of the bushfires that hit our region, Resilient Byron say they are proud to announce the beginning of their...
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National News

Greens urged to back pathway to end native forest logging

The Echo - 0
Some of NSW’s most respected and long-standing forest campaigners and scientists have today urged the Greens not to support the Nationals' attempt to disallow the Improved Native Forest Management (INFM) method.
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Local News

Ballina Council makes decision on Ross Lane

David Lowe - 0
With the absence of all four of its progressive councillors for various reasons, Ballina Council pushed ahead with its agenda at yesterday's monthly meeting, including a decision which is likely to close Ross Lane for months while the road is upgraded.
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Local News

Mullumbimby puts new governance models first, and now wants to build it

The Echo - 0
Imagine Northern Rivers says Mullumbimby is the only community across the region to rank new models of governance and decision-making as the number one element of its preferred future, and last week locals gathered to work out how to make it real.
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Local News

Appeal to locate man missing from Broadwater

The Echo - 0
Police are appealing for public assistance to help locate a local missing man.
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