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Local hospitals performing above State average, quarterly report says
Hospitals in Northern NSW performed better than the state average despite recording a high number of emergency department (ED) attendances, according to the latest Bureau of Information (BHI) Healthcare Quarterly report.
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Forest blockade stops logging at Wild Cattle Creek
A tree-sitter a the Newry Native Forest Blockade has stopped NSW Forestry Corporation (FCNSW) from logging native forest an hour and a half west of Coffs Harbour in Wild Cattle Creek state forest this morning.
Celebrating 12 years of liberating food for those in need
Liberation Larder is located on Fletcher St Byron Bay behind the community centre and was founded in 2009 by Venerable Honu, a Buddhist nun, who recognised there were many people in our community struggling to make ends meet.
Sailor rescued from ocean in overnight operation
In a dramatic overnight rescue far offshore North-East of Yamba, Marine Rescue IIuka Yamba volunteers were able to bring to safety a woman who fell overboard from a dismasted catamaran in the dark.
Is it really an MO? Or just a subdivision?
Ray Goodwin, MARRA
Ratepayers and residents are to eat dust, cooked in potholes on Blindmouth Road because of the road conditions...
COVID-19 vaccination clinic opens at Tweed Mall
Northern NSW Local Health District (NNSWLHD) has announced that a new location for getting the COVID -19 vaccination has opened today in Tweed Heads.
Healthy Minds Club powering ahead
Since The Echo last spoke to Lennox Head's Jackson Connellan, from The Healthy Minds Club, things have become even...
Stories about "Byron Bay Basketball":
Over 250 join Beez for basketball carnival
Deb Milgate
Byron Bay Basketball hosted its seventh annual senior carnival over the past two weekends.
All up, 25 teams from Queensland and NSW competed in...
U/16 Beez shine at regional basketball championships
Byron Beez U/16 came second in the finals of the combined NSW Northern and Eastern Junior Waratah League championships division after travelling to Gosford...
U/16 basketball Beez take it to next level
ByronBay’s U/16 boy basketballers have qualified for the 2019 NSW Northern and Eastern Junior League finals in Gosford in late May.
Summer basketball winners decided
Deb Milgate
Byron Bay’s summer basketball competitions came to a head last week with grandfinals played across the men’s, women’s, primary and high school competitions.
There...
Basketball Set for Summer Season
Jenny Ogle
The Byron Bay Basketball Association has wound up another season with the top positions contested in all age groups from primary school to...
Local basketball attracts top players
The Byron Bay Basketball A-grade carnival was hailed a ‘great success’ with teams coming from as far as Tasmania, Melbourne, Toowoomba, and Brisbane and...
Basketball locals win senior tournament
The B-grade leg of Byron Bay Basketball’s sixth annual Seniors Carnival was won by a local team called ‘Level 47’ at the Cavanbah centre...
Byron Beez U/16 boys win basketball championship
For the first time in Byron Bay Basketball’s history the U/16 boys are the Waratah Northern Junior League back-to-back champions.
Playing in Tamworth over the...
Local News
Celebrating 12 years of liberating food for those in need
Liberation Larder is located on Fletcher St Byron Bay behind the community centre and was founded in 2009 by Venerable Honu, a Buddhist nun, who recognised there were many people in our community struggling to make ends meet.
Local News
Will Multiple Occupancies rise again in Byron?
Paul Bibby - 0
Could Multiple Occupancy housing developments be reintroduced in the Byron Shire as a way of addressing the growing housing crisis?
Letters
Jailer Dutton
Paul Brecht, Evans Head
Peter Dutton, top jailer of poor refugees and kids, and now one very sick one, has spent $50 million of your hard...
Byron Echo
Is it really an MO? Or just a subdivision?
Ray Goodwin, MARRA
Ratepayers and residents are to eat dust, cooked in potholes on Blindmouth Road because of the road conditions and an approval for 12...
