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Landscapes and ‘ghosts’ meet at Lone Goat Gallery

A sunlit valley sounds like a pleasant place to spend an afternoon. A pathway to madness, perhaps less so.
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Local NewsAslan Shand - 0

Spaghetti Circus needs you!

This Thursday you can be part of keeping Spaghetti Circus running by donating to the AusArt Day, with matched funding covering the first $5,000 given to them.
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Thylacines to haunt Lismore’s Quad after dark

Most visitors to Lismore’s Quad after dark are looking for dinner or a way home. From October 31, they may also find a thylacine.
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The climate crisis is here – what do we do?

As we watch the climate crisis accelerate around us Lismore-based resilience practitioner Dr Jean Renouf and Murwillumbah academic Professor Richard Hil will be joining former Byron Shire councillor Cate Coorey in conversation this Friday.
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Entertainment NewsThe Echo - 0

Thirty-six unmissable films

The 2026 Russell Hobbs British Film Festival features an unmissable line up 36 films, including five retrospectives which will screen from 28 October to 29 November at Palace Byron Bay and Ballina Cinemas.
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National NewsThe Echo - 0

Reef-building corals face elevated risk of extinction

A new paper from Dr C. Isabel Núñez Lendo shows nearly half of reef-building corals face elevated relative risk of extinction.
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The Good LifeThe Echo - 0

Foreshore Italian

Foreshore Italian brings the warmth, generosity and simplicity of Italian cooking to Elements of Byron, celebrating the pleasure of good food, fresh ingredients and shared dining experiences.
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Stories about "Byron Deserves Better":

Byron deserves better than Byron Deserves Better

Byron Echo The Echo - 0
Byron deserves better than Byron Deserves Better (full page ads in recent Echo). A slogan, incidentally, that came directly and – savour the irony –...
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Residents push back against holiday letting interests 

Local News Paul Bibby - 0
Hundreds of Byron residents have signed a new petition supporting a 90-day cap on un-hosted short-term holiday letting as way of addressing the critical lack of housing in Byron Shire.
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A little satire!

Letters Raphael Lee Cass, Byron Bay - 1
Oh dear. Australian Short Term Rental Accommodation (ASTRA), an anonymous entity, has advertised again in The Echo, this time claiming that a 90-day cap...
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Byron certainly deserves better… it deserves to house its community!

Byron Echo Kim Goodrick and Sabine Muschter - 3
The Byron Shire celebrates a diverse range of ideas and beliefs. We consider this to be a good thing. But, when sharing those beliefs with the community, it needs to be done with respect, a commitment to the truth and transparency. These attributes are lacking in the recent advertisements of Byron Deserves Better published.
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Byron Deserves Better – it deserves balance

Byron Echo Liz Friend, Ocean Shores - 1
The Byron Deserves Better crew are against the 90-day cap on holiday letting in certain areas of Byron proposed by Byron Shire Council. They...
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Lifestyle News

Aston Private: personalised care, close to home

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Aston Private has expanded its Northern Rivers services by launching Aston at Home, an outpatient service for people who would benefit from treatment while staying at home and connected to daily life.
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Local News

Ballina Council fined for pesticide breaches at Lennox Head

The Echo - 0
Ballina Shire Council has been fined $2,500 after misusing pesticide near a Lennox Head waterway and failing to keep a required application record.
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Preschools urged to join Lismore rally over funding concerns

The Echo - 0
Northern Rivers preschool staff and families are being urged to rally outside Lismore MP Janelle Saffin’s office amid concerns that new state funding rules could threaten community preschool services.
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Local News

Bangalow Bowlo fight goes to Supreme Court

Aslan Shand - 0
When Norths Collective decided to breach the memorandum of understanding with the Bangalow Bowlo and the community, and closed the Bangalow Bowlo with no warning, they may not have realised how prepared the community is to fight for the return of their beloved Bowlo.
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