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Recycling polystyrene just got easier at Lismore’s Recycling & Recovery Centre
The Lismore Recycling & Recovery Centre has a new machine that can recycle polystyrene which will help the facility increase the capacity to deal with this earth-wrecking synthetic-aromatic-hydrocarbon-polymer.
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After a long, arduous and uninformed debate… Saddle Road DA approved
Councillors finally ‘got there in the end’, interim Mayor, Michael Lyon, told an exhausted audience after many hours of confused meandering at last Thursday’s Council meeting.
Government secrecy around health advice defended by local Nats MP
The NSW Liberal-Nationals government’s attempt to block transparency around its health advice with the COVID-19 outbreak in Sydney last June will now become public.
Teacher vax
Dear teachers and community members. I have recently received an email from within my school community that asks me...
Biz smashed by new COVID-19 regime
It was proudly trumpeted as ‘Freedom Day’ by the State Government. But for much of the local business community in the Northern Rivers region, October 11 was anything but.
Cartoon of the week – 20 October, 2021
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.
Epiq sporting facilities ready for summer
Lennox Head’s Clarence Property has just handed over to Ballina Shire Council the newly constructed Community & Sports Amenities Building, at the sports fields opposite Epiq Marketplace, off Hutley Drive.
Stories about "Byron shire road funding":
Urgent $2m repairs needed for Byron road barriers
An assessment of road safety barriers in the Byron Shire has found that half of them are in poor condition and it would cost $2m to bring them up to a satisfactory level.
Potholed and falling apart – a closer look at Byron’s roads
Do we get value for money when it comes to road repairs?
At the June 22 Council meeting, resident Ivan Saric presented councillors his own assessment of the condition of Coolamon Avenue and the workmanship of roads in the Byron Shire.
Rail-trail supporter welcomes funding
Tim Shanasy, Byron Bay. In reply to Paul Spooner’s, Matt Hartley's, and Basil Cameron's responses in last week’s Byron Shire Echo article '$50m rail trail funding announced'.
Local News
4WDs multiplying on Seven Mile Beach?
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Beach users in Lennox Head are reporting much higher numbers of 4WDs on Seven Mile Beach recently, along with an increase in hooning behaviour.
Since...
Letters
Julian Assange: the name that cannot be uttered
Since the news came through I have been keeping an eye and an ear out for further reporting in the mainstream media. Needless to...
Byron Echo
NSW – bad to worse
While Gladys has left the building and we have a new religious fanatic in the top job, things are looking very grim in the...
Local News
Two views of animal welfare on the Tweed
Local MP Justine Elliot recently announced that an Albanese Labor Government will invest $1 million to build the new animal pound and rehoming centre at Lundberg Drive, South Murwillumbah.
