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Use housing pods for key workers like police, says Ballina mayor
Wollongbar’s temporary emergency housing village for Northern Rivers 2022 disaster survivors would best be decommissioned and the pods used to house police instead, reelected Ballina Mayor Sharon Cadwallader says.
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OS Golf Club Championships come to a close
The 2024 Ocean Shores Golf Championships have concluded, with William Fry defending his title from 2023.
Wuhan market increasingly likely origin point for COVID-19
An international team of researchers has found more evidence that COVID-19 came from animals in a Wuhan food market.
Crossword solver’s guide 2 – Stephen Clarke’s Crossword #23
After some feedback from Echo crosssword solvers that our puzzles are a bit on the difficult side, we have prepared some...
Who is standing up for Mandy?
Australian politics is a joke. That’s why our most-loved comedians are coming together to make sure that one of their own gets a seat at the table.
Editorial – Who’s new in Byron’s local gov’t zoo?
Congratulations to the newly elected Byron Council for 2024–28!
A bee lab to fight Varroa
In the fight to keep the industry healthy beekeepers and bee industry representatives are gathering today at Southern Cross University for the official launch of the Bee Research and Extension Lab
Stories about "cats":
Looking for a new furry friend?
This Saturday the NRAS Rescue Shelter will open the doors once again for its monthly Adoption Day, from 10am-1pm in Ballina.
Tweed campaign to keep cats safely at home
Tweed cat owners are being encouraged to keep their cats safely at home as the Safe Haven for Cats project launches today. Local residents can apply for a voucher to build a cat haven or cat enrichment space from now until 31 August 2024.
Strut your Mutt in charity dog walk
Lend A Paw is an initiative of local charity Head over Hooves Inc., and aims to help those in hard times, to care for their pets.
Can you help the wonderful people and animals at Ballina’s NRAS?
Northern Rivers Animal Services is a self-funded, not for profit charity which re-homes and rehabilitates unwanted, abused and neglected dogs and cats across the region. January is no holiday for the volunteers – in fact, this is their busiest period of the year.
Keeping pets safe during fireworks
While fireworks are a spectacular way to bring in the new year for humans, the same isn’t true for our furry and feathered friends. Just like thunderstorms, the loud, unexpected noise of fireworks can cause extreme distress for pets.
Get your dogs and cats desexed: AWF
National Desexing Month starts next week and runs to the end of July. Each year this event aims to encourage desexing of dogs and cats before the spring breeding season.
Draw your puss to win cat pack prizes
The reason cats take up so much of the collective internet space is because they are just so incredibly cute – we love them! But we don't always keep them inside when they should be.
For the love of cats avoid lilies on Valentine’s Day
RSPCA NSW wishes you and your furry friends a Happy Valentine’s Day but urges cat owners to give some thought to the kind of gifts they’re bringing home.
Controlling cats to save wildlife
A recent trapping program coordinated by North Coast Local Land Services and Clarence Valley Council has seen the removal of 19 feral cats from sites around Grafton, reducing the threat to the survival of many native species in the area.
Top tips for feline friends this International Cat Day
Some silly humans think that it's money that makes the world go around – we all know it's cats!
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Church calls on all MPs to attend NSW drug summit
Organisers of the only legal medically supervised injecting centre in NSW say they want every state parliamentarian to attend next month’s long-awaited drug summit.
Byron Echo
Chinny Charge
In response to Bruce Robinson‘s letter regarding the Chincogan Charge. As everyone is aware we had the Chinny Charge last week which was a...
Byron Echo
Closure of Billinudgel Rd
I, by chance, found out a few months ago that Billinudgel Road had been closed to through traffic. The sign was located three kilometres...
Byron LGA
Byron’s new councillor lineup – who are they?
Greens Cr Sarah Ndiaye is Byron Shire’s new mayor, with the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) confirming the final mayoral count on Monday. With Mayor...