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Local NewsThe Echo - October 5, 20260

Rotunda reopens after restoration

The historic Spinks Park Rotunda has reopened to the community following restoration works, giving residents and visitors another opportunity to enjoy one of Lismore’s most significant riverside public spaces.

Other News

Byron EchoThe Echo - October 2, 20260

Fuel prices

I have just driven the return trip to Sydney on the motorway in my diesel-fuelled Toyota. A few things...

Local NewsThe Echo - October 1, 20260

Wildlife hospitals need help to prepare for bird flu

H5 avian influenza is already present in NSW and has been detected as far north as the Coffs Harbour region. The number of dead birds is increasing with 55 reported dead in NSW.

Byron EchoNeil Bryant, Myocum - October 1, 20260

57 Station St development (1)

So, Cr Swain was embarrassed about a conversation that shouldn’t be had in public. Well, shoot, councillor – as...

Entertainment NewsThe Echo - September 29, 20260

It’s normal and magic

Holly Throsby has just released her sixth studio album Normal Magic – her first in nine years.

Byron EchoPatricia Warren, Brunswick Heads - September 30, 20260

Golden egg

Maxine Hawker’s letter, (Echo, 16 September) is to be applauded and the exhibited development application (DA) for 3-5 Fingal...

Entertainment NewsThe Echo - September 29, 20260

Cinema: Heart of the Beast

From acclaimed director David Ayer (Fury) comes Heart of the Beast, a sweeping and visceral survival thriller that sends Academy Award-winner Brad Pitt (Once Upon a Time in Hollywood) into the beautiful, but merciless Alaskan wilderness, where survival will depend on the companion at his side.

Memorial plaques stolen from Tweed cemetery

Local News The Echo - August 21, 2024 6

Tweed Shire Council says more than 100 copper plaques have been stolen from Tweed Heads Lawn and General Cemetery at Kirkwood Street.

Macquarie Marshes under threat from mining

National News The Echo - July 17, 2024 1

If it hasn't been hard enough protecting the Macquarie Marshes from drought because of the upstream cotton growers now farmers are faced with a new threat to this environmentally significant, Ramsar-listed area.

Will Tweed Council object to gold mining?

Local News Aslan Shand - October 15, 2020 7

Former Tweed Shire Council Mayor, Councillor Katie Milne, is seeking support from other councillors to object ‘in the strongest terms to the Exploration (Minerals) Licence Application ELA 6115 in the Tweed Shire’ at this afternoons extraordinary meeting.

Articles & Columns

David Shoebridge takes the helm at a time of crisis

David Lowe - October 5, 2026 0

Surprising many inside the party and out, David Shoebridge has been chosen as the new leader of the Australian Greens, with Steph Hodgins-May as deputy.

Local News

Namaste tuned, Byron: Inaugural Byron Wellness Festival lands in November

The Echo - October 5, 2026 0

Offering daytime dives into a lineup of healing, movement and ceremony practitioners and workshops, all crafted to ground, energise, and bring you back to true balance.

Local News

Wallum heathland slashed

The Echo - October 5, 2026 0

As Stage 1 works proceed at the Wallum site, and the sounds of slashers and mulchers ring out across Bayside, local activitsts who have been fighting to save the site from development are raising questions about compliance with the approved plans.

Byron Echo

Beware the Thucydides Trap

The Echo - October 2, 2026 0

President Xi Jinping gave a sinister warning to President Trump that would have gone way over his head and baffled his dwindling band of MAGA fanatics.

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