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Byron council candidate Q&A with peak community/residents’ group, CABS

The peak body representing Byron Shire’s community and residents’ groups, Community Alliance for Byron Shire (CABS), have posed the...

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Local furphies

Bravo David Morris on underlining the furphy of Byron Bay having a ‘unique culture’. What a sham of a...

David Warth and the What’s Going On events

David Warth and the What’s Going On events The Echo: We want to remind the reader that you run the...

Great weekend coming up for concert band fans

Last year, the Ballina Shire Concert Band travelled to Inverell and collaborated with Sapphire City Concert Band with combined rehearsals and concerts. Now Inverell's band are coming to Ballina to keep the collaboration alive.

Meet the candidates event: Let’s talk Byron business

The Byron Bay Chamber of Commerce will host a free ‘meet the candidates’ event, specifically aimed at Byron businesses, on Monday, September 9, from 4.30pm to 5.30pm at the Byron Community Centre

War on feral cats: report from the battlefield

The Albanese government says it has reached a new frontier in its battle against feral cats. The Invasive Species Council says more needs to be done.

Byron nightclubs

Thank you,Jane Heynes for your letter (August 14) regarding the Jonson and Kingsley Street nightclub proposal. We need local...

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Lyndall Murray for mayor of Richmond Valley Council?

Lyndall Murray is running for mayor and councillor in the upcoming Richmond Valley Council elections with a core team of seven candidates. Her team, Group C, are all about the community, effective good governance and positive leadership.

Lismore youth crime prevention program North-Tracks Works secures $30,000 grant

Lismore-based North-Tracks Works has secured a $30,000 grant to expand its life-changing program to engage with more young people in Goonellabah, Coraki, and Casino...

Rebuilding communities from Lennox and Evans Head to Coraki and Woodburn

In February and March 2022, our region was subject to a series of weather events that causeed one of the nation’s worst recorded flood disasters. The economic impact of a natural disaster can be felt far beyond the damage to housing and infrastructure.

Stolen ute, ransacked service station and vandalised police cars

Stolen Brunswick Heads ute allegedly taken on wild adventure ransacking service station and being party to vandalising police cars before being abandoned in the bush at Coraki.

Damning 2022 flood housing audit released for Northern NSW

A performance audit of how effectively, or not, the NSW government provided emergency accommodation and temporary housing in response to the 2022 floods has been released by the NSW Audit Office. 

It was once clear water, running over clean sand and pebbles…

There is serious pesticide pollution in the Richmond River estuary. But the problems of the Richmond River start well upstream. And they started long ago...

Coraki, Bungawalbyn and surrounds – monitor conditions

The Bureau of Meteorology advises river levels at Coraki and Bungawalbyn peaked below the minor flood level Tuesday evening.

Aussie artists to headline Festival of the Waters

Richmond Valley residents and visitors can look forward to two days of unparalleled entertainment next month as Richmond Valley Council presents the new Festival of the Waters.

ROR – Reclaim Our Recovery – meets tonight at 5.30pm at Living Lab

ROR (Reclaim Our Recovery) are getting together for their weekly meeting tonight – but the venue has changed to The Living Lab at 11 Woodlark Street, Lismore at 5.30pm. 

Koalas are hanging out at East Coraki

Friends of the Koala is excited to have been granted $199,980 from the Australian Government for its 'Hanging out at East Coraki: koalas thriving in an agricultural landscape', project and to be running the first Community Tree Planting Day on Saturday May 20.

Politics and personal attacks in Byron’s election campaign

The Byron Shire Council election campaign in 2024 has triggered a series of personal attacks from candidates and former councillors as the fall-out from...

Escaping gas and other noxious emissions

The consequences of regulatory failure and gas industry greed are coming home to roost in Port Kembla, with a $1 billion LNG import terminal nearing completion.

IPART to review NSW biodiversity offsets credits scheme

The Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal is inviting people and businesses involved in the NSW biodiversity credits market to provide feedback on issues related to competition, fairness and efficiency in the market.

Homelessness funding commitment by Nolan

Greens candidate for the federal seat of Richmond, Mandy Nolan, says her party ‘will fight for a commitment of $1 million in annual funding for Byron Bay homelessness support service Fletcher Street Cottage if elected at the upcoming federal election’.