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Police appeal for help to find missing teenagers
Police are appealing for public assistance to help locate the boy and a girl who were last seen in Alstonville on Monday.
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Butler Street Reserve checked for PFAS pollution
Authorities are checking the Byron Bay site for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, more commonly known as PFAS.
Cartoon of the week – 19 May, 2021
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Travelling at the speed of lies
When Tim Berners-Lee and others created the architectural foundations of the world wide web, they did so with the vision of openness, idea sharing, and trust. Human nature has a way of making things more complicated, of course.
Man jailed over South Golden Beach dog shooting
A local builder who shot his neighbour’s dog with a bow and arrow in South Golden Beach has been jailed after unsuccessfully appealing his conviction in the District Court.
A confusion of letters in Ocean Shores
Apparently, there is another Ocean Shores in another part of the world, and they have deer…
Interview with magician James Galea
James Galea is no ordinary magician. He’s not the smarmy guy in purple velvet with a cage full of pigeons sawing women in half. In fact, James is proud to say he has never cut anyone in half.
Stories about "Department of Primary Industries":
North coast shark nets could be in by Christmas
Shark nets could be installed along north coast beaches as early as Christmas, but not before local communities have had the opportunity to have their say on the proposal.
Lennox shark barrier trial discontinued
Drones flying over Ballina shire beaches could be the main tool to guard against shark encounters this Summer following the failure of shark barriers at Lighthouse Beach, and now Lennox Head.
Gasfields back on the agenda for northern rivers
The towns at the centre of the struggle against CSG two years ago have been left out of a consultation program for the state government’s draft North Coast Regional Plan.
Whale burial on Tweed beach raises a stink with locals
The burial of a dead four-metre sperm whale which had beached at Casuarina Beach on the Tweed Coast last week has caused a stink with locals who fear its rotting carcass could pose a health risk to beach users and also attract sharks to the area.
Letters
Corruption-riddled
Keith Duncan, Pimlico
Thank God this corruption-riddled Berejiklian/Barilaro government does not have a majority in the NSW upper house. Environmentalists in NSW have just breathed...
Local News
Man jailed over South Golden Beach dog shooting
Paul Bibby - 0
A local builder who shot his neighbour’s dog with a bow and arrow in South Golden Beach has been jailed after unsuccessfully appealing his conviction in the District Court.
Local News
Greens MP calls for greater workplace safety in government
Mia Armitage
Greens Member for Ballina Tamara Smith has joined calls for improved workplace safety in government after accusations against a Byron Shire resident of...
Letters
Angsts, hopes and visions
Jo Faith, Newtown
I love The Echo and all of the folk that passionately contribute their angsts, hopes and visions. How do The (struggling) Echo...
