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Byron urged to seek exemption from state housing fast-track

Byron Shire Council is being urged to seek an exemption from the state government’s housing fast-track system and a pause or review of major developments that conflict with local planning rules.
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The Good LifeThe Echo - 0

Bring a little ferment to every meal

By Katerina Lazareva Fermented foods don’t need to be saved for something special. A splash, spoonful or forkful can slip...
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Local NewsThe Echo - 0

Club raises thousands to support flood survivors

The Rotary Club of Alstonville has raised $5,000 to support families in Nepal who have been displaced by recent flash floods.
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Local NewsThe Echo - 0

Public meeting over controversial Suffolk DA

The controversial Suffolk Park development application for 9-13 Clifford Street, Suffolk Park by Denwol Suffolk Pty Ltd is once again on public exhibition after previous DAs were rejected by Byron Shire Council and then the Land and Environment Court.
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Man dies in Yamba after being pulled from water

Just before 11am yesterday (Sunday 4 October 2026), officers attached to Coffs/Clarence Police District were called to Marine Parade, Yamba, following reports of Surf Life Saving NSW locating a man’s body in the water.
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Local NewsThe Echo - 0

Lavertys Gap water supply assessment to go ahead

Byron Shire councillors Janet Swain (Labor) and Jack Dods (independent) brought a motion ‘to stop a further report on Mullumbimby’s Lavertys Gap water supply, to cease all further work on the Mullumbimby water supply from Lavertys Gap, and shut down the treatment plant,’ to the last Council meeting.
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Ballina and Tweed cut DA waits, opening door to $1 million each

Ballina and Tweed councils could each secure up to $1 million for local infrastructure after cutting their average development application assessment times by nearly two months.
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Stories about "development applications":

Ballina and Tweed cut DA waits, opening door to $1 million each

Local News The Echo - 0
Ballina and Tweed councils could each secure up to $1 million for local infrastructure after cutting their average development application assessment times by nearly two months.
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NSW Labor govt strips councillors of DA approval powers

Local News Hans Lovejoy - 0
Recent amendments to the state’s main planning law just adopted by NSW Labor will result in councillors losing their powers to approve development applications (DAs).
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Tweed council catching up on DA backlog

Local News The Echo - 0
Tweed Shire Council staff say they’re catching up on and reducing the number of outstanding development applications [DAs] lodged locally.
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Tweed Council DA reporting threshold goes to $5m

Local News Aslan Shand - 0
Tweed Shire Councillors have voted to increase the threshold from $2.5m to $5m for preparing a council staff report on a development application and sending it to councillors. 
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Ballina Shire Council reports critical shortage of planning staff

Local News Mia Armitage - 0
Worker shortages are impacting development across the Northern Rivers but a shortage of tradies isn’t the only problem, with five vacancies recently reported in Ballina Shire Council’s planning division.
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Have your say on the Lismore Planning Panel

Local News The Echo - 0
The NSW Government has announced the creation of a local planning panel for Lismore. The panel will be made up of independent experts and community representatives to determine contentious and complex development applications and provide advice on other planning matters.
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NIMBY Guide

Guides Hans Lovejoy - 0
Dear resident, This guide is aimed at providing helpful information to consider should you be facing a large-scale inappropriate development application (DA) in your neighbourhood....
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Is it better to build first and ask forgiveness later?

Local News The Echo - 0
Are there enough houses in the area? Should we be allowed to put another dwelling on our property if there is enough space? Should we build first and ask later?
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Can we improve the development application (DA) process?

Byron Echo Hans Lovejoy - 1
Locals are increasingly finding themselves facing large inappropriate development applications (DAs) that dramatically impact on amenity and diminish biodiversity. Arguably this has already occurred...
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Fifty years of ‘make it, bake it, grow it’ at The Channon

The Echo - 0
Long before buying and selling became a matter of scrolling and clicking, people were meeting at The Channon to trade and barter goods.
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Local News

Ballina and Tweed cut DA waits, opening door to $1 million each

The Echo - 0
Ballina and Tweed councils could each secure up to $1 million for local infrastructure after cutting their average development application assessment times by nearly two months.
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Local News

All eyes and ears on the Dingo

Aslan Shand - 0
This is a region that has birthed multiple festivals and now a new festival, Dingo, springs into life this Thursday bringing an exciting mix of local and international music to the community.
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Byron Echo

Crisis of reasoning

Kathleen Angus, Main Arm - 0
One of the hardest things about being invested in protecting Wallum and other precious and rare ecosystems is reading some of the comments on...
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