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Greens urged to back pathway to end native forest logging

Some of NSW’s most respected and long-standing forest campaigners and scientists have today urged the Greens not to support the Nationals' attempt to disallow the Improved Native Forest Management (INFM) method.
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One Night Only

What if one messy night turns out to be the best thing that ever happened to you? Will Gluck, the filmmaker of Anyone but You and Easy’, celebrates modern romantic comedy on the big screen with a fresh, witty, swoony, original film about searching for love on the least romantic night of the year in One Night Only.
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Being un conscious

There is a general belief that consciousness is an entity in itself or something that is non-physical. I don’t...
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A hole in one!

Mullumbimby Golf Club’s Cody Watego get a hole in one.
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Given up the ghost

We are informed that Byron Shire Council (BSC) has, in a sense, ‘given up the ghost’.  It has run...
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Artist attempts the impossible at Lismore gallery

How do you grab hold of a horizon? Artist Lottie Consalvo has decided to have a crack.
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Byron Writers Fest

Like everyone else, I am still bathing in the warm inner glow and sanctuary of being surrounded by like-minded...
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Stories about "Domestic Violence (DV)":

Making the S.H.I.F.T. in women’s lives

Local News Mandy Nolan, The SHIFT Project - 0
Older women are disproportionately affected by the housing crisis and financial insecurity. They are the fastest-growing group of people experiencing homelessness or at risk of homelessness.
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LECC find police failed in their duty in the death of Lindy Lucena

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The Law Enforcement Conduct Commission’s Operation Almas has criticised the police response to the violent death of Ballina woman Lindy Lucena at the hands of her partner in 2023.
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Conversations in the Pub starts with Janelle Saffin

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Conversations in the Pub – Lismore’s new civic meet-up – kicks off on Friday 19 June with its inaugural special guest, the NSW Minister for Small Business, Minister for Recovery, Minister for the North Coast and Member for Lismore Janelle Saffin MP.
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NSW again records highest rate of women murdered in Australia

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2025 statistics show that NSW has once again recorded the highest number of women murdered in domestic and family violence over the last twelve months, with specialist DFV services reporting an average wait of two months for support.
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Mandy Nolan’s Soapbox: Why she stays

Byron Echo Mandy Nolan - 0
Someone said to me once: ‘I can’t believe a woman like you would have stayed in domestic violence. I would have left. I wouldn’t stand for it.’
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A dozen charged for DV in Tweed/Byron in a week

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A dozen people were charged with domestic violence related offences in the week ending Friday 3 October, Tweed Byron police said on social media last week.
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In memory of Ashleigh Grice

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Last Friday saw up to 400 people gather in Heritage Park in Mullumbimby as the community came together to remember 23-year-old Ashleigh Grice. 
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Fundraiser established for alleged DV victim’s family

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A Gofundme page has been set up to assist the grieving family of 23-year old Ashleigh, who was found dead shortly before midnight last Friday in Mullumbimby.
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Man charged with DV murder of woman in Mullum

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A man has been charged after a woman was found deceased in Mullumbimby on Friday, 19 September, 2025.
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Lindy Lucena’s family deserve better than cops investigating cops

Local News The Echo - 1
Pressure is mounting on Police Minister Yasmin Catley to ensure an independent investigation into the death of Ballina local Lindy Lucena, following revelations that the NSW police force took 55 minutes to respond to a call for help from a man who witnessed her violent death at the hands of a partner.
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Ballina Council makes decision on Ross Lane

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With the absence of all four of its progressive councillors for various reasons, Ballina Council pushed ahead with its agenda at yesterday's monthly meeting, including a decision which is likely to close Ross Lane for months while the road is upgraded.
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Mullumbimby puts new governance models first, and now wants to build it

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Imagine Northern Rivers says Mullumbimby is the only community across the region to rank new models of governance and decision-making as the number one element of its preferred future, and last week locals gathered to work out how to make it real.
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Appeal to locate man missing from Broadwater

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Police are appealing for public assistance to help locate a local missing man.
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Katie Milne responds to Tweed’s draft housing and employment strategy

The Echo - 0
The former mayor of Tweed Shire Council, Kate Milne, has shared her submission to Tweed's Draft Growth Management Housing & Employment Strategy.
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