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Green Heroes among 2026 NSW Environment Award winners

The NSW Environment Awards, hosted by the state’s leading environmental advocacy organisation, Nature Conservation Council NSW, was recently held at Customs House in Sydney.
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Local NewsThe Echo - 0

Remembrance Day 2026: 11am, 11 November

It is estimated that in WWl there were 20 million dead and 20 million injured. From a population base...
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Local NewsThe Echo - 0

Green Heroes among 2026 NSW Environment Award winners

The NSW Environment Awards, hosted by the state’s leading environmental advocacy organisation, Nature Conservation Council NSW, was recently held at Customs House in Sydney.
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Local NewsThe Echo - 0

Make a SHIFT and support women at risk of homelessness

The Small SHIFT: I Will Survive event where seven women, spanning seven decades, tell their story in seven minutes, is back for the fourth year running on Thursday, 5 November.
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Byron EchoYvonne Jessup, Byron Bay - 0

Walking the talk

Under the leadership of Labor’s Minister for the Environment, Hon. Penny Sharpe MLC, the NSW Parliament recently legislated several...
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Local NewsThe Echo - 0

Casino Truck Show crowned NSW’s Best Visitor Experience

The North Coast Petroleum Casino Truck Show has taken out the Outstanding Visitor Experience category at the 2026 NSW Business Awards in Sydney.
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Articles & ColumnsDavid Lowe - 0

What does the US blue tsunami mean for us?

In a stunning repudiation of Donald Trump and the Republican Party he remade in his image, US voters have chosen alternative candidates across the country in midterm elections.
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Stories about "Draft North Coast Regional Plan":

Metgasco CEO quits with $330,000 golden handshake

Local News Chris Dobney - 1
Junior gas explorer Metgasco has accepted the resignation of its CEO Peter Henderson as part of a strategic review that could see the company wound up before the end of the year.
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Three days left to have your say on North Coast ‘CSG’ Plan

Local News Chris Dobney - 2
In the absence of a formal meeting north of Coffs Harbour to discuss the North Coast Regional Plan, Ballina Environment Society has organised a Public Information Session on the subject tonight.
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Make north coast a CSG exclusion zone

Letters The Echo - 5
Ballina councillor Jeff Johnson, Lennox Head. If you want to see the northern rivers region declared a CSG exclusion zone then please take the time to write a submission to the NSW Draft North Coast Plan.
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‘Devil in the detail’ of north coast plan: EDO

Local News Chris Dobney - 0
Environmental advocacy lawyers EDO believe the threat of resumed CSG exploration on the north coast is relatively small but are very concerned about the fate of development outlined in the draft North Coast Regional Plan on dwindling koala populations.
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North Coast Plan a betrayal of community’s wishes

Letters The Echo - 0
Ballina Shire Cr Jeff Johnson. The NSW Government made a commitment to a Coal Seam Gas (CSG) free Northern Rivers before the last election that included the promise of buying back a number of exploration licenses in the region.
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Gasfields back on the agenda for northern rivers

Local News Chris Dobney - 7
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.
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Remembrance Day 2026: 11am, 11 November

The Echo - 0
It is estimated that in WWl there were 20 million dead and 20 million injured. From a population base of fewer than five million,...
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Love books? Join Friends of the Library

The Echo - 0
Friends of the Libraries, Byron Shire are looking for some fresh, new, younger faces to join the group and help keep it moving forward.
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NSW News

Racehorses shot for pet food by NSW breeder

The Echo - 0
Thirteen thoroughbred horses deemed no longer useful, have been destroyed with eight horses destroyed by firearm at Berkeley Park Stud.
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Byron Bay Surf Lifesaving Club youngsters shine

The Echo - 0
Two young members of Byron Bay Surf Lifesaving Club have delivered outstanding performances at the Paddle NSW State Sprint Championships, held at the Penrith International Regatta Centre over the weekend.
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