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How can we keep paying for incompetence

The only way forward is going backwards. That’s how I explain the current situation of Byron Shire Council. The...

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Can you help our rainbow community find a home?

For four years Queer Family Inc has lived the perilous life of a homeless community organisation – bouncing from one temporary venue to the next, sometimes without anywhere to stay at all.

Trains on tracks

Give the Northern Rivers a fair go on rail I was surprised to see The Echo promoting the Rail Trail...

Given up the ghost

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

Mandy Nolan’s Soapbox: Turn and Face the Change

‘Changes’ – It’s my favourite Bowie song. How do we change? And I don’t just mean personally. I mean as a large community of humans. As a species? Because we have to change. Now.

Mullum Gold Club charity day Saturday

This Saturday, 29 August  the Mullumbimby Golf Club (MGC) is hosting its rescheduled MND (Motor Neurone Disease) Charity Day in honour of Steve Ryan.

Need a little free legal advice?

Lawyers from Tyndall & Co say they will provide free legal advice covering most areas of law including domestic violence, elder abuse and visa issues at their upcoming Pro Bono Cafe in Byron.

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Police warrant issued on Ethan Farrell

Police say they are appealing for assistance to locate a man wanted on outstanding warrants, and believe he frequents the Goonellabah, Waterloo & Nowra areas of NSW.

Grants news across Northern Rivers region

There have been a number of government announcements about grants this morning, for local sport, active ageing and domestic violence prevention.

Data on domestic and family violence sees slight decline

Two survey measures suggest domestic and family violence (DFV) has declined in NSW over recent years, according to new analysis by the NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research (BOCSAR).

Nearly 1,000 DV arrests across NSW in 4 days

Nearly a thousand alleged domestic violence offenders were arrested last week as part of the latest four-day NSW Police Operation Amarok.

DV vigil coming soon to Lismore Quad

The Northern Rivers community is invited to come together for a vigil at the Lismore Quad on Thursday, 21 May 2026, to honour the women and children who have tragically lost their lives to domestic and family violence, and to stand in solidarity with survivors, families, and frontline workers.

Clubs say no to DV with Purple Friday

Local clubs have joined a state-wide campaign to turn purple today, as part of the industry's state-wide Purple Friday – Clubs say no to domestic violence (DV) campaign.

DV victim protections boosted, says govt

Protections for domestic violence victims are being strengthened, says the NSW Labor government. In a media release they say, organised crime networks will also be...

$5m in funding to assist DV survivors navigate justice system

A Lismore-based domestic family and sexual violence housing and support service has welcomed a $5m NSW government investment to ‘strengthen justice responses for victim-survivors of sexual violence’

Riding 350 kms to do something about DV

Registrations are rolling in for the Against the Wind charity bike ride happening later this month, raising funds for frontline domestic violence services. The distance represents the 350 DV calls made in NSW every day.

Domestic violence at least 25% of all NR arrests

A 29-year-old Stokers Siding man is to appear at Tweed Heads Local Court today charged with assault occasioning actual bodily harm in a domestic violence context.

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.

Ballina Council makes decision on Ross Lane

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.

Mullumbimby puts new governance models first, and now wants to build it

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.

Appeal to locate man missing from Broadwater

Police are appealing for public assistance to help locate a local missing man.