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No Small Thing: NRCF Women’s Giving Circle event, Murwillumbah

Cheek Media founder, Hannah Ferguson, will headline a panel of prominent women leaders at the Regent Theatre in Murwillumbah next Thursday, in an event the organisers say brings, 'the kind of line-up you'd usually travel to Sydney for' to the Northern Rivers.

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Lismore wants a a safe, accessible and long-term home for the Hannah Cabinet

The Hannah Cabinet was created by Lismore master craftsman Geoff Hannah OAM over six-and-a-half years and is widely regarded as one of Australia’s most significant pieces of contemporary decorative furniture.

Tipping point, climate change

Please do not think me didactic. There is a sense of urgency that communities including Byron Bay must prepare for. ...

New bus services for Tweed and Murwillumbah

From 29 June, 175 additional weekly bus services will be added to Tweed and Murwillumbah routes.

Caring for community

The Rotary Club of Mullumbimby presented a cheque for $10,000 to the Brunswick Surf Life Saving Club (BSLSC) in support of its ongoing operations.

Shark culls not the answer

It has been a confronting and devastating year with a 12-year-old killed by a shark in Sydney and another shark attack in Coogee over the weekend. The NSW government has said there is nothing off the table in response to the latest shark incident. But it is vital that we don’t just start going out there and randomly culling sharks.

Facing the River in chapters

Tweed Shire Council is telling the full story of how the Tweed community has rebuilt since the 2022 floods, and further damage from the 2024 floods and Ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred.

Stories about "Easter":

Easter police road safety blitz

The Easter long weekend traffic operation has now concluded, with four lives lost on NSW roads. Police had a high-visibility presence across the state during Operation Easter 2026 from 12.01am Thursday 2 April 2026 to 11.59pm Monday 6 April 2026.

Byron blues-free Easter

Forget the blues, Byron local hospitality and event managers have put in extraordinary efforts this Easter long weekend to celebrate music and other performing arts across the shire.

Byron drains work to resume this week

Major drainage upgrade works are to continue in Byron Bay on Tuesday after a short Easter break.

Police issue traffic plea for Easter long weekend

NSW Police officers are issuing an urgent plea to drivers to slow down over the Easter long weekend after a concerning rise in the number of fatal crashes across the state this year.

Mullum Airbnb host cancels Easter deal then relists for almost double

Music journalist, DJ and ABC broadcaster, Sarah Howells, has had to swallow a bitter Bluesfest pill after an AirBnB host reneged on an agreement for Easter accommodation.

Happy Easter from The Echo

This sunny Easter morning at New Brighton, a bunny (Leo Wilcock) is playing hide and seek with little egg hunters Lailah, Zahara and Nava. Photo Jane Saunders

Acoustic set from Beck next Easter at Bluesfest

Musical genius Beck returns to Australia and will grace the stage for the first time ever at Bluesfest next Easter.

Bluesfest over – look out 2023 ‘it will be BIG!’

Bluesfest organisers are pretty chuffed about what they say was an unparalleled line-up of Australian music’s biggest artists and brightest newcomers as the 33rd annual Byron Bay Bluesfest went ahead on the long weekend.

Leporidae! He’s hippity-hoppity here!

Mr Bunny and his good friends Alice from Wonderland and the Tree Faerie were invited by the folk at Raine & Horne to visit their offices and then do the rounds of Ocean Shores and Murwillumbah shopping centres on Thursday.

Byron biz on edge for Easter as mop-up continues

Fears of yet another damaging deluge in and around the Shire this week are easing, with the Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) predicting heavy falls for Friday only.

Consultation closes Friday on Lismore’s 60,000 population plans

The future of Lismore is now up for discussion, with Council's Strategic Planning Framework currently out for public exhibition. Now is your time to have your say – consultation closes 26 June.

Science in the Pub, Lismore, 16 July

An engaging and informative Science in the Pub event is planned on Thursday, 16 July, from 5pm at Two Mates Brewing, South Lismore.

Six dwellings proposed on flood-prone Mullum block

Six units are proposed at the eastern end of New City Road, Mullumbimby, on a site that was inundated during the 2022 floods. Submitted by Duncan Band's Kollective, Development Application (DA) 10.2026.269.1 at 73 New City Road is on public exhibition with Byron Shire Council, and sits within the Shire's flood planning area.

Mullum Scout Hall fire overnight

At 1.45am this morning the NSW Fire and Rescue Mullumbimby Station 388 Sans and Brunswick Station 240 were called to a fire at the Mullumbimby Scout Hall.