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Dunoon Dam from a Rocky Creek perspective
R Musgrave, Rocky Creek
Here’s a simple question about the proposed new Dunoon Dam and some local observations from a long-time...
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Catch Flock’s Brice Fundraiser: Cycle For Brighter Futures
Matt Brice cycled through India solo in 2014 under the name of Cycle for Brighter Futures (CFBF), raising funds...
Celebrating 35 years of The Echo
The Echo Awards, held every five years, was a great success on Wednesday night as it celebrated 35 years of local independent journalism in the Northern Rivers and the community that have supported it throughout those times.
Roar
Kate Coxall, BSC Green candidate, Wilsons Creek
In response to the silencing tactics of unaware and privileged men in last week’s Echo,...
Pro rail groups join to rally on Thursday
Four local groups have banded together and will host a rally calling for urgent consultation on the removal of the train tracks on the Murwillumbah to Crabbes Creek rail corridor.
Three stabbed, man arrested – Lismore
Three men remain in hospital and a man’s been arrested following a stabbing in Lismore this afternoon.
Bring them home to Biloela
Marilyn Perkins, MEd, JP, Wollongbar
Given the recent news that Tharnicaa is seriously ill, and has been flown to hospital in...
Stories about "elephants":
Tax returns and cruelty to elephants don’t mix
Jason Bake, director of campaigns, PETA Australia. Tax returns are no joke, and neither is cruelty to animals. So when H&R Block used a captive elephant in a new television ad, the public didn't laugh.
Among elephants in recovery
When we volunteered at the Elephant Nature Park, my 12-year-old daughter and I knew there would be poo-shovelling, feeding and bathing the elephants. But I had no idea how…
Byron Echo
Nerves
Tom Tabart, Former Byron Greens councillor
It seems that I may have touched a nerve in my attempt to give some background to Byron Greens...
Byron Echo
Police withdraw charge against protester
The police case against a Byron local arrested at a ‘My body, my choice’ protest has been dropped, according to rally organiser Dean Jefferys.
Local News
Local hospitals performing above State average, quarterly report says
Paul Bibby - 0
Hospitals in Northern NSW performed better than the state average despite recording a high number of emergency department (ED) attendances, according to the latest Bureau of Information (BHI) Healthcare Quarterly report.
Local News
Celebrating 12 years of liberating food for those in need
Liberation Larder is located on Fletcher St Byron Bay behind the community centre and was founded in 2009 by Venerable Honu, a Buddhist nun, who recognised there were many people in our community struggling to make ends meet.
