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Vale William ‘Bill’ Ewen

The funeral service for Marine Rescue Ballina volunteer William ‘Bill’ Ewen was held on Monday at Ballina RSL Club.
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LettersLouise Doran, Ocean Shores  - 0

Free bike track ‘waste of money’

Byron Shire business people who think that spending eye-watering amounts of taxpayers’ money ripping up a multi-billion-dollar train line...
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Local NewsThe Echo - 0

Festival and event grants on offer

Community organisations are encouraged to apply for NSW government grants to bring cultural festivals and events to life across the state over the coming year.
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LettersMike Balson, Upper Wilsons Creek - 0

Race cards

They’re doing it again. The conservative Coalition are playing the race and immigrant card. Here is an Opposition that lost...
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Local NewsThe Echo - 0

Up to 550 homes pegged for Byron Shire’s newest suburb

Community feedback is now sought on three planning documents that will shape the future of Gulgan Village, a new residential suburb proposed on the elevated slopes of Saddle Road. 
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Local NewsThe Echo - 0

Raising funds for BYS

Byron Youth Service (BYS) supports young people across the Byron Shire through a diverse range of creative, educational, and wellbeing initiatives, while continuing significant improvements to The YAC (Youth Activity Centre).
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LettersJo Faith, Newtown - 0

Tipping point

It is noted in the last edition of The Echo that six new dwellings with swimming pools are to...
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Stories about "endangered species":

Loggers move machines into critical glider refuge

National News The Echo - 0
Bob Brown Foundation is calling for the immediate removal of logging machines from a critical greater glider habitat on New South Wales' south coast and urgent protection of native forests.
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Still Wallum, an artistic tribute to the living Wallum landscape

Local News The Echo - 0
Art, ecology, and community come together in a new exhibition which invites the public to experience what still thrives, and what could be lost.
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New tracker for Australia’s genomic biodiversity

National News The Echo - 0
A world-first tool is tracking Australia’s progress in sequencing the full genomes – or genetic blueprints – of the country’s 250,000-plus known and catalogued species.
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Another logging protest in Tasmania, as state election approaches

National News The Echo - 1
The morning after Western Australia legislated to ban logging, in Tasmania the logging of ancient forests was halted by another daily protest calling on political leaders to save this ancient forest and forests across the state from further destruction.
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Bangalow Koalas celebrates over 450,000 trees planted across Northern Rivers

Local News The Echo - 3
Bangalow Koalas is proud to announce a community tree planting on Friday 30 May at East Coraki, as part of their ambitious '500,000 Reasons for Hope' project.
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Protesters again halt Australia’s worst logging in Tasmania’s Central Highlands

National News The Echo - 16
Climate protector and forest protester Violet CoCo, along with other forest defenders, is this morning defending swift parrot, masked owl and Tasmanian devil habitat in the Waykaywirinu/Central Highlands of Tasmania.
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Greens call for federal investment in National Wildlife Rescue Strategy

Local News The Echo - 4
Greens spokesperson for the environment Senator Sarah Hanson-Young is calling for a federal investment of $20 million a year into a National Wildlife Rescue Strategy.
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Ocean Alley guitarist Mitch Galbraith joins Save Wallum supporters at court case 

Local News Aslan Shand - 3
The Save Wallum court case is now in its fifth day in the Federal Court of Australia with dedicated Save Wallum supporters gathering outside the court as the hearing proceeds. 
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Clouds Creek forest protectors convicted

National News The Echo - 7
On Monday, forest campaigners who had been protecting the Clouds Creek Greater Glider Sanctuary at Billy’s Creek, west of the Blicks River on the Dorrigo Plateau, appeared at a hearing in the Coffs Harbour Local Court.
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Report: overfishing threatens world’s sharks and rays

National News The Echo - 4
A new report has discovered that one third of shark and ray species are endangered, and two thirds of the endangered species are at risk of extinction by overfishing.
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Empowering women and girls

The Echo - 0
Applications are now open for Northern Rivers Community Foundation's (NRCF) 2026 Empowering Women & Girls Grant, offering local not-for-profit organisations the opportunity to secure funding for projects that empower women and girls across the Northern Rivers.
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Big things are happening at The Paddock — and one of them has a flush

Karen Gross, The Paddock Project - 0
There are two milestones worth celebrating at The Paddock this season as they push ahead with their innovative project.
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Byron Writers Festival reveals 30th anniversary program

The Echo - 0
As August draws near and authors gear up for a big weekend in Byron Bay, Byron Writers Festival has revealed its complete program for its 30th anniversary edition
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Are retirement villages what Byron Bay needs?

Aslan Shand - 0
Developer DD Resort Living is seeking community feedback until June 18 on its proposed retirement living development in Byron Bay.
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