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One river, many voices

It's the final week of Richmond RiverFest, with events from Ballina to Lismore, and the upper catchment to the coast.
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Byron EchoVee Hunt, Mullumbimby - 0

Let’s not sell the only CBD carpark

The ongoing logistics disaster that is the ‘affordable’ housing proposed to be built on the public carpark at 57...
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Bruns residents and Reflections struggle to find common ground

Brunswick Heads residents called on their local MP Tamara Smith for a meeting to discuss the fences that Reflections Holiday Parks have erected around the park area where the community planted native cypress pines commemorating the Battle of Lone Pine in WWI, which has been utilised by the community for over 60 years for recreation.
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Byron EchoJohn Scrivener, Main Arm - 0

Nuclear hypocrisy

Nothing illustrates Western hypocrisy quite like the double standards applied to nuclear weapons. Trump insists the US-Israeli aggression against...
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Coorabell Hall Spring Fever

Spring Fever Fashion Parade celebrates a stream of flower-powered, funky, upcycled, reloved and new fashion for gals, guys and some kidswear along with jewellery, hats and reloved accessories twirling on the Coorabell Hall runway on Friday, 16 October at 7pm. Music from DJ MLC and co MC Dr Baz.
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Tobias Moran sues police over Simone Strobel murder prosecution

Tobias Moran has launched legal action against NSW Police for malicious prosecution over the withdrawn charge that he murdered his girlfriend, German backpacker Simone Strobel, in Lismore in 2005.
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Push for free conservation rezoning as report reveals Byron habitat protection gap

Byron Shire landholders could be offered a free pathway to stronger conservation zoning under a proposal coming before today’s Council meeting, following a report identifying significant gaps in protection for the Shire’s valuable habitat.
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Inspiring young people through storytelling and film

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The Byron Bay International Film Festival (BBFF), supported by Byron Shire Council, has brought together a powerful set of films to engage the imaginations of young people
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Bangalow Film Festival is back

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After being postponed due to Tropical Cyclone Alfred, Bangalow Film Festival has announced new dates and a revised program for 2025.
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Bangalow Film Festival set to return

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The Bangalow Film Festival will return in 2025 with a star-studded fifth season.
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Bangalow Film Festival lights up at the A&I Hall

Local News Eve Jeffery - 0
The first film of the Bangalow Film Festival was screened at the A&I Hall last night and filmmaker Aaron Wilson introduced the film and spoke to the audience afterwards.
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All ears for film festival

Local News The Echo - 0
The Bangalow Film Festival is moving its screenings to the A&I Hall to keep you cosy and covered from April 10 till 14.
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Byron Council reviews protocols on film productions

Local News Paul Bibby - 0
Byron Council will review its rules around filming in public places in a bid to prevent productions like the docu-soap Byron Baes being filmed...
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Surfing To Survive

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Surfing To Survive is a film about local surfer and surf coach Karin, with an invisible illness leading to disability, and will show at the Palace Cinema Byron on 19 March at 6.45pm.
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Northern Rivers short film competition now open

Local News Mia Armitage - 0
Entries are now open for Byron All Shorts, a competition celebrating the art of story-telling through film on the Northern Rivers.
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Punters pack Palace for BBFF opening

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Paul Ireland’s gritty re-imagining of Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure and the promise of a ritzy party drew 250 film lovers and social butterflies to Palace Cinemas on Friday evening for the Opening Night of the Byron Bay Film Festival (BBFF).
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Byron Bay Film Festival winners announced

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After a massive 10 days of local and international, short and feature film, showcasing both drama and doco, the Byron Bay Film Festival has announced its winner
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‘Coal mines are writing the laws’

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The Minns government has announced it will bypass the independent planning process and legislate an increase in coal production at MACH Energy's Mount Pleasant mine, following the landmark High Court decision that found the mine's expansion approval was invalid because the climate pollution from exported coal had not been properly considered.
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Local News

BBFF Young Australian Filmmaker of the Year

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Melbourne writer-director Jake James Whitford has been named the 2026 Young Australian Filmmaker of the Year at the Byron Bay International Film Festival (BBFF), for his short film 'The Squatters and the Fairy Princess'.
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Two men charged following alleged robbery

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Two men have been charged following an alleged robbery in Casino last week.
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Free Musicland talk in Byron

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Local author Tricia Shantz will be talking about a seminal time and place in her new book Musicland: When the Music Came to Byron 1970–1995 at the Byron Bay Library on Thursday, 29 October at 3pm.
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