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Green Heroes among 2026 NSW Environment Award winners

The NSW Environment Awards, hosted by the state’s leading environmental advocacy organisation, Nature Conservation Council NSW, was recently held at Customs House in Sydney.
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Byron EchoJo Faith, Newtown - 0

Sentient care

Words can fail one. I am compelled to write and thank all of the remarkable, peaceful activists who maintained...
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Blacks Drain crossing fully reopens after $2.56 million rebuild

The Blacks Drain crossing on Tweed Valley Way at South Murwillumbah has fully reopened after a $2.56 million rebuild designed to reduce the risk of another washout.
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Cartoon of the week – 4 November, 2026

The Echo loves your letters and is proud to provide a community forum on the issues that matter most to our readers and the people of the NSW north coast. So don’t be a passive reader, send us your epistles.
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Seven women, seven decades and seven minutes to tell their stories

Most of us would struggle to squeeze a lifetime into seven minutes. Seven local women are about to give it a go, with stories of what they have survived along the way.
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Love books? Join Friends of the Library

Friends of the Libraries, Byron Shire are looking for some fresh, new, younger faces to join the group and help keep it moving forward.
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Riverbank recovery project receives industry award

A major effort to rehabilitate almost 30 kilometres of flood-affected riverbanks across NSW has received international recognition, with Local Land Services and the Soil Conservation Service winning this year’s International Erosion Control Association Australasia (IECA Australasia) Environmental Excellence Award.
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Stories about "flood 2022":

Women key to empowering communities facing disasters

Local News The Echo - 1
A study by McNaugh and Inwood from University of Sydney’s University Centre for Rural Health (UCRH) agrues that, based on their research, as climate-related disasters become more frequent and severe, Australia must rethink who it sees as leaders in disaster response and recovery.
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Major upgrade for Murwillumbah’s Budd Park

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The riverside Budd Park in Murwillumbah has been revamped and now offers an inclusive, flood-resilient space.
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Lismore Council ask RA to salvage materials from buyback homes

Local News Aslan Shand - 3
Lismore City councillors voted to write to the NSW Reconstruction Authority (NSW RA) asking to ‘investigate a partnership for the sale of salvaged materials from buyback properties condemned for demolition to the community’.
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Recycling houses and Santin Quarry costs on the agenda for LCC

Local News Aslan Shand - 1
Lismore City Council are meeting today with a number of key issues on the table including will ratepayers foot the bill to defend the failed Santin Quarry decision
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Human cost of floods captured on film

Local News Paul Bibby - 1
A locally-made film exploring the social impact of the 2022 floods in Lismore is being launched this week, with a screening taking place in Lismore on May 8.
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Lismore Cinema reopening this December

Local News The Echo - 0
The Lismore Cinema is about to receive a reinvention, not just a refurbishment, and is due to reopen this December in time to show Avatar: Fire and Ash.
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Protesters in Sydney as Lismore squatters face court

Local News Aslan Shand - 7
Squatters in the Lismore and Mullumbimby homes bought back by the NSW Reconstruction Authority are facing the Supreme Court in Sydney today. 
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Squatter case ends in Supreme Court

Local News The Echo - 55
The NSW Reconstruction Authority (RA) is taking homeless people in Mullumbimby and Lismore to the Supreme Court this Friday, April 11, to evict them from structurally sound houses they bought back as part of the post-2022 flood buyback program. 
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Houses being demolished in Lismore today – call for ‘RA to pause demolitions’

Local News Aslan Shand - 19
Yesterday saw the start of the NSW Reconstruction Authority’s change of approach to relocation of houses in Lismore with the demolition of a house. 
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The Conversation spoke to kids after the Lismore floods – to recover, they need support, time and hugs

Byron Echo The Conversation - 0
Many children in Queensland and northern New South Wales have had their lives disrupted by ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred.
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Local News

Remembrance Day 2026: 11am, 11 November

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It is estimated that in WWl there were 20 million dead and 20 million injured. From a population base of fewer than five million,...
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Love books? Join Friends of the Library

The Echo - 0
Friends of the Libraries, Byron Shire are looking for some fresh, new, younger faces to join the group and help keep it moving forward.
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NSW News

Racehorses shot for pet food by NSW breeder

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Thirteen thoroughbred horses deemed no longer useful, have been destroyed with eight horses destroyed by firearm at Berkeley Park Stud.
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Byron Bay Surf Lifesaving Club youngsters shine

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Two young members of Byron Bay Surf Lifesaving Club have delivered outstanding performances at the Paddle NSW State Sprint Championships, held at the Penrith International Regatta Centre over the weekend.
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