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Lismore squatters negotiate with NSW RA over buyback houses

The people occupying buyback houses in Lismore were able to come together with the NSW Reconstruction Authority on Friday to talk about potential ways to move forward following the RAs attempt to disconnect water to some of the premises.  

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Lismore remembers Simone Strobel on 20th anniversary of murder

About 50 people gathered in Lismore's Quad yesterday to remember the young visitor from Germany who lost her life in the city 20 years ago.

Man’s body found in Iluka surf

Police say they recovered a man’s body from the surf in Iluka early Saturday morning.

‘Stitch up’ or a step in the right direction?

Electoral reform legislation to cap political donations passed the Senate last week, with many crossbenchers expressing their fury at the process and the major parties claiming the moral high ground as they joined forces.

Focus off centre around Sam Kerr’s arrest

It feels to me like Sam Kerr is really being pursued and prosecuted for being famous, female, and not white.

Appalling telco

It’s appalling how incompetent Telstra is! I had far better mobile phone reception at my home in Montecollum when...

Youth advisory group supported by Lismore Council

A youth advisory group (YAG) was proposed for Lismore City Council at Tuesday’s council meeting by Labor councillor Harper...

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NSW Planning Panel unanimously rejects controversial development on Ballina floodplain

Yesterday the NSW Planning Panel unanimously rejected Gemlife’s proposal for a major 'seniors living' development on a flood prone site on Burns Point Ferry Road, West Ballina.

Tweed residents outraged at destruction of koala habitat on Cobaki Creek

A 'legacy' floodplain development on the tidal estuary of Cobaki Creek, known to have recent koala sightings, was approved in 1996 and is now being cleared.

Flood-prone ‘affordable housing’ development in Mullum pushed by Byron Council

Buckle in Mullum, councillors bulldozed ahead at last Thursday’s meeting to ‘note’ a concept plan to develop the disused, and very valuable, rail corridor. 

NSW Labor to stop floodplain development if elected  

With the NSW Liberal-Nationals government still allowing developments on floodplains, NSW Labor candidate Andrew Broadley told The Echo ‘Labor would not allow new housing for anyone to be developed in the floodplain’.

Editorial – Champagne governance!

Break out the bubbly – Mayor Michael Lyon was effusive on social media after his ‘win’ over getting an agreement with the state government to finally do something with the disused rail corridor in Mullum.

EPA investigates Council over creek soil dumping/stockpiling

Executive Council staff have refused to answer key questions around a large amount of soil that was dumped on Marshalls Creek floodplain in The Pocket recently, which is believed to be stockpiled for Council infrastructure projects.

Why are we building on floodplains?

Parts of New South Wales are being inundated for the third time in four months as yet more record-breaking rain causes flooding to Sydney and beyond. Add to this the March 2021 floods and it’s the fourth time in two years that some people have watched parts of their homes go under water.

Climate Action Cafes at Murwillumbah and Cabartia start tomorrow

Tomorrow will see the first Tweed Shire Climate Action Cafe take place in Murwillumbah.

Tweed/Byron Police investigate vigilantism

Police in the Tweed-Byron District are investigating claims of vigilantism made in community Facebook groups on the Northern Rivers.

Westpac helicopter search at Lennox Point called off

A Westpac Rescue Helicopter searched for a person in the surf at Lennox Point near Boulder Beach around 7.30am on Sunday, February 16.

On the wing: Latham’s snipe

Have you ever heard of Latham’s snipe? Better still, have you ever seen one? These secretive, well camouflaged, medium-sized wading birds grace us with their presence here in Byron Shire between August and February.