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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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Role of the Greens

Recent articles and letters in The Echo have provided different perspectives about Australian politics today and the Australian Greens. There...

Damn the dams

Thanks for the information on the ten-dams project. Accurate and complete is how I found the articles. I’m grateful for...

Vale Robin Harrison aka Professor Cuddlebumps

Robin Harrison, aka Professor Cuddlebumps and Apprentice Earth Wizard, was a much-loved figure and friend to many in the Caldera and Byron Shire. He was a performer, an activist, a change maker and sustainability advocate extraordinaire.

Our rates, infrastructure and future

It’s time for our community to come together with purpose and demand accountability. Residents have legitimate questions about cumulative...

Graffiti vandals strike Norries Head and Cabarita Beach

Repeated acts of graffiti vandalism at Norries Head and throughout Cabarita Beach, are drawing interest from the police and Tweed Shire Council.

NSW commits $3 million for Saddle Road sewer link

The NSW Government will spend $3 million on a sewer link for the Saddle Road housing precinct near Brunswick Heads, a connection it says could service up to 600 residential lots.

Stories about "Forestry Corporation NSW (FCNSW)":

$1.1 million logging blunder exposes taxpayer waste and illegal forest destruction

The Forest Alliance NSW has today criticised in strongest possible terms Forestry Corporation of NSW following a Land and Environment Court ruling confirming the illegal destruction of ancient trees in Wild Cattle Creek State Forest, exposing more than $1.1 million in taxpayer-funded costs.

Loggers move machines into critical glider refuge

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.

Forest protectors face court

Supporters of forest protection activists Sharron Hodge and Juliet Lamont will gather outside the Coffs Harbour Court House this morning from 9am.

Knitting Nanna arrested near Bowraville

Chris Degan, a 75 year old member of the Knitting Nannas, was arrested earlier today for trying to save koala habitat.

Calls for Forestry NSW to stop unlawful logging

The threat of prosecution by the Environment Protection Authority has led to Forestry Corporation NSW (FCNSW) ending logging plans in Tallaganda State Forest. 

Remembrance Day 2026: 11am, 11 November

It is estimated that in WWl there were 20 million dead and 20 million injured. From a population base of fewer than five million,...

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.

Racehorses shot for pet food by NSW breeder

Thirteen thoroughbred horses deemed no longer useful, have been destroyed with eight horses destroyed by firearm at Berkeley Park Stud.

Byron Bay Surf Lifesaving Club youngsters shine

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.