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Shenhua gone and Breeza breathes again
In a much-hoped-for move, the NSW Government and the China Shenhua Energy Company Limited have reached a $100 million agreement in which Shenhua will withdraw its mining lease application and surrender its development consent for the Shenhua Watermark Coal project at Breeza on the Liverpool Plains.
Other News
Fresh faces for Council elections
A very distinct, black flat-cap has just been thrown into the ring for the upcoming Byron Council elections, pegged for September 4.
MardiGrass is on and Nimbin is ready to roll
The recent cancellation of Bluesfest sent a shiver up the spine of MardiGrass host Michael Balderstone, as visions of the same fate awaiting the annual protest at Nimbin came too close for comfort.
Increase in remote access scams
Local financial institutions say there has been an increase in remote access scams experienced by customers recently.
Hanging points
Jo Faith, Newtown
Many thanks to The Echo for printing ex-magistrate David Heilpern’s remarkable article articulating the ongoing tragic situation surrounding...
Electricity ‘fun facts’
Anonymous, Ballina
I’m surprised that a part of David Lowe’s online article of March 15 slipped under the fact-check radar (‘Tamara Smith...
DPI has an eye on Lismore’s yellow crazy ants
The yellow crazy ant (Anoplolepis gracilipes) is a species of ant, originally from Southeast Asia, that has been accidentally introduced to numerous places in the world – including Lismore.
Stories about "Hastings":
Residents want regulation for Airbnb and holiday letting
The impact on local communities of short term holiday letting on platforms like Airbnb has come under the microscope in northern NSW with a recent study clearly identifying a need for regulation.
Byron Echo
Pandemic plate lickers release lockdown dessert
Eve Jeffery - 0
The 2020 pandemic lockdown meant the entire entertainment industry was cancelled, but making music cannot be cancelled.
Byron Echo
5MW solar farm funding under question
A 5MW solar farm proposed for Myocum, located near the Byron Resource Recovery Centre, poses a ‘high degree of risk’, and could jeopardise funding for other large Council infrastructure projects, according to a staff report, to be tabled at this Thursday’s meeting.
Byron Echo
Tony Barry, Ben Chifley and FD’s Four Freedoms
Eve Jeffery - 0
Local actor-vist, Tony Barry, has taken on a lot since he moved to the Northern Rivers, and though cancer took one of his legs, Tony still manages to put in the hard yards for social, environmental and human rights causes.
Byron Echo
Government bullying and hidden agendas
Frank Ball, Tweed Heads
The treatment of Christine Holgate while CEO of Australia Post is nothing short of scandalous. Not only is it a prime example...
