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Byron EchoEdward Kent, Suffolk Park - 0

Financial woes

Byron Shire’s financial woes are not the result of a lack of money, but rather the waste of it....
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Local NewsEve Jeffery - 0

Remembering the Peacekeepers

Last Friday a small group gathered at the Cenotaph in Mullumbimby to commemorate International UN Peacekeeper Day.
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LettersNeil O’Sullivan - 0

Small businesses can’t ‘pass costs on’

The government announced $2 billion in small business support in this year’s federal Budget. For those of us actually...
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Local NewsThe Echo - 0

Advocates and civil society organisations call to drop the charges against Herzog protestors

In an open letter to the NSW Premier, Attorney-General, Minister for Police, and Commissioner of Police, advocates and civil society organisations have called for the charges to be dropped against people protesting against the visit of the President of Israel on 9 February 2026.
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Local NewsThe Echo - 0

Council says potholes on Wilsons Creek Rd will be fixed

Frustration has been expressed by locals at the potholes already appearing in the recent $10.7 million upgrade to Wilsons Creek Road.
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The Good LifeAllie Godfrey - 0

Greens from The Farm are flourshing

At the heart of a thriving market garden is timing, soil health, and a deep connection to the seasons...
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Byron EchoJo Faith, Newtown - 0

Rail Master’s Cottage

The destruction by fire of the Rail Master’s Cottage prompts questions of social justice. Is this land still related...
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High speed rail

Letters The Echo - 2
Louise Doran, Ocean Shores. The study into High Speed Rail (HSR) by the clean-energy consultancy Beyond Zero Emissions argues the east coast network would cost $84 billion to build and could pay for itself in 40 years. This study includes a station at Lismore, which would serve locals as well as the five million national and international visitors to the region.
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High-speed train could connect to local line

Letters The Echo - 6
Louise Doran, Ocean Shores. It’s imperative that the Casino to Murwillumbah rail line be restored for local trains to connect our communities to the HSR. It’s incomprehensible that an area which is a major national and international tourist destination has little or no public transport.
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Lismore backs ‘pie in the sky’ high speed rail proposal

Local News The Echo - 6
A high-speed rail proposal was last night described as ‘pie in the sky’ but still received backing from a majority of Lismore city councilors.
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Lismore considers high speed rail report

Local News The Echo - 9
A proposed high-speed rail project could have Lismore residents traveling to Brisbane to work in just 45 minutes, or in Sydney in just 2.5 hours.
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Byron Echo

Return Mullum hospital to Bundjalung

Gary Opit and Carmel Daoud, Wooyung - 0
‘Public land should serve the public vision,’ Greens councillor Elia Hauge is quoted as saying in The Echo (May 20) under the headline ‘Community...
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Byron Echo

Israel’s rehabilitation

John Scrivener, Main Arm - 0
Israel’s genocide of the Palestinians has not ended and it will not end before Israel officially renounces its intention to exterminate or expel the...
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Byron Echo

ISIS vs Australian Israelis

Marianne McCormack, Billinudgel - 0
Dear Rod Murray (Letters, 27 May) In reply to your very long letter, far exceeding 250 words, (in itself telling), it was never my...
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Byron Echo

Lennox development

Alison Vickery, Lennox Head - 0
The proposed Saltwood development at Ross Lane raises serious concerns for local residents. You cannot engineer away local knowledge. Residents with decades of lived experience of...
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