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Local NewsThe Echo - June 26, 20260

26-room Mullum seniors hostel on exhibition

A proposal to build a 26-room seniors hostel in Mullumbimby is back on the table, after being rejected by Byron Shire Council in December 2025.

Other News

Byron EchoThe Echo - June 23, 20260

NSW Golf Croquet State Championships to be hosted in the Northern Rivers

Ballina Cherry Street, Byron Bay, and Lismore croquet clubs region will once again host the 2026 NSW Golf Croquet...

Byron EchoThe Echo - June 23, 20260

Byron’s Winter Whales raise $43,000

The Byron Bay Winter Whales (BBWW) took to the ocean for the 39th time this year on the first Sunday of May and raised $43,000 for local organisations and charities.

Local NewsThe Echo - June 24, 20260

NSW budget and the Northern Rivers

The Minns government says it's handed down a budget which locks in major funding for North Coast health infrastructure, alongside targeted cost-of-living relief designed for regional households and disaster recovery, as locals continue to face higher costs.

Local NewsPamela Veness, Tweed Water Alliance - June 24, 20260

Tweed Water Alliance and the future of the region’s water

Community concern about large-scale water extraction in a quiet rural area, the use of heavy vehicle trucking on narrow, winding, country roads and unsustainable one-use bottling led to the formation of Tweed Water Alliance.

Local NewsThe Echo - June 22, 20260

Momentum hosts free skate workshop for girls and women

Whether you are stepping on a skateboard for the first time, sharpening your skills or getting ready to compete, a free school holiday workshop is being offered to all female skaters up to 25 years.

Local NewsThe Echo - June 25, 20260

Break-ins leave Uniting Church volunteers struggling

The Uniting Church Op Shop and Church Hall in Mullumbimby have been broken into three times in the last few months with the television being repeatedly stolen, donated stock stolen, and general damage to the shop.

Pollies, perks and pitfalls

Articles & Columns David Lowe - October 21, 2024 41

What would Ben Chifley say? PM Anthony Albanese's bizarre timing in buying an oceanfront mansion during a national cost of living and housing crisis has been the focus of a concerted media pile-on in the last week, but the hypocrisy of the other parties also needs to be called out.

Local News

Schools Roadshow heads to Lismore

The Echo - June 26, 2026 0

The Rivers Secondary College Lismore High Campus will host 80 principals and public school leaders from across the North Coast and New England on Friday 26 June as part of the 2026 Schools Roadshow.

Editorial

Could you be a better councillor?

Aslan Shand - June 26, 2026 0

I had the opportunity to speak to the NSW Reconstruction Authority (NSW RA) last month. One of the matters I brought up was the proposed 57 Station Street, Mullumbimby development. It was clear that the only ‘community feedback’ they would be listening to supported housing development on that site.

Letters

Discursion on ‘reserve’

Robert Podhajsky, Ocean Shores - June 26, 2026 0

Reserve is a word with many meanings. What is the Reserve Bank of Australia? Does it have a ‘reserve’? Reserve means: To keep back or...

Letters

Economics of rail trail

Louise Doran, Ocean Shores - June 26, 2026 0

Byron Shire and the North Coast is one of the fastest-growing regions on NSW’s east coast with millions of tourists, not a dying country...

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