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Police arrest 32 in protests across the state
Police say they have prevented the mass gathering of people in various locations across NSW, arresting 32 people and issuing 265 Penalty Infringement Notices in a coordinated and mobile response to planned protest activity.
Other News
Lismore’s plateau Lizard will sleep no more
The last time the Lismore Mayor and Councillor met in the Goonellabah chambers, there was a historic decision to hand back culturally sensitive land to the local Indigenous people. In a sequel to the fate of the Lismore plateau, traditionally known as the Sleeping Lizard, the outcome was a little differen
White poles
In amongst the various existential threats that we are confronted with today, we now have the white poles debacle...
Entertainment in the Byron Shire for the week beginning 15 September, 2021
Inception – Byron Theatre’s first post-lockdown live event
Cancelled twice owing to the local lockdown, Three Lords’ Inception and AV...
State gov’t services failing to keep up with regional population growth, says independent Ballina councillor
Cr Cadwallader told The Echo on Thursday she’d be asking council staff to pursue the matter of policing resources in the shire after last month winning majority council support to pressure the government on the future of Lennox Head Public School.
‘A quick buck’
Did you know there is a fortune to be made in Federal? Forget Airbnb it is far too labour...
Next disaster
I am impelled to bring to your attention the next environmental disaster. We’ve had plastic bottles, single use plastic...
Stories about "Justine Townes Earl":
The grand Earle of Blues
Steve Earle has had a big life and has often found his way onto the highways and byways of controversy, sometimes on his own path and sometimes where he crossed the path of others…
Local News
COVID update – sewage detection in East and South Lismore and Byron Bay
Northern NSW Local Health District is urging people in the Lismore City and Byron Bay areas to get tested for COVID-19, after fragments of the virus were detected in samples from the East Lismore, South Lismore and Byron Bay sewage treatment plants.
Letters
The old slouch hat
‘This is my favourite,’ we say
espite the painfully obvious fact
that we all, from time to time
enjoy a wide variety of hats.
Jon Summers, Suffolk Park
Byron Echo
The year 2000
I must answer David Heilpern. Remember 2000, how the computers were all to fail on NYE? How could so many get it so wrong?
Why...
