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Essential businesses recognised
A sticker initiative, to say ‘Thank you’ and support local retailers’ doing it tough is adorning Mullum shops, owing in part to efforts by resident Angela Bambach.
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A place like home
Garth Luke, Mullumbimby
Why do we always focus on adding new buildings when the conversation turns to affordable housing?
Byron Shire...
NSW coal power stations still emitting dangerous levels of air pollution
New National Pollutant Inventory data shows that toxic air emissions from the state’s coal-fired power stations fell 15% in the year to June 2020, but they are still among the most polluting industrial facilities in NSW.
Dili facing double disaster
The capital of East Timor, Dili, is reeling after flood waters swept through the city on the weekend, leaving at least 27 dead. The President of East Timor, Francisco Guterres Lú-Olo, described the floods as a 'great calamity'.
Local collaboration formed to feed people rather than landfill
Feeding people at the same time as reducing food waste is the aim of a new regional food donation campaign initiated by NE Waste.
Dead rats in the Byron bubble?
Poppa Veet Mayo, Main Arm
Am I the only one who can smell a dead rat in this bubble called...
Lens on Lennox photo competition is open
Entries are now open for the Lennox Head Lions Club's annual photographic competition, on the theme of 'Lennox Head, Then and Now'.
Stories about "Ketamine":
Random Mullumbimby breath test leads police to cannabis and ketamine
Police say that a random breath test in Mullumbimby has led to the seizure of cannabis and ketamine.
Local News
Francis Cloake in running for National Portrait Prize
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Byron Bay's Francis Cloake is one of two Northern Rivers photographers named as a finalist in the prestigious Living Memory: National Photographic Portrait Prize.
Letters
Policy not ‘housekeeping’
Heather Martin, Mullumbimby
According to a report in The Echo (24 March), the planning staff’s proposed amendments to LEP 2014 include a blanket prohibition on...
Letters
Exactly how was the ship stuck?
Peter Olson, Goonengerry
It is well known that The Echo does not publish fake news, so since the Australian media has clearly stated that the...
National News
A win for the roughy
The battle for the 'roughy had been a tough road for conservationists and hopefully this win will be the last fight.