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Green Heroes among 2026 NSW Environment Award winners

The NSW Environment Awards, hosted by the state’s leading environmental advocacy organisation, Nature Conservation Council NSW, was recently held at Customs House in Sydney.
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Work starts on eight-lane athletics track in Lismore

Construction has begun on an eight-lane athletics track at Southern Cross University’s Lismore campus, giving Northern Rivers schools and clubs a competition-standard venue closer to home when it opens in mid-2027.
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Byron EchoTerry Hand, Mullumbimby - 0

Council’s special rates variation

There’s lots of noise about Byron Shire Council’s special rates variation (SRV) proposal, that would be additional to the...
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Byron EchoAnthony Plesko, Ballina - 0

We are our brains!

Our bodies are made up of various systems, organs, components, etc. With the evolution and application of scientific medical,...
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Byron EchoHolly Galbraith, Brunswick Heads - 0

Council must stand firm on Wallum

As a Bayside resident and Byron Shire ratepayer, I am concerned by suggestions that Council may be preparing to...
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New Tweed Heads Hub backed by $3.8 million commitment

The newly opened Veteran and Family Hub at Tweed Heads will be backed by a renewed $3.8 million commitment from RSL NSW to sponsor veteran and family services, delivered by partner charity RSL LifeCare.
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Editorial – Conceding to the people

We are all familiar with the shortcomings of government. Political leanings aside, who among us has not felt that corruption and lack of accountability exist in government bodies?
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Stories about "Launch":

ERIS rocket crashes soon after launch

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After many postponements, the Australian-made orbital rocket ERIS crashed and exploded soon after its launch this morning, near Bowen in Queensland.
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Inaugural Lismore People’s Assembly

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Reclaim our Recovery will launch the Lismore People's Assembly on the weekend with the aim of helping the community find solutions to the Housing Crisis.
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Dangerously Poetic launches ‘Paper People’

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Dangerously Poetic Press is launching their 16th publication, Paper People, by Kathryn Boorman. 
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Diverse shows at NRCG this month

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Officially launching tonight at Ballina's Northern Rivers Community Gallery are four new exhibitions, including photographic works from pre-Taliban Afghanistan, sublime landscape paintings, traditional Iranian Abri printing on silk and a collection works from local arts and craft group BACCI.
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Busking For Change in the Northern Rivers

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If there is one thing that Northern Rivers communities loves, it's a good busker and after a successful pilot program in 2022, Busking For Change is launching nationally – we're in!
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Step into separate realities at NRCG this month

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Four new solo exhibitions opened at Northern Rivers Community Gallery in Ballina this week, featuring artistic perspectives on landscape, climate change, metamorphosis and migration trauma.
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Grassroots political party launches

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Byron Shire is known as a hotbed of alternative politics, and the next generation is stepping up. 
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Launching Mandy Nolan into the parliamentary space

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Under the dark shadow of the natural disaster, Green Candidate for Richmond, Mandy Nolan, will officially launch her campaign for the federal seat of Richmond.
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Remembrance Day 2026: 11am, 11 November

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It is estimated that in WWl there were 20 million dead and 20 million injured. From a population base of fewer than five million,...
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Love books? Join Friends of the Library

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Friends of the Libraries, Byron Shire are looking for some fresh, new, younger faces to join the group and help keep it moving forward.
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NSW News

Racehorses shot for pet food by NSW breeder

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Thirteen thoroughbred horses deemed no longer useful, have been destroyed with eight horses destroyed by firearm at Berkeley Park Stud.
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Byron Bay Surf Lifesaving Club youngsters shine

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Two young members of Byron Bay Surf Lifesaving Club have delivered outstanding performances at the Paddle NSW State Sprint Championships, held at the Penrith International Regatta Centre over the weekend.
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