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Screen industry leaders to converge in Lennox Head

Film-maker advocacy group, Screenworks, has revealed the first speaker line-up for Regional to Global Screen Forum 2026, which will be held in Lennox Head on Wednesday 9 and Thursday 10 September.
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Vale Ev King-Prime

Ev King-Prime opened the first art gallery in Byron and helped develop the nascent visual arts scene on the North Coast.
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What’s on in Tweed for NAIDOC Week?

NAIDOC Week celebrations will be held from Sunday 5 July to Sunday 12 July 2026, under the national theme 50 Years of Deadly. 
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NSW confirms first case of H5 avian influenza

A giant petrel found near Hawks Nest, north of Newcastle, was confirmed positive on the weekend for H5 high pathogenicity (H5 bird flu) avian influenza in laboratory tests by the CSIRO Australian Centre for Disease Preparedness.
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Teenager missing from Woolgoolga

Police are appealing for public assistance to help locate a teenager missing from the North Coast.
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Inaugural DINGO Music & Arts Festival to light up Bangalow in October

It is a fusion of local and international art, music, performance, food, and thought that will be coming to you in Bagalow as part of the inaugural DINGO Music & Arts Festival across four days from 8 to 11 October.
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Cartoons of the week – 8 July, 2026

The Echo loves your letters and is proud to provide a community forum on the issues that matter most to our readers and the people of the NSW north coast. So don’t be a passive reader, send us your epistles.
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Stories about "Legalise Cannabis Party":

A vote for cannabis is a vote for a more just society

Local News Aslan Shand - 7
The enormous sheet of white paper you'll see in the polling booth tomorrow (unless you've already voted) is for the Australian Senate (the upper...
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Balderstone joins tonight’s Meet the Candidates forum

Local News David Lowe - 1
Due to the last minute unavailability of the number one candidate for the Legalise Cannabis Party in NSW, Miles Hunt, number two candidate Michael Balderstone will be appearing in Byron Bay tonight at the Meet the Candidates forum in the Byron Theatre, a free event being organised by Echo Publications and BayFM Community Radio.
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What is the future of hemp in NSW?

Local News Aslan Shand - 3
The future of hemp in NSW is currently up for discussion with the NSW government’s draft NSW Hemp Industry Development Plan now open for public comment.
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Prepoll so you can enjoy MardiGrass in Nimbin on election weekend

Local News The Echo - 0
The Nimbin MardiGrass and the federal election happen on May 3; join Antony Greenout in the very special MardiGrass Tally-Ho Room as they keep track of polling and look at the increase in the NSW Legalise Cannabis vote.
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Legalise Cannabis MLC visits local medicinal cannabis facility

Local News David Lowe - 1
Jeremy Buckingham MLC was in the Northern Rivers recently, touring Cymra Life Sciences' medical cannabis production facility near Alstonville.
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Could Tweed Hospital see the first patient cannabis consumption room?

Local News The Echo - 0
Marc Selan of the Legalise Cannabis Party is keen to keep the old Tweed Hospital open and says he would like to see the first patient cannabis consumption room at that site. 
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Jeremy Buckingham back to legalise cannabis

NSW state election David Lowe - 2
Former NSW Greens MLC Jeremy Buckingham is back on the hustings as the lead upper house candidate for the Legalise Cannabis Party in the NSW state election.
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Election 2023 – Tweed: Marc Selan

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Marc Selan returned to Australia last year and is running in the seat of Tweed for the Legalise Cannabis Party as he is ‘shocked at how backward we are and is fired up about changing our laws’.
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Legalise Cannabis Party launches Senate campaign at Kevin Hogan’s office

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The Legalise Cannabis Party launched its Senate campaign in NSW outside Kevin Hogan's flooded office in Molesworth street yesterday.
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Alleged Lennox Head native tree removal sparks calls for action

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A Ballina Greens councillor is calling on the government agencies to act immediately over claims that native clearing is occurring on a private property in Lennox Head.
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Free shop to move on from Billinudgel

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The Billinudgel Railway Station building, managed by Byron Shire Council (BSC) on behalf of Transport for NSW (TfNSW), has been used as a free community shop where people can donate unwanted items which are available for others to take since 2022.
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Bigger community say on hospital land

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Byron Council has voted to give the community a greater role in shaping the future of the former Mullumbimby Hospital site, despite concerns from some councillors that additional consultation could further delay the delivery of desperately needed housing.
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Byron Bay High are Mock Trial champions

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Byron Bay High School’s Mock Trial team achieved a rare trifecta as their debut as a formidable legal team in the Southern Cross University (SCU) Mock Trial competition. 
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