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Shark drone operator rescues six-year-old at Lighthouse Beach

A shark surveillance drone operator at Ballina’s Lighthouse Beach has found himself carrying out a very different kind of rescue after spotting a six-year-old boy struggling in the surf.
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The Pocket Road to close later this month

The Pocket Road will be closed for several months from 28 September to repair a culvert originally built in 1960.
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Red alert issued for potentially toxic algae at Lake Ainsworth

People are being warned to stay out of Lake Ainsworth at Lennox Head after testing detected high levels of potentially toxic blue-green algae.
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Broken Head teen makes surfing history at just 13

Most 13-year-olds would be happy just to make an under-18 world final. Two weeks ago Broken Head surfer Leihani Zoric took out the whole thing.
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Making is better together

There is something that happens when people sit around a table and make something together.
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Tweed small schools take centre stage

Students from nine of the Tweed region’s smallest public schools will take over the Murwillumbah Civic Centre tomorrow for the third annual Tweed Small Schools Talent Show.
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Emergency guide wins NSW Resilient Australia Award

Resilient Uki has won a 2026 NSW Resilient Australia Award for its Northern Rivers Community Emergency Hub Guide, developed with funding from Northern Rivers Community Foundation.
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Shark drone operator rescues six-year-old at Lighthouse Beach

Local News The Echo - 0
A shark surveillance drone operator at Ballina’s Lighthouse Beach has found himself carrying out a very different kind of rescue after spotting a six-year-old boy struggling in the surf.
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Fishing trio rescued from Ballina after boat flips

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Three fishermen returning from Byron Bay to Ballina were rescued when their boat capsized trying to cross the Ballina bar into the Richmond River on Sunday, emergency services said.
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Swimmer reported missing makes it back to shore

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A swimmer reported missing on Saturday afternoon from the Ballina coastline managed to make it back to shore without help from emergency services at the ready.
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Lighthouse Beach all-abilities access to get underway

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Ballina Shire Council will soon be another step closer to providing all-abilities access to one of Ballina’s main beaches, Lighthouse Beach.
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Red alert issued for potentially toxic algae at Lake Ainsworth

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People are being warned to stay out of Lake Ainsworth at Lennox Head after testing detected high levels of potentially toxic blue-green algae.
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Byron Echo

Appalling leadership

Rod Murray, Ocean Shores - 0
While the PM spins and avoids transparency and the foreign minister prefers to yell abuse to take up time and never gives a straight...
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Byron Echo

Jo Immig’s article

Ian Blair Hamilton, Byron Bay - 0
I am looking at Jo Immig’s article in last week’s Echo, where she said the reasons human have been successful as a species is...
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Byron Echo

Nationwide Olympics

John Dobinson, Brisbane - 0
A 2032 Olympics update: Queensland’s credit rating has been downgraded from AA+ to AA by S&P Global Ratings (Standard and Poor’s) which influences the...
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