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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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Chumps: certain fools

I noticed in a recent edition of The Echo what I regard as the most enduringly relevant of the...

Haven turns one: a three-day celebration

Haven’s story starts with a supermarket. The venue at 102 Jonson Street occupies the former Woolworths building, a site presented as a temporary home for music and community, before the building is eventually redeveloped. Instead of hiding that impermanence, the team made it the point. The space was built entirely from salvaged materials, turning a commercial site into a cultural one which is reminiscent of a futuristic Pan-Asian set from Blade Runner and Ghost in the Shell.

Fatal injury in Ocean Shores

About 2pm on Friday 30 October 2026, emergency services were called to a home on Warrambool Road, Ocean Shores, following reports a man had been injured.

Walking the talk

Under the leadership of Labor’s Minister for the Environment, Hon. Penny Sharpe MLC, the NSW Parliament recently legislated several...

Hold abusers to account equally

Izaac Lee Alford loves social media messages, and lives on his daddy’s cattle farm just out of Gympie, a lovely town where it only needs to sprinkle to be flooded. It has also for many years been One Nation central...

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...

Stories about "Lismore Quad":

Thylacines to haunt Lismore’s Quad after dark

Most visitors to Lismore’s Quad after dark are looking for dinner or a way home. From October 31, they may also find a thylacine.

DV vigil coming soon to Lismore Quad

The Northern Rivers community is invited to come together for a vigil at the Lismore Quad on Thursday, 21 May 2026, to honour the women and children who have tragically lost their lives to domestic and family violence, and to stand in solidarity with survivors, families, and frontline workers.

Simone Strobel to be remembered

At 6pm on 11 February there will be a respectful gathering in the Lismore Quad to remember Simone Strobel, who was last seen on 11 February 2005 in Lismore.

Lismore Regional Gallery to reopen in spring

The Lismore Regional Gallery will be re-opening its doors this spring following restoration after the 2022 flood and after 16 shows the The Lismore Regional Gallery pop-up space is now closed.

Learn about native plants, food and caretakers of Country at the launch of Our Place, Our Species 

The documentary Our Place, Our Species will give viewers the opportunity to delve into the world of native plants in the Northern Rivers and understand the relationship of local First Nations people as caretakers in the Bundjalung region.

Lismore remembers and reflects on 2022 flood

Today is the anniversary of the 2022 flood that devastated the Northern Rivers and South East Queensland. People died, lost their homes in floods...

Soft Circus in Lismore’s Quad

The Soft Circus project is coming to the Lismore Quad next week and organisers SeedArts are very excited. Soft Circus is a free inclusive event...

Remembrance Day 2026: 11am, 11 November

It is estimated that in WWl there were 20 million dead and 20 million injured. From a population base of fewer than five million,...

Love books? Join Friends of the Library

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

Racehorses shot for pet food by NSW breeder

Thirteen thoroughbred horses deemed no longer useful, have been destroyed with eight horses destroyed by firearm at Berkeley Park Stud.

Byron Bay Surf Lifesaving Club youngsters shine

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.