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The NT intervention laws that shape lives

This Sunday marks 19 years since the then Howard Government announced the Northern Territory Intervention laws – ‘The Intervention’ began with a media release by Mal Brough, Minister for Indigenous Affairs, on June 21, 2007.
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Burn After Dark: Three Blue Ducks

Following a sold-out debut in 2025, Burn After Dark returns to Three Blue Ducks on Thursday, 2 July from...
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Cartoons of the week – 17 June, 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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LECC find police failed in their duty in the death of Lindy Lucena

The Law Enforcement Conduct Commission’s Operation Almas has criticised the police response to the violent death of Ballina woman Lindy Lucena at the hands of her partner in 2023.
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How to stop the erosion of our human rights

Let’s celebrate Refugee Week, 15–21 June, which was initiated in Australia 40 years ago and now observed worldwide.
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Peace in our time?

While details remain scant, there are claims from multiple sources that a peace deal has finally been reached in the war between Iran and the United States, after nearly four months of fighting.
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Are retirement villages what Byron Bay needs?

Developer DD Resort Living is seeking community feedback until June 18 on its proposed retirement living development in Byron Bay.
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Stories about "Lismore squatters":

Protesters in Sydney as Lismore squatters face court

Local News Aslan Shand - 7
Squatters in the Lismore and Mullumbimby homes bought back by the NSW Reconstruction Authority are facing the Supreme Court in Sydney today. 
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Squatter case ends in Supreme Court

Local News The Echo - 55
The NSW Reconstruction Authority (RA) is taking homeless people in Mullumbimby and Lismore to the Supreme Court this Friday, April 11, to evict them from structurally sound houses they bought back as part of the post-2022 flood buyback program. 
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Demolition rather than relocation of Big Scrub homes – Lismore

Local News Aslan Shand - 13
The Northern Rivers community have raised the alarm over the shift from relocation to demolition by the NSW Reconstruction Authority.
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Lismore squatters negotiate with NSW RA over buyback houses

Local News The Echo - 6
The people occupying buyback houses in Lismore were able to come together with the NSW Reconstruction Authority on Friday to talk about potential ways to move forward following the RAs attempt to disconnect water to some of the premises.  
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Stand off between squatters, police and NSW Reconstruction Authority in Lismore

Local News Aslan Shand - 9
Yesterday’s attempt to cut off water to nine houses that the NSW Reconstruction Authority has bought back post-flood and are currently occupied by around 30-40 people has led to a standoff. 
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Legal action and water to be cut if Lismore house occupiers don’t move out

Local News The Echo - 6
The NSW Reconstruction Authority (RA) has told The Echo that they visited eight buyback properties in North Lismore that are illegally occupied by squatters...
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Hemp industry given boost with development plan

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A Hemp Industry Development Plan has been announced by the NSW government, which promises 'to unlock new opportunities for NSW businesses and add value to the state's low-THC hemp industry, which is forecast to become a $100 million Australian industry by 2032'.
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Gambling harm recognised by Tweed Council, supported by Wesley Mission

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Faith-based, not-for-profit organisation providing community services in NSW, Wesley Mission, has welcomed Tweed Shire Council’s decision to publicly recognise the impact of gambling harm and advocate for stronger harm-minimisation measures.
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Winter Warmer fundraiser for homelessness

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The annual Winter Warmer Homelessness Relief campaign, hosted by Dharma Care, will return for 2026 with cabaret at Salt, Kingscliff, on Thursday 2 July, headlined by comedian Mandy Nolan, interactive performance artist The Space Cowboy and the Kinship Doobai Dancers, with a Welcome to Country from Aunty Jackie.
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Tweed Shire Council presents flood resilience series – part one

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Over the coming weeks, Tweed Shire Council will present a flood resilience series, which looks at how 'Tweed's story is different from the standard flood recovery narrative and what happened next'.
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