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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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Lots happening around Ballina for NAIDOC Week

NAIDOC Week 2026 is now underway, with lots happening throughout the Northern Rivers. It's a great opportunity for everyone...
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The Good LifeThe Echo - 0

The bakery at the heart of Bangalow

A good bakery is at the heart of a country town, but Bangalow Bread don’t only make delicious organic...
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1,000 voices raised to end rough sleeping by 2034

Ending rough sleeping is no small challenge for Byron Shire and the Northern Rivers but that is the aim of the Ending Rough Sleeping Collaboration and the release of the 1,000 Voices Byron Shire report just released.
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Byron EchoAnnie Radermacher, Brunswick Heads - 0

Independent audit

I was so shocked to see on our Council community page that company Micromax has been employed to do...
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Articles & ColumnsDavid Lowe - 0

Winter of discontent for big data opponents

While Australia’s parliamentarians were frocking up for the Midwinter Ball last week, representatives of the nation’s authors, musicians and artists were in Canberra pleading for assurances that the government would not water down copyright laws, as part of a deal with giant tech firms to build $50bn worth of new data centres across the country.
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Cinema: Moana

The Academy Award-nominated animated film sails into its live action debut in Moana, directed by Tony- and Emmy-winner Thomas Kail (Hamilton).
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Stories about "Melbourne":

Height limits ‘unreasonable’ and ‘unnecessary’

Local News Paul Bibby - 0
The Melbourne-based developer behind a luxury beachfront apartment project in Byron Bay is seeking to push the building more than two metres above the town’s height limit, describing our height rules as ‘unreasonable’ and ‘unnecessary’.
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Protester statue proposed for Byron Bay

Local News David Lowe - 0
After contributing to decades of protests from the Northern Rivers to New York, the legendary artivist Benny Zable returned to Melbourne earlier this year to work with the team at Fundere Foundry in an effort to replicate his iconic masked character in bronze.
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Qantas engineers strike

National News The Echo - 2
Qantas Engineers' Alliance says around 300 Qantas engineers across Australia will walk off the job for 24 hours from this morning, following repeated industrial actions by workers across major airports this past month, after the airline refused to meet with workers to discuss the latest enterprise agreement.
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Mental health experts urge governments to act on prevention

National News The Echo - 1
Mental and public health experts are gathering in Melbourne today to discuss the growing number of young Australians experiencing mental illness, and encourage governments to tailor their investments in programs which help protect and promote mental wellbeing.
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Doing it for Dunkley

Articles & Columns David Lowe - 28
The eyes of Australia turn this week to the electorate of Dunkley in Victoria, historically the site of the Frankston riot and just down the road from where Harold Holt disappeared. Now it's the location of an all important federal by-election.
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Memorial for horses to replace Cup Eve Parade

National News The Echo - 11
Animal Activists from the Coalition for the Protection of Racehorses (CPR), who have been held responsible for the death of the Melbourne Cup Eve Parade, have now replaced it with a memorial service for the 168 horses that were killed from racing-related injuries in the last racing year.
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Crown to pay $450 million after Federal Court ruling

National News The Echo - 0
Two casino centred businesses will have to come up with a collective total of $450 million  in penalty payments over two years
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Activists block ‘facilitation of the climate crisis’ at ports in Newcastle, Brisbane and Melbourne

National News Eve Jeffery - 4
As part of a coordinated mobilisation of actions in response to what they say is Australia's facilitation of the climate and ecological crisis, there are blockades in port at Newcastle, Melbourne and Brisbane this morning.
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3.8ML earthquake hits Melbourne’s northern suburbs

National News Eve Jeffery - 0
Residents in Melbourne and the northern suburbs were woken in the middle of the night as a magnitude 3.8 earthquake shook the darkness radiating out from the town of Sunbury, about 41 kilometres north west of the city.
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Bringing the latest research to your local

National News The Echo - 0
Ever walked into a room and immediately felt energised, calm, or drained? What if the design of the building was making you feel that way? A Pint of Science can tell you why.
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Local News

Alleged Lennox Head native tree removal sparks calls for action

The Echo - 0
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

The Echo - 0
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

Paul Bibby - 0
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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