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Greens urged to back pathway to end native forest logging

Some of NSW’s most respected and long-standing forest campaigners and scientists have today urged the Greens not to support the Nationals' attempt to disallow the Improved Native Forest Management (INFM) method.
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Local NewsThe Echo - 0

Safer roads for North Coast

Richmond MP Justine Elliot has announced that the Albanese government is delivering more than $4.6 million in federal funding from the 2026-27 Black Spot Program to improve road safety at four sites across the North Coast.
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EditorialAslan Shand - 0

Editorial – Drug-checking saves lives

No-one would tolerate killing six teenagers with methanol-laced alcohol in Australia, as occurred recently in Laos. But in Australia, you can’t check your drugs to see if they’re safe.
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Byron EchoMarguerite Hann-Syme, Adelaide - 0

Monster rich

For a while we visited Northern Rivers until one year we felt and saw the changes. The rich elsewhere...
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Byron EchoMandy Nolan - 0

Mandy Nolan’s Soapbox: Turn and Face the Change

‘Changes’ – It’s my favourite Bowie song. How do we change? And I don’t just mean personally. I mean as a large community of humans. As a species? Because we have to change. Now.
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LettersPeter Olson, Goonengerry - 0

Robot armies

Nuclear war now seems a matter of not if, but when: the bulletin of atomic scientists now has us...
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Byron EchoPatrick Morrisey, Goonengerry - 0

Big Council rates rise coming – We’ve got mail

Dear Mayor Ndiaye, councillors and general manager, we got your letter. You’re telling ratepayers that Council needs more money...
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Stories about "National Parks":

More value preserving state forests than logging them

Local News The Echo - 0
National parks in north-east NSW are responsible for injecting around $4.4 billion into the regional economy and supporting some 14,100 regional jobs, according to...
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NPWS say ‘no’ to Ocean Shores boardwalk

Local News Paul Bibby - 0
The long-discussed plan to build a boardwalk connecting Ocean Shores directly to the beach looks set to be put back in Council’s bottom drawer, after NSW National Parks reiterated its firm opposition to the idea.
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Rainforest Warriors – the spirit of dissent is under threat

Articles & Columns Stephen Wyatt - 9
When the Northern Rivers went from rural to radical in the 1970s, the scene was set for a stoush with loggers and government to save the region’s rare and valuable rainforest – the Big Scrub
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The case for natural parks

Byron Echo David Helipern - 9
Between One Mile Beach and Big Rocky Island, just south of Nelson Bay, lies the stunning Samurai Beach, a part of the Tomaree National Park. 
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Water bombing continues on Byron-Bruns fire in preparation for hot weekend

Local News The Echo - 0
The fire that has been burning since last Saturday and has burnt northwards up the coastline from Byron Bay towards Brunswick Heads is currently...
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Forest defenders merry-go-round of camp sites 

Local News Aslan Shand - 13
Police, NSW Forestry and National Parks have all informed local forest protection activists that they are not welcome on public land, at a range of sites, to set up a ‘watch camp’ on logging activities of NSW Forestry at Doubleduke State Forest. 
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Cape Byron Marine Park plan on exhibition

Local News The Echo - 0
Cape Byron Marine Park is one of five mainland NSW marine parks that will be considered by the NSW government under a ‘draft network management plan’, which is now on exhibition.
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Geologist says Mt Warning is safe to climb

Local News The Echo - 25
An engineering geologist with over 20 years specialising in landslide risk assessment says he has a strong belief that our National Parks and the natural wonders they hold should be available to all Australians.
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National Parks defends claims of insufficient resourcing for Broken Head

Local News Hans Lovejoy - 10
Illegal camping and parking at Broken Head is being addressed, says NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service, yet resident Alison Drover has told Echonetdaily it’s ‘not good enough’.
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Nationals want to log Murray Valley National Park

National News The Echo - 1
The National Party can't seem to decide if they will back logging in the Murray Valley National Park as they play with words to redefine their intentions.
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Local News

Ballina Council makes decision on Ross Lane

David Lowe - 0
With the absence of all four of its progressive councillors for various reasons, Ballina Council pushed ahead with its agenda at yesterday's monthly meeting, including a decision which is likely to close Ross Lane for months while the road is upgraded.
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Local News

Mullumbimby puts new governance models first, and now wants to build it

The Echo - 0
Imagine Northern Rivers says Mullumbimby is the only community across the region to rank new models of governance and decision-making as the number one element of its preferred future, and last week locals gathered to work out how to make it real.
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Local News

Appeal to locate man missing from Broadwater

The Echo - 0
Police are appealing for public assistance to help locate a local missing man.
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Local News

Katie Milne responds to Tweed’s draft housing and employment strategy

The Echo - 0
The former mayor of Tweed Shire Council, Kate Milne, has shared her submission to Tweed's Draft Growth Management Housing & Employment Strategy.
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