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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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World NewsDavid Lowe - 0

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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Investigation launched into assaults, torture of flotilla humanitarians

The Australian Labor government has committed to undertaking an independent investigation into the assaults, sexual assaults and torture of humanitarians aboard the Global Sumud Flotilla, according to a flotilla media spokesperson.
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Calls for micro-abattoirs to boost food security

Local farmers and food producers are calling on NSW Agriculture Minister Tara Moriarty and Minister for Small Business and the North Coast, Janelle Saffin, to work with farmers, industry and local communities to develop practical, evidence-based reforms that support a diverse, decentralised and resilient food production sector.
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Byron EchoDale Emerson, Mullumbimby Residents Association - 0

Echo Love Awards

Last Saturday night, Yuti and I had the privilege of attending the 40th anniversary celebration of The Echo. The trip...
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Local NewsThe Echo - 0

Rainbow Guy recovering from serious car accident

On Sunday, 24 May one of the Northern River’s most beloved and legendary figures Rainbow Guy, aka Guy Feldmann, was involved in a car accident on Tandy’s Lane by Uncle Tom’s.
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Local NewsThe Echo - 0

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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Questions remain over bungled Mullum affordable housing project

Local News Hans Lovejoy - 0
Byron Shire Council staff are refusing to answer questions around the cost to ratepayers around plans to develop, along with government-run developer Landcom, the 57 Station Street carpark into ‘affordable housing’ units.
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North Lismore Plateau court hearings wrap up

Local News Hans Lovejoy - 0
A court case involving Lismore City Council and consortium of landowners pushing to develop North Lismore plateau has had its final hearings, says Al Oshlack.
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Flood-prone Belongil site seeking more houses

Local News Aslan Shand - 0
The controversial decision to rezone and then approve nine lots in the environmentally-sensitive and flood-prone land at the former Club Med site in Byron Bay has another development application pending
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Outrageous and heartbreaking – neighbour speaks of Council/developer failures with large subdivision

Local News Hans Lovejoy - 11
A controversial large exclusive 38-lot DA, proposed by wealthy developers John Callanan, and Tim Mundy – with help from lead designer and now Deputy...
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38 large-lot Mcauleys Lane DA back on exhibition

Byron Echo Hans Lovejoy - 2
A 38 large-lot development applications (DA) near the busy Mullumbimby Road/ Uncle Toms intersection has quietly been re-advertised on Council’s website, with senior planning...
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Tweed Shire Council wants YOU for Northern Regional Planning Panel

Local News The Echo - 0
Tweed Shire Council is calling for expressions of interest from experienced professionals to join the Northern Regional Planning Panel as Council-appointed members. 
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Residential development approved at Iron Gates

Local News Dr Richard Gates - 6
Dr Richard Gates from Evans Head Residents for Sustainable Development Inc. further unpacks the news from yesterday.
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Farmers and families ‘disappointed but not surprised’ by Bentley quarry decision

Local News Eve Jeffery - 0
Last week the Northern Regional Planning Panel handed down a decision to approve the Bentley Quarry to the dismay of many of the local farmers and families.
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Northern Regional Planning Panel looks at Bentley Quarry

Local News Eve Jeffery - 7
The Northern Regional Planning Panel has notified residents and stakeholders of a determination meeting about the controversial Bentley Quarry on Bentley Rd, to be held next Wednesday.
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Battle of the traffic assessments over large Byron DA

Local News Hans Lovejoy - 2
Residents are keeping up the pressure over developer Graham Dunn’s plans to use a narrow residential laneway as the entry/exit point for the traffic exiting from his massive multi-level mixed use proposal
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Byron Echo

Mandy Nolan’s Soapbox: Plastic Is Forever

Mandy Nolan - 0
Our family has been trying to give up plastic. And I’m not just talking single-use straws or takeaway cups or bottled water. Like most people we did that years ago. I’m talking about all the other plastic that we ingest either directly or through chemical leaching. In the period of time since I was a child, to a child born now, the fossil fuel industry has become implicated in nearly every part of our daily routine.
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Byron Echo

Byron Shire Rebels gutsy efforts

Hywel David - 0
A day of contrasting rugby fortunes for the Rebels at Ballina, with the Men’s XV putting in a gutsy defensive effort to go down...
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Byron Echo

Local boxing legend visits Byron Boxing

The Echo - 0
Kyogle heavyweight, Athol McQueen, who represented Australia at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, and famously floored a then-unknown Joe Frazier, visited Byron Boxing at the...
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Byron Echo

Seas the Day in Kingscliff this weekend

The Echo - 0
This weekend the fourth NRMA Insurance Seas The Day women’s surf festival is back at Kingscliff Beach with Surfing Australia. The world’s largest female participation...
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