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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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Byron’s Sunday Golden Hour

From Sunday, 1 November, Three Blue Ducks is launching Golden Hour at The Farm Byron Bay, with freshly shucked oysters, live music and happy hour drinks every Sunday afternoon.
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Ballina’s arts attitude

At last week’s Ballina Shire Council meeting, I moved a motion that Ballina Council rejoin the Arts Northern Rivers...
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Graffiti vandals strike Norries Head and Cabarita Beach

Repeated acts of graffiti vandalism at Norries Head and throughout Cabarita Beach, are drawing interest from the police and Tweed Shire Council.
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New Tweed Heads Hub backed by $3.8 million commitment

The newly opened Veteran and Family Hub at Tweed Heads will be backed by a renewed $3.8 million commitment from RSL NSW to sponsor veteran and family services, delivered by partner charity RSL LifeCare.
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Call for Mel Davis to be permanent Byron Public principal

Parents at Byron Bay Public School (BBPS) have started a petition to ask the NSW Department of Education (DOE) to reconsider their decision to replace Acting Principal, Mel Davis, and to allow her to continue permanently as principal.
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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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Want to make your own nest box and help with bushfire recovery on Friday?

Local News The Echo - 2
Conservation Volunteers Australia are running a nest-building workshop in one of Australia’s most biodiverse hotspots, the Nightcap Range, ‘to create homes and hope for wildlife’.
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Time for tempers to cool? Greens MP calls for climate change truce

Local News Mia Armitage - 7
The Greens state member for Ballina wants mainstream society to give conservatives on climate change another chance.
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Nimbin: emergency community fire meeting today

Local News Aslan Shand - 1
A community meeting is being held in Nimbin Town Hall at 4pm today to update residents on the current bushfire conditions.
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State forests closed due to fires

Local News The Echo - 0
The Forestry Corporation has now closed state forests on the north coast and northern tablelands.
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Fire alert for Terania, Huonbrook and Upper Wilsons Creek

Local News The Echo - 6
Fire alert raised to 'Watch and Act' for Terania, Huonbrook and Upper Wilsons Creek as fire continues to burn out of control.
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Early bushfire season for 74 NSW council areas

Local News The Echo - 0
The Rural Fire Service had already declared an early start to the bushfire danger season for areas on the Northern Rivers in August but last week added another 53 local government areas to the list.
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Remembrance Day 2026: 11am, 11 November

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It is estimated that in WWl there were 20 million dead and 20 million injured. From a population base of fewer than five million,...
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Love books? Join Friends of the Library

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Friends of the Libraries, Byron Shire are looking for some fresh, new, younger faces to join the group and help keep it moving forward.
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Racehorses shot for pet food by NSW breeder

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Thirteen thoroughbred horses deemed no longer useful, have been destroyed with eight horses destroyed by firearm at Berkeley Park Stud.
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Byron Bay Surf Lifesaving Club youngsters shine

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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.
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