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Greens target Richmond, promise public housing developer
The federal Greens are promising more direct financial support for homelessness and housing projects in the marginal seat of Richmond if they get the numbers in next year’s election.
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Right to protest wins the day
The NSW Police application in the Supreme Court to prohibit pro Palestine assemblies in Sydney on 6 and 7 October has failed.
Cross Words
As long-term Echo cruciverbalists (in this case afficionados and not setters), we suggest you recycle Mungo’s crosswords because we...
Return of the red and yellow flags
Iconic red and yellow flags have returned to NSW beaches as thousands of surf lifesaving volunteers return to the state’s coastline for the 2024/25 Surf Life Saving Patrol Season.
We ♥ the Never Never
Never Never Cafe is the new spot in the Byron Bay Arts and Industry Estate. It’s a family-run cafe...
A closer look at Wallum’s enviro-accreditation
What’s under the hood of the environmental certification that the Wallum Brunswick Heads greenfield development relies on for its environmental credentials?
Mullum, Maidan, Minsk
Re Simon Alderton’s letter in last week’s Echo (25 Sept). Can we all agree that The Echo is a...
Stories about "NSW Environment Defenders Office":
Court rules North Lismore Plateau housing plan ‘invalid’
A Lismore Aboriginal elder has this morning won a victory in the NSW Land and Environment Court against a proposal to build more than 1500 dwellings on the North Lismore Plateau.
Group vows to oppose North Lismore development
Opponents of a proposed 1525 house development on the North Lismore plateau are preparing for a battle they believe could rival the Bentley blockade.
Byron Echo
Music festival law reform a failure: Greens MP
With music festivals struggling to survive in NSW, a new law was passed in NSW parliament this week by Labor: Music Festivals Amendment Act 2024.
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Delving into the Big Scrub
The Bangalow Historical Society is staging its latest exhibition, called Uncovering Our Past.
Political Comment
Julian Assange speaks
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Last week Julian Assange spoke publicly for the first time since his release from solitary confinement at Belmarsh Prison, saying 'I am free today after years of incarceration because I pled guilty to journalism.'
Byron Echo
Byron’s unhosted property data to be consolidated
With the new cap on unhosted short-term rental accommodation (STRA) of 60 days a year now in place for Byron Shire, Council staff say they ‘will now spend the next several months focusing on consolidating data on unhosted properties’.
