Creating a upgraded and vibrant welcome to Ballina and the Wigmore Arcade the new Tamar Street Bus Interchange upgrade is now complete and officially open for passengers.
Shearwater’s Wearable Arts performance is a mesmerising production now in its 24th year of excellence. The WAVE (Wearable Arts Vision in Education) show for 2024, Deja vu, is now upon us. From the music and costume designs, to the soaring dancers, the atmosphere is filled with the elation of performing.
Winner of the Palme d’Or at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival, acclaimed director Sean Baker’s new film follows Anora, a sex worker from Brooklyn, who gets her chance at a Cinderella story when she meets and marries the son of an oligarch.
Member for Ballina Tamara Smith MP is today calling on the NSW Premier and the Aboriginal Affairs Minister David Harris to undertake an urgent and independent review of the NSW government’s decision not to allow the residents of Cabbage Tree Island to return to live on the island after the 2022 floods.
A local flood-affected resident contacted The Echo around their disappointment that a request was denied by the NSW Labor government to have stamp duty waived on new purchases for flood victims who were saying ‘yes’ to a buyback.
Richard Jones’s Echo articles are always a good read. Last week he questioned how Albanese’s Labor government will convince voters that they’ll be worse...
The Hidden Disabilities Sunflower initiative was marked on December 3, with Byron Shire Council taking part in the global project that recognises the International Day of People with Disability.