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EditorialAslan Shand - 0

Plastic not so fantastic

There is nothing healthier than drinking some water – or so I’ve always told my kids. It doesn’t contain sugar or colour additives – as one person used to tell us as children, ‘it’s sky juice’! What could be better?
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Local NewsDavid Lowe - 0

Lots happening around Ballina for NAIDOC Week

NAIDOC Week 2026 is now underway, with lots happening throughout the Northern Rivers. It's a great opportunity for everyone...
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Local NewsThe Echo - 0

Beyond Blue charity rugby day returns to Bruns this weekend

Brunswick Heads rugby team the Mullumbimby Moonshiners will gather at Alby Lofts Oval on Saturday, July 11, for their annual Beyond Blue Charity Day, with the club’s senior women’s team reforming after a 30-year playing hiatus to run onto the field.   
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Byron EchoByron Writers Festival - 0

First Nations voices at the opening and heart of writers festival

Byron Writers Festival opens on Bundjalung Country on August 14 with a Calling to Country led by local Arakwal Bundjalung custodian, Delta Kay, and this year will feature the inaugural Rhoda Roberts Oration, honouring the late, beloved Rhoda Roberts AO.
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Local NewsThe Echo - 0

Lismore’s Norco Eat the Street returns Aug 22

Lismore’s signature food, arts and culture festival, Norco Eat the Street, is making its highly anticipated return to the CBD on Saturday, 22 August 2026.
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Byron EchoProfessor David Heilpern - 0

Where do I start. Where does it end?

There is so much happening in the always enthralling intersection of law and politics that it is hard to know where to start. I will stop my head spinning and focus on just five.
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Local NewsThe Echo - 0

Savour The Tweed returns 12-25 Oct

An ambitious lineup of gourmet delights, inspired events, thought provoking discussions and creative collaborations will again entice food lovers to Tweed Shire this October.
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Stories about "phone":

Bangalow’s lack of comms sparks forum April 4

Local News The Echo - 3
Bangalow residents and businesses, struggling for years with inadequate internet and phone coverage, will hear from NBN and Telstra reps on planned improvements on April 4.
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Optus needs better response for small business?

National News The Echo - 3
Telecommunications is an essential service, vital for many small businesses, and the absence of this service has a significant economic cost, says the Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman, Bruce Billson.
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Free mental health support for Northern Rivers communities 

Local News The Echo - 0
Northern Rivers residents are being reminded that free mental health support is only a phone call or web chat away, with in-person counseling also available.
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AEC says COVID voters can phone from home

Local News The Echo - 3
The AEC says that voters who have recently tested positive for COVID-19 will be able to phone in their vote in the federal election.
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Communications blackout hits Far North Coast

Local News Eve Jeffery - 16
Twenty-four hours ago you wouldn't have been reading this post as thousands of phone and internet customers across the region, including The Echo, struggled to communicate via 21st-century technology.
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‘ATO’ scam wants every last dollar in your account

National News The Echo - 0
The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) is warning about a spike in automated scam calls impersonating the ATO and asking people to transfer all their money to another account.
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New phone scam warning from NSW Police

Local News The Echo - 3
The NSW Police Force is warning the community about an elaborate phone scam, believed to be linked to transnational organised crime syndicates, which are targeting people across the state.
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Pensioners: beware of new phone scam

Local News The Echo - 2
On Wednesday evening a Byron Shire resident received a scam call on their landline which is an unlisted number, and on the Do Not Call Register. The caller was a woman with a foreign accent.
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Local News

Ballina courthouse windows smashed, man charged

The Echo - 0
Police say a man will face court today, charged after 12 windows were allegedly smashed in Ballina last night.   Police say, 'About 10.35pm (Thursday 9 July 2026), police were called to Martin Street following reports of a man smashing windows'.
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Local News

Alleged native tree removal continues in Lennox, says councillor

The Echo - 0
With a government agency now investigating the alleged clear felling of natives on a large private block in Lennox Head, Ballina Greens councillor Kiri Dicker has told The Echo that contractors were felling trees all morning, ‘trying to get the job done’.
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Local News

Ocean Shores man charged with advocating terrorism online

The Echo - 0
Police say a 20-year-old Ocean Shores man is behind bars (refused bail) and will face court in Tweed Heads Local Court on 18 September, charged with advocating terrorism.  
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Local News

Ballina king tide alert for 13–16 July

The Echo - 0
Ballina Shire Council is encouraging motorists to drive safely over the coming days with king tides leading to minor flooding of some local roads.
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