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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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Cinema: Moana

The Academy Award-nominated animated film sails into its live action debut in Moana, directed by Tony- and Emmy-winner Thomas Kail (Hamilton).
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Local NewsThe Echo - 0

Ballina king tide alert for 13–16 July

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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Local NewsTricia Shantz - 0

Vale Ev King-Prime

Ev King-Prime opened the first art gallery in Byron and helped develop the nascent visual arts scene on the North Coast.
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Byron EchoStephen Totterman, Empire Vale - 0

Shark politics

The Minns government’s response to the most recent shark attack in Sydney is to spend an additional $34 million...
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Local NewsThe Echo - 0

Inaugural DINGO Music & Arts Festival to light up Bangalow in October

It is a fusion of local and international art, music, performance, food, and thought that will be coming to you in Bangalow as part of the inaugural DINGO Music & Arts Festival across four days from 8 to 11 October.
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Community rallies behind beloved Byron local facing cancer battle

Locals are rallying behind beloved Byron local Krystal Pillwein after she was diagnosed with stage 2 inoperable cervical cancer, launching a fundraising campaign to help ease the financial burden of her treatment.
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Stories about "Point Danger":

Marine Rescue volunteers assist disabled dive boat

Local News The Echo - 0
Volunteers and two vessels from Marine Rescue Point Danger safely assisted thirteen people to shore on Saturday afternoon after a commercial dive vessel experienced engine issues and was unable to safely cross the Tweed Bar.
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Cardiac arrests and sunken boats in marine rescues

Local News The Echo - 0
Marine Rescue NSW volunteers say they carried out 37 search and rescue missions across the Northern Rivers last month.
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New record for Point Danger marine rescues

Local News The Echo - 0
Marine Rescue NSW volunteers say the team at Point Danger has reached a new record, having carried out nearly 150 rescue missions in 2025.
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New leader announced for Marine Rescue Northern Rivers

Local News The Echo - 0
Former Marine Rescue Point Danger Unit Commander, Keith Smith, has been elected unopposed as the new Northern Rivers Regional Director for Marine Rescue NSW.
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Sailors rescued 40 km offshore by Marine Rescue volunteers

Local News The Echo - 0
Volunteers from Marine Rescue Point Danger completed an 81 km round-trip rescue after responding to a Pan Pan call off the Tweed last week.
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Missing Yamba sailors returned home

Local News The Echo - 0
Two sailors and the boat they were trying to take to Queensland have been returned to Yamba after a massive search operation over the weekend.
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Marine Rescue NSW prepares for future flood response with North Coast exercise

Local News The Echo - 1
Marine Rescue NSW volunteers from across the Mid North Coast and Northern Rivers will put their flood rescue and support skills to the test this Saturday during a specialised exercise at Red Rock.
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Ballina and Bruns see multiple marine search and rescues in August

Byron Echo The Echo - 0
Marine Rescue NSW saw the service’s second-busiest August since 2022 with 263 search and rescue missions last month with 23 of the search and rescue missions taking place across the Northern Rivers. 
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45 search and rescue missions in June on Northern Rivers

Local News The Echo - 1
Marine Rescue NSW saw a drop in search and rescue missions this June compared to last year, however, it was still their second-busiest June ever.
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More rescues than ever before as boating season officially starts

Local News Mia Armitage - 0
Marine Rescue NSW volunteers are pleading boaters to make sure vessels are in good working order before heading out to sea after a record-breaking start to the boating season.
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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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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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