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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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Conservative Mayors for Ballina, Lismore and Richmond Valley returned
Ballina, Lismore and Richmond Valley councils all have a popularly elected Mayor and this election saw all three sitting conservative mayors returned.
Cross Words
As long-term Echo cruciverbalists (in this case afficionados and not setters), we suggest you recycle Mungo’s crosswords because we...
Buy and rent
Labor’s current bills (Help to Buy and Build to Rent) are being blocked by the Greens, some independents, and...
Koala empathy
For many residents in Byron Bay it is with great relief that we learn that the younger generation of...
Don’t toot L-plate drivers
To the driver who tooted my L-plater as they were being cautious yet reasonable on turning right out of...
Captain Paul Watson’s detention extended
Legendary Canadian environmentalist Captain Paul Watson's detention in a Greenland jail has just been extended by another three weeks, bringing his total time in remand to 94 days.
Stories about "police chase":
Officer makes arrest by surfboard in Tweed River
An alleged stolen car; three police chases, including a crash that injured another driver; and a failed attempt to swim away from an arresting officer on a surfboard.
Man charged after dramatic hinterland police chase
A dramatic police chase from highway to hinterland bush in the early hours of the morning has led to the expected court appearance of a 26-year-old man today.
Teen and three adults refused bail after Northern Rivers police chase
Police said they charged four people after several police chases on the Northern Rivers on Sunday.
Pair charged with ice supply after car breaks down during police chase
Two people will be charged with supplying a prohibited drug after the car the were driving broke down on the M1 Pacific Highway during a police chase near Tweed Heads.
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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
David Lowe - 0
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’.
Byron Echo
Israel, Gaza and Lebanon
Unfortunately I am yet again not surprised by the biased, anti-Israel letters in last week’s Echo. It is almost exactly one year since this...
