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Remembering Bentley
Saturday 15 May is the seventh anniversary of Victory Day at the historic Bentley Blockade, just west of Lismore.
Other News
‘Seven and a bit’ stone
Stone & Wood are thrilled to announce the return of Festival of the Stone to their Byron-based Brewery, Saturday...
Marvell Hall’s ‘Dangerously Poetic’ fundraiser
This Sunday Marvell Hall will host a tribute to some of the street-named fellows with poetry, music and portraits as a fundraiser for the hall.
Interview with Nick Sergi, producer of the Byron Music Festival
Nick Sergi, producer of the Byron Music Festival talks to The Echo.
Join Clarkes Beach paddle out this weekend to stop massive oil and gas field project
Hundreds of local surfers and water-lovers will paddle out at Clarke’s Beach over the weekend to protest against a massive oil and gas field proposed for the NSW coast.
‘Endless land releases’ not the solution for Byron’s housing crisis, says Labor mayor hopeful
Northern Rivers-based trade unionist and MBA student Asren Pugh has announced his candidature for Byron Shire Mayor in September’s local government elections on behalf of Country Labor.
Save Broken Head
Jan Barham, Broken Head
Broken Head is precious but fragile.
Again, it’s under threat and it’s urgent to act now....
Stories about "police highway chase":
Man charged after police chase from Coffs to Ballina
Police used road spikes on the Pacific Highway south of Ballina yesterday to stop a vehicle driven by a man involved in a spate of pursuits which began in Coffs Harbour on Tuesday night.
Byron Echo
Travelling at the speed of lies
Ewan Willis - 0
When Tim Berners-Lee and others created the architectural foundations of the world wide web, they did so with the vision of openness, idea sharing, and trust. Human nature has a way of making things more complicated, of course.
Letters
Save Broken Head
Jan Barham, Broken Head
Broken Head is precious but fragile.
Again, it’s under threat and it’s urgent to act now. This time it’s an ecotourism...
Byron Echo
Editorial: The vulnerable at risk
Aslan Shand - 0
Most of us would hope that the taxes we pay go towards key areas such as health, education and to supporting the most vulnerable in our community.
Byron Echo
Developers push swamp boundaries – will council push back?
Aslan Shand - 1
It has once again been left to residents to raise serious issues in relation to a development application (DA) that is pushing to overdevelop at 6 Keats Street, Byron Bay at the expense of the environment, in particular the Cumbebin Swamp.
