Copyright © 2023, The Echo
Latest News
High risk vehicles to be stopped and checked for fire ants at NSW Qld border
The detection of Red Imported Fire Ants at South Murwillumbah has seen a quick response from the Department of Primary Industries who have now started their next wave of operation in response.
Other News
Failing system creates more trauma for flood victims
Don’t ask me how my house is. Please. This question brings forth an escalated spike in my nervous system, and a sense of panic and dread.
Retro video games to vintage dolls – experience an entertainment journey through the ages
GAME ON is coming to the Tweed Regional Museum and will give kids and adults alike a chance to...
Country Witches are coming!
Historically, difficult women have been outlawed and called witches. That’s been the fate of ordinary women with extraordinary voices – women like singer/songwriter Áine Tyrrell and comedian Mandy Nolan.
Rally calls for ceasefire
A small but staunch group gathered at Main Beach Byron on Saturday to put their voices behind a call for a ceasefire in Palestine and an end to the Israel-Hamas war.
First West Byron DA pushes planning rules
Plans for the first major residential development within the West Byron urban release area feature nearly a dozen breaches of planning and environmental protection rules and should not be approved, Byron Council staff say.
Free breast screening coming to Ballina
The mobile screening van will be in Ballina from 8 December 2023 to 20 February 2024.
BreastScreen NSW provides free...
Stories about "Rabbits Eat Lettuce":
Bohemian Beatfreaks to go on but not as planned
Despite winning a court case against a police ban on holding it at their approved Kippenduff site, organisers of dance festival Bohemian Beatfreaks have decided to move the event to Queensland.
Festival organisers take police to court
Rabbits Eat Lettuce Pty Ltd has taken the NSW Police to the Land and Environment Court to appeal its decision to withdraw support for the three-day Bohemian Beatfreaks festival.
Woman contracts diphtheria at Rabbits Eat Lettuce
A case of the deadly bacterial disease, diphtheria has been reported in the northern rivers and it appears that the woman contracted it while attending a doof near Casino over Easter.
Police raid on dance event ‘over the top’
No drug arrests were made during a police raid on the weekend's launch event for Casino's Rabbits Eat Lettuce dance party, still scheduled for Easter.
Local News
Kingscliff hosts largest triathlon since covid
Over 1,600 athletes were in Kingscliff over the weekend to participate in the largest triathlon since covid.
Local News
Vale Pam Sonia
Very sadly, local treasure Pam Sonia passed away in Ewingsdale, last Wednesday, December 6.
Local News
Blue-green algae ‘amber alert’ at Lake Ainsworth
As the summer heats up there has been an increase in the blue-green algae at Lake Ainsworth near Lennox Head and an ‘amber alert' has been flagged by Ballina Shire Council.
Local News
Lismore to host National Junior Baseball competition
The biggest junior baseball competition in Australia, which is a feeder into the US World Series will be held in Lismore in May 2024.
