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LettersAnnie Radermacher, Brunswick Heads  - 0

How can we keep paying for incompetence

The only way forward is going backwards. That’s how I explain the current situation of Byron Shire Council. The...
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Byron EchoMandy Nolan - 0

Mandy Nolan’s Soapbox: Turn and Face the Change

‘Changes’ – It’s my favourite Bowie song. How do we change? And I don’t just mean personally. I mean as a large community of humans. As a species? Because we have to change. Now.
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Local NewsThe Echo - 0

Wollumbin Art Award winners to be revealed this Saturday

The winners of one of the Northern Rivers’ major regional art awards will be revealed at Tweed Regional Gallery this Saturday, as the 2026 Wollumbin Art Award exhibition opens in Murwillumbah.
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LettersJo Faith, Newtown - 0

Given up the ghost

We are informed that Byron Shire Council (BSC) has, in a sense, ‘given up the ghost’.  It has run...
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Local NewsDavid Lowe - 0

Tweed Shire Council update

Tweed Council's latest meeting included motions on solar panel recycling, free speech, financial sustainability and Clarrie Hall Dam.
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Entertainment NewsThe Echo - 0

One Night Only

What if one messy night turns out to be the best thing that ever happened to you? Will Gluck, the filmmaker of Anyone but You and Easy’, celebrates modern romantic comedy on the big screen with a fresh, witty, swoony, original film about searching for love on the least romantic night of the year in One Night Only.
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Local NewsPaul Bibby - 0

Mullum water investigation comes with $322,000-plus price tag

Byron Council faces a bill of at least $322,000 to complete the next stage of its long-running investigation into Mullumbimby’s future water supply, as it simultaneously prepares the ground for a possible 35 per cent increase in general rates.
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Stories about "rescue":

Two rescues in one day

Local News The Echo - 0
Last Friday, Queensland Government Air (QGAir) Rescue 500 was tasked with two separate search and rescues in Tallebudgera Valley.
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Swimmer located during search

Local News The Echo - 0
A swimmer has been located during a multi-agency search at Fingal Head today.
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Vale William ‘Bill’ Ewen

Local News Eve Jeffery - 0
The funeral service for Marine Rescue Ballina volunteer William ‘Bill’ Ewen was held on Monday at Ballina RSL Club.
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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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Three surfers rescued by police officer in Byron Bay

Local News The Echo - 0
A NSW police officer has rescued three surfers – including one who was unconscious – after they got into trouble while surfing at Byron Bay last night.
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Learn how to help local wildlife

Local News The Echo - 0
The volunteers at Northern Rivers Wildlife Carers do a fantastic job looking after local wildlife in distress. If you're interested in becoming a wildlife carer, the group is running an introductory course later this month at Goonellabah.
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Ballina swimmer dies in hospital two days after rescue

Local News The Echo - 0
A man has died in hospital after being pulled from the surf at Ballina Friday morning, police said on Monday.
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A very late night for two children and dad rescued from rainforest

Local News Mia Armitage - 0
Two young children and their father were rescued from Mt Nardi in the early hours of Sunday morning after a planned bushwalk ‘took longer than expected'.
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2025 closes with tragedy for Surf Life Saving NSW

Local News The Echo - 0
Surf Life Saving NSW has responded to multiple serious coastal incidents across the state yesterday, including one confirmed fatality, an ongoing search and rescue operation, a resuscitation and several critical rescues.
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Inter-hospital transfer – Maclean to Southport

Local News The Echo - 0
Around 7pm yesterday (Tuesday 18 November) the Westpac Rescue Helicopter was tasked by NSW Ambulance on an urgent inter-hospital transfer from Maclean Hospital to Gold Coast University Hospital.
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National News

Greens urged to back pathway to end native forest logging

The Echo - 0
Some of NSW’s most respected and long-standing forest campaigners and scientists have today urged the Greens not to support the Nationals' attempt to disallow the Improved Native Forest Management (INFM) method.
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Local News

Ballina Council makes decision on Ross Lane

David Lowe - 0
With the absence of all four of its progressive councillors for various reasons, Ballina Council pushed ahead with its agenda at yesterday's monthly meeting, including a decision which is likely to close Ross Lane for months while the road is upgraded.
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Local News

Mullumbimby puts new governance models first, and now wants to build it

The Echo - 0
Imagine Northern Rivers says Mullumbimby is the only community across the region to rank new models of governance and decision-making as the number one element of its preferred future, and last week locals gathered to work out how to make it real.
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Local News

Appeal to locate man missing from Broadwater

The Echo - 0
Police are appealing for public assistance to help locate a local missing man.
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