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Editorial – They work for them

Residents around Chinbible Avenue near the Mullumbimby Showground are right to feel disappointed by Council.

Sleeping locals

My family and I own 30 Middleton Street, Byron Bay, which backs on to Keesing Lane. We, along with our...

How we voted around the Richmond electorate

Three strong contenders and a mish-mash of minor candidates once again made for an interesting race and a complicated preferences count that will take days to be finalised. The Echo went on a deepdive into the polling data to see how we voted around the electorate, revealing the picture of Byron Shire being a Greens stronghold, and Labor edging ahead of The Nationals in both the Tweed and Ballina shires.

Council staff defend assisting wealthy developers around major road upgrades

Senior Council planning staff have admitted to providing wealthy developers with an advantage around a contentious large 38-lot proposal near the main road into Mullum from Uncle Toms.

Mandy Nolan concedes defeat in seat of Richmond

While counting continues in the marginal Richmond federal electorate (Tweed, Byron and Ballina shires), Labor incumbent Justine Elliot is the likely winner, with her closest competitor, Greens candidate, Mandy Nolan, conceded today.

Generate this! Let’s talk AI at M-Arts

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2022 Environmental Citizen of the Year Awards

Two local groups have been nominated for the he Environmental Citizen of the Year Awards, an initiative of The Australia Day Council of NSW in partnership with Return and Earn.

Generate this! Let’s talk AI at M-Arts

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Local Mayors say it is time to take action to secure funding for local councils

There is no doubt that local councils across NSW have struggled to financially support their communities as the state government has frozen developer fees they can charge, taken over assets like caravan parks that were a significant income stream, or make them apply endlessly for grants. 

Drop in rough sleeper number for Byron Shire 

The 2025 rough sleepers count has seen a 16 per cent drop in rough sleepers across the Byron Shire from 2024. 

Call for free and available drug checking as concerns over synthetic opioids rise

Nitazenes, synthetic opioids, have been detected in all types of drugs from counterfeit pharmaceuticals like Valium and oxycodone to, MDMA, ketamine, cocaine, methamphetamine – they're even being found in vapes.