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Green Heroes among 2026 NSW Environment Award winners

The NSW Environment Awards, hosted by the state’s leading environmental advocacy organisation, Nature Conservation Council NSW, was recently held at Customs House in Sydney.

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Seven women, seven decades and seven minutes to tell their stories

Most of us would struggle to squeeze a lifetime into seven minutes. Seven local women are about to give it a go, with stories of what they have survived along the way.

Sad: 57 Station St

If the proposed ‘affordable’ housing development is ever built on the car park at 57 Station Street, Mullumbimby it...

Racehorses shot for pet food by NSW breeder

Thirteen thoroughbred horses deemed no longer useful, have been destroyed with eight horses destroyed by firearm at Berkeley Park Stud.

Walking the talk

Under the leadership of Labor’s Minister for the Environment, Hon. Penny Sharpe MLC, the NSW Parliament recently legislated several...

Cinema: 500 Miles

Is it even possible to not love a film with Bill Nighy? Well, no! In this beautiful, sweeping and life-affirming adventure that celebrates the human spirit, 500 Miles follows a broken family that must come together when two young boys, Charlie and Finn, run away from home in England to reach their beloved but estranged grandfather (Nighy) on the west coast of Ireland.

Money before trees

Remember back to not long ago when holiday parks were called caravan parks? Families from all walks of life...

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SAE sends Ben from Byron to Berlin

SAE University College Byron Bay audio graduate Ben Rompotis took advantage of the network of SAE campuses worldwide to complete his audio degree in Berlin.

SAE opens its doors Aug 24

SAE University College, located on Ewingsdale Road, Byron Bay, is giving future creatives a chance to get up close and hands-on with its course offerings at its open day on Saturday, August 24.

‘Dear Richmond’ wins inaugural BaySounds songwriting comp

A couple of years ago local songwriter Levi Maxwell decided to mark his 18th birthday with a kayak trip from Lismore to Ballina. 

SAE teachers seek increased pay to match increased workload 

Teachers from Byron’s SAE college took part in the higher education union’s National Day of Action last week, as part of their campaign for improved wages and conditions.

A Royale with Cheese, please

Locally-owned Pulp Burger has revealed their long-awaited permanent home, at SAE Creative Media Institute’s Byron Bay campus. Owned by long-term industry innovators, Garry Cowland and...

Meet the hip-hop artist behind local Indigenous fashion label, Sacred Era

With ‘Heal Country’ is this year’s theme for upcoming NAIDOC Week celebrations (4-11 July), The Echo profiles Indigenous community leader and SAE Creative Media Institute student, Michael Weir.

SAE eyes further online collaboration 

With international travel restricted owing to COVID-19, SAE students are collaborating with their peers across the planet, and the results in the print and digital design field are impressive, says senior lecturer, Rachael Shea.

Young people rewiring the world

It is all about perspective, and Rewire Youth Mag that features opinions, art, and ideas of the youth of the Northern Rivers is being launched next week.

$1.3m in student scholarship funding for SAE

SAE Creative Media Institute has been awarded almost $1.4 million in Australian government funding to deliver 45 scholarships at its Byron Bay campus.

Misner plans for a $11m new abode

SAE founder Tom Misner has lodged a development application (DA) for land at 255 Coolamon Scenic Drive, Coorabell.

Remembrance Day 2026: 11am, 11 November

It is estimated that in WWl there were 20 million dead and 20 million injured. From a population base of fewer than five million,...

Love books? Join Friends of the Library

Friends of the Libraries, Byron Shire are looking for some fresh, new, younger faces to join the group and help keep it moving forward.

Racehorses shot for pet food by NSW breeder

Thirteen thoroughbred horses deemed no longer useful, have been destroyed with eight horses destroyed by firearm at Berkeley Park Stud.

Byron Bay Surf Lifesaving Club youngsters shine

Two young members of Byron Bay Surf Lifesaving Club have delivered outstanding performances at the Paddle NSW State Sprint Championships, held at the Penrith International Regatta Centre over the weekend.