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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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Surfboard shapers swap the sander for the microphone at Lennox

Surfers can spend hours arguing about the merits of a board. On Friday, they can hear from three men who have spent decades making them.

Casino Truck Show crowned NSW’s Best Visitor Experience

The North Coast Petroleum Casino Truck Show has taken out the Outstanding Visitor Experience category at the 2026 NSW Business Awards in Sydney.

Northern NSW hospitals fall short on emergency and mental-health targets

Fewer than half of Northern NSW emergency patients needing admission or transfer met a six-hour hospital access target in 2025–26, according to a health district review released yesterday.

Horse lovers say nup to Melbourne Cup

As more horses risk life and limb at The Melbourne Cup today, animal lovers are gathering at Flemington Racecourse and across the country to stand up for the victims of what has been described as an outdated and exploitative horseracing spectacle.

Make a SHIFT and support women at risk of homelessness

The Small SHIFT: I Will Survive event where seven women, spanning seven decades, tell their story in seven minutes, is back for the fourth year running on Thursday, 5 November.

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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Final Ballina Council meeting for 2025

Ballina Shire Council will be back around their big circular table tomorrow for the final meeting of 2025.

Businesses seeking a strong voice for the Northern Rivers launch Lismore Alliance

Lismore Alliance, a group of Northern Rivers (and Lismore-based) businesses, was launched last week to ‘create a unified voice for positive change’.

NSW Reconstruction Authority responds

In response to the ongoing situation at Pine Street, Lismore, a NSW Reconstruction Authority spokesperson has made the following statement to The Echo.

Vacant aged care facility in Lismore to be transformed into crisis accommodation

The Minns Labor government says it is taking immediate and innovative action to tackle the housing crisis, converting the disused Fromelles aged care facility in Lismore into safe and secure crisis accommodation for those most in need.

Byron CoLab opens on old Byron Bay Hospital site

Five years after community representatives and Byron Shire Council put a case to the NSW government to gift them the old Byron Bay Hospital site on the fringe of the CBD, the new Byron CoLab on Arakwal Country was officially opened this morning.

Tackling homelessness – an update by Social Futures

A pilot program in Tweed Shire aimed at helping homeless people find long-term accommodation has seen more than 160 people housed, says local not-for-profit organisation, Social Futures.

After the fall: Mr Andersen’s rise from the streets to mature-age study through Tweed outreach program

Richie Andersen is excited and grateful. After years spent suffering substance dependency, relationship breakdowns, health crises and sleeping rough, the Tweed-based grandfather is about to become a mature-aged student.

$75,000 to $150,000 grants available for youth mental health

The Impact of the 2022 floods across the Northern Rivers continues to be felt and and for many young people it continues to impact...

Long lease offer approved for old Byron Hospital site

Local not-for-profit Social Futures is set to be offered a 20-year lease for the management of the Old Byron Hospital site.

$10 million-dollar Resilient Kids program for Northern Rivers

Thousands of Northern Rivers youth and at least 75 schools are expected to benefit from a $10 million-dollar federal government grant aimed at strengthening community resilience.

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.