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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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Cartoon of the week – 4 November, 2026

The Echo loves your letters and is proud to provide a community forum on the issues that matter most to our readers and the people of the NSW north coast. So don’t be a passive reader, send us your epistles.

Graffiti vandals strike Norries Head and Cabarita Beach

Repeated acts of graffiti vandalism at Norries Head and throughout Cabarita Beach, are drawing interest from the police and Tweed Shire Council.

Bus politics: more public transport for Northern Rivers

The state government has announced more than 670 additional weekly bus services to run across Northern Rivers bus networks starting from 6 December, 2026.

Byron surfing community gathers for positive change

On Sunday the community came together, with close to 200 people gathering at Clarkes Beach for a paddle out, and shore action, to raise their voices and say there are no more excuses for violence against women and girls.

‘Dancing against violence’ in Lismore

A sold-out gala in Lismore has raised more than $200,000 for Women Up North (WUN) and its Bugalma Bihyn Aboriginal Women’s Refuge, which can accommodate up to five families.

Hold abusers to account equally

Izaac Lee Alford loves social media messages, and lives on his daddy’s cattle farm just out of Gympie, a lovely town where it only needs to sprinkle to be flooded. It has also for many years been One Nation central...

Stories about "Social Media":

The second algorithm: why government control is the wrong fix

It is not often that a minister describes the most sweeping power she has ever asked for with the words 'I guess'.

Social media use linked to alcohol-related harm

Liquor & Gaming NSW (L&GNSW) is warning licensed venues about emerging social media trends that may contribute to alcohol-related harm and undermine responsible service obligations.

Should governments be brave?

Is it better to do something difficult and risk falling on your face, go backwards or do nothing at all? That’s a question for everyone, including our political leaders.

GPs say social media ban no silver bullet

The Royal Australian College of GPs (RACGP) has supported the Social Media Minimum Age obligation requiring social media platforms to prevent children under 16 from creating accounts from today, although it notes harmful content will still be accessible.

Mandy Nolan’s Soapbox: The Care Package

Older women don’t care what you think about them. I know. I’ve become an older woman. It’s a heady kind of liberation from the shackles of giving a F about approval, or not trying not to upset people. Some days I actually think I am in the business of upsetting people.

Snapchat complies with new minimum age law

Snapchat has announced the implementation of new age verification measures for its Australian community, in compliance with Australia's Social Media Minimum Age Act (SMMA).

Social media use soars as kids drop sport, reading and the arts

In striking new statistics, experts warn of social media’s growing grip on young people, with use among children and teens soaring by more than 200 per cent since before COVID and showing no sign of decline.

New research: Aussie kids prefer real-life family time over screens

Ahead of social media age restrictions being enforced in Australia, surprising new research has found that more children aged 10 to 16 prefer to spend time with their families in-person compared to being online.

Interrupting trauma and violence

Last week multi-award-winning journalist Jess Hill spoke to hundreds who gathered at the Star Court Theatre in Lismore. Hill spoke about gendered violence, and some of the things she has uncovered in recent years are truly shocking.

Tweed/Byron Police investigate vigilantism

Police in the Tweed-Byron District are investigating claims of vigilantism made in community Facebook groups on the Northern Rivers.

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.