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Greens urged to back pathway to end native forest logging

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 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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Local NewsThe Echo - 0

Safer roads for North Coast

Richmond MP Justine Elliot has announced that the Albanese government is delivering more than $4.6 million in federal funding from the 2026-27 Black Spot Program to improve road safety at four sites across the North Coast.
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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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Byron EchoSapoty Brook, Main Arm - 0

Being un conscious

There is a general belief that consciousness is an entity in itself or something that is non-physical. I don’t...
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Local NewsThe Echo - 0

Appeal to locate man missing from Broadwater

Police are appealing for public assistance to help locate a local missing man.
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Byron EchoMichael McDougall, Suffolk Park - 0

Big Council rates rise coming – SRV for ratepayers

The proposed 35.03 per cent rates increase over three years to Byron Shire ratepayers is extremely concerning. I fully understand...
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Stories about "State Forests":

Call to end damaging native logging agreements

Local News Aslan Shand - 0
North East Forest Alliance (NEFA) is calling on the NSW state government to reassess the Wood Supply Agreements (WSA) that facilitate native forest in NSW’s state forests.
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Rallies call for Great Koala National Park to be declared

Local News Aslan Shand - 10
Rallies took place yesterday at Coffs Harbour and Sydney as multiple groups called for an end to logging in the areas identified for the Great Koala National Park and for NSW to establish the park as promised.
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Taking action to preserve forests for the Great Koala National Park

Byron Echo David Bradbury - 4
It was pouring rain, and dark, as my 14-year- old son Omar, Frankie our faithful Jack Russell, and I made our way four hours south to the traditional logging town of Taylors Arm, west of Macksville. Taylors Arm was made famous in Slim Dusty’s song, The Pub With No Beer. 
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NEFA says Forestry Corp are ignoring legal protections for gliders

National News The Echo - 2
The North East Forest Alliance is calling on the Environment Protection Authority to issue an immediate Stop Work Order for logging in Styx River State Forest, near Armidale on the Northern Tablelands.
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Bulga State Forest logging protesters get good behaviour bonds

Local News Aslan Shand - 5
Yesterday, 22 February three activists who had been arrested at the Bulga State Forest action site faced court. All had pleaded guilty to the offences.
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Forestry Corporation causing ‘serious and irreversible harm’ to burnt out State Forests

Local News The Echo - 0
NEFA calls on State Government to implement recommended protection for State Forests devastated by the Black Summer Fires.
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Burnt, logged and flogged? Unsustainable forestry continues unabated

Local News The Echo - 4
The North East Forest Alliance is calling for an immediate 10% reduction in wood supply commitments to north-coast sawmillers from public forests because of the widespread death of trees due to the Black Summer bushfires.
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Fun in forests this summer

Local News The Echo - 0
Forestry Corporation of NSW is reminding holiday-makers that NSW state forests offer plenty of fun and adventure, but visitors need to be safe, and respectful.
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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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Local News

Katie Milne responds to Tweed’s draft housing and employment strategy

The Echo - 0
The former mayor of Tweed Shire Council, Kate Milne, has shared her submission to Tweed's Draft Growth Management Housing & Employment Strategy.
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