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Lismore rallies to save homes from demolition

Around hundred residents met at the Lismore Quad on Saturday to demand the demolitions of heritage homes cease, the flood recovery promised is delivered, and that every person be housed.
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LettersJo Faith, Newtown - 0

Tipping point

It is noted in the last edition of The Echo that six new dwellings with swimming pools are to...
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Local NewsThe Echo - 0

Emily Lubitz added to Lismore Lantern Parade lineup

Fresh from reaching number one on the ARIA Country Charts, Emily Lubitz will headline the  Heartbeat Festival Stage on Saturday 20 June, as part of the Lantern Parade.
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Local NewsThe Echo - 0

Lismore residents call to stop the demolition of homes

Community group Reclaim our Recovery are urging Lismore residents to join a gathering at the Lismore QUAD this Saturday from 11am to 'stop the demolitions of our Big Scrub heritage homes — and the NSW Reconstruction Authority needs to know we are not going away'.
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Byron EchoMandy Nolan - 0

Mandy Nolan’s Soapbox: Let’s Disappear the Outrage Farmer

There’s super-offensive content making its way around the internet by someone who is NOT Indigenous and is NOT a comedian. I will not say her name. I will not identify her nor will I describe the content. If you think you know what I am talking about: good. And if you don’t: good. Let’s keep it that way.
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Local NewsThe Echo - 0

Lismore’s Blakebrook quarry proposal meets resistance

A recent gathering of locals concerned about a proposed ‘mega dump’ landfill at Blakebrook quarry has been supported by Lismore Greens councillors. Lismore Council say they are still considering the proposal.
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The Good LifeThe Echo - 0

Bombay to Byron: 12 years of modern Indian on Jonson Street

This June marks 12 years since Bombay to Byron first opened its doors on Jonson Street, and husband-and-wife team...
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Lismore rallies to save homes from demolition

Local News The Echo - 0
Around hundred residents met at the Lismore Quad on Saturday to demand the demolitions of heritage homes cease, the flood recovery promised is delivered, and that every person be housed.
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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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Liberal backflip means harsher criminal sentences for vulnerable people

National News The Echo - 0
Sue Higginson says Liberal Leader Kellie Sloane has backflipped on reforms to character at sentencing, supporting a total removal of good character as a mitigating factor at sentencing across all offence types.
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Byron mayor puts hand up to run for state against Mandy Nolan

Local News Aslan Shand - 0
Byron Shire Greens Mayor, Sarah Ndiaye, has confirmed with The Echo that she is putting her hand up for Greens preselection for the state seat of Ballina, following Greens MP Tamara Smith announcing she would not be contesting the seat in the 2027 state election.
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Landmark partnership with Aboriginal peak bodies to keep children safe

Local News The Echo - 0
The state government has announced it has entered into a landmark agreement with two of NSW’s leading Aboriginal peak bodies to drive long-overdue reform to the state’s child protection and foster care systems.
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2022 flood data quietly made public  

Local News Hans Lovejoy - 1
The long-awaited state government analysis of the 2022 flood in the shire’s north is now available on the SES website.
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Everything old gets to be new again

Local News The Echo - 0
It's often easier to see the way forward by looking at the past and the Lismore Museum has been a valuable tool for doing just that, but like many locations in the town, the museum is yet to recover from last year's flood.
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Grant me this

Local News Hans Lovejoy - 1
Let’s examine the grip on NSW councils by the state and federal governments! 
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Suspend water extraction say Tweed Council

Local News Aslan Shand - 5
As the drought continues Tweed Shire Council is asking Water Minister Melinda Pavey to suspend commercial water extraction in the Tweed Shire. But this is just one small part of the water challenge that faces Australia.
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Council and the state government in negotiations over desperately needed roads funding

Local News Paul Bibby - 6
Paul Bibby As potholes continue to spawn across the Shire like not-so-magic mushrooms, Byron Council and the State Government are in discussions over $25m in...
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National News

Men’s Health Week: simple conversations

The Echo - 0
This National Men’s Health Week experts from Triple P – Positive Parenting Program are encouraging dads, granddads and father figures to embrace something simple but powerful: everyday conversations that support their own wellbeing and their family’s wellbeing.
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World News

Peace in our time?

David Lowe - 0
While details remain scant, there are claims from multiple sources that a peace deal has finally been reached in the war between Iran and the United States, after nearly four months of fighting.
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Byron Echo

How to stop the erosion of our human rights

Russell Eldridge - 0
Let’s celebrate Refugee Week, 15–21 June, which was initiated in Australia 40 years ago and now observed worldwide.
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Local News

Appeal to locate wanted man Adam Richards

The Echo - 0
Police are appealing for assistance to locate a man wanted on outstanding warrants in the Casino area.
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