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Byron’s Winter Whales raise $43,000

The Byron Bay Winter Whales (BBWW) took to the ocean for the 39th time this year on the first Sunday of May and raised $43,000 for local organisations and charities.
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Six dwellings proposed on flood-prone Mullum block

Six units are proposed at the eastern end of New City Road, Mullumbimby, on a site that was inundated during the 2022 floods. Submitted by Duncan Band's Kollective, Development Application (DA) 10.2026.269.1 at 73 New City Road is on public exhibition with Byron Shire Council, and sits within the Shire's flood planning area.
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Byron EchoMike Balson, Upper Wilsons Creek - 0

AI roll-out

My dad bought a quarter-acre block overlooking Sydney’s Northern Beaches for 400 pounds. That was about eight week’s salary. Mum...
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EditorialAslan Shand - 0

Shark culls not the answer

It has been a confronting and devastating year with a 12-year-old killed by a shark in Sydney and another shark attack in Coogee over the weekend. The NSW government has said there is nothing off the table in response to the latest shark incident. But it is vital that we don’t just start going out there and randomly culling sharks.
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Tweed Shire Council presents flood resilience series – part one

Over the coming weeks, Tweed Shire Council will present a flood resilience series, which looks at how 'Tweed's story is different from the standard flood recovery narrative and what happened next'.
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A heartfelt night of fundraising

We can’t solve the lack of social housing investment, or magically make emergency accommodation appear, but we can help alleviate suffering and bring warmth and comfort to people coping in truly awful situations.
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Byron EchoMargrette Young, Skennars Head - 0

Humanity together

Dale Emerson’s letter last week expanding on Chris Hanley’s attitude to The Echo, and to our world, was impressive....
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Stories about "State Significant Farmland (SSF)":

Expansion on farmland around Tweed Valley Hospital opposed

Local News Hans Lovejoy - 0
Residents are holding firm against a proposal to develop State Significant Farmland (SSF) near the Tweed Valley Hospital at Cudgen, after the Northern Regional Planning Panel (NRPP) held a public meeting on Friday 19 June around the Planning Proposal for Cudgen Connection (PP-2023-2669-Cudgen Connection).
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Refused Cudgen Connection development listed for Gateway Determination 

Local News Aslan Shand - 9
Despite the fact that the community and Tweed Shire Council have come out strongly against the development application (DA) called Cudgen Connection proposed on State Significant Farmland (SSF) on the Cudgen Plateau the proposed Gateway Determination has been listed.
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New Tweed Valley Hospital opens today

Local News Aslan Shand - 15
The controversial new Tweed Valley Hospital opened to patients at 8am this morning.
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Contentious Cudgen Connection refused – but developer not backing down

Local News Aslan Shand - 10
The contentious Cudgen Connection development proposed on State Significant Farmland on the protected Cudgen Plateau next to the Tweed Valley Hospital site was in front of Tweed Shire Councillors at yesterday's planning meeting. 
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Kingscliff and Cudgen communities to be betrayed?

Local News Aslan Shand - 8
Cudgen’s protected farmland under threat the question is will the Labor state government break the ‘iron clad’ promise give to the community that there would be no further development of the protected Cudgen Plateau?
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Where will an extra 30,000 people fit in Tweed? Your last chance to comment

Local News The Echo - 6
The Tweed Shire Growth Management Housing Strategy Options Paper proposes a lot of significant changes across that shire, and many of the options are controversial.
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NSW government fails to reconfirm commitment to SSF at Cudgen Plateau

Local News Aslan Shand - 3
NSW Labor's Planning and Agriculture ministers Paul Scully and Tara Moriarty have failed to confirm their commitment to State Significant Farmland (SSF) at Cudgen Plateau today. 
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DPE rejects Tweed Council’s Kingscliff Locality Plan

Local News Aslan Shand - 0
Concerns have been raised over this afternoon's Tweed Shire Council meeting where two Gateway Determination rejections relating to the Kingscliff Locality Plan and the development of caravan parks in rural locations.
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First sod turned for new Kingscliff Ambulance Station

Local News Aslan Shand - 0
The announcement of the new ambulance station for Kingscliff was welcomed by the community, in particular, that the state government kept its promise and protected the Cudgen Plateau’s State Significant Farmland from further development. 
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Free parking for new Tweed Hospital says Labor

Local News Aslan Shand - 1
It was with relief that local Tweed councillors and members of the Kingscliff and Cudgen communities heard the news that parking at the controversial new Tweed Valley Hospital would be free when it opens.  
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Byron Echo

NSW Golf Croquet State Championships to be hosted in the Northern Rivers

The Echo - 0
Ballina Cherry Street, Byron Bay, and Lismore croquet clubs region will once again host the 2026 NSW Golf Croquet Advantage Doubles and Advantage Singles...
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Entertainment News

A heartfelt night of fundraising

The Echo - 0
We can’t solve the lack of social housing investment, or magically make emergency accommodation appear, but we can help alleviate suffering and bring warmth and comfort to people coping in truly awful situations.
Read more
Entertainment News

Floodland

The Echo - 0
Local filmmaker Darius Devas is bringing Floodland – winner of the Sustainable Futures Award at the Sydney Film Festival – to Mullumbimby, for one night only.
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Entertainment News

Less than 300 tickets left!

The Echo - 0
Following a sold-out inaugural event in 2025, Mullum Roots Festival returns bigger and bolder, taking over Mullumbimby with an expanded program, and an additional venue. The new space will host a Youth Battle Of The Bands and give more room for music lovers to gather, celebrate and connect.
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