Queensland Health says that a public health alert is being issued for contact tracing locations on the Gold Coast.

Frogbit (Limnobium laevigatum) is an invasive, smothering waterweed that poses a serious environmental threat which has been found in the Richmond River and at Chinderah.

Who will be your next Tweed Shire councillors? Well that is up to you when you vote in the 4 December local council elections. The Echo online has sent out a series of questions covering issues from affordable housing, holiday letting and development to the rail trail, water mining and the climate emergency to all the candidate groups who have put their hands up to represent you. 

Ballina Shire Council candidates against the idea of a new dam in Byron’s hinterland are accusing fellow candidate Sharon Cadwallader of false claims in her electoral campaign.