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Local NewsThe Echo - November 9, 20260

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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Local NewsThe Echo - November 3, 20260

New Tweed Heads Hub backed by $3.8 million commitment

The newly opened Veteran and Family Hub at Tweed Heads will be backed by a renewed $3.8 million commitment from RSL NSW to sponsor veteran and family services, delivered by partner charity RSL LifeCare.

Local NewsAslan Shand - November 5, 20260

Call for Mel Davis to be permanent Byron Public principal

Parents at Byron Bay Public School (BBPS) have started a petition to ask the NSW Department of Education (DOE) to reconsider their decision to replace Acting Principal, Mel Davis, and to allow her to continue permanently as principal.

Local NewsThe Echo - November 6, 20260

Third person dies after Suffolk Park crash

A 70-year-old woman has died in hospital after a three-vehicle crash at Suffolk Park last weekend, bringing the death toll to three.

Local NewsThe Echo - November 5, 20260

Extra $9 million for Lismore flood pumps and higher spillway

An additional $9 million will fund two more pumps at Lismore’s Browns Creek pump station and raise the levee spillway, with the works intended to reduce flood risk for 300 buildings.

Local NewsThe Echo - November 3, 20260

Casino Truck Show crowned NSW’s Best Visitor Experience

The North Coast Petroleum Casino Truck Show has taken out the Outstanding Visitor Experience category at the 2026 NSW Business Awards in Sydney.

Local NewsThe Echo - November 4, 20260

New approach needed for Northern Rivers public transport says Cadwallader

It is the age-old story – the lack of public transport across the Northern Rivers that leads to high car ownership and a failure of local and regional public transport infrastructure and use.

Find out more about Airbnb and short-term rentals

Local News The Echo - May 7, 2026 0

This Friday, 8 May, Murray Cox and Professor Nicole Gurran will be discussing ‘Inside Airbnb: International evidence on short-term rentals, housing markets and regulation’...

Is the 60-day cap ‘ineffective’?

Local News Aslan Shand - December 17, 2025 0

A report stating that the 60-day cap for non-hosted short term rental accommodation (STRA) in Byron Shire is ‘ineffective’ has been roundly criticised by the Byron Shire mayor, Victims of Holiday Letting (VOHL), and local STRA researcher, Dr Sabine Muschter, who was part of the research team looking at Airbnb impacts on small communities.

Holiday letting rules introduced

Local News The Echo - September 25, 2024 1

Regulations around Short Term Rental Accommodation (STRA) came into effect for Byron Shire on September 23, with most of the shire now capped at 60 days for un-hosted holiday lets. Two precincts in Byron Bay and Brunswick Heads have no cap restrictions.

State government approves 60-day cap on short-term holiday letting in Byron

Local News Hans Lovejoy - September 26, 2023 11

The state government has approved a new 60-day cap on non-hosted short term rental accommodation (STRA) for large parts of the Byron Shire. Most of NSW has no cap.