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How can we keep paying for incompetence

The only way forward is going backwards. That’s how I explain the current situation of Byron Shire Council. The...

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Given up the ghost

We are informed that Byron Shire Council (BSC) has, in a sense, ‘given up the ghost’.  It has run...

Rally against changes to RDT laws at Queensland Parliament House

The Legalise Cannabis Queensland Party (LCQ) and its members are up in arms about the proposed changes to Roadside Drug Testing (RDT) that are destined to pass into law by a majority LNP government.

Bangalow community rallying for the Bowlo

A major town rally for Bangalow is planned for Saturday, 19 September at 2pm as the next phase of action to have the Bowlo reopened and back in community hands.

They’ve got their trousers on

They’re almost here – Baggy Trousers bring ‘Madness’ to Ballina next week! London-born and hailed as the Southern Hemisphere’s premier Madness tribute show, Baggy Trousers brings to life the legendary UK band’s iconic hits in The Sound of Madness and bring the energy, humour and soundtrack of the UK’s golden era to Ballina RSL.

Big Council rates rise coming (1)

I can remember maybe five years ago when Byron Shire Council implemented a ‘one-off rates increase’ (probably not the...

Traditional owners vs Adani’s mining operations

From bankruptcy to the Queensland government intervening and extinguishing their native title – Adrian Burragubba, a Wangan and Jagalingou Elder has continued the fight against Adani’s contentious mine.

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Clarification: SPPA secretary and president conflict of interest

Hayley Devlin, Secretary of the Suffolk Park Progress Association (SPPA), has asked The Echo to publish her clarification of the conflict of interest declarations...

Suffolk Park community gather to consider Clifford St development

A public meeting was called to provide background, updated information, and the opportunity for the community to engage with each other, both at that...

Suffolk Park Progress Association leadership reveal links with developer

The President and Secretary of the Suffolk Park Progress Association (SPPA) have revealed they both have ‘conflicts of interest’ in connection with a major...

Former Suffolk Park Progress Association members call for publication of their resignation letter

Challenges are still being faced by the Suffolk Park community following the divide between supporters and detractors of the roundabout and traffic lights to deal with traffic woes at the Clifford Street intersection.

Attempted robbery in Suffolk shakes family

A Suffolk Park resident got a terrible shock very early this morning when two youths tried to break into her house.

Dirt bike accident at Suffolk Park

Around 11.30am, on Sunday 16 November, the Westpac Rescue Helicopter was tasked by NSW Ambulance to a collision of two dirt bikes at Suffolk Park, south of Byron Bay.

Council comes back around to a Suffolk Park roundabout

Byron Council has recommitted itself to the task of building a roundabout at Suffolk Park’s Clifford Street intersection, abandoning a government grant that it had secured to install traffic lights at the notorious blackspot.

Are Suffolk Park traffic lights back?

The ongoing saga over the notorious intersection at Clifford Street, Suffolk Park has taken another chaotic turn, with plans to spend state government grant funding on a pedestrian crossing being rejected.

Tallow Creek footbridge closed indefinitely

Staff at the Byron Shire Council say they were forced to close the Tallow Creek footbridge at Suffolk Park on Friday owing to public safety risks.

It’s a Suffo roundabout option now!

The plan to build traffic lights at the notorious Clifford Street intersection in Suffolk Park has been consigned to the dustbin, with a majority of Byron councillors voting to formally abandon the idea last week.

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.

Ballina Council makes decision on Ross Lane

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.

Mullumbimby puts new governance models first, and now wants to build it

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.

Appeal to locate man missing from Broadwater

Police are appealing for public assistance to help locate a local missing man.