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EditorialAslan Shand - 0

Plastic not so fantastic

There is nothing healthier than drinking some water – or so I’ve always told my kids. It doesn’t contain sugar or colour additives – as one person used to tell us as children, ‘it’s sky juice’! What could be better?
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EditorialAslan Shand - 0

Plastic not so fantastic

There is nothing healthier than drinking some water – or so I’ve always told my kids. It doesn’t contain sugar or colour additives – as one person used to tell us as children, ‘it’s sky juice’! What could be better?
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Byron EchoWally Hueneke, Byron Bay - 0

Imminent disaster

Is the Tennyson Street Marvell Street intersection a disaster waiting to happen? Wally Hueneke, Byron Bay
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National NewsThe Echo - 0

Solar and batteries for every public school in NSW?

Parents for Climate, Future Ready Schools, and the NSW/ACT Electrical Trades Union (ETU) has welcomed a motion passed at the NSW Labor Conference on the weekend calling for a comprehensive rollout of solar generation and battery storage at every public school and early learning centre in New South Wales.
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Byron EchoJohn Heaton, Ballina - 0

Mandy’s column 1

Now that Mandy is the official candidate for the Greens at next year’s state election, I expect Echo Publications...
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The Good LifeThe Echo - 0

Three Blue Ducks

On Sunday 26 July, from 11:30am for both lunch and dinner, Three Blue Ducks will celebrate Christmas in July...
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Local NewsThe Echo - 0

$30,419 for Byron’s Fletcher Street Cottage

The Festival of Stone sold out in June with over 2,000 people enjoying good music, great food, and the festival’s namesake Stone Brew Beer.
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Lifesavers deal with emergencies across state

Local News The Echo - 0
Surf Life Saving NSW (SLSNSW) and the state’s army of volunteer lifesavers have been under the pump over the weekend, responding to a deluge of incidents and emergencies, and sadly a number of drownings.
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Two drownings remind swimmers that lifeguard patrols are reduced during winter

Local News The Echo - 0
July has seen the drowning for two men marking a tragic start to the 2025-26 winter patrol off-season season for Surf Life Saving NSW.
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Search underway for missing swimmer – Pottsville

Local News The Echo - 0
A multi-agency search for a missing swimmer is underway at Pottsville Beach in Tweed Shire.
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Tragic Easter drowning toll rises across NSW

National News The Echo - 2
A rock fisher has drowned in Sydney's south and another is now in a stable condition, bringing the Easter long weekend drowning toll in NSW to five.
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Search for missing man resumes – Lennox Head and Cape Byron

Uncategorised The Echo - 0
A search for a missing 45-year-old man in the Broken Head area has resumed on Wednesday morning.
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Return of the red and yellow flags

National News The Echo - 0
Iconic red and yellow flags have returned to NSW beaches as thousands of surf lifesaving volunteers return to the state’s coastline for the 2024/25 Surf Life Saving Patrol Season.
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Report shows increased drownings in NSW

National News The Echo - 2
Coastal drowning deaths and drownings across NSW are up for the 2023-24 year, as detailed in the latest National Drowning Report.
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Hazardous Surf Warning for Byron to Eden coastline

Local News The Echo - 0
There have been six rock platform related drownings in the last two months in NSW and with hazardous weather conditions forecast for the NSW coast from Northern Rivers coastline to Eden and Surf Life Saving NSW is urging the public – particularly rock fishers – to exercise caution. ​
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Byron Bay: Search for missing swimmer called off

Local News The Echo - 0
The search for a man seen struggling in the surf of Main Beach on 1 March has been called off.
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Lennox’s Ollie Sharpe heading to NSW Surf Life Saving Country Charge

Local News The Echo - 0
Defending Open Iron champion, 17-year-old Ollie Sharpe and his club, Lennox Head-Alstonville SLSC, is preparing to lead the charge for the smaller clubs at the 2023 Oakberry Acai NSW Country Championships.
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Local News

Ballina courthouse windows smashed, man charged

The Echo - 0
Police say a man will face court today, charged after 12 windows were allegedly smashed in Ballina last night.   Police say, 'About 10.35pm (Thursday 9 July 2026), police were called to Martin Street following reports of a man smashing windows'.
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Local News

Alleged native tree removal continues in Lennox, says councillor

The Echo - 0
With a government agency now investigating the alleged clear felling of natives on a large private block in Lennox Head, Ballina Greens councillor Kiri Dicker has told The Echo that contractors were felling trees all morning, ‘trying to get the job done’.
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Local News

Ocean Shores man charged with advocating terrorism online

The Echo - 0
Police say a 20-year-old Ocean Shores man is behind bars (refused bail) and will face court in Tweed Heads Local Court on 18 September, charged with advocating terrorism.  
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Local News

Ballina king tide alert for 13–16 July

The Echo - 0
Ballina Shire Council is encouraging motorists to drive safely over the coming days with king tides leading to minor flooding of some local roads.
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