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Tweed Council to write to government for more housing support
With a shortage of affordable housing in most areas of the Far North Coast, it is not surprising that Tweed is also feeling the pinch and Council has declared a housing emergency in the area owing to a lack of availability and affordability.
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Cartoon of the week – 21 April, 2021
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Music photos
Jack Paten, Shellharbour
Over the years I have collected various photos from the past of Australian Country Music history and am...
Over population
Boyd Kellner, Newrybar
‘Over population’ is seen by some as the main destructive driver causing many crises besetting the planet today. From...
Fresh faces for Council elections
A very distinct, black flat-cap has just been thrown into the ring for the upcoming Byron Council elections, pegged for September 4.
Hanging points
Jo Faith, Newtown
Many thanks to The Echo for printing ex-magistrate David Heilpern’s remarkable article articulating the ongoing tragic situation surrounding...
Augmented Reality gives local art exhibition a high-tech twist
A Byron Bay art gallery is seeking to bring paintings to life in its new exhibition, by making Augmented Reality technology part of the experience.
Stories about "Tamara Smith":
$300k each for Ballina and Lismore communities
State Members Janelle Saffin and Tamara Smith have each announced today $300,000 in funding for projects in the community.
New penalties for offensive slogans, images
Sexist and offensive slogans on vehicles, such as Wicked Campers, have now been outlawed after the Road Transport Legislation Amendment Bill 2020 was adopted...
Smith and Clancy: Gulaptis out of touch
Tamara Smith MP, Member for Ballina and NSW Greens spokesperson for the North Coast, and Greens Clarence Valley Councillor Greg Clancy, say the Nationals Member for Clarence and his party are out of touch.
$47K funding for Marine Rescue Cape Byron
This morning at Byron Bay Lighthouse Precinct, Tamara Smith MP announced $47,100 in funding for Marine Rescue Cape Byron through the Community Building Partnerships Program.
Can NSW afford a fire station for Byron?
Arguments over funding for state emergency services on the far north coast continue, with no sign yet of nearly $6 million promised in June.
Alternative facts? Labor MP says Northern Rivers fire station temporarily closed, fire chief says untrue
Member for the Blue Mountains Trish Doyle last week told media the regional station was closed so fire-fighters could go to a community outreach program in Ballina.
NSW 2019 Ballina candidate policies
Echonetdaily has contacted all of the candidates for Ballina in the upcoming NSW election and have compiled their policies on a range of important issues.
NSW 2019 Ballina candidate profiles
In order of the ballot, the Ballina candidates are:
Keep Sydney Open’s James Wright
Thirty-six-year old year old radio broadcaster, filmmaker, futurist and father of three,...
Rafter opens tennis facilities in Ballina
Former tennis star Pat Rafter helped open the Ballina tennis club’s $305,000 extension and inclusion project last month.
Improvements to the facilities included construction of...
New sportsfields opened in Wollongbar
The new million-dollar 14-hectare sporting facilities were officially opened by the federal member for Page Kevin Hogan last week
The new grounds include an AFL...
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Simon Richardson steps down as Byron Shire Mayor
In an eventful day for Byron Shire Council, pot-stirrer Fast Buck$ was ejected from the council chambers yesterday and later Cr Simon Richardson announced that he will be stepping down as mayor from the end of next week.
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Pay parking for Lennox Head?
David Lowe - 0
Yesterday's Ballina Shire Council meeting saw councillors raise the spectre of paid parking at Lennox Head, and possibly elsewhere in the shire.
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They will not be forgotten…
In the wake of the pandemic restrictions, ANZAC Day will be commemorated in a COVID safe fashion and some areas will ask residents to...
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East Ballina Lions desperately needs new members
East Ballina Lions Club has given over thirty years of service to numerous community programs and initiatives, but if it doesn't get more members soon, it will have to close.
