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Global climate action in local Byron Shire

Do you remember the ‘think global act local’ campaign? When this thinking spills over to a group of passionate volunteers who pit their actions toward making changes you can really feel you are effecting critical change beyond your own neighbourhood.

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With new Bruns SLS Clubhouse underway, funds are needed for completion

After years of planning and months of waiting, the demolition of the Surf Life Saving Club at Brunswick Heads is finally underway.

Feedback

Mandy Nolan’s column (Echo, December 11, 2024) title ‘You want my feedback?’ demands that very thing about one very...

Australia’s threatened species in crisis

The Albanese government, which committed to ‘no new extinctions’ in 2022, approved more than 25,000 hectares of threatened species habitat to be destroyed in 2024 – more than twice as much as the previous year, according to new analysis by the Australian Conservation Foundation.

Back to school: say ‘No’ to bullying

Children across the country are excited to be heading to school in the next few weeks – some for the first time and many returning – but there are a group of kids who may not be looking forward to facing the torment of being bullied.

From Bruns to Billi – Rosefina’s heart is still in the same place

For those of you who fell in love with Rosefina’s in Brunswick Heads and were devasated when the caravan...

Talking Heads and David Bowie – KAPOW!

Get ready for an afternoon of timeless music as Soft Treadly, the acclaimed covers project from the founding members...

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WATER Northern Rivers says Rous County Council is wrong

WATER Northern Rivers Alliance says despite decades of objection, Rous County Council have just commissioned yet another heritage and biodiversity study in the Rocky Creek valley, between Dunoon and The Channon, in the heart of the Northern Rivers.

Man charged after dramatic hinterland police chase

A dramatic police chase from highway to hinterland bush in the early hours of the morning has led to the expected court appearance of a 26-year-old man today.

Byron needs more independence from Rous not less

WATER Northern Rivers believes that water security for Byron lies in becoming more independent from Rous County Council, not less so.

ROR – Reclaim Our Recovery – meets tonight at 5.30pm at Living Lab

ROR (Reclaim Our Recovery) are getting together for their weekly meeting tonight – but the venue has changed to The Living Lab at 11 Woodlark Street, Lismore at 5.30pm. 

Tuntable Creek Road to get a Christmas present

The Mayor took an opportunity to present a Mayoral Minute at last night’s Lismore Council November meeting (MKII) where he moved a motion that Council resolve not to proceed with an open tender process to award a contract for the provision of emergency road stabilisation of Tuntable Creek Roa

NSW SES reminder for Chinderah and Tumbulgum to MONITOR CONDITIONS

The NSW SES advises people in Lismore and Bexhill to STAY INFORMED about predicted rising floodwaters flooding on the Wilsons River.

NSW SES reminder for Lismore, Nimbin, The Channon and Bexhill to STAY INFORMED

The NSW SES advises people in Lismore and Bexhill to STAY INFORMED about predicted rising floodwaters flooding on the Wilsons River.

NSW SES Watch and Act: Prepare To Isolate – Nimbin and The Channon

The NSW SES advises people in Nimbin and The Channon and surrounds to PREPARE TO ISOLATE by 9am tomorrow, Monday, October 24, for up to 3 days or more owing to predictions that the creeks within the upper Wilson's River catchment will rise

Flood warnings throughout Northern Rivers for Sunday

There is a high chance of Flash Flooding along the Tweed and & Byron Coasts from Sunday.

‘We’re back!’ Homecoming for The Channon market

The reverberations of the February and March floods reached far beyond things most people expected – one of those things was the state of Coronation Park at The Channon where every second Sunday of the month one of the biggest and best markets on the Far North Coast is held.

What’s happening on Australia/Survival Day in the Northern Rivers?

Local council’s will be holding a range of Australia Day ceremonies and events across the Northern Rivers celebrating Australia Day and recognising that it is for many also the day that Australia was invaded. 

Legal action and water to be cut if Lismore house occupiers don’t move out

The NSW Reconstruction Authority (RA) has told The Echo that they visited eight buyback properties in North Lismore that are illegally occupied by squatters...

2025 Splendour cancelled as it ‘needs to recharge’

Splendour In The Grass has announced that it will not run for the second year in a row saying it 'needs a little more time to recharge'. 

Richmond candidates launch themselves at unsuspecting public

While the federal election is yet to be called, it mustn’t be far off, with Labor MP Justine Elliot launching her campaign last Saturday at the Ocean Shores Country Club.