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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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Local NewsThe Echo - 0

Inaugural DINGO Music & Arts Festival to light up Bangalow in October

It is a fusion of local and international art, music, performance, food, and thought that will be coming to you in Bagalow as part of the inaugural DINGO Music & Arts Festival across four days from 8 to 11 October.
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National NewsThe Echo - 0

NSW confirms first case of H5 avian influenza

A giant petrel found near Hawks Nest, north of Newcastle, was confirmed positive on the weekend for H5 high pathogenicity (H5 bird flu) avian influenza in laboratory tests by the CSIRO Australian Centre for Disease Preparedness.
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Local NewsThe Echo - 0

Free shop to move on from Billinudgel

The Billinudgel Railway Station building, managed by Byron Shire Council (BSC) on behalf of Transport for NSW (TfNSW), has been used as a free community shop where people can donate unwanted items which are available for others to take since 2022.
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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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Byron EchoByron Writers Festival - 0

Deadly stories: powerful First Nations voices at Byron Writers Festival 2026

This year’s festival celebrates some of the most vital and impactful storytelling in Australian literature, with a dedicated program of First Nations writers whose work spans historical fiction, picture books and Indigenous knowledge and whose voices are reshaping how this country understands itself.
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Local NewsThe Echo - 0

Ocean Shores man charged with advocating terrorism online

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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The Kollective to take on Ballina Shire housing project

Local News Mia Armitage - 0
Ballina Shire councillors are to debate the future of public lands zoned for residential development in Wollongbar this week, including the potential of selling some or all the assets.
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Large Bruns boarding house DA heads to court

Local News Hans Lovejoy - 1
A proposal to build a mixed use commercial building, including a 48 self-contained room boarding house in the heart of Bayside in Brunswick Heads is heading to the Land and Environment court over a ‘deemed refusal’, after developer Kollective claimed the development application (DA) took too long to process. 
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Have your say on large Bayside proposal

Local News Hans Lovejoy - 4
Developer The Kollective have another large proposal before the public, this time in Bayside, Brunswick Heads, right next door to the preschool at 94 Kingsford Drive.
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Conditions made public on controversial Sunrise townhouse DA

Local News Paul Bibby - 0
The Land and Environment Court has rubber stamped an agreement between a developer and Byron Council regarding a controversial ‘affordable housing’ proposal, leaving residents greatly disappointed about the outcome, and the process by which it was achieved.
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Contentious Bangalow DA approved

Local News The Echo - 3
Plans for 15 ‘affordable housing’ units in Lismore Rd, Bangalow, were given the green light by Byron Council.
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Kollective DA in Sunrise rejected by residents

Local News Hans Lovejoy - 2
Developer Duncan Band from Kollective has again upset neighbours with his plans to demolish an established home and develop eight units on a small residential block at 6 Julian Rocks Drive, Byron Bay.
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Mullum affordable housing proposal heading to court

Local News Paul Bibby - 2
Plans for another ‘affordable’ housing project in Mullumbimby look set to end up in the Land and Environment Court, with the developer taking on Byron Council over its ‘deemed refusal’ of their proposal.
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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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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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