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Construction company fined $225,000 after cyclist fatality

NSW Kerbing Pty Ltd has been convicted and fined $225,000 in the Industrial Court of NSW as a result of a prosecution by SafeWork NSW.
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Council explores future for Brunswick flood housing village

Byron Shire Council is exploring options to keep the 58-home temporary housing village at Brunswick Heads operating after the NSW Government’s flood-housing program ends.
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2026 Mother’s Day planting – take two this Sunday

The Brunswick Valley Landcare’s annual Mother’s Day planting is now going ahead this Sunday, 27 September from 9am to 12 noon at 6 Durrumbul Road, Main Arm, Bundjalung Country.
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Fake $100 notes marked ‘PROPS’ circulating across Northern Rivers

Northern Rivers businesses are once again being urged to check cash carefully following reports of counterfeit $100 notes being used at local shops.
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Mandy Nolan’s Soapbox: Lets Talk About Dementia

This week is Dementia Action Week. Some of its purposes are to raise awareness, reduce stigma and build understanding. We don’t talk about dementia because it scares us.
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New laws set to influence local live music scene

New NSW laws designed to support live music venues have been passed months after Byron Shire Council abandoned plans for a Special Entertainment Precinct in Byron Bay.
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What’s wrong with this picture?

Anthony Albanese’s recent performance on the world stage in New York was a breathtaking piece of rhetorical acrobatics.
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Stories about "training":

Coming out of retirement to have a crack at the winning fourth world title

Local News Eve Jeffery - 0
Local wingsuit athlete Chris Geiler is coming out of a post-three-World-Championship retirement to compete at the 2026 World Championships in the US in two weeks.
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Learn how to help local wildlife

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The volunteers at Northern Rivers Wildlife Carers do a fantastic job looking after local wildlife in distress. If you're interested in becoming a wildlife carer, the group is running an introductory course later this month at Goonellabah.
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$5m in state funds for regional arts & culture

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The NSW government says communities across regional NSW, including the Lismore electorate, are to benefit from a comprehensive plan to support arts and, culture, and grow cultural tourism.
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Free evac centre training this week

Local News The Echo - 0
Two free information sessions on becoming a disaster evacuation centre volunteer are to be held in the Byron Shire this week.
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Annual Lismore Council flood training this weekend

Local News The Echo - 0
The Lismore City Council says staff will carry out their annual Temporary Levee System Training Exercise this coming Sunday, fifteenth of December.
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Sisters doing it for themselves at NSW SES Mullumbimby preparedness workshop

Local News The Echo - 0
There was a hive of activity at the NSW SES Mullumbimby unit on Saturday for all the right reasons as women from the Byron Shire and surrounds attended the Emergency Preparedness in Community (EPiC) women’s workshop.
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Up the creek with a paddle

Local News The Echo - 2
In the final training session before the people’s blockade of the world’s biggest coal port, activists from Rising Tide Northern Rivers paddled from Brunswick Heads to the Wallum site and back last week.
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Exercise Pelican SES rescue training in Lismore

Local News The Echo - 0
If the fires and floods in recent years have taught us anything, it is that preparation is key to minimising the impacts of disaster on local communities.
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Healthy Minds Club powering ahead

Local News David Lowe - 1
Since The Echo last spoke to Lennox Head's Jackson Connellan, from The Healthy Minds Club, things have become even busier. Formed originally in response to...
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Ballina Region for Refugees needs help

Local News The Echo - 0
Can you help local community group Ballina Region for Refugees help newcomers in need of training?
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The Common Table sets a place for closer connection in the Northern Rivers

The Echo - 0
Good food, new company and thoughtful conversation are on the menu when The Common Table launches at Saltbush Bar & Grill in Ballina on Wednesday 14 October 2026.
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Local News

Donated human milk program for premature babies expands across NSW

The Echo - 0
Often when babies are born babies born prematurely their mother’s milk is not yet quite ready, or baby might not be strong enough to suckle. To help new bubs thrive until their mother’s own supply is established, the Australian Red Cross Lifeblood’s program donates pasteurised human milk to bridge the gap.
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Coming out of retirement to have a crack at the winning fourth world title

Eve Jeffery - 0
Local wingsuit athlete Chris Geiler is coming out of a post-three-World-Championship retirement to compete at the 2026 World Championships in the US in two weeks.
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Local News

$80,000 upgrade for Mullum Tennis Club

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The Mullumbimby Tennis Club via the the Northern Rivers Tennis Foundation (NRTF) is about to undergo an $80,000 upgrade after becoming beneficiaries of a Tennis NSW Grant.
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