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Boogie For BayFM!
Get ready to tear up the dance floor at the inaugural Boogie for BayFM fundraiser! On January 20, for an unmissable night of top-shelf dance music, Byron Shire’s own and only community radio station will transform the Byron Theatre into the hottest club in town.
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A quick glance back at Byron Shire’s 2023 – how much fun did you have?
Hello 2024, and farewell to 2023, a year slightly less shit, but at least better than covid, fires and floods. Herewith a quick roundup of how the year was, through The Echo lens.
Confidential Byron Shire 2022 flood study to finally become public
Locals with a particular interest in future flood risks in the north of Byron Shire are keenly awaiting the release of a flood behaviour analysis report for the Brunswick River.
Too Young To Be Angels for the next nine days
Too Young To Be Angels is a fundraising event to be held at the Drill Hall Theatre from tomorrow, January 5, until Sunday, January 14.
Dunoon Dam
Rous County Council wishes to clarify several statements recently raised in the article ‘Will the Dunoon Dam go ahead?’ (8...
Boogie For BayFM!
Get ready to tear up the dance floor at the inaugural Boogie for BayFM fundraiser! On January 20, for an unmissable night of top-shelf dance music, Byron Shire’s own and only community radio station will transform the Byron Theatre into the hottest club in town.
Woman dies after drowning – Coffs Harbour
A woman has died and a child has been rescued after both were caught in a rip at Coffs Harbour yesterday.
Stories about "Tropical Fruits Festival":
Lismore brings in the New Year with style
The celebration bringing in 2024 in Lismore saw the Tropical Fruits Festival praised by local Acting Mayor Jeri Hall as Lismore has been named as one of the world’s ‘Coolest Places to visit in 2024’.
National News
Australians smash electric vehicle purchase records
The electric vehicle (EV) discount, together with increased new supply and consumer interest, have been instrumental in breaking annual sales records for EVs in 2023, according to the National Automotive Leasing and Salary Packaging Association (NALSPA).
National News
Call for climate change to be included in BoM enquiry
The Queensland Conservation Council is urging the government to ensure that the impact of climate change is a key focus of the federal investigation into the nation's emergency warning system, triggered by heightened scrutiny over announcement delays from the Bureau of Meteorology (BoM).
National News
Electrical industrial action starts today
Across NSW, crucial renewable energy and power transmission projects worth billions of dollars will be hit with major industrial action as workers ramp up demands for fair pay.
Local News
Man charged after aged-care resident allegedly sexually assaulted
Sex Crimes Squad detectives have charged a man following an investigation into an alleged sexual assault at an aged care home in the state’s north.
