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Green Heroes among 2026 NSW Environment Award winners

The NSW Environment Awards, hosted by the state’s leading environmental advocacy organisation, Nature Conservation Council NSW, was recently held at Customs House in Sydney.

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Kinvara centre relocation would allow taller shop-top housing

The planned village centre at Kinvara, west of Lennox Head, would move to flatter land and allow taller shop-top housing under planning changes now open for public comment.

Role of the Greens

Recent articles and letters in The Echo have provided different perspectives about Australian politics today and the Australian Greens. There...

Surfboard shapers swap the sander for the microphone at Lennox

Surfers can spend hours arguing about the merits of a board. On Friday, they can hear from three men who have spent decades making them.

Casino Truck Show crowned NSW’s Best Visitor Experience

The North Coast Petroleum Casino Truck Show has taken out the Outstanding Visitor Experience category at the 2026 NSW Business Awards in Sydney.

Chumps: certain fools

I noticed in a recent edition of The Echo what I regard as the most enduringly relevant of the...

I’m not a robot

In the microseconds it takes AI agents to tick the ‘I’m not a robot’ checkbox, do they have a...

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Upper Main Arm School celebrating 99 years with another great Music in the Valley

Once again, it is a fun and exciting line-up for the free Music in the Valley at Main Arm Upper School with Kooii and Versace Boys headlining on Sunday, 23 August, from 11am to 4pm.

Wanted man seen in hinterland

Tweed-Byron Police have confirmed that wanted man, Vaughan Cumming, approached a resident on their property in Upper Main Arm last week.

Upper Main Arm Road falls through the cracks

Responsibility for Upper Main Arm Road seems to be falling between the cracks – and some of them have been larger than the road over the last three years

Cr Hauge pushes for suspension of home demolition orders by staff

Greens Cr Elia Hauge has put a motion for the upcoming Council meeting asking staff to inform the public with the legal advice around enforcement action on unauthorised dwellings.

Editorial – Destroying houses during a housing crisis is so 2025

The front cover of the NSW Department of Environment and Planning’s Low Cost Country Home Building, published in 1981

Council GM, Greens mayor, support home demolition threat on Main Arm community

The threat of multiple home demolitions is still a reality for a small vulnerable community of long-term locals living in Main Arm, with renewed support from Greens Mayor Sarah Ndiaye and Council’s General Manager, Mark Arnold for the compliance department's actions.

Greens mayor backs compliance over hippy raids

Mayor Sarah Ndiaye (Greens) has defended Council staff’s threat of demolishing the homes of a small community after an inspection allegedly found unauthorised activities and dwellings in Upper Main Arm.

Demolition threats

Home demolition orders have been placed on a small community of long-term locals in Upper Main Arm after Council compliance raided their shared multiple occupancy (MO).

Big funds promised, but is it enough for roads?

Disaster recovery funding of $52.5 million has been announced by the NSW Labor government, to help cash-strapped Byron Shire Council restore damaged rural road infrastructure. But will it build back better?

Enjoy a little music in the valley

This Sunday will see an irresistibly eclectic and electrifying line up that includes Bobby Alu, Emily Lubitz, Hayley Grace, Way Out West and DJ Salve Jorge making the 2024 Music in the Valley shine.

Remembrance Day 2026: 11am, 11 November

It is estimated that in WWl there were 20 million dead and 20 million injured. From a population base of fewer than five million,...

Love books? Join Friends of the Library

Friends of the Libraries, Byron Shire are looking for some fresh, new, younger faces to join the group and help keep it moving forward.

Racehorses shot for pet food by NSW breeder

Thirteen thoroughbred horses deemed no longer useful, have been destroyed with eight horses destroyed by firearm at Berkeley Park Stud.

Byron Bay Surf Lifesaving Club youngsters shine

Two young members of Byron Bay Surf Lifesaving Club have delivered outstanding performances at the Paddle NSW State Sprint Championships, held at the Penrith International Regatta Centre over the weekend.