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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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Role of the Greens

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

Make a SHIFT and support women at risk of homelessness

The Small SHIFT: I Will Survive event where seven women, spanning seven decades, tell their story in seven minutes, is back for the fourth year running on Thursday, 5 November.

We are our brains!

Our bodies are made up of various systems, organs, components, etc. With the evolution and application of scientific medical,...

Council’s special rates variation

There’s lots of noise about Byron Shire Council’s special rates variation (SRV) proposal, that would be additional to the...

Money before trees

Remember back to not long ago when holiday parks were called caravan parks? Families from all walks of life...

Our rates, infrastructure and future

It’s time for our community to come together with purpose and demand accountability. Residents have legitimate questions about cumulative...

Stories about "Voice to Parliament":

The noes have it

Does the resounding defeat of the Voice referendum on the weekend show that Australia hasn't changed much since the bad old days, or have things just become much worse?

Call to young people to enrol to vote before the Voice referendum

Young people between 18 and 25 are being called to action over the Voice to Parliament referendum that will give First Nations Australians recognition in Australia’s Constitution and the opportunity to give advice on policy that will directly affect Indigenous Australians. 

Sing for the voice

This ’sing’ is a free event for everyone to support the Voice to Parliament in song. Janet Swain from Song Dynasty Music will teach everyone a song to inspire hearts and minds. We can sing it loud and proud throughout the YES23 campaign.

The Voice

A referendum for the establishment of a First Nations Voice enshrined in the Constitution is the people of Australia having a conversation. A conversation...

A case for delaying the Voice

Last year’s election of a progressive federal parliament had many of us excited that obstacles to change, erected by an increasingly hard-right cabal of LNP and media jocks, could finally be swept away. 

Mandy Nolan’s Soapbox: Quiet White Day – you in?

Will the Voice to Parliament make a difference if white people won’t listen? White voices occupy all the spaces. We are used to hearing...

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.