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Handcrafted delicious French pastries at Mullum Farmers Markets

Allie Godfrey A taste of France has arrived at the Mullumbimby Farmers Market, with local pastry chef Dan introducing his...
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Byron EchoAlan Dickens, Byron Bay - 0

Speaking and listening

All of a sudden Council’s supposed experts condemn the Wilsons Creek weir water quality during rain events, which would...
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Less than 300 tickets left!

Following a sold-out inaugural event in 2025, Mullum Roots Festival returns bigger and bolder, taking over Mullumbimby with an expanded program, and an additional venue. The new space will host a Youth Battle Of The Bands and give more room for music lovers to gather, celebrate and connect.
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Byron EchoPaul Anthony, Byron Bay - 0

Labor and housing

I met Treasurer Jim Chalmers on the beach here a little while back. I asked him, ‘Are we in...
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New bus services for Tweed and Murwillumbah

From 29 June, 175 additional weekly bus services will be added to Tweed and Murwillumbah routes.
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Film buffs flock to Bangalow

Nicholas Hope (left) who was Bubby in Rolf de Heer’s (right) groundbreaking movie of 30 years ago, Bad Boy Bubby, a film featuring clingfilm, which screened last Saturday at the Bangalow Film Festival. The fabulous festival continues until Sunday evening.
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Eclectic Selection for the week beginning 24 June 2026

Eclectic Selection: What’s on this week is a taste of some of the events that can be found in the Byron Shire and beyond this coming week.
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Stories about "Western Australia":

Bird flu reaches Western Australia

National News David Lowe - 0
H5 avian flu has officially arrived in Western Australia, first discovered days ago in a dead migratory seabird near Esperance (700 km south-east of Perth), and since found in numerous other birds.
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Ship-jumpers and other unauthorised departures

Articles & Columns David Lowe - 27
Former Greens Senator Dorinda Cox's decision to abandon the party which elected her in 2021, and join Labor, has infuriated Greens supporters but delighted Anthony Albanese, who now has one less stroppy cross-bencher to convince of his government's agenda.
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Labor are climate criminals

Articles & Columns David Lowe - 13
The writing has been on the wall for some time, but now it's in bold, red and underlined. Labor are climate criminals. The new federal government sealed the deal with their approval last week of Woodside's disastrous North West Shelf Extension, until 2070, if humanity makes it until then.
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Will Labor give Woodside everything they want?

Articles & Columns David Lowe - 43
In the time-honoured Australian tradition, a crucial government decision with national and international implications is about to be made while most of us are distracted by the silly season.
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Seeing the forest and the trees

Articles & Columns David Lowe - 3
The chainsaws were finally ordered to stop in what remains of the native forests in Western Australia and eastern Victoria on New Year's Day, throwing into sharp relief the absence of any similar policy in NSW or federally, despite unambiguous economic and scientific arguments.
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First Nations native title claimants win case in UN

National News The Echo - 0
A Charles Sturt University legal expert has won a historic case in a United Nations tribunal for native title claimants in the Pilbara region of Western Australia.
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Choosing my time to die a dignified death

Byron Echo The Echo - 12
A 90-year-old Ballina woman, who does not qualify for either Victoria’s or the new Western Australian Voluntary Assisted Dying laws, left for Switzerland to fulfil her wish to die with dignity and on her own terms.
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Why energy utilities are desperate to slug households with higher fixed charges

Articles & Columns The Echo - 1
The West Australian electricity utility Synergy caused a storm of controversy earlier this month week when its chairman, Lyndon Rowe, suggested hitting solar households with higher charges, a sort of 'solar tax'.
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WA says solar is the future as it prepares to dump coal

Articles & Columns The Echo - 1
The West Australian government appears to have overcome years of institutionalised resistance and recognised that the state’s energy future will be built around solar energy.
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WA to go all out solar within a few years

Articles & Columns The Echo - 1
West Australian energy minister Mike Nahan has conceded the state’s electricity market faces radical change, with rooftop solar to become ubiquitous on homes and businesses within a matter of years.
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The Good Life

Local farming legend retires after 23 years

The Echo - 0
Thursday, 25 June marks the end of an era for local farmer Kenrick Riley who is retiring from Byron Farmers Market after 23 years. Kenrick...
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The Good Life

Highwayman’s Winter Whisky Feast

The Echo - 0
Highwayman’s Dan Woolley has been working with whisky for over 20 years, and started to fill his own barrels here in Byron Bay over...
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Byron Echo

Men’s XV: Byron Shire Rebels vs Lismore

Hywel David - 0
The Rebels Men’s XV put in a dominant attacking display of rugby to see off Lismore 42-17, racking up six tries in a performance...
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Byron Echo

Byron’s Winter Whales raise $43,000

The Echo - 0
The Byron Bay Winter Whales (BBWW) took to the ocean for the 39th time this year on the first Sunday of May and raised $43,000 for local organisations and charities.
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