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Not quite ‘too late’
Desmond Bellamy, PETA Australia
Sir David Attenborough, the world’s most famous naturalist, has just addressed the United Nations Security Council to...
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TAFE job cuts not so bad, says Nationals MLC
Ms Saffin said last week that 29 local jobs were going under restructures and that almost 700 frontline TAFE NSW jobs will be slashed.
Rapey Liberal culture is their undoing
Former Liberal staffer Brittany Higgins’ steel-eyed testimony around rape allegations saw spiders crawl from under rocks and spread in all directions last week.
Helping Our Kids, help our kids
The Lismore Samson Fitness Challenge kicks off tonight in Lismore with the express aim of raising much-needed funds for the Our Kids charity.
Byron Wildlife Hospital’s DA up for public comment
A development application for the mobile Byron Bay Wildlife Hospital is now before the public.
Taxpayers paying through the nose for the destruction of Casino to Murwillumbah train line
Louise Doran, Ocean Shores
On 14 January, 2015 The Echo comment ‘Railroaded’ quoted Don Page’s (Nationals then MP for Ballina) 2004...
Brunswick Heads marina berths to increase
Questions remain unanswered around a press release from Nationals MLC Ben Franklin’s office regarding a $2.8 million upgrade to...
Stories about "Westpac rescue helicopter":
Helicopter lands on Blue Knob Road
Anyone travelling between Nimbin and Blue Knob last Friday evening would have been surprised to see the road blocked by the Westpac Rescue Helicopter.
ISTAT Foundation $36k grant to rescue chopper
The increased pressures faced by the Westpac Rescue Helicopter Service both operationally and financially has been recognised by an international aviation body resulting in a financial grant towards the Services activities.
Suspected snake bite: 11 year old transferred to Queensland Children’s Hospital
An 11 year old girl is in a critical condition following a suspected snake bite and has been transferred to Queensland Children's Hospital.
Woman survives highway crash near Ocean Shores
A 45-year-old woman survived a crash on the Pacific Highway over the weekend.
Unfortunately a maltese terrier with her in the car died.
Graham Nickisson from...
Surf patrol ends Sunday but care needed
The surf patrol season ends this Sunday as the NSW holidays come to a close. NSW Surf Lifesaving and the Westpac Rescue Helicopter are reminding people to not only remain safe over the weekend but into the future.
Rescue helicopter men to have a close shave
The men involved with the Westpac Life Saver Rescue Helicopter are used to close shaves ... but not this kind! A group of pilots, crew, staff and supporters, along with past patients, will be putting their chest hairs on the line in a bid to raise $10,000 for the service.
Injured bushwalker to be winched near M’bah
An injured bushwalker will be be winched out of bushland north of Murwillumbah this morning.
Man injured in fall from Ocean Shores overpass
A 47-year-old man who fell from the highway overpass at Ocean Shores yesterday (Saturday) was airlifted to Gold Coast Hospital suffering multiple injuries.
Sugar mill explosion: man burnt
The Westpac Life Saver Rescue Helicopter has been tasked to the Broadwater Sugar Mill in response to reports of a man who suffered burns in an explosion there.
Byron Echo
Suspicion and belief
Fast Buck$, Coorabell
My suspicion is that the mayor and the senior staff have been helping Michael Lyon become electable as mayor by scripting his...
Letters
Suffolk Park pump track
Jinesh Attard, Suffolk Park
Many in the local community of hillside Suffolk Park have come to understand the impact the pump track will have on our...
Letters
New Greens team
Matthew O’Reilly
President of CABS and a proud member of the NEW Byron Greens team
It seems that some readers have taken my comments on the...
