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Sydney Film Festival highlights in Lismore

Following the highest selling film festival in its history, Sydney Film Festival (SFF) is taking highlights from its June...

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Domestic carer charged with property offences

A domestic carer will face court charged with property offences near Tweed Heads following an extensive investigation by police.

Widespread failure across Great Barrier Reef

The latest Australian and Queensland Government Reef Water Quality Report Card, reveals widespread failure across key metrics, sparking calls for urgent intervention to halt agricultural deforestation across Great Barrier Reef catchments.

Who needs DAs?

If Byron Council was serious about housing they would allow say a 200 square metre piece of land to...

Bird flu conspiracy

Just as we thought the conspiracy promoters had disappeared down the rabbit hole, behold they reappear with their extreme...

The Tugun Bypass Tunnel will be closed night from next Monday

The Tugun Bypass Tunnel on the Pacific Motorway at Tweed Heads West will be closed from 7pm to 5am each night from Monday, 17 to Thursday, 20 August.

Man in crush accident Brays Creek

A man in his thirties has been involved in a crush accident while working at a property at Brays Creek southwest of Murwillumbah.

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Developers seek to relax pet bans

Developers behind two environmentally sensitive residential projects in the Byron Shire are seeking to relax restrictions on cats and dogs, arguing that responsible pet ownership offers a more practical and enforceable way of protecting native wildlife than blanket bans.

NSW confirms first case of H5 avian influenza

A giant petrel found near Hawks Nest, north of Newcastle, was confirmed positive on the weekend for H5 high pathogenicity (H5 bird flu) avian influenza in laboratory tests by the CSIRO Australian Centre for Disease Preparedness.

Bird flu reaches Western Australia

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.

Animals on country roads safety campaign launches

Motorists are being urged to slow down and stay alert for wildlife as Transport for NSW launches its annual ‘Animals on Country Roads’ safety campaign.

Byron’s Main Beach reopened

Byron Bay’s Main Beach was officially reopened to the public for water activities at midday today (Monday) after an earlier shark sighting.

Learn how to help local wildlife

The volunteers at Northern Rivers Wildlife Carers do a fantastic job looking after local wildlife in distress. If you're interested in becoming a wildlife carer, the group is running an introductory course later this month at Goonellabah.

Team Koala hands over cheques to help wildlife

World Wildlife Day this year saw two very welcome donations from Murwillumbah-based volunteer environmental group Team Koala, the product of months of fundraising, to worthy local wildlife organisations.

How to help dedicated local carers save wildlife

With more injured wildlife coming into care across our region than ever before, The Echo caught up with Kerry-anne Manning, who is a carer and training officer with Northern Rivers Wildlife Carers, to find out what we can all do to help.

Are we any closer to animal justice?

If you think it's been a tough year to be a human, consider our fellow earthlings for a moment.

Ballina MP raises the option of a wildlife levy

Recognising the vital work volunteers and wildlife organisations do, Ballina MP Tamara Smith recently called on the NSW state government in parliament to provide ongoing funding for wildlife organisations to rehabilitate and conserve Australian wildlife.

Women Who Dared

Australia’s internationally acclaimed Streeton Trio returns to Byron Theatre with Women Who Dared, a powerful chamber music concert celebrating four extraordinary female composers whose...

An iconic Australian sound at the Beachy

Few Australian bands have carved out a sound quite like The Cruel Sea. More than three decades after forming in Sydney, the indie rock icons continue to deliver music that feels unmistakably Australian: dark, bluesy, swaggering and effortlessly cool.

An iconic Australian sound at the Beachy

Join the incredible vocal talents of Judah Kelly, Asabi Goodman and ensemble as they bring you the story of the feature film The Big Chill.

Concrete Surfers return

National circuit mainstays Concrete Surfers have spent the last decade touring the country, selling out shows, supporting major artists and continuously releasing ever-more refined music, and their debut self-titled album was released earlier this month, with a return to the road for a large national tour.