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Tender to build rail trail from M’bah to Crabbes Creek awarded
The debate over the tender for the building of the rail trail between Murwillumbh and Crabbes Creek was ultimately...
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Save Waterlily park
Tina Petroff, Waterlily Playscape Inc.
For decades our local voluntary committees in Ocean Shores (OS) have fought for basic needs for...
Healthy Minds Club powering ahead
Since The Echo last spoke to Lennox Head's Jackson Connellan, from The Healthy Minds Club, things have become even...
Nerves
Tom Tabart, Former Byron Greens councillor
It seems that I may have touched a nerve in my attempt to give...
‘Influencers’ – just another advertising platform…
The question being asked by many consumers is 'are influencers genuinely promoting products that they like and believe in, or is it just more advertising?
It’s World Elder Abuse Awareness Day
Today is World Elder Abuse Awareness Day and Dementia Australia is calling for all Australians to make themselves aware of the different forms elder abuse can take and to be alert to vulnerable Australians, including people who live with dementia.
Pro rail groups join to rally on Thursday
Four local groups have banded together and will host a rally calling for urgent consultation on the removal of the train tracks on the Murwillumbah to Crabbes Creek rail corridor.
Stories about "Women’s and Children’s Refuge":
Ballina refuge fundraising campaign launched
Politicians from across the spectrum joined Ballina Women's Refuge campaign ambassador Mandy Nolan recently at The Cove Restaurant to launch a fundraising campaign for Momentum Collective's Woman's and Children's Refuge.
Local News
Massive multi-dwelling Paterson Street DA before Planning Panel
The Northern Regional Planning Panel (NRPP), an unelected consent authority that overrides Council decision making, will be considering a 14 townhouse DA for Paterson...
Local News
Backsliders coming to Lennox
Australian music legends the Backsliders are coming to Lennox Head for the first time, to play at the Lennox Head Cultural Centre on Saturday 26 June 2021.
Byron Echo
Youth stage features at Byron Music Festival
Byron Youth Service says it is proud to be partnering with Byron Music to host the first ever Youth Stage event at the Byron Music Festival, to be held around the CBD and beachfront from June 18 to 20.
Byron Echo
Echo ad leads to AVO arrest of Council activist
Vocal Council critic and longtime activist, John Anderson, aka Fast Buck$, was arrested last Friday night for allegedly breaching his Apprehended Violence Order (AVO) by an Echo ad.
