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September 27, 2026

Tangle of Life

Byron Echo

The life and times of the local oyster

In some daring moment, you may have proclaimed ‘the world’s my oyster!’ But exactly what is an oyster’s world? Salty wet morsels on a half shell, what sort of life leaves them finally exposed on a plate at a fancy dinner?
Mary Gardner - 1
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Tangle of Life

Batting for bats: their vital role in forestry

Flying foxes live life large across the landscape. They are the chief pollinators and seed carriers for many species of forest trees.
Mary Gardner - 2
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Tangle of Life

Ancient anger a potent symbol for modern times

This replica nawi, unlike the bark canoe at the Maritime Museum, is oversized and made of steel. It is moored at a cove at Barangaroo, the inner city place named after a Cammeraygal woman.
Mary Gardner - 0
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Planet Watch

Sustainability

Will Morrison’s gas-led recovery delete the IPCC’s belief we need climate action now?

Jim Beatson - 5
Most Australians know the news, or have had firsthand experiences themselves, of two years of floods, fires, coastal erosion, and storms, both here and overseas. In fact Australia has warmed on average by 1.44 ± 0.24 °C since national records began in 1910.
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Planet Watch

Human activity, climate change risk more pandemics

Philippa Clark - 12
New research has revealed climate change, environmental degradation and...
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Planet Watch

Planet Watch: Climate change and disease

Willow Hallgren - 13
As we find ourselves in the midst of a one-in-100-year global pandemic, now is the time to reflect on the way in which human activities help bring about the creation of new diseases and the spread of existing diseases.
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The Vault

This is the place where content comes to rest. In this section you may find items of interest in the form of discontinued columns, historical stories other curious.

Just remember that this is not breaking news, so don’t be fooled; enjoy.

Culture Roundups

Entertainment News

Culture Roundup: Thursday September 7, 2017

Melbourne’s Midsummer Night’s Dream. Lovers, fairies and mischief conspire under moonlight in Shakespeare’s classic tale.
The Echo - 1
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Entertainment News

Culture: July 11, 2018

Dr Hubble Brunswick Picture House | Sat 14 & Sun...
The Echo - 0
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Entertainment News

Culture Roundup – October 7, 2015

Slow Hand Eric Clapton: Live at the Royal Albert Hall...
The Echo - 0
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Entertainment News

Culture Roundup – Wednesday 13 December, 2016

Festival of Design The creative community of Byron Bay are...
The Echo - 1
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Story Comp Winners

Local NewsThe Echo - 2

Winner of Echo story comp: week 2

Echonetdaily had another bunch of awesome entries in our weekly story comp! What incredible storytellers we have in this region!
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Echo History

Printers and politicians: The Echo gives voice to the community

After the first year we moved the newspaper to Brunswick Heads. Lured by cheap rent, we took three small shops in an arcade and filled them with the newspaper office, production facilities and, significantly, a printing press.
Articles & Columns David Lovejoy - 2
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The Echo – The Thinking Dog’s Paper

Thirty-one years have passed since Nicholas Shand dreamed up this newspaper and gathered a band of fellow dreamers to help him make it real.
Articles & Columns David Lovejoy - 1
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Re-zoning back on the agenda: Beating off the Academy rort

During the 1987–91 term of Council an application was made to develop a large site at Broken Head as an ‘academy’.
Articles & Columns David Lovejoy - 1
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Being Vegan

Being Vegan

Pets on a vegan diet can help save the world!

Denise Cullen, Cosmos Magazine - 4
When my six-month-old puppy was diagnosed with a congenital liver shunt, the vet placed him on a diet featuring predominantly dairy and plant-based protein.
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Being Vegan

Mammalian meat allergy and my heart valve replacement

Ronald Priestley - 0
Increasingly, people living in bush areas of the Shire are becoming aware of Mammalian Meat Allergy (MMA). Also known as alpha-gal syndrome (AGS), the disease is caused when a tick bites you and transfers a sugar called alpha-gal into your bloodstream.
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Byron Echo

Crossword solver’s guide: Stephen Clarke’s Crossword #36

Stephen Clarke - 0
This solvers guide is to Stephen Clarke’s Crossword #36, published in The Byron Shire Echo Issue 39.30, 1 January 2025.
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Local News

Operation Yankee Rumour sees 18 arrested

Detectives from Gold Coast Major Organised Crime Squad (MOCS) have closed an operation targeting the trafficking of dangerous drugs and money laundering, resulting in the arrest of 18 people.
The Echo - 0
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Local News

Measles alert after infectious traveller visits Northern Rivers locations

Health authorities have issued a measles alert after a confirmed case visited eight locations across Byron, Ballina and Pottsville while infectious.
The Echo - 0
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Byron Echo

Development? Where now?

So Cr Michael Lyon (Facebook, 17 September) has indicated...
Terry Hand, Mullumbimby - 0
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