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Australia Day

Controversial as it has become, Australia Day at least aspires to be a day of unity and a day to celebrate all that brings us together under the same flag representing our history, our Christian/Judeo ...
Thanks so much for the ongoing support received from so many community members. I have spoken to so many with ongoing frustration of ongoing issues from infrastructure failures to questionable ...
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Council staffing

The information on Byron Shire Council’s website is worrying. This community is continually told that Council has no money, for example, to fix the inflow infiltration problem in the Mullumbimby sewer ...
The world has gone mad. It impacts all of us. A great article from Jo Immig. What are we to do? Stay true and open to ...
Following the 1983 defeat of the Fraser government the Liberals’ review ‘Facing the Facts’ reported NSW Liberal membership ...
NSW Polce say a woman has died in hospital following a crash at Whiteman Creek, about 21km northwest of Grafton, last week.
Telling stories is how we make meaning. It is a kind of social glue – a way we understand and experience the perspectives of another.
The first hatchlings from this summer’s turtle nesting season are now swimming free in the Kingscliff waters on the NSW north coast, say NSW TurtleWatch.
It was shuffling room only at last Friday’s opening of the  SURFACE 2026 North Coast Ceramic Art Awards at the Civic Art ...
Local community group Together She Thrives is hosting a traditional Indian Holi Festival of Colour at Banner Park, Brunswick Heads on Sunday, 1 February for women and girls.
The Echo was contacted by concerned residents over the ‘brown and frothy’ storm water at the outlet on Clarkes Beach, which drains from the new Sandhills Wetlands site.
It was during a quick tour of the Lismore Regional Gallery late last year that the reality of making and exhibiting art in a climate-changed world truly hit home for Courtney Gibson.