Byron Council staff say they are aiming to have the section of Mullumbimby Road, between Gulgan Road and The Saddle Road open ...

With a $69m development application (DA 2025/418.1) lodged with Ballina Council for 300 new homes just north west of Lennox ...

With Ballina Council proposing a Special Rate Variation (SRV), general manager Paul Hickey has responded to criticism of the ...

I remember a teacher once describing how you eat peas with manners – I’m afraid to say it wasn’t a lesson I took too ...

With public participation in council meetings under threat, former Greens mayor, Jan Barham addressed Council in October and ...

Mullumbimby High School’s Hall was buzzing on Friday night as around 90 community members gathered for a trivia night ...

The Paddock Project is a place of LOVE, vision, and inclusion that prides itself on bringing together people, creativity, and ...

Former Byron Shire mayor and NSW Greens MLC, Jan Barham, has become a director on the board of Northern Rivers Wildlife Hospital.

Tweed Holiday Parks Fingal Head has been named winner of the NSW Government-sponsored Holiday Park on Crown Land Award last night, at the 2025 Caravan & Camping Industry Association Awards of ...

I was confused by [Jamie Webb’s] letter claiming a disproportionate number of pro-Israel and, in your odd summation, Islamophobic letters in The Echo. A short check of the archives shows the opposite.

Mayor Sarah Ndiaye is correct when she writes ‘respectful dialogue allows us to listen, learn and find common ground even when we disagree’. It’s a vital skill needed by our political leaders when ...

Fifty years ago Australia’s (Labor) prime minister, Gough Whitlam, was sacked by Australia’s governor-general, John Kerr.  It still defies belief that Mr Whitlam’s government (or any Australian ...