What’s the difference between approving a restaurant in a rural area, and a ten-storey block of shops and apartments in downtown Byron Bay? Sure, the site was once a piggery, but it would have had ...

Brutal council As a former resident of the Byron hinterland for some 30 years, I am appalled by Byron Shire Council’s treatment of the Kohinur community as reported in last week’s Echo. It smacks of ...

Minister for Housing and Homelessness Rose Jackson was in Northern Rivers today announcing 70 new units in Tweed Shire to ...

This Saturday is a day of gathering in Mullumbimby for elders in the community to come together and voice their needs and ...

The driver was arrested and taken to Tweed Heads Police Station where he was charged with breach of bail, manufacture firearm ...

Thank you to the person who put my brand new expensive rubber (not plastic) thongs next to the parking area near Yum Yum Tree Cafe, New Brighton. Searching for them and finding them the next day, ...

The inner sanctums of the Labor party are sweating their time in executive government, power is very much in the balance. Labor’s primary vote has not just dropped to 30 per cent; it’s steadily ...

Byron Shire Council has been spraying us for years, for example in an attempt to eradicate the bitou bush that was planted by the sand miners after mining ceased in early 1970s. The aerial spraying ...

Lismore City Council held an extraordinary meeting with the housing of the Lismore Museum a key issue of debate.

A man has died at a hospital after a crash last month in Lismore. Emergency services were called to Casino Street, South ...

When you don’t have a home or are vulnerable simple things like accessing a shower or getting your laundry done can become ...

Police have arrested an additional three people and seized over $5.5 million worth of MDMA as part of a multi-agency ...