A truck containing lithium batteries became an inferno near Woodburn on the early hours of Wednesday, March 18.

I confess that though pleased by the supposed rejection of the SEP – the only such decision I can recall of its kind since Club Med was knocked back – I suspected that ways would be found to get what ...

A police officer has been charged following a crash in Casuarina late last year. NSW police said in a statement, ‘A marked ...

Winning a short story competition can be the acknowledgement budding writers need to kick off their careers. Local author Sarah Armstrong won The Echo short story competition twice, she credits it ...

Lotus Palliative Care is inviting the Northern Rivers community to come together for an evening of music, laughter, and generosity at its bi-annual fundraiser this Saturday, 21 March at the iconic ...

The owners of a luxury apartment development overlooking Byron’s Main Beach have been granted permission to build above the height limit for the town after taking the matter to the Land and ...

This Sunday is the national March in March for Forests day where thousands of people come together across Australia to demand an end to native forest logging and forest mining. Marches are taking ...

Friends of Byron local Krystal Pillwein, who is diagnosed with stage 2 inoperable cervical cancer, is appealing for financial help via a Gofundme campaign.

Spaghetti Circus, Mullumbimby’s beloved community circus school, and the Mullumbimby Chamber of Commerce are joining forces to bring a free, family-friendly community celebration to the heart of ...

Australia needs to recognise and appreciate the framework of international law that regulates relations between nations and defines acceptable conduct on the world stage. It’s an uncontroversial fact ...

Were you impacted by the 2022 floods? Perhaps you are looking at retrofitting or house-raising, or you’ve even gone ahead and ...

As you know, we live in a democracy. Our model is good – but not perfect. In my youth, I worked for the state government and was involved in ‘flooding six houses’. The owners could not get to talk to ...