Byron Shire Labor Councillor and Bangalow local Asren Pugh officially resigned from Council last Thursday, 19 February having announced the resignation in social media post the day before.

Not just a winged insect symbolically representing transformation, hidden knowledge, and navigating through darkness. But a live presentation of spellbinding tales – written by locals, and told by ...

Byron Shire councillors withdrew from the proposed Special Entertainment Precinct (SEP) at their last meeting, after the NSW state government department rejected the sound and late-night trading ...

NSW motorists are reminded to follow the road rules when it comes to using their mobile phone and wearing a seatbelt, with changes to the state’s camera detection program in place from Sunday 1 March.

Activists from new group Defend Peace Djilang locked on at Defence Minister Richard Marles’ electoral office in Geelong this ...

Please spare us the history lesson, Mr Lazarus. No amount of spin and weasel words can dismiss the fact that every international human rights body has accused the Israeli government of genocide and ...

The NSW government is bringing back flood buyback auctions for 2026. Most buyers so far have been locals, with house sale prices ranging from $1 to $200,000, attracting attention nationwide.

If a force is applied on one side of a scale in balance, it then becomes unequal. Being equal is a feeling, that only the individual can find for themselves, the equality exists at the individual ...

I noted recently, Paul Bibby’s article on the proposed more pedestrian-friendly CBD [Echo, 28 January]. It seems a timely move; but I am dubious that this will be the outcome of the proposed changes.

Despite the community’s decades-long campaign for upgraded train services on our multi-billion-dollar train line, in one of the busiest tourist regions in the country, with massive increases in ...

The unceremonious dumping of Sussan Ley as leader of the Liberal Party is about to lead to an interesting by-election in her ...

South Summit  has quickly emerged as a unique and powerful voice in the Australian music scene. Known for their blend of ...