The Echo (Australia)

The Tugun Bypass Tunnel on the Pacific Motorway at Tweed Heads West will be closed from 7pm to 5am each night from Monday, 17 to Thursday, 20 August, reopening at 5am Friday, 21 August, weather permitting.

Westpac Rescue Helicopter attended a crush incident southwest of Murwillumbah this morning. Photo Westpac Rescue Helicopter A man in his thirties has been involved in a crush accident while working at a property at Brays Creek southwest of Murwillumbah. Around 8.30am this morning (Friday,14 August), a Westpac Rescue Helicopter was tasked by NSW Ambulance to an injured man following an accident at Brays Creek.

Mullumbimby high School students protesting One Nation’s Pauline Hanson policies on monocultralism and the climate and in town as part of the national student walk out. Photo Aslan Shand Mullumbimby High School students joined the protest against One Nation’s Pauline Hanson and her policies yesterday, with students walking out of school to join thousands of other students around the country.

Five months after a boat capsized crossing the Yamba coastal bar, killing two people, police have charged the vessel’s alleged skipper in relation to the incident. Marine Rescue NSW vessel crossing a bar. FB The tragedy unfolded shortly after 6am on March 12 when the recreational boat carrying three people overturned while attempting to cross the bar at the mouth of the Clarence River.

Parents, staff and residents around Byron Community School are calling for traffic to slow down on Ruskin Street, with a 99-signature petition asking Council to install two speed humps near the school. The petition will come before next Thursday’s Byron Council meeting, with staff recommending that Council investigate traffic and road safety concerns and report back.

Got a shirt that needs mending, a household item that refuses to behave or a backyard crying out for something more useful than lawn? The Tweed Sustainable Living Festival is returning next month with a decidedly practical message: repair what you’ve got, tread a little lighter and get ready for a changing climate. The Tweed Sustainable Living Festival.

After five bruising years of COVID, floods and economic headwinds, Byron Council has unveiled a suite of plans aimed at getting more local dollars circulating through the Shire and reshaping its relationship with tourism and events. Three draft action plans covering Business and Industry, Destination Management and the Visitor Economy, and Events are now on public exhibition, putting some practical flesh on Council’s ten-year Economic Strategy.

Jessica Alice, CEO and Artistic Director of the Byron Writers Festival, opening the Festival at last night’s launch. Photo Jeff Dawson Celebrating its 30th year, the Byron Writers Festival opened last night for the first time in the heart of Byron Bay. With the sounds of the Pacific Ocean in the background, Aunty Delta Kay beautifully welcomed everyone to Country.

57 Station Street carpark DA 3D render. Mullumbimby residents rightly continue to condemn Byron Council’s pig-headed refusal to abort the 57 Station Street proposal. The application for residential development of 115-113 Stuart Street offers an interesting comparison. The numbers and outcomes are telling. The estimated build cost for 57 Station Street is $16.5 million for 12 studios, ten one-bed, four two-bed and four DDA units [for people with mobility impairments or disabilities]. Total, 30 units.

The Echo article this week was excellent regarding the Station Street development and it is really good to see that some councillors are saying that they’d like a ‘compromise’. Unfortunately it’s rather like Mr. Trump repeatedly ‘trying on’ his idea of compromise with Iran: ‘I’m willing to give you a compromise on my terms’. Just listen to the Iranians laughing.