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June 4, 2023
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Byron EchoKol Dimond, Mullumbimby - 1

Why are white Australians even being asked to vote on the Voice?

The fast-approaching Voice referendum is a complete clusterf**k for all Australians. It stinks of failure at each and every...
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Byron EchoDeborah & Mick Stacey,Ballina - 0

Treachery

It is with great concern and disappointment, but not surprising, we have to declare that the brief hope we...
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Byron EchoPaula Morrow - 0

Revisiting Aquarius: where we have been and where we need to go

It was ‘far out’ to be in Nimbin again for the 50th celebration of the Aquarius Festival. 
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Byron EchoPaul Bibby - 3

Byron Council compliance staff bolstered

Are the van campers of Brunswick Heads thoughtless travellers with no respect for the town and its inhabitants, or are many in fact local homeless folk looking for a safe space with toilets and running water?
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Byron EchoHans Lovejoy - 2

Let’s explore Byron Council’s secret meetings!

Has Byron Shire Council improved with its transparency with regards to confidential motions?
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Byron EchoBrendan McKenna, Suffolk Park - 1

Backlash Stan Grant

Extraordinary negative and callous statements regarding Stan Grant in the recent edition’s Backlash section. Grant was a terrible host?...
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National NewsHans Lovejoy - 1

Will NSW Labor pay on-call emergency service volunteers?

The newly elected NSW Labor government have stopped short of committing to paying volunteers who attend emergencies such as fires and floods, but say there is investment and initiatives underway to support those who volunteer as emergency service members.
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Jill Keogh, Ocean Shores

All Echo readers must be outraged at the raid on the ABC by the Australian Federal Police two years after the program in question was aired!

This was authorised less than one month after the federal election was won by this ABC-loathing coalition government and is a calculated move to destroy trust in our most-trusted (perhaps only) institution.

Intimidation of journalists is an ugly tool to destroy our right to know as informed citizens of this democracy.

Freedom of the press is imperative. We must speak out for it!

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Minns

Bob Vinnicombe, Sefton - 0
Congratulations to Chris Minns for bringing in the new regulations about so-called VIP rooms in clubs and pubs. It’s only a small step in...
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To Mandy 

Mary Briggs, Skennars Head - 0
I love reading Mandy’s Soapbox, she reflects what I’m thinking, and many like me. In the 17 May column titled ‘A crown is just a...
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Getting Real About The Voice

Paul Jones, Byron Bay - 1
Responding to Ian Pratt in an attempt to ‘get real about the Voice’. The proposal does not challenge the historical fact of conquest i.e....
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Police compassion

Roger Seccombe, Ballina - 1
Mandy, you said (Echo, 17 May)]: ‘There’s not many 95-year-olds I wouldn’t be able to overpower if necessary’ and ‘to disarm a 95-year-old with...
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