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In loving memory of Dr Tony Parkes AO PhD (1929 – 2026)

Dr Tony Parkes AO PhD, one of Australia’s most visionary conservation leaders and a pioneering force in ecological restoration, passed away last Thursday at the age of 96. He spent his final months at Honey Bee Homes in Ewingsdale.

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AI roll-out

My dad bought a quarter-acre block overlooking Sydney’s Northern Beaches for 400 pounds. That was about eight week’s salary. Mum...

A rainforest table

If you’ve driven the stretch out to Suffolk Park, you may have passed it without quite knowing it was...

Speaking and listening

All of a sudden Council’s supposed experts condemn the Wilsons Creek weir water quality during rain events, which would...

Humanity together

Dale Emerson’s letter last week expanding on Chris Hanley’s attitude to The Echo, and to our world, was impressive....

Councillors silent

I spent some time preparing a submission regarding the draft DCP for the redevelopment of the Mullumbimby Hospital site. I...

Burn After Dark: Three Blue Ducks

Following a sold-out debut in 2025, Burn After Dark returns to Three Blue Ducks on Thursday, 3 July from...

It is bewildering to aliens like me to see you humans wandering around destroying your climate as if it doesn’t matter.

In particular it annoys me that there are so many cloudy wet days, due to the eight per cent increase in atmospheric water for each increased degree of average temperature. Up and down, up and down the water goes; it’s boring sitting in my saucer all week.

Hey, how about switching over to electrons instead of those blardy carbomb molecules. Ehh. That dirty smelly stuff going pop pop pop at 3,000 rpm… Give me a break. Yes I know you like the brmmm brmmm, but try to move beyond that, boys and gurls. Good planets are hard to find.

If you see bats hanging around in trees, or sucking blood from your neck at night, it’s nature’s way of getting you to take batteries seriously. Yes they stash electrons to keep your lights on at night and your neck safe.

C’mon humans, the way you’re going it’ll get so cloudy my solar won’t work, battery won’t charge, and saucer won’t fly. At least, when it floods, I’ll be able to stay up to my neck in it.

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Caring for community

The Rotary Club of Mullumbimby presented a cheque for $10,000 to the Brunswick Surf Life Saving Club (BSLSC) in support of its ongoing operations.

Lismore shops enchanted for Lantern Parade

Winners of Lismore’s Enchanted Windows comp have been announced, with The Two Ravens taking top spot. The comp is part of the city's Lantern Parade, to be held this Saturday, 20 June.

AI: Artificial Intelligence, or Artificial Inflation?

It feels as if AI is everywhere – whether it’s those intrusive bots on every website or every headline about how it’s either going to be a boon for humanity, or end us.

Flood gauges installed in Ballina and Wardell 

Residents in Ballina and Wardell will have more more localised flood warnings, giving them time to prepare before floodwaters arrives, thanks to new flood forecast services along the Richmond River.