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Future of 70 hectares of Lismore buyback land up for debate

Lismore residents are being asked to help decide what should happen to more than 70 hectares of flood-buyback land across the city.

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Coercive control incidents rise across Northern Rivers

Recorded incidents of coercive control have increased across the Northern Rivers in the second year of NSW’s new coercive control laws, with 30 incidents recorded in the Richmond-Tweed region since the offence came into effect.

Jo Immig’s article

I am looking at Jo Immig’s article in last week’s Echo, where she said the reasons human have been...

Deaths from military conflict

Whilst the Mullumbimby RSL Sub-Branch acknowledges the death of Zomi Francom as tragic, so too are the deaths of...

$80,000 upgrade for Mullum Tennis Club

The Mullumbimby Tennis Club via the the Northern Rivers Tennis Foundation (NRTF) is about to undergo an $80,000 upgrade after becoming beneficiaries of a Tennis NSW grant.

Neglecting Australians, and our international commitments, for big business

‘We’ve had one policy; we landed it, a 2030 target of 43 per cent, net zero by 2050, both of them legislated’, said Australia’s Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese, on 10 June, 2024.

Discover Nonnie’s: wine, deli and a little something different

Tucked into the heart of Mullumbimby, Nonnie’s Wine Store is not your typical bottle shop. It’s a place for...

Spot on, Mike Balson (Letters, 16 September). Many of us know ‘increasing carbon dioxide levels… turbocharges the global climate’.

Next time you are tempted to ‘drop the subject and talk about something else’, throw this line in first: ‘it’s now a climate crisis’!

Roger Seccombe, Ballina



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The con job

What will the sales pitch be to sell off new subdivisions within the Byron Shire? The beaches, tree-lined avenues? Close to Gold Coast airport?...

Special Rate Variation

Why are we on a fiscal cliff and looking at a second 30+ per cent Special Rate Variation (SRV) since the last one reached...

China: not a threat?

Your letter writer Trevor Syme needs to be brought up to speed re China’s intentions and associated activity in the Pacific. Unfortunately many of...

Most corrupt of all!

Thanks John Scrivener for his letter on Trump corruption. Hitler spoke of ‘Globe luge’, the ‘big lie’ being a colossal distortion or misrepresentation so...