The Echo

In the microseconds it takes AI agents to tick the ‘I’m not a robot’ checkbox, do they have a little chuckle to themselves? AI agents...

I noticed in a recent edition of The Echo what I regard as the most enduringly relevant of the 1960s slogans ‘tell it like...

Words can fail one. I am compelled to write and thank all of the remarkable, peaceful activists who maintained First Nations’ vision for the...

Recent articles and letters in The Echo have provided different perspectives about Australian politics today and the Australian Greens. There is no doubt that politics...

Our bodies are made up of various systems, organs, components, etc. With the evolution and application of scientific medical, physiology, research, engineering etc... we...

So the NRPP unanimously approved the controversial 57 Station St development after more than 2,500 signatories were against it. Those signatures were overlooked and Landcom...

If the proposed ‘affordable’ housing development is ever built on the car park at 57 Station Street, Mullumbimby it will serve as a sad...

Remember back to not long ago when holiday parks were called caravan parks? Families from all walks of life would holiday with their kids...

There’s lots of noise about Byron Shire Council’s special rates variation (SRV) proposal, that would be additional to the increases that we are faced...

It’s time for our community to come together with purpose and demand accountability. Residents have legitimate questions about cumulative rate increases, where our money...

Under the leadership of Labor’s Minister for the Environment, Hon. Penny Sharpe MLC, the NSW Parliament recently legislated several historic environmental reforms. On 23...

Thanks for the information on the ten-dams project. Accurate and complete is how I found the articles. I’m grateful for that because the polar opposite...

At last week’s Ballina Shire Council meeting, I moved a motion that Ballina Council rejoin the Arts Northern Rivers (ANR) collaboration, which it left...

As a Bayside resident and Byron Shire ratepayer, I am concerned by suggestions that Council may be preparing to soften its position in the...

On Thursday I slipped on the wet Mercato travelator, then three beautiful angel women helped me up. Thank you, and to Lulu, Byron High...

The Echo loves your letters and is proud to provide a community forum on the issues that matter most to our readers and the people of the NSW north coast. So don’t be a passive reader, send us your epistles.

Haven’s story starts with a supermarket. The venue at 102 Jonson Street occupies the former Woolworths building, a site presented as a temporary home for music and community, before the building is eventually redeveloped. Instead of hiding that impermanence, the team made it the point. The space was built entirely from salvaged materials, turning a commercial site into a cultural one which is reminiscent of a futuristic Pan-Asian set from Blade Runner and Ghost in the Shell.

Nudge Nudge Wink Wink returns to the Billinudgel Hotel on Saturday with Australian dance music icon Groove Terminator headlining fresh local talent and our beloved residents – all ready to deliver a serious dose of dance delight, all while supporting youth mental health organisation Human Nature Adventure Therapy.

Is it even possible to not love a film with Bill Nighy? Well, no! In this beautiful, sweeping and life-affirming adventure that celebrates the human spirit, 500 Miles follows a broken family that must come together when two young boys, Charlie and Finn, run away from home in England to reach their beloved but estranged grandfather (Nighy) on the west coast of Ireland.

As summer approaches, the Imperial Hotel in Murwillumbah has once again let the seasons shape what’s on the plate.

There’s something special about biting into a perfectly ripe peach or nectarine, with juice running down your chin and the taste of summer in every mouthful. Stone fruit season is now underway, and local grower Rajesh Kumar is bringing a beautiful selection of fresh fruit to the farmers’ markets.