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Further to T Sharples’ letter (Echo, May 1) Justine Elliot has never been a good representative for her electorate...

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Record pokies losses in 2023 as NSW waits for real reform

The people of NSW lost $8.129 billion to poker machines in 2023, an increase of $29 million on 2022 and the equivalent of $1,000 for every adult and child in the state.

Lighthouse walkway

Soon most of the lighthouse walk that National Parks are responsible for will be top shelf. Could the Byron...

Food security workshop May 11

How can we as a community ensure that a steady supply of nutritious food is available to everyone after a natural disaster?

State’s cyber squad investigating Byron council data breach

The Byron Shire Council says it’s engaged the NSW state government’s Cyber Incident Response team for help investigating a data breach on its development application cyber tracker.

Conversations with Mark Swivel

Byron Community College is thrilled to announcement their new series, ‘Conversations with Mark Swivel’. Mark is a well-known man-about-town owing to his dedication to community-building, activism and all the stellar work he does in raising awareness on important topics that affect us all.

Composting for a Better World!

International Compost Awareness Week is here, and we asked our local organic champions Santos Organics whether there was any point in composting our organics and using compost to create a healthier soil, or whether we should just dig a huge hole somewhere in the shire and let everyone throw their stuff in. On balance, they came down in favour of composting:

Byron Bay

The town of Byron Bay sits on the eastern most point of Australia. With a population of 9000 Byron Bay is the largest in the Byron Shire (population 32,000).

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Food security workshop May 11

How can we as a community ensure that a steady supply of nutritious food is available to everyone after a natural disaster?

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Multicultural fest lights up Byron, May 12

Mulitkulcha Festival organisers say they are thrilled to announce their lineup ‘as one of the best multicultural programs ever in Byron’.

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Dog attack kills another wallaby at Cosy Corner, Tallow Beach

Wednesday saw another wallaby put down after a suspected dog attack on the beach at Byron Bay, the second in a short period of time.

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Byron biz breakfast on May 14

The Byron business community are invited for a networking breakfast on Tuesday, May 14 from 7.30am at Fishheads.

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Record unfair – big fine for sign

Local small business operator, Matthew Bowden, aka the Vinyl Junkie, says he is shocked at a $1,500 Council fine after placing signage on the corner of Ewingsdale Road to direct record lovers to his recent Easter record fair at Ewingsdale Hall.

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Teenage crime

National service would help eliminate most of the problem and simultaneously bolster the defence force manpower. Peter Walters, Ballina

DV

Call it for what it is, murder and violent assault. The terms ‘domestic violence’ or worse ‘DV’ appear to give this abhorrent situation some kind...

Question defence!

Thank you David Lowe, for drawing attention to $50 billion more defence spending. I add these points: At least six to seven per cent of the...

Groundwater contamination

Regarding groundwater contamination (Echo, May 24), for a period of some 30 plus years I have been trying to have something positive done to...