It’s on – NSW government-run development corporation Landcom has lodged its development application for 28 tightly-packed ‘affordable’ units and commercial space, which would replace a very busy Mullumbimby carpark at the town’s entrance.
Attacks on journalists – whether by military forces in conflict zones or by law enforcement during civil unrest – pose a grave threat to freedom of speech and the health of democracy.
Woahhh the grinding rubber wheels of progress will once again touch Byron’s potholed roads as councillors and staff meet this Thursday in their never-ending live streamed reality show called ‘local governance’.
When we were looking to buy a house in Kyogle town, about nine years ago, one of the great attractions of one property we were interested in, was the large hoop pine in the backyard.
In a world of disinformation overload, it’s sometimes hard to find sane voices that resonate. Scott Galloway, a wealthy American entrepreneur and academic, is one of those voices.
The journey so far:
It's close to nine months now since the council elections took place and the current councillors were elected.
We all came to council with...
Ongoing Genocide: Children’s silence as a manifesto
By Alan Clements
Over half a million children in Gaza now wish for death. More than 25,000 have already...
Two well-known Byron Shire identities are moving, and say that the reason is in part from constant harassment for speaking publicly of their views around the genocide in Gaza.
Psst: Executive Council staff at Byron Shire Council have quietly removed legal reports that were once included in Council meeting agendas, meaning the public are now uninformed around this important matter.
As I anticipate my first encounter with a tropical cyclone, I find it hard to sit still and thoughts swirl through my mind like the winds in the storm.
A packed house of residents turned up Monday night at the Mullumbimby Services Club to hear Byron Shire Council’s plans to plonk 32 units and shops over a busy Station Street carpark at the town’s entrance.
As a member of the small niche independent media landscape, The Echo is acutely aware that this job is not just being a journal of public record, but a reporter on how governments behave. And treat us.
Before the revolution in 1789, France was divided into three estates. The first estate, the clergy, held great sway over society and the power to levy a ten per cent tax – the tithe…
Further to the page 4 report on Byron Shire Council’s Draft Community Strategic Plan (CSP) 2025, let’s look a little closer at how such documents are incorporated into improving our wonderful life in the much envied Byron Shire.
A recent survey of pharmacies across New South Wales highlights the failure of the new regulations intended to make low-nicotine vapes (≤20mg/mL nicotine) available without a prescription as Schedule 3 medicines.
It was shocking to learn from Elon’s vanity project X (formerly Twitter) that the ongoing LA fires were the fault of extreme environmentalists, the Democrats and trans people, who apparently now run the LA fire department and have infiltrated the deep state.
Christmas is a time for visiting, and boy, did we visit. Up in humid hills around Nimbin, a few sunsets on a MO near Main Arm, long long lunch/dinner/breakfast at a grass castle at Wilsons Creek, dinner in strata-titled Billen Cliffs, then to a couple of long-established communities a bit south in sandy Clarence country near the coast.
Do you care about ecological diversity? Many living in this region do, and we are lucky to live in a place where there is some of the highest biodiversity in the state.
Our contemporary Christmas has evolved from northern hemisphere seasonal celebrations, including the pagan harvest festivals and winter solstice celebrations encrusted with Christianity.
There were one pecuniary and eight non-pecuniary interests tabled at last week’s Council meeting, with independent Cr Jack Dods again winning the leaderboard, with five.
Oh Dear Lordess, if only there were some leadership around this place. Without any interest from councillors to make improvements, it looks set to just continue to deteriorate more and more.
Following compliance investigations at 300 Bakers Road, Dunbible, Tweed Shire Council staff have recommended approval of stages one and two, but not stage three of the development application.
