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Matthew Lambourne, Mullumbimby Frank Mills may remember voting to ‘close the ocean outlet north of Fern Beach’ (Echo, September 12) but his memory may be slipping, as Council records show no such vote took place. Nor was there ever a Council... Read More →
Hannah Grace, Ocean Shores You probably haven’t heard the song Universal Soldier – it was written by Buffy Saint Marie and sung by Donovan. The ethics of this song are just as strong now as they were then, in the 1960s.... Read More →
Ken Webb, Mullumbimby A big thankyou to Dr Solomon, Dr Yates, and the fantastic nurses, male and female who looked after me during my stay. The staff were great and the food was quiet nice the cleaning staff were friendly though... Read More →
Glenn Higson, Goonengerry Byron Shire Council have recently done a round of evicting people from homes that may not measure up to Council standards. If you have experienced losing a place to live, please send a letter to PO Box 610... Read More →
PM Carter, President, PLAInc The community has the right to be angry after Ballina Council at its meeting on September 1 voted to close the Lake Ainsworth Eastern Road, effectively reducing the access for disabled, aged and families to enjoy the... Read More →
Stefanie Bennett, Lismore. The headlines out today from the US & BBC tell us that a full-time ATP chair umpire got suspended after telling Nick Kyrgios ‘I want to help you’ during the US Open, thus compromising the impartiality required... Read More →
Gwyn Hooper, Uki. The recent implosion of the Liberal Party has all but guaranteed a change of government at the next election. This has resulted in the seat of Richmond to be less critical in the removal of the ‘muppet... Read More →
Dorset Campbell-Ross, Tyagarah We Tyagarah residents want to remove the clothing optional status from our beach for safety. We want safety from sexual predators, especially for women and children. Many of us enjoy swimming naked, but are prepared to forgo this... Read More →
Guy Fisher, Main Arm I am a naturist who goes to Tyagarah beach on a regular basis and I believe that the trial of the 800-metre clothing-optional beach South of Grays lane has been an enormous success. This has been accomplished by... Read More →
Raphael Lee Cass, Byron Bay Some of the reasons I moved to Byron Bay was its Writers Festival, the nature, the tolerant culture and the beaches. I particularly liked being able to walk away from the public access path from Bayshore... Read More →
Jill Huggett and Colin Obrien, Nudgee (Soon to be Mullumbimby) Boy this certainly is the current hot potato of the Shire. We’ve been enjoying sunbathing and naked surfs for over five years. Yes we are some of those Queenslander’s who travel down... Read More →
D James, Myocum The Safe Beaches Group will soon be sending a report to Byron Shire Council that might help determine the fate of the Shire’s only legal clothing-optional beach. ’Safe Beaches’ was originally set up as a response to perceived... Read More →
Shaunti Kiehl, Broken Head I suppose the person who interviewed the NSW Department of Planning and Environment (DoPE) spokesperson has never seen the state of the Broken Head Quarry. Because if they had, they would not have been able to accept... Read More →
Galigali Perkins, South Golden Beach It was interesting to read that our mayor finds it hard to believe that Byron Bay doesn’t have a skatepark and plans to spend ratepayers moneys to install one and even fund workshops about it. Then... Read More →
Sue Vader, Wilsons Creek Anyone who missed Tom Ballard’s furious rant on his final Tonightly show against the Australian government’s scandalous inaction on climate change missed a riveting, relevant and particularly biting piece of political satire. Since the ABC had axed his... Read More →
D Dickson, Byron Bay My partner and I are a local naturist couple and we are dismayed by the portrayal of Tyagarah clothing-optional beach as a seedy and out of control place. We often spend half or full days down there... Read More →
Irina Tennant, Ewingsdale I live in Ewingsdale, where some very caring people have put up signs asking people to drive slowly because koalas are around this area. It seems that no-one cares at all and they proceed to drive at around... Read More →
Richard Seccull, Tyagarah In response to safety concerns on Tyagarah beach, I have lived on our property on Tyagarah Road since December 2011 and in that time have only visited Tyagarah beach as a family, once. My family and I moved... Read More →
Clive Jeffery, Mullumbimby The council, councillors and the Public Art Panel are all surely joking! Aren’t they? Commissioning a sculpture 12 metres high in the form of a ‘silhouette of the famous lighthouse using thousands of stainless steel birds’ and to... Read More →
Fast Buck$, Coorabell In November last year The Echo published an undertaking by the mayor: ‘I’ll be happy to look into it’. The context was the legal battle between Council and Butler Strett residents. During the proceedings Council issued a demand... Read More →
Kevin Banks, Byron Bay Please talk to Mungo and get him back into the media gallery full time. He is great and today’s politics need him.
Matthew O’Reilly, Saddle Road I am writing to set the record straight on the Council refusal of the Saddle Road Planning Proposal: 1. Councillors did everything they could to keep the Bruns Eco Village (BEV) proposal alive and to separate it out... Read More →
Cr Cate Coorey, Byron Bay It is disingenuous for Nev Hayter to suggest that the Draft Residential Strategy of 2016 is the basis for a suburban subdivision to go ahead on his land at Saddle Ridge. That document was prepared by the... Read More →
Jeremy Tager, Uki. Councillor Byrnes claims that Council role in Jack Hallam’s DA is ‘essentially the approval of truck movements on our local roads.’ This is totally incorrect. We provided legal advice to the Council in 2017 that Council has... Read More →
Pip Carter, president, Preserving Lake Ainsworth Inc, Lennox Head. The community has every right to be angry after Ballina Council at its September 1 Special Meeting voted 6 to 4 to close the Lake Ainsworth Eastern Road, effectively reducing the... Read More →
