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Blame both sides
As humanity continues to witness the unfolding catastrophic tragedy in Gaza and the West Bank, it is incumbent upon all decent and compassionate people...
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Support local
Judy Plath’s letter in last week’s Echo calling for residents to buy local soy, rather than imported soy is spot on.
Furthermore, our region grows...
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Feathered piglets
Yes, PJ Prideaux (Letters, 11 June) it’s great you are willing to donate to a reader’s electric motorbike (e-bike) injuries, but enforceable legislation is...
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Van life
I totally agree with David Heilpern (Echo, 4 June 2025) that police need to be involved with the problem of van-lifers camping on the...
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Dangerous risks
It is rare to see a cyclist using any road coming in or out of Mullumbimby. Little wonder. After several years of not wanting...
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Cartoon of the week – June 18, 2025
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.
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Mullum Rd notice inadequate
I object to the short notice given by Byron Shire Council to reply for the 12 June 2025 meeting. The letter was dated 3...
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Imagine
In regard to Hans Lovejoy’s Editorial (4 June), it does appear that our uber-wealthy Gina Rinehart is already our biggest taxpayer.
Together with all the...
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E-bikes
I didn’t know Mr Evans but I’m pleased to be able to make a donation to his welfare and appalled by the circumstances that...
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Cost-of-living crisis
Thanks to Larissa Waters (new federal Greens leader) for using the right language on ABC Radio National last week: we are in a ‘cost-of-living...
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Gaza and morality
I would like to express that anyone who sees what is happening in Gaza in terms of ‘sides’ may wish to take a brief...
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Lismore’s DISengagement
How many people know that Lismore City Council (LCC) is about to take away their right to know about, or object to, many developments?...
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Support local soy
I recently visited the beautiful Byron Bay and region for a holiday. I was disappointed to see cafe after cafe after cafe using imported...
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Street campers
I was appalled to read David Heilpern’s latest column urging police to persecute street campers (4 June). Our privileged professor of law fails to...
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On ya bike!
I have recently been holidaying in Iluka and was amazed that there are bike tracks everywhere, reducing car traffic and making life very pleasant...
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Ugly bitumen
I’ve given up my walk on the beach this morning to defend our ugly bitumen beach carpark. Sad because I did want to experience...
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Ugly concrete
In response to Stephen Bland’s letter suggesting that Rusty Miller try walking – assuming that everyone can walk.
Tell that to the disabled people in...
Letters
Deception in war and letters
Gareth Smith has more outlandish claims in his letter to The Echo last week (28 May).
He has had all but a free pass in...
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Freedom to speak
As a sixth-generation Australian and the daughter of a decorated WWII veteran who fought against fascism, racism, and expansionist aggression, I must respond to...
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Inflammatory views
For a long time now it has been difficult for many of us to raise our concerns about the horrors taking place in Gaza...
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Israel not Hamas
Danny Wakil, our local apologist for the state whose deliberate starvation policy, and the indiscriminate slaughter of thousands of children and civilians the world...
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DYT?
To drive a car we need to be trained and get a licencse.
To sell milk we need a licence.
To teach children we need to...
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Unboxing editors
Getting out of the box or the editors’ challenge, involves two questions for all editors. A point to remember is that all people are...
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False light
What sort of delusional person could imagine that Labor is some sort of guiding light for the future?
‘The future is ours’ by Keith Duncan...
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Saving Wallum
Heartfelt thanks to the Save Wallum community for the outstanding efforts to protect the precious Brunswick environment, it was incredible to watch the Federal...
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A ‘healthy’ foreshore
I cannot understand why our ‘green and environmentally caring’ Byron Shire Council remains one of the very few councils in the country unable to...
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Expensive roundabouts
The roundabout at Bayshore Drive Byron Bay – we are told that $3.5 million will be borrowed under the delegated authority of the current...
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Byron foreshore park
I wonder if it was only locals (Byron Shire residents) whose opinion counted in regards to the survey about the foreshore area. If not,...
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Ugly concrete
So Rusty Miller would like the ugly concrete and asphalt carpark to remain so that he can do a little circle to check out...
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Where’s The Echo?
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.
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Homegrown asset
It was with great shock and disbelief that members, players, and parents of the Mullumbimby Tennis Club received the devastating news that Byron Shire...
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The future is ours
The dust has now settled on what was the most important election in a generation, the voters have resoundingly returned the Albanese Labor government...
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Superannuation tax
I understand a new superannuation tax is to be introduced. Will someone please explain to me how it can be justified that, despite large...
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Thoroughly disgusted
I must say, I am thoroughly disgusted by MP Justine Elliot’s response (published on your website) to the vigil for Gaza that was held...
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Thank you John
A heartfelt thank you to John Lazarus for being one of the only balanced voices in our region, who like me, feels the pain...
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Are they wrong?
Áine Tyrell and Subhi Awad have you ever stopped to consider that you might just be flat-out wrong?
What you’re spreading – hatred, lies, rape...
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Appalling behaviour
Thank you for informing the public about the intimidation that Palestine supporters have experienced in Byron Bay and surrounds (‘Palestine supporters leaving area after...
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Thanks Hans, Áine and Subhi
Many thanks for Hans Lovejoy’s feature article, ‘Palestine supporters leaving area after abuse’ (Echo, 21 May).
Áine Tyrell and Subhi Awad are irreplaceable activists in...
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Income
There is personal income and there is corporate income.
Let us consider personal income. Personal income can be from individual exertion producing goods and/or services...
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Cubic madness
So here we go delivering a quarter of a million cubic metres of fill, powered by fossil-fueled trucks adding more CO2 into the atmosphere.
That...
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About liars
As a schoolkid 70 years ago – and for some time after – I had a couple of very good friends who were complete...
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Deeply saddened
I was deeply saddened to read the Palestinian activist Subhi Awad Is leaving the coast after multiple organised attacks.
In Sydney, I work with many...
Local News
Tackling youth suicide among young men in Northern NSW is viatal
Recent funding for a one-on-one therapeutic program, aiming to prevent suicide among young men aged 14–18 across the Northern Rivers will help support young men at risk.
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Major upgrade for Murwillumbah’s Budd Park
The riverside Budd Park in Murwillumbah has been revamped and now offers an inclusive, flood-resilient space.
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Bayside pod eviction snafu
NSW Reconstruction Authority corrects ‘incorrect’ advice to residents, while other questions remain unanswered
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Exhibitions sought for Lone Goat
Is it your dream to see your artwork hanging, sitting or standing in an art gallery?
