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Israel – Gaza
John Scrivener claims that The Echo ‘refrains from any mention of the momentous developments regarding Palestine over the past few months’.
Sadly, we all know...
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PM – deserves praise
While not a usual Labor voter, I take issue with The Echo’s front page report on the prime minister opening the Beacon laundry in...
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Splendour Estate
Unfortunately, no more, but all is not lost! They own the land, and Byron Shire is crying out for houses. Splendour Estate sounds good....
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Beacon’s bright spark
The wonderful new laundry opening in Bangalow is a good news story of hope and employment – that was ‘opened’ by our prime minister...
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Alice Springs kids
I don’t know why these kids are doing what they are doing in Alice Springs. What pissed me off was hearing the federal member...
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Laugh or cry
Does no one laugh hysterically, sneer contemptuously, or cry inconsolably, when one is confronted by the following words of a reporter (Stephen Rice, Weekender,...
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Soapbox too ‘extreme’
One minute Mandy Nolan blames Queenslanders, now she blames all men for her condition of fear (Soapbox: Shopping Centres Scare Me).
OMG, I know it’s...
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Behind Paul Watson
The accusation of Paul Watson being ‘a traitor to the cause’ of marine conservation is possibly the most ludicrous and risible statement ever published...
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Dune regeneration
On all other coastal beaches where councils are working to prevent sand loss by rowing their dunes, such signage reads DUNE REGENERATION AREA, not...
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User-pays petrol
Isn’t it about time that it’s user-pays for petrol? Including the cost of carbon capture, and storage as rock (mineral carbonation). Try paying Climeworks...
Cartoons
Cartoon of the week – 24 April, 2024
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Wallum ponds
There are currently two proposed developments in the Byron Shire that will endanger, if not locally exterminate, frog species.
Many frog species are endangered by...
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Byron’s Sydney-centric policies
Very interesting comments slipped out of the mouth of Premier Chris Minns during the recent Sydney/regional floods: ‘There shall be no more developments on...
Science Goes Viral
New insights into great white shark behaviour off California coast
Marine scientists using tracking devices have been able to shine a spotlight on the behaviour of great white sharks (Carcharodon carcharias) with the publication...
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New Brighton parking
To quote a Joni Mitchell song, ‘They paved paradise and put in a parking lot’ – this adequately describes what Byron Shire Council is...
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Blaming Queensland again
I was astounded to read Mandy Nolan’s article ‘Why The Nude Beach Is A Wicked Problem’, in which she implied that it may largely...
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Press release vs Save Wallum views
The Echo editor (page 1, 10 April) might need to consider the role of a journalist – particularly that essential question, ‘where’s the story?’
I...
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Cockroach climate
The cockroaches in the Byron Council offices are experiencing bright daylight at night. They are trying to determine whether this is an unexpected side...
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A grim commemoration
US President Jo Biden, responding to a question, made the comment that the US is considering the dropping of the prosecution of Julian Assange.
How...
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Infrastructure for east end of Mullum
Mullumbimby was founded 135 years ago. In the 1960s sewerage was introduced, as was I suppose drainage infrastructure. Are we living in the 1920s...
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Save Wallum now
The Save Wallum campaign has been ongoing and a strong presence of concerned conservationists are on site at Brunswick Heads. How the state planning...
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Not enough letters like this about Gaza in The Echo?
The Echo’s studied indifference to the plight of the Palestinians and its reluctance to publish letters on the subject reveals the moral fibre of...
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Anti-Israel bias
Many locals have approached me to say how shocked they are at the extreme anti-Israel bias that is expressed at many local events such...
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Wallum
It is, at best, amusing, but mostly disappointing, to see The Echo reporting on the mayoral minute to Council about the negotiations with the...
Cartoons
Cartoon of the week – 17 April, 2024
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Labor leading
A very proactive Minns Labor government will celebrate one year in government with a massive investment of $1.8 billion in renewable energy to get...
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Shame Mullum RSL
For those that do not know, RSL stands for Returned and Services League Australia. An independent support organisation for people who have served in,...
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Alternate facts?
According to David Shoebridge of the Greens in a recent sitting in the senate, the UN has named Australia as one of a number...
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Antisemitic racism
It takes the death of an Aussie, Zomi Frankcom, to remind Prime Minister Albanese that murdering aid workers is not kosher. After all, in...
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Transgender rights
Mandy Nolan might be surprised to discover how many women of all political persuasions, feminists or not, are alarmed at what we see as...
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Bangalow retaining wall damage
The wall supporting the western end of Deacon Street has failed – opposite the Roman Catholic Church. Fortunately, this type of wall usually collapses...
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We wonder why
Living in Byron Shire the majority of people continue to ask why is this organisation continuously letting this community down as far as representing...
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Aid workers killed
I along with the Israeli and Jewish community in general mourn with the rest of the world for the tragic loss of the seven...
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Rains, drains, floods
The ABC news and Guardian recently published reports of the potential return of La Niña in 2024 bringing similar rain to 2022.
We just experienced...
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Peace
Elimination by people-power voting is necessary to remove dictators from Russia, Israel, China, Iran, wannabe (again!) North Korea, to avoid what is heading toward...
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Speed limits
I’m surprised to see that when you drive from Bangalow to Lismore via Clunes and Bexhill the speed limit goes from 80km/h up to...
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Step towards healing
While reading Michal Schiff’s letter (Echo 3 Apr) I am reminded of the Uluṟu Statement from the Heart’s request for truth telling as a...
Local News
Contentious Cudgen Connection refused – but developer not backing down
Aslan Shand - 4
The contentious Cudgen Connection development proposed on State Significant Farmland on the protected Cudgen Plateau next to the Tweed Valley Hospital site was in front of Tweed Shire Councillors at yesterday's planning meeting.
Local News
Housing roundtable held in Lismore
Member for Lismore, Janelle Saffin MP hosted a Northern Rivers housing roundtable in this week.
Local News
Remember to ‘Wage Peace, Not War’ says Lismore local
Last week a global peace movement started in Lismore and the idea behind it is to blanket the world in peace signs.
Local News
Should Local Land Service be the only consent for Private Native Forestry in Kyogle Shire?
The impact of Private Native Forestry agreements are often contentious and with eastern Australia being the only first world country identified as one of 24 ‘deforestation hotspots’ around the world the question of who provides permission and oversees the consent for PNF is important.
