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Discursion on ‘reserve’

Robert Podhajsky, Ocean Shores - 0
Reserve is a word with many meanings. What is the Reserve Bank of Australia? Does it have a ‘reserve’? Reserve means: To keep back or...
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Economics of rail trail

Louise Doran, Ocean Shores - 0
Byron Shire and the North Coast is one of the fastest-growing regions on NSW’s east coast with millions of tourists, not a dying country...
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Byron Echo

Sustainable infrastructure

Annie Radermacher, Brunswick Heads - 0
I attended the last Byron Council meeting – thanks to the community members who were able to come. The frustration is apparent. Legislation protects the...
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Byron Echo

Iran: honest, sincere

John Scrivener, Main Arm  - 0
When Israel and the US launched their illegal, unprovoked aggression against Iran at the end of February, they unintentionally handed the Islamic Republic an...
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Byron Echo

Oil supplies

Peter Olson, Goonengerry - 0
They’re playing with our lives when they’re making wars in the Middle East. After Trump’s so-called peace announcement, there was no immediate resumption in oil...
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Byron Echo

Retiring on HEV

Cate Coorey, Byron Bay - 0
The Echo article on 17 June regarding the Oasis ‘retirement lifestyle’ development – with sites on Butler St and Bay St – raises the...
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Booyong Abattoir II

Sean Houlahan, Booyong - 0
The ongoing discussion surrounding the Booyong Abattoir is about more than a single DA application. It raises broader questions about how regional communities balance...
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Booyong Abattoir I

Professor Baden Offord AO, Christopher Macfarlane and John Ryan - 0
We strongly believe that the disturbing Booyong Abattoir is a blight on Byron Shire. The health and wellbeing of the local Booyong community should be paramount. The...
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Consultation lacking with rail trail

Lydia Kindred, NRRL director/secretary - 0
Byron Shire Council is pursuing an unfunded on-formation bike trail, risking significant ratepayer liability for ongoing maintenance, while disregarding advanced plans for a commuter...
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NT Intervention

Tim Harrington, Lennox Head - 0
I refer to the NT Intervention article, Echo page 4, 17 June. Recent events in the Northern Territory (NT) would tend to indicate that the...
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Aged care

Liz McCall and Cherie Mincham - 0
The Byron Central Hospital (BCH) branch of the NSW Nurses and Midwives Association (NSWNMA) would like to express our grave concerns regarding the delineation...
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Mullum water supply, a new twist

Ben Fawcett, Wilsons Creek - 0
Debates on the future of Mullumbimby’s water supply took a new twist at Council’s meeting on 18 June. The latest consultant’s report clearly shows that...
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Cartoons of the week – 24 June, 2026

The Echo - 0
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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Tipping point, climate change

Jo Faith, Newtown - 0
Please do not think me didactic. There is a sense of urgency that communities including Byron Bay must prepare for.  As Tipping Point Climate Change...
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What are we going to *DO* about it?

Judy Bamberger, O’Connor ACT - 0
Israel is expediting legislation to plan and legalise 69 outposts, allocating over 100-million shekels (about US$34-million). Israel’s Defence Ministry is preparing to legalise about 100...
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Where is the real cost in rail v trail?

Louise Doran, Ocean Shores - 0
When the state government closed the one daily train service on the Casino to Murwillumbah line, which records show was used by 130,000 people...
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Digital age

Len Hend, Mullumbimby - 0
When travelling these days there is a lot of cards come and go. They are like a business card but digital. By digital. I mean,...
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AI roll-out

Mike Balson, Upper Wilsons Creek - 0
My dad bought a quarter-acre block overlooking Sydney’s Northern Beaches for 400 pounds. That was about eight week’s salary. Mum had her hands full looking...
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Difficult times

Richard Adams, Kingscliff - 0
We live in difficult times: so it’s good to know some things are certain; the sun will rise in the east, human stupidity endures,...
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Labor and housing

Paul Anthony, Byron Bay - 0
I met Treasurer Jim Chalmers on the beach here a little while back. I asked him, ‘Are we in a housing crisis or a...
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Speaking and listening

Alan Dickens, Byron Bay - 0
All of a sudden Council’s supposed experts condemn the Wilsons Creek weir water quality during rain events, which would put people’s health at risk...
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Trumpism

Terry Hand, Mullumbimby - 0
Is it naïve to think of a promise in the political context as no more than intention to do something based on current conditions. Am...
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Councillors silent

Chris Abraham, Mullumbimby - 0
I spent some time preparing a submission regarding the draft DCP for the redevelopment of the Mullumbimby Hospital site. I submitted this to the reviewing...
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Pool tenders

Cr Jack Dods, Myocum - 0
A final word on the Mullum and Byron pool tenders. The five councillors who voted for Belgravia obviously care deeply about our pools. I’ve loved...
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Long serving drudges

Michele Grant, Ocean Shores - 0
One category overlooked for an award at The Echo’s 40th birthday party was for the long-serving drudges. Jenny Dalimore, Steve Berriman, Vicky and Tas have...
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Mullum Hospital site

Bronwyn Sindel, Mullumbimby - 0
I would like to acknowledge the letter printed in The Echo dated 3 June from Gary Opit and Carmel Daoud, and thank them for...
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Local media needed

Jan Barham, Broken Head - 0
Congratulations to The Echo for 40 years of providing our community with independent review and scrutiny and information that enhances community engagement and resilience....
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Byron Echo

Humanity together

Margrette Young, Skennars Head - 0
Dale Emerson’s letter last week expanding on Chris Hanley’s attitude to The Echo, and to our world, was impressive. A call for humanity to...
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Cartoons of the week – 17 June, 2026

The Echo - 0
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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Bayside blues

Annie Radermacher, Brunswick Heads - 0
Hi beautiful community, I am concerned for the whole Shire. Our stormwater and sewage systems have been affected by the huge lack of maintenance and...
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Tipping point

Jo Faith, Newtown - 0
It is noted in the last edition of The Echo that six new dwellings with swimming pools are to be built in the flood-prone...
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Race cards

Mike Balson, Upper Wilsons Creek - 0
They’re doing it again. The conservative Coalition are playing the race and immigrant card. Here is an Opposition that lost its way, and the only...
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Free bike track ‘waste of money’

Louise Doran, Ocean Shores  - 0
Byron Shire business people who think that spending eye-watering amounts of taxpayers’ money ripping up a multi-billion-dollar train line to build a rail rail/bike...
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Byron Echo

Here’s to the Flotilla

Jane Salmon, Killara, NSW - 0
The Global Sumud Flotilla is about brave people doing exceptional things with skill, compassion, colour, spirit and gruff chutzpah. Would I leave my comfy chair...
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Do more, Labor!

Judy Bamberger, O’Connor, ACT - 0
Senator Penny Wong (Labor) said on 4 June: ‘My principal position is to always believe women when allegations of sexual assault are made… he...
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Byron Echo

Byron stormwater strategy

Alan Dickens, Byron Bay - 0
Has anyone read the Engeny report supplied to Byron Council on the stormwater strategy for Byron Bay? There are several worrying issues raised in the...
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What sovereignty?

John Scrivener, Main Arm  - 0
The gravest threat to Australia’s sovereignty comes from the security doctrine and foreign policy of strategic dependence on the United States. Precisely this concern is...
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Avoiding ‘great reset’

Peter Olson, Goonengerry - 0
Energy is the lifeblood of civilisation. When the energy powering our civilisation is disrupted for an extended time, it means our civilisation can no...
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Byron Echo

High-speed rail

Chris Abraham, Mullumbimby - 0
I was extremely disappointed to hear that the federal government had decided to scrap the section of the high-speed rail from Forbes to Brisbane....
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Compassion missing

Rod Murray, Ocean Shores - 0
Predictably, Marianne McCormack (Letters, 3 June) chooses to ignore my personal claims that I am not a racist, to support her vitriolic right-wing agenda. As...
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Byron Echo

Taxing labour vs capital

Warren Kennedy, Mullumbimby - 0
Catherine Cusack (Echo, 27 May) says she believes ‘Australians are fine with fairness for housing. The issue is messy because Labor went a step...
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Byron Echo

Underbelly in Byron

Francesca Stahlut, Armidale - 0
Byron has long had a dark underbelly.  Many places do, but Byron has sold itself as a young person’s ‘party central’ for decades.  Parkway...
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Casino Suspension Bridge opens

The Echo - 0
Minister For Small Business, Recovery and North Coast Janelle Saffin joined Mayor Robert Mustow and Member for Page Kevin Hogan to officially opening the Casino Suspension Bridge today (Saturday).
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Byron Echo

Byron’s Winter Whales raise $43,000

The Echo - 0
The Byron Bay Winter Whales (BBWW) took to the ocean for the 39th time this year on the first Sunday of May and raised $43,000 for local organisations and charities.
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When it comes to real estate, everyone can use an advocate

David Lowe - 0
With 45 years combined experience across both sales and property management, husband and wife team Mark and Michelle Errichiello have recently moved to the Northern Rivers and teamed up with Byron Property Search to provide advocacy services for people looking to buy or sell across the region.
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Savour The Tweed returns, 22 October

The Echo - 0
Food and drink event, Savour The Tweed, returns to excite tastebuds this spring, from Wednesday 22 October to Sunday 26 October.
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