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Connection?
Is there any connection between a five-star resort that is about to build holiday apartments and houses a kilometre from the clothing-optional beach at...
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Search continues for man missing a month
Tweed Byron police continue to seek help finding a man reported missing for the past month.
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Ross River and Barmah Forest – two viruses detected in North Coast mosquitoes
The current wet conditions mean that mosquitoes are thriving and on the North Coast, some of them carry the Ross River and Barmah Forest viruses.
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Clothes-optional Main Beach
The Earth has been through a few ‘cenes’. This one has been called the ‘Anthropocene’.
I would suggest that this section of it be called...
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Bulldozers
Council’s excuse for letting the bulldozers into the Wallum site is that it will lose in court and waste money (note: always money not...
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The zucchini omelette returns!
Victoria Cosford
After a near 12-month absence, brother and sister team Rob and Michelle Costanzo from Nomadic Kitchen are coming back to the markets, along...
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Broken spine
A part of the Mullumbimby Masterplan, Byron Council’s Stuart Street Green Spine project’s stated aim is to ‘create a leafy, green boulevard on Stuart...
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The white dress
A thumbs-up to Mandy Nolan’s commentary titled The white dress (Soapbox, 27 December 2023).
A clear insight into the many layers of this, and...
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Are you feeling Christmassy, or what?
Richard Hil - 0
I’m growing increasingly resistant to smiling – you know, the Botox, fixed grin sort. Over recent times I’ve become increasingly irked by newscasters and...
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Looking to peace?
The constant theme in Danny Wakil’s letters is ‘Hamas bad, Israel good’. He never criticises Israel despite so many Israeli war crimes over decades,...
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Whose right to defend?
Israelis deserve little sympathy. They’ve brought the violence on themselves through the brutality they’ve inflicted on Palestinians for 75 years.
Israeli journalist, Gideon Levy (Haaretz) recently...
Letters
The referendum
I returned to the car from voting in the referendum, and my seven-year-old son asked me how I voted. I told him and inquired...
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Conscious meat ‘People are coming back to meat.’
Victoria Cosford
I’m chatting to Nick Tallas, manager of new-kid-on-the-block Conscious Ground, purveyor of grass-fed beef and pork. I’d been curious to know how, in...
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It is long past time to recognise and properly acknowledge the past and present experiences of First Nations peoples in Australia.
For most of...
Local News
Take hold of your future with the Momentum Program for Aboriginal employment
Assistance for local Aboriginal people to gain employment through the Momentum Program will be available at the Minjungbal Aboriginal Cultural Centre & Museum and Murwillumbah Community Centre.
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Love the lighthouse track
I went on the new lighthouse track today and think they have done an amazing job.
Letting you know not everyone dislikes it or needs...
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Cinema: The mutants are back!
They’re teenagers and they’re mutants! The turtles that rose to fame in the 80s are back (again) in the 2023 edition of reptilian ninjas – this chapter is computer-animated and ready for kick-butt fun.
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Rural visitor accom rules to be voted upon by Byron Council
The protracted process of amending rules around rural tourist and visitor accommodation in Byron Shire are edging toward a conclusion, with councillors set to vote on the final set of changes to Council’s policy today.
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Rail trail: really?
In relation to the Byron Shire Council’s uninformed decision to vote for a rail trail – it is for everyone, just so ridiculous, as...
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Coastal residents unite to fight inappropriate DAs
A new alliance of dozens of community groups campaigning to defend small coastal towns and pockets of sensitive and endangered coastal bushland from inappropriate developments launched at the NSW Parliament recently.
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Man charged after public-place shots fired
New South Wales Polices say a man has been charged following an investigation into two public-place shootings at Ballina last month.
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Currumbin Wildlife Hospital’s annual Open Day is this weekend
The Currumbin Wildlife Hospital’s annual Open Day is a rare opportunity for the community to go behind the scenes and access areas usually closed to the public, with all proceeds going back into the hospital so staff and volunteers can continue their vital work.
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Remembering Veterans in Ballina
A sunset commemoration service was held at the Ballina cenotaph on Friday as the Ballina RSL Club and Ballina RSL-Sub Branch marked a significant milestone – the 50th Anniversary of the withdrawal of combat troops from Vietnam.
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The Voice
Imagine trust being the guiding intent – instead of fear and ‘power-over’ – when the tall ships arrived on Australia’s shores. Imagine if the...
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Voice: waste of our money
Perry Cornish’s letter (5 July) was about the wording of the proposed alteration of our Commonwealth of Australia Constitution. The Voice proposal says the...
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Funk erosion
Recently I became involved in house buying and selling and I noticed this: every house ‘on the market’ gets spruced up before sale. This...
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Defund Ukraine war
One can’t rely on Russians or politicians for accurate information on the war, instead, the best information comes from people suitably qualified and experienced...
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Israel/Palestine
As usual Dany Wakil presents his distorted view of the Palestine/Israel conflict. His assertion that Arabs expelled other Arabs from their own lands to...
Local News
Art Pharmacy’s art trail and Lismore Base Hospital
Eve Jeffery - 0
Art Pharmacy in collaboration with Health Infrastructure NSW has commissioned 36 artworks by nine artists local to the Northern Rivers region for the Lismore...
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Nakba
Saturday, 13 May marked the 75th anniversary of the founding of the state of apartheid Israel and no doubt Australian diplomats and politicians were...
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Dingo or wild dog?
Dingoes or wild dogs, it depends on how it impacts you. Locally, wild dogs have 50 to 75 per cent dingo heritage. They massacre...
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Fools for the nUdGe
No fooling – with this epic lineup at nUdGe nUdGe WiNk WiNk! You’d be a fool to miss International DJ Stevie G, locally-based DJs...
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Unhinged teenager
If contributors to The Echo feel the need to use expletives to express themselves, I have a suggestion, expand your vocabulary, read quality non-woke...
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Dick in your pants
All of these blokes circling each other and looking for a war – unevolved idiots!
Put your dicks back in your pants and climb...
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Nuclear war
Sleepwalking into nuclear war: ‘The delivery of NATO aircraft to Ukraine and their maintenance by a NATO country, will be a direct entry of...
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Feros aged care in Byron Bay – it’s not all bad
I am writing in response to The Echo article, Response Hands Down Damning Feros Report.
On reading this report I am sure that many local...
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Being effective on 90-day caps
I’d like to address the issue with last week’s Echo editorial, which asked people to sign a proforma.
In my view this will do...
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Australia’s Environment Report card not looking good
2023 was a 'year of opposites' for Australia’s environment, but despite conditions fluctuating between wet and dry, overall conditions remain stable following a bumper year in 2022, according to the latest Australia’s Environment Report, led by the Australian National University.
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New tourism plan for Lismore region
In a move aimed at bolstering Lismore's visitor economy, Lismore City Council has greenlit a roadmap to navigate the region towards tourism growth.
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New charitable funding round opens
Newcastle Permanent Charitable Foundation’s first funding round for 2024 opens today, Tuesday 19 March, with more than $500,000 available for local community groups and charities with new and existing projects.
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Tech companies grilled on how they are tackling terror and violent extremism
Australia’s eSafety Commissioner has issued legal notices to Google, Meta, Twitter/X, WhatsApp, Telegram and Reddit requiring each company to report on steps they are taking to protect Australians from terrorist and violent extremist material and activity.