July 22, 2020
In this Issue:
It’s back – Ewingsdale over 55s proposed around hospital
An over 55s estate behind the Byron hospital on Ewingsdale Road is again being proposed, this time by ASX-listed corporation Ingenia Communities.
Editorial – Future food that doesn’t cost the Earth
‘Civilisation is in a race between education and catastrophe’, H. G. Wells once said. One ongoing catastrophe – and there are many – is the uncertainty of food supply for the planet’s seven billion odd humans.
Shopping for a new religion? Here’s one where Gaia is the...
In the absence of a ‘religion devoted to a healthy environment and a sustainable human civilisation’, environmental scientist and author Guy Lane decided to start one.
Resilient Byron is seeking volunteer team leaders
A not for profit organisation which aims to create local resilience to the diverse impacts of the climate emergency are seeking volunteer team leaders.
Trump as cornered feral cat, mayhem looms
America’s presidential election is just 15 weeks away… Today, the Dis-united States of America – aka world’s ‘richest’ country – has nearly four million cases of COVID-19, and over 150,000 deaths attributed to the virus.
Terry Agnew buys Villa World’s Byron property
Representatives for wealthy Sydney-based developer, Terry Agnew, have told Echonetdaily that his company, NSPT Pty Ltd, now owns all shares in Villa World Byron Pty Ltd.
Avoid non-essential travel, social gatherings: Health Dept
The recent case of COVID-19 detected at Ballina-Byron Airport appears to have involved a young woman wearing a face mask, raising hopes that the virus may not have spread into the community.
Dangerous territory
Dave Lisle, Goonengerry Your editorial on the novel coronavirus last week; ‘No easy path with this virulent pathogen’, waded into dangerous territory. While you did well to identify certain hurdles, and pointed to some fun facts, you faltered towards the end while...
Bruns homeless moved on by police, Council
Illegal campers have been allowed to remain opposite the Brunswick Heads Surf Club over recent months, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Mullumbimby: old hospital site
Caroline Bass, Mullumbimby Hospital Action Group (MHAG) Many of us over the past few months have been concerned to know how plans are progressing for the development of our precious community asset. We have watched the site being cleared of...
Paid parking and the future of Brunswick Heads
John Circosta, Brunswick Heads Recent comments in The Echo indicate a divide between Council and Brunswick Heads business owners/residents regarding parking meters. Opposition is understandably passionate. Council needs revenue, businesses fear losing trade, and residents face a fee for ‘exempt’ parking. What...
Illegal dwellings
Asphyxia, Byron Shire In response to Lifting the lid on Byron Shire Council’s unauthorised dwelling amnesty, I write to support the comment that ‘if you come forward, you enter a potential bureaucratic nightmare. It is so convoluted and expensive and can...
Creating the best for the good girls and boys
Eve Jeffery They say, if you’re lucky, at least once in your life a dog comes along and changes everything. For Donna Lorenz, now Chief Dog Lover at I Love a Dog, that agent for change was a chocolate Labrador...
Great value, service, atmosphere, and the X factor
Eve Jeffery Originally from Istanbul, Turkey, Utku Ayhan moved to Melbourne 18 years ago. ‘I had been in the corporate world, which almost crushed my spirit. Deciding to open my own restaurant saved me from a deep depression’, he says. In 2012...
Gourmet Mushrooms
Story & photo by Kate O’Neill Seven years ago, Gary Miller was commuting three hours a day from Uki to his software programming job in Beenleigh. ‘It was manageable, but when the business moved even further away to the Brisbane CBD,...
Arts and Entertainment for the Byron Shire for the week beginning...
Entertainment for the Byron Shire for the week beginning July 21, 2020
Mandy Nolan’s Soapbox: Women Who Hate Women
In all my years of writing and receiving negative flack, it is always these women that hurt me the most. Not with what they’ve said, but that my ‘sister’ would seek to kick me with such gusto.
Thus Spake Mungo: another week, another dollar or billion
The consensus is in: the economy rules, okay? Finally, what remains of the national cabinet is essentially united.