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Paul Rea, Coorabell Imagine for a moment it was your 16-year-old boy suffering psychiatric distress, stripping himself naked and wandering aimlessly into the street (www.echo.net.au/northern-rivers-policeman-accused-of-youth-assault-acquitted). Imagine him appealing to the police for help and being unable to make himself understood. Being capsicum...
In which a former Echo drudge dives into the crypt and comes up covered in dusty memories.
Environmental group, the North East Forest Alliance (NEFA), has condemned an announcement by NSW Liberals and Nationals government ministers Barilaro, Stokes and Kean that they have made a deal on koala protection.
Hayo van der Woude, Mullumbimby Margo Kingston’s excellent article (3 March) speaks of Cathy McGowan’s efforts to positively disrupt our politics. Two days of intense debate is getting to the nitty gritty. Compassion deficit syndrome in governments inevitably induces action paralysis when...
Taneal Cadou-Blake, Mullumbimby Is it just me, or does anyone else get a deep sinking feeling in the pit of their stomach when they come to the real estate section in the paper? I understand that there are probably local residents out...
Martin Corben, Lennox Head I have to agree with Cecil McGee’s criticism of The Echo (Letters, 3 March). Your paper can afford to be a lot more discerning about reporting Ben Franklin’s every utterance and appearance, it isn’t warranted. Mr Franklin clearly...
John Lazarus, Byron Bay Recent letters (David Kolb, June Grant), regarding concerns over the mayor and staff, and Council’s heritage management, are accurate. The mayor has contempt for heritage protection, and staff need to be overseen. In a recent Council meeting on...
Keith Duncan, Pimlico A great letter from Labor MP, Janelle Saffin (24 February). It now seems that rorting and pork-barrelling played a huge part in the return of the Berejiklian Government at the 2019 election. The polling showed they were heading for...
Bronwyn Sindel, Mullumbimby To address the fears of Martin Bail in Federal (Letters, 24 February) who fears that he’ll be getting an inferior vaccination with Astra-Zeneca, having been made aware of Scott Morrison’s jab with Pfizer – my friend Geoffrey says...
Christopher Wright, Byron Bay As a long-term ratepayer of Byron Shire Council (BSC), I have serious concerns regarding the proposed pump track at Suffolk Park. As this proposal has already been passed by Council, I ask how this development decision sits with...
Hannah Grace, Ocean Shores I was born a loud, spiritual, tomboy child (like my precious dad, Jacko). I grew up with the men and saw the world through their eyes, and I still really have that nature. Wherever the men were...
Andrew Hall, Ocean Shores That is, the evening frog chorus. Here in Ocean Shores we comment on how calm and still the evenings are. But it was not until I spent a night in Mullum that I realised why. No frogs...
Catherine Coorey, Byron Bay Thank you, Wren McLean, for the beautiful piece about Tony Maxwell; a remarkable local man who died too young. Few people would know that this community owes Tony a big thanks. Back in 2015, Tamara Smith organised...
Senior Australian of the Year and Indigenous artist and educator, Miriam Rose Ungunmerr-Baumann, will be a headline guest at Renew Fest in May this year.
You can see him in the streets, you can see him in the pubs, and you can see him under the bonnet of your car – Aaron Styles, Mullumbimby’s mullet man.
'I want a formal investigation into this allegation of rape against me, not just to clear my name, but because it is the wishes of the woman’s family and friends...'
Share, eviction, funding, security, abuse, safety, intimidation, solutions… these were just some of the words that hung on Sarah-Jane McGrath’s clothes-line around her ‘camp’ on the lawn of Byron Shire Council on International Women’s Day, March 8.
Byron Tri Club members were just some of the 950 athletes who went to Pottsville last Saturday to compete in the seventh annual Tweed Enduro.
Tawny frogmouths face a number of threats from human activities and pets so keep an eye out for them and make sure you call WIRES if they need help.
Plans for a 15-lot housing development in Wilsons Creek have hit a minor snag with the Department of Planning, who are demanding that Council prepare a revised planning proposal before considering approval.
Jason Humberstone, Banglaow My 13-year-old daughter and her 13-year-old friend tried to catch the bus from Bangalow to Byron Bay on Saturday morning at about 10am. The driver refused to take them on the bus because they had no shoes. They were...
Nick Buckley, Byron Bay Another mega DA (development application) in Byron? Who would have thought it! This one has, so far, snuck under the radar. It is probably the last large undeveloped parcel of residential land in town at 6 Keats...
Clive Jeffery, Mullumbimby Dear Chief Magistrate, Judge Henson, I have just read of the decision by Magistrate Michael Dakin to dismiss charges brought against Senior Constable Greenhalgh. I need to let you know how appalled both I and my wife are at this...
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Entertainment in the Byron Shire for the week beginning 10 March, 2021
