With ‘Heal Country’ is this year’s theme for upcoming NAIDOC Week celebrations (4-11 July), The Echo profiles Indigenous community leader and SAE Creative Media Institute student, Michael Weir.
Keith Duncan, Pimlico Universally discredited ‘trickledown economics’ theory and anti-worker policies were needed, and arrived with the implementation of JobKeeper, where the lion’s share of $83 billion taxpayer dollars was gifted to many of Australia’s richest businesses earning the biggest profits....
David Warth, Byron Bay A line has been drawn in the sand and it is all about vaccine passports being used internally in Australia. We have put up with so many incursions on our freedoms over the last year. As a nation...
Geoffrey Cotton, Clunes Byron Councillors must be congratulated on their newfound concern to protect high-value agricultural land from inappropriate non-farm uses, especially those resulting in residential spread and events-based activities (May 19). Let’s hope our councillors maintain their new stance beyond the...
Nada Loiterton, Ewingsdale The Australian housing crisis, most drastically within the Byron Shire, is real. It truly exists, which would be a good reason to tackle it in a practical way now. Instead, a lot of talk about solutions happens,...
Virginia Black, Suffolk Park Congratulations to Azzura Investments and Wingate Property who have sold Mercato for $120 million, they must be laughing all the way to the bank. This building was always going to be a white elephant. Having a two-level...
Byron Bay has lost its brightest cosmic body, who blazed across our skies and dancefloors for nearly thirty years: our one and only Astro Boy has left the Earth.
Byron Council will review its rules around filming in public places in a bid to prevent productions like the docu-soap Byron Baes being filmed here in the future. As filming of the much-loathed Netflix series continues, Council passed a resolution...
An organisation that aims to ‘disrupt the cycle of women’s homelessness’ has found a new home after being recently evicted from their premises.
AJ and Y Harper, Coopers Shoot It would make good economic and humanitarian sense for all Australians who are currently overseas to be offered COVID vaccinations by the Australian government. The procedures could be coordinated and distributed through Australian embassies and save...
Nick Buckley, Byron Bay Two weeks ago Byron Shire Councillors agreed unanimously to defer a decision to approve a development application (DA) for ten townhouses at Keats Street, Byron Bay in order to allow time for discussions with Councils ecologist regarding...
Plans to rezone transport corridor land to private use south of Mitre 10 near the new bypass have stirred neighbours into action, with claims it would set a precedent and has ‘no place in future-proofing Byron Bay’.
Jeremy Cornford, Kingscliff Tweed Shire Council has completely abrogated its legal duty of care to ratepayers in approving the Gales Holdings truck and fill operation between the Coast Road and Turnock Street in Kingscliff. Local government is held to have a legal...
L Clarke, Ballina The economic law of supply and demand says: if demand exceeds supply, house prices will increase. By handing out money to help the homebuyer, demand is increased, and up go the prices. I’m sure our politicians know this. So...
We love to receive letters, but not every letter will be published; the publication of letters is at the discretion of the online and print letters editors.
Check out whats on, in and around the Byron shire this week
The swell was on the rise for the event and some fun waves were had by all.
Far north coast rugby union teams had a tough first day before winning their final games at the NSW Country Junior Boys Championships played at Nelson Bay earlier this month.
Bri Lee speaks with Courtney Miller about her new book Who Gets to be Smart; Privilege, Power and Knowledge. Bri’s new book is a timely investigation into the current discussions around class and privilege in Australia and around the world.
The Long Wait for the Truly Original Gyan It’s 30 years since ARIA recipient Gyan sang her hit Wait from the cliffs of Kiama on Countdown. Since then her career has followed an international trajectory working with the likes of...
If you start to look around where you live, no matter how urban you are, there is evidence of seeds in your life. Most of the food you eat, even if you eat meat, the animal ate food from...
Story and photos: S Haslam For a sublime afternoon look no further than a long lunch at Frida’s Field, a local farm to table restaurant set in the idyllic rolling green paddocks of Nashua. Having written about the venue last...
Schools could become community learning hubs rather than giant cerebral supermarkets for growing brains. What if we created a system that fed and nourished our young, rather than shaming and penalising them?
Don Pedros is a contemporary Mexican and Southern Californian-style cantina in the heart of Byron Bay that serves all the famed favourites from these regions, as well as a great range of tequilas. The venue has a welcoming feel, and...
In an age when our most basic instincts of survival have been tested, and uncertainty is the singular defining characteristic as we struggle to emerge from a pandemic that continues to rage in some parts of the planet, we turn to hope and faith.
