Victoria Duignan, Billinudgel How funny you think this way! I just mentioned to close friends that I had felt condescending vibes towards my mask wearing self from those not donning the mask! We don’t necessarily believe we are reducing transmission, and...
Bobbi Allan, Mullumbimby Last Thursday morning I spoke at the Byron Council Meeting, during the Public Access time, about a small but complex and important neighbourhood issue – a pedestrian crossing for Tincogan Street, Mullumbimby. First, the outcome could not have been...
Roy Drew, Mullumbimby Just to let Echo readers know that the agonizing, long drawn out and cruel persecution of Julian Assange continues. The US Government has been given limited permission to appeal the ruling by the British court that prevented Julian from being...
It was another full Council agenda last week, with not just DAs being determined, but policies and reports a-plenty.
Paul Cholakos, Montecollum David Lovejoy’s column ‘Local Leadership Vacuum’ in last week’s paper was spot on. I read it just before heading into Council to speak against a development on the corner of Jonson St and Browning Street in Byron...
Stephen McIllhatton, Skennars Head In many ways it is refreshing to see a candidate like Mandy Nolan nominated for public office. She will never leave you wondering where she stands on most matters and appears to have the best interests...
Malcolm Smith, Kelmscott WA Thanks for the heads-up from Barry Ferrier (Dr Baz) letting me know of the closure of the infamous Bangalow Brackets Open Mic, held on Tuesday nights for the past 25 years. Personally, I don’t get down there that...
Since the successful disruption in the first week of June of the huge arms expo ‘Landforces’ in Brisbane, there has been increasing interest in the Australian Government’s defence policies and budget.
Byron Council has sought to limit the impact of Byron’s Community Market on the town’s fragile foreshore park by imposing new restrictions on stallholder parking there.
Dr Katherine Hamilton has published her debut novel, An Unholy Alliance, which she says is centred on Nimbin.
Sapoty Brook, Main Arm Fretting over the Belongil system is a complete waste of precious time and human resources. Don’t we yet understand that the carbon dioxide we have already added to the atmosphere is sufficient to result in many metres...
Bill Ashford, East Ballina That serial left-wing fool obviously dislikes Morrison but sings the praises of Kevin Rudd as having approached Pfizer for a supply increase. If he is intending to throw shit, then he should have had actual facts to hand. Anything...
Liz Levy, Suffolk Park What a wonderful facility the pump track in Suffolk Park has turned out to be. Every time I go past I see the hive of activity – all ages and all cooperating in joyous harmony. Lots of...
Max and Beverly Joffe, Wilsons Creek Each week, there are articles and letters in The Echo, in which community members express disappointment in Council for allowing or enabling inappropriate development in the Byron Shire. So, it’s fair to pose a question to...
Benjamin Gilmour, Federal I’ve travelled to several active conflict zones in my time, and what I see right now in Australia are some of the characteristics of wars I’ve witnessed. I see anger, confrontation, division, othering and vilification. I see a...
Having worked in the international aid and development sector for thirty years, it is good to see CEOs and their senior staff are finally engaging in discussions to end racist and paternalistic practices.
Outrageous overdevelopment or swimming pool in a teacup? That was the question facing Byron Council last week, when an application to build a rooftop pool came before its monthly planning meeting.
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A fundraising campaign by Byron Community Centre and Creative Capital has launched to assist in the reopening of Fletcher Street Cottage for Byron’s homeless community.
David Dixon, Byron Bay The development application (DA) for the bioenergy facility contained over 400 pages of documents but no rigorous economic assessment. The financial information on Council’s Your Say website does not inspire confidence. First, $15–20 million is being spent to...
Ross Kendall Byron Bay Football Club’s division two men’s team continued their undefeated run for the season with a 2–0 win against the Uki Pythons playing away last Saturday. The team sit on top of the competition ladder ahead of Tumbulgum,...
Ross Kendall Donna O’Reilly won her first Byron Bay Ladies golf championships earlier this month after three days of tight competition. Runner up, Gabby Brown, won the first round by a stroke from Donna, but streaked away in the second round...
Ross Kendall Senior AFL players from the Byron Bay Magpies, tweed Coast Tigers and the Ballina Bombers will get another few weeks off as the Queensland government continues to impose a ban on community sport, despite the general lockdown in...
As of this morning we have found out that a man has tested positive to COVID-19. He was taken to Lismore Hospital by the police. He was active in the community, as were his two teenage sons, for five days. He went to places in Ballina, Byron, Lismore and Casino.
Phil and Tilley Phil and Tilley started playing music together in 2008 in the form of a five piece folk/rock outfit, and in the autumn of 2012, decided to part ways with the project and start writing together as a...
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