Over 20,000 people have signed a petition asking the NSW government to debate the proposal to place a moratorium on logging in public native forests, transition to 100 per cent sustainable plantations by 2024 for the native forestry industry, and ban the use of native forest materials as ‘biomass fuel’.
We’ve all grown tired of lockdowns, border closures and other restrictions. So the promise of a freer life, when 70 per cent, and then 80 per cent, of Australians aged 16 and older are vaccinated, feels like a beacon...
Keith Duncan, Pimlico There has recently been derogatory and spiteful attacks on the Labor Party by people claiming to be disillusioned ex-ALP members, who have joined the Greens or Independents; (there must be an election soon). Obviously sour grapes by people...
Jo Faith, Newtown Australians are fully aware that this continent was stolen from First Nations people approximately 230 years ago, despite white supremacist denials. Yet ongoing genocide can be witnessed by the rise of deaths in custody and the paramilitary...
Better than a poke in the eye Thanks to recent rulings of the US Court of Appeals against the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Telstra should cut their losses and pick on some other small town for their 5G upgrade – keeping...
An emerging NGO in India, headed by Byron Shire resident Louise Harrison, is appealing for assistance after the tourism economy collapsed 16 months ago.
Denise Nagorcka, Suffolk Park Builders and workers please tie down and cover your loads. The person who lost a 2.4m length of green timber on market morning did not kill anyone as the vehicle headed for Byron on Ewingsdale Road....
Hayo van der Woude, Mullumbimby COVID incompetence and government stupidity is destroying society and accelerating the rich/poor divide. We need to take charge locally to save ourselves, as if state and federal governments are closed. Government and corporate spin in pursuit...
Hey Clive, Stop moving your lips when Craig’s talking, it’s very distracting. Any early polling results in Coolum and Townsville yet for your new UAP, Clive? I imagine your generosity will be well-remembered and rewarded come the election. Hey...
Rod Murray, Ocean Shores Corrupt fake government. For the benefit of any Liberal or National Party voters. This week marks 1,000 days since the corrupt, shameful, fake government promised a National Integrity Commission, and we are still waiting.
Robert Podhajsky, Ocean Shores Did the Australian government have foresight of the things to come? The NBN roll out was cut back and scaled down to speed up completion in record time, imagine the COVID crisis without it being nearly finished? Did...
Hannah Grace, Ocean Shores Because of corona, everyone now, male or female, is wearing a niqab. We all have to get used to reading everyone through our eyes.
Mick Wheeler, Mona The Premier down here has gone mad making all these completely confusing concessions for people who have had either one or two vaccinations. Really pathetic, treating people like uninformed idiots.
Andrea Darvill, Suffolk Park In a teeny tiny town in BC, Canada where I was living for a time, we have a community newsletter, and at the end there is a section called Kudos and Kruds. This past few months in...
A fundraiser has been established to buy three defibrillators for Byron Bay beaches, after local surfer, Phillip Jones, died after being pulled from the water on Thursday, August 26.
Gwyn Hooper, Uki The weekend’s demonstration at the Queensland border shows the anger and frustration that is felt by people on both sides of the border. However, I think that a lot of the anger being directed at the Queensland government...
Dan Reade, Ocean Shores If you’ve ever witnessed life in a large argumentative family, there will eventually be someone who will shout ‘Just stop it will you!?’ This is how many readers are feeling right now with the endless arguments relating...
It’s time to talk about the mask. Now, first off, thank you for reminding us that you are an Australian. You’d have to forgive us for not realising, given your waning presence over the past ten weeks.
Students at all NSW government schools are currently learning from home in line with NSW Health advice. The use of online and hard copy work varies depending on which method the school prefers.
Kol Dimond, Main Arm There are great people; those that have a steel rod of determination, focus, drive and ambition to see something through to its conclusion. Most of us live good lives, we try to be fair and fun and...
This Earth crisis, you could say, is capitalism’s final product. Built on a promise, that wealth would trickle down. At the geographical north pole, the sun rises and sets once a year. A timelessness exists and in this ineffable quiet you can hear a quickening trickle of a glacier melting pass by your feet.
Eric Bridgeman, Goonengerry I love my life too much to throw it all away Commonsense with science must be the order of one’s day Anti vaxs or anti vixs or anti vuxs Quite frankly I don’t give a fuck About big brother nor Q-anon And such...
Local tour operators have spoken publicly about the impacts of the pandemic on their businesses, including how plunging patronage has impacted their ability to employ casual staff.
What are your thoughts on the September 10 lockdown date and return to school plan? Do you think it will be extended again, given that across the globe, cases are rising within vaccinated populations?
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