One hundred nations have committed at the Glasgow Climate Conference (COP26) to cut methane emissions by 30 per cent by 2030. But Australia, together with China, Russia and Iran, have refused. Why are we refusing to cooperate? And what...
Alejandro Aleman and Marcus O’Mullane wrote about coal. I certainly share their concern about greenhouse gases and about Australia’s failure to do much about the issue. However, they say ‘Australia is the country with the highest per capita emissions on...
Is anyone else embarrassed by The Plan to Deliver Net Zero? Especially when it’s got the crass and totally inappropriate marketing slogan ‘The Australian Way’ slapped on the cover? Is it ‘The Australian Way’ to take credit for other people’s...
I am 77 years old and I have a registered Assistance dog. Twice, in two weeks, I have had to rescue my dog from being carried away and drowning in the Richmond River off the ONLY ‘unrestrained’ dog beach...
Interesting advertisement from John Anderson (3 November). Many thought I’d be upset reading it, but no. I’m just surprised that John believes I am that gullible when it comes to the political game. I’m also more than surprised that he...
Thanks for Lydia Kindred’s article (3 November) dispelling myths about the Northern Rivers train service. The anti-train lobby, usually state government apologists, often argue that the Casino to Murwillumbah train line was unprofitable. Of course in the years immediately before...
We humans spend time wiping out the creatures that we don’t like from all over the planet and now something has turned on us and is wiping a lot of us out. Tit-for-tat it seems to me. I’ve had two...
I have been shocked to hear that some locals may vote for Clive Palmer, the mining billionaire who intends to buy the next election through spending mega millions on advertising, and spin on policy. Think twice – we may have...
The Mullumbimby Chamber of Commerce is looking to install up to ten defibrillators in and around the town, and they are seeking community and business support for the project.
The persecution of Julian Assange is a concerted effort to punish him for his role in exposing the corruption and criminality of state actors, in particular the US government and its ruling elite. We now know the FBI used...
After all the sound and fury from the Nationals, the Prime Minister announced that his government would move to net zero emissions in 2050 by printing glossy pamphlets and making PowerPoint presentations.
Part of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has once again leaked a document showing more than 10,000 requests from governments, scientists, meat and fossil fuel lobbyists to modify the final draft of the Report, which will be sent to the UN for modification (censorship), approval and final publication.
If you’re unfamiliar with the Netflix program Squid Game, it’s a series where contestants play children’s games and risk death during the competitions. The Spring Racing Carnival is Squid Game for horses; each new race is a lethal contest. In...
Byron Shire Council politics keeps moving slowly, mysteriously and pandemically towards the 4 December election, a bit like the current ‘sand slug’ at Main Beach Byron slowly moving northwards putting sand back on the beach. Nature always embodies and...
Filmmaker Max Stahl died in Sydney a few days ago. It was due to his extreme bravery that film of the Santa Cruz cemetery massacre and many others came to world attention. Northern Rivers’ locals, Russell Anderson and Saskia...
Byron Council will explore the possibility of increasing parking meter charges and introducing pay parking into Brunswick Heads, Mullumbimby and Bangalow, as a way of potentially obtaining more revenue from visitors to the Shire.
BayFM’s Community Newsroom is a finalist for Excellence in Journalism, an award to be announced by the Community Broadcasting Association of Australia National Awards in March 2022.
Thank you to the Byron Shire elected Council for not endorsing Water & Recycling’s (W&R) recommendation for an irresponsible large expenditure for the transfer of sewage from Oceans Shores STP (OSSTP) to Brunswick Valley STP (BVSTP). Councillor Ndiaye, a...
Since the hippies first arrived in the late ’60s, one persisting cultural aspiration around here has been ‘to live as naturally as possible’. This aim can take extreme forms.
According to Discover Ballina, the Coastal Walk users are to expect a peaceful bush track and a splendid coastline experience. The reality is a walker is safer on the nearby shared path because there at least are some accepted cyclists...
I have just finished reading Alexander von Humboldt’s biography. A celebrated German scientist known worldwide through his voluminous publications, he inspired Darwin’s travels and his Origin of the Species ,as well as the work of numerous significant naturalists and...
If Council really wants to protect us from toluene vapours, they should insist that petrol stations capture petrol fumes. Petrol is about five per cent toluene, used as an octane booster. Filling a tank, or driving in traffic, exposes...
It is time to close the beach to motor vehicles. Their presence is incompatible with their social and environmental impact. Pedestrians and dogs are manageable. Vehicles represent a very real threat to people and wildlife. If you want to...
If councillors in favour of the Dunoon Dam (DuD) are elected in December we will see several things happen. Water resilience will collapse. The ‘10,000 signatures’, on which the pro-dam candidates base their political stance, demanded that all options be...
Thanks to The Echo for your continued interest in Council’s proposed bioenergy facility. Council are currently finalising the development application (DA) before it goes to the Northern Regional Planning Panel (NRPP), the forum where regionally significant developments are determined....
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