We need to mop up some of the erroneous statements sloshing around about the Dunoon Dam, floods, and water security. The following statements can be verified by references for anyone who is interested. Flooding would worsen immediately below the Dunoon Dam. Dunoon...
The Byron Community Market relocation plans are on exhibition until February 6, which would include closing a section of Jonson Street in the CBD.
The Beach Hotel in Byron Bay has connected to recycled water for its toilet facilities and garden irrigation, say Byron Council, ‘which will save an estimated four million litres a year from the region’s drinking water supply’.
A Northern Rivers Rail Trail Product and Experience Development Workshop ‘for existing and prospective Tourism Businesses and Local Government stakeholders’ will be held this Wednesday at the Byron Community Centre from 9am.
I wonder how many of those pushing for a new dam at Dunoon couldn’t care less about water security. What they are really wanting is a venue for water sports and fishing. What a dismal excuse for drowning Aboriginal graves...
Please consider playing a part in rectifying a problem that will continue to affect others. There is a National Parks & Wildlife Service logo on the prominent Wategos beach sign as you drive in to the carpark. This indicates,...
As the transition to a low-carbon world continues to gather pace, the massive benefits of converting to renewables (wind and solar) are now unequivocal. Even the few remaining climate-denying knuckleheads, trying desperately to save their bruised rightist egos, are...
Jason Bentley, founder and owner of Art & Wine Co Byron Bay & AURORA AR/VR, has taken the reins as president of the Byron Bay Chamber of Commerce.
Today is the official first day of term one in most NSW schools and as students and parents prepare to start the school year, there are new guidelines in place to manage COVID-19 infections.
The letters from Michael Ryan (19 January) and Gareth Smith (5 January) have the usual unbalanced and emotion-based statements. Michael Burd in his letter (12 January) shows a balanced letter stating that there are always two sides to an argument,...
Most of us have been far more concerned about how to get hold of rapid antigen tests (RATs) over the past few months than what happens to the plastic testing kits after use.
The nation’s peak law advocay legal body, The Law Council of Australia, is calling for a nationally consistent approach to law reform as ‘the best defence against social media defamation’.
Former long-distance paddling champion Brooke Harris has found new sporting life with the Rainbow Dragons and likes to take advantage of the new 6am Sunrise session in Ballina.
Congratulations, Casino! Casino is to represent Australia in an international competition after being voted as having the ‘best-tasting tap water in Australia’. What I find particularly interesting is that Casino’s water is drawn from the Richmond River. It is then...
‘Craig McGregor was one of the blazing stars in the Australian intellectual and cultural firmament. For more than 60 years he wrote about everything from politics, class, popular culture, surfing and architecture to love, sex, desire and marriage.'
With the option to vaccinate 5–11-year-olds now available, The Echo took the time to talk to local Byron Shire Dr Joel Hissink about vaccinating children.
In another room now Somewhere… Somehow… Move again in five days’ time. Getting used to the rhythm. Getting used to the rhyme. Huge trees everywhere… Kevin Barry, Nimbin
Morrison’s incompetence, however, is epic; it seems to derive from his belief that God has appointed him to rule in these end times, so that it is impossible for him to be wrong.
Another Australia Day. Another divisive polemic about the date, the day, and its meaning. Those who seek to change the date argue that 26 January signifies the beginning of Britain’s invasion of Australia and the violent expropriation of Aboriginal lands.
What would it take to keep our nurses and paramedics from resigning en masse as the current crisis in the NSW health care system worsens?
I join with Lynne West, Gerry Gleeson, and Magenta Appel-Pye (Letters, December and January) in asking The Echo to dedicate a regular space for letters and stories of gratitude, well, more often than ‘The Annual Reading of the Credits’...
What a debacle we’re experiencing with this government right now – again. After our PM Slowmo was unable to find time to meet a top delegation of fire-fighters in the winter of 2019, where they wanted to inform him...
Owing to my carelessness on 19 January, I had a serious bike accident that resulted in loss of consciousness and shoulder injury. We read constantly about the negative impact of COVID-19 on provision of emergency services. I am not...
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Colonisation and invasion didn’t just happen 250 years ago at Botany Bay, it happens every day in a country that has been stolen from the traditional owners.
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