Mullumbimby Branch of the Country Women's Association (CWA) is holding its annual Branch Land Cookery Competition next weekend.
Some people are just unique and that is the way I think of Vyvyan Stott. Vyvyan always had time to talk, time to share news, to express concern and warnings for unfolding events and discuss possible solutions. He always managed to...
It’s not every day that you get nominated for an Australia Day award, and you’d have to think long and hard before declining one
Vyvyan connected many electrosensitive people around this country with each other, thereby reducing our inevitable isolation and providing support. These connections continue to enrich our lives in very often alienating and difficult circumstances and I am very grateful to...
It saddens me to watch Mullumbimby sliding into an unattractive dirty town. Take a good look around on the pavements – spit, black marks from ground-in chewing gum and dog shit. These three deposits are found on most streets in...
Byron Council will host a housing summit in a bid to generate ideas and galvanise community support to help address the Shire’s worsening housing crisis.
We are aware these are trying times, and there is no indication that things are improving. Watching a repeat of one of Michael Portillo’s interesting excursions on a train, this time on the Sydney XPT up the east coast,...
The ugly tentacles of what I’d call racism have slithered into our region, brought to you by the new right wing councillor factions of Ballina and Lismore Councils. The previous Lismore Council handed back the ownership title of the...
I agree with Dr Tim Devine (Letters, 26 January) that vaccinating small children is unnecessary. The almost hysterical push to get them all jabbed is very strange. In The Echo’s article ‘Children: to vax or not to vax’ (26...
Benjamin Gilmour made a film to highlight the detrimental impact of the war in Afghanistan. But in the process he may have put the stars of his film at risk of persecution or death.
A lot gets decided, dear reader, by those we entrust on our behalf. And that impacts us in good and bad ways.
As a supporter of the North Lismore Plateau Protection Association (NLPPA), I am gobsmacked that the new Lismore Council is considering stopping the ‘handback’ process of the 32 hectares of land on the southern end of the Plateau. As you may be...
Here is a heads-up to the person (term used loosely) in Sunrise Beach who is POISONING protected native wildlife. Apart from committing a crime, you are causing your neighbours the distress of watching helplessly as turkeys suffer a slow...
Could local government provide an opportunity for Indigenous Australians to have the kind of active, meaningful voice in government that is envisaged in the Uluru Statement from the Heart?
Did you hear about the man who plugged his petrol car into an EV charger? He was actually a frugivore but insisted he was a carnivore. While going downhill fast he decided to take charge of his health. He bit...
Now the lawyer Mark Swivel is a councillor he can expect a lot of flak from me if he doesn’t measure up to the image of greatness he projected, at least in relation to legal matters. I refer him firstly...
Pulled up in the street, a dear old friend tore strips off me for writing that stupid pro-vaccination letter to The Echo. ‘You live in an alternative culture! How could you possibly put out such a thing? What about...
I note that Morrison, amazingly and totally out of character, admitted to a couple of mistakes when under pressure at a recent press conference in Canberra. Having regard to the totality of mistakes and lies made by the Prime...
A casual vacancy has arisen for the Greens in the NSW upper house, and Sue Higginson is hoping to take the place of the vacating David Shoebridge.
Imagine if your life changed instantly. Imagine if you were told the job you had done for 20 years, the career you had was over because the government believes women should not work – especially in the arts. Imagine if you were the person supporting your family, and now there is no income, and because of the work you did you are in fear for your life. Imagine if you were in hiding. Imagine you are no longer safe in your own home, or anywhere in your country. Where do you go?
This Valentine’s Day why not give to your loved one and spread love to your local community by picking up your gifts at our wonderful farmers’ markets. One of the fabulous offerings at Mullum is the hand-made, organic, vegan, fair-trade...
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