Jim Richardson, Clunes Immediately after the decision by incoming Rous County Councillors to revive the old Dunoon Dam proposal, television news interviews featured well-known dam promoters, Ballina Mayor Sharon Cadwallader, and Richard Trevan, spinning eerily similar lines that revisiting the...
Beth Shelley, Booerie Creek Great public services are better for the economy and of course the community. According to economist Richard Denniss, the richest, happiest and healthiest countries in the world have the highest tax rates and the most public...
Jenny Coman, Bangalow Thank you, David Lovejoy, for such a clear and sensible analysis of the antivax sentiment as we are currently experiencing it (‘Doctor, my brain hurts’, Echo 23/2). It’s almost impossible to change the antivax mindset, and one wonders...
Alan Dickens, Ballina A Byron Shire Council engineer has placed an article on the Brunswick Community page giving dates that the contractor Interflow will return to Mullumbimby to reline sewer gravity mains. On the Council’s website, there are statements that...
Doug Foskey, Tregeagle Mr Morrison, can you please grant the Biloela family (the Marugappan family) a proper full visa that will recognise the need for the family to have safe refuge in Australia, as well as let them return to...
Ian Blair Hamilton, Byron Bay Andrew P Street’s editorial last issue, admirable in its summation of the lack of achievements of the Morrison regime, contained one phrase that gave me immediate shudders: ‘... an increased risk of domestic terrorism from...
Jane Abercrombie, Mullumbimby It was sweet to be driving off to orchestra practice last Friday, for the first time since who-knows-when. Chatting away with my friend beside me, as we cruised along Argyle St. Not so sweet to suddenly find...
Jules Fauchelle, Friends of Capricornia Canal The developer of the new mini estate at 25 Hardy Ave Ocean Shores is so confident of his mini estate being approved, that he has already built a lovely stone entranceway, which has three...
Pete Dupen, Elanora, Qld One of the legends of the Byron Shire’s environmental movement over the past few decades, Sharon Curry, has passed away after a mercifully brief bout with cancer. I first met Shaz when she was running the Railway...
Sometime in 2012 I think it was, a valued friend and colleague and I were driving back from a community located in the western parts of NSW, and we began to discuss matters that each of us was grappling with.
Desmond Bellamy, PETA Special Projects Coordinator – Byron Bay Wildlife carers have been sharing photos of kookaburras, blue-tongued lizards, microbats and other animals caught in glue traps. Last week, a Facebook post showed three kittens stuck to a glue trap –...
Here is a collection of letters sent in by readers about the current situation in Ukraine Putin on the chips? Margrette Young, Dorroughby It would be more effective to shut down the casinos in Australia to penalise the Russian oligarchs as...
As the shock wears off, and the clean up begins, attention may turn to how to improve against flooding for the Shire in the future.
The Ballina electorate (encompassing Byron Shire) is among three electorates that were denied bushfire recovery funds, despite suffering damage of $4.2m, according to a committee report released on Friday.
The massive February 28 flooding event for the north of the Byron Shire is just starting to ease, and the full extent is still unclear.
The Australian Government Disaster Recovery Payment (AGDRP) of $1,000 per eligible adult and $400 per eligible child is available for people impacted by a flood event.
Iconic Australian chef, Matt Stone, arguably the leading sustainable chef in Australian dining, has teamed up with all Australian eau de vie grape spirit Feels Botanical, for an exclusive once-in-a-lifetime dining experience on 11 March at 6.30pm at Harvest...
What really makes a cherished event, such as a wedding? Ultimately it comes down to harmony between all the elements, and having a venue that encompasses this feeling is a key element in creating this harmony. Like its namesake the...
Regulars at local farmers’ markets would have noticed the bright red stall Jumping Red Ant, bursting with beautiful blooms and seasonal fruit and vegetables. If you’ve wondered about the name of the stall, Duranbah, (where the family farm is...
Lots of music and events for you to get out and be part of.
The lovebirds of class and style The War and Treaty were the absolute highlight for me at the last Bluesfest – lovebirds Michael and Tanya Trotter have got what everyone wants and more! And more and yet more. Michael Trotter has...
I write this on Monday morning. The rain is coming down. It’s like a torrent. Like someone left the bath tap turned on fully and forgot. The water is rising. My town is going under.
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