There are many people in the Upper Wilsons Creek, Wanganui, and Huonbrook area that are still locked in as roads vanished, having turned into waterways or landslides during the recent flood.
The Echo asked Byron Council staff if the old Byron Hospital site could be used as temporary accommodation.
It was a week when the worst ever natural disaster hit our Shire; then came the news that the Commissioner of the Land and Environment Court had approved the subdivision for the remaining half of West Byron – another disaster that, unlike the floods, we should have been able to stop.
Our Shire and region needs a radical shakeup of public transport. There are entire sections between towns such as Byron and Bangalow without bus shelters, pull over bays, signs, or any indication to residents or visitors that a bus...
Do we laugh, cry or sneer when we see Clive Palmer‘s UAP ads about so-called Liberal/ Labor debt? Shouldn’t he make good on his debt to the workers at Townsville’s bankrupted nickel refinery before he has the hide to...
I’d like to respond to the propaganda that is the UAP ad in last week’s Echo (p.7), which claims ‘$1 trillion of Liberal and Labor debt means higher inflation and higher interest rates’ and then proceeds to pose the...
So far, there are six candidates who have announced their intention to run for the 2022 election. May 21 is the latest date an election can be held, according to the AEC.
Herewith is a summary of Council’s Flood Recovery Update, from their March 21 newsletter.
Telstra customers in Mullumbimby were left without service since March 18 following what has been labeled an arson attack on the Telstra tower, adding to the already stressful post-flood clean-up and rebuild.
From the moment the flood waters began to inundate the homes of Northern Rivers locals, it was the community itself that rose to the challenge of saving lives and property.
Mullumbimby High School, like many other parts of the town, was severely damaged after the March 1 floods.
As lifetime residents of Mullumbimby and surrounding districts, all our lives we have heard of Mullumbimby referred to as ‘The Biggest Little Town in Australia’. Mullumbimby has not lost any of its resistance and glamour over the years, as shown...
I am overwhelmed with gratitude towards all the people who helped me when my house was affected by the flood. My friends know who they are and what they have done. I was as prepared as anyone of elderly...
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‘These disasters have exposed the consequences of a lack of planning and preparation in and with Aboriginal communities. They have also shown how entrenched inequality produces further vulnerabilities in times of crisis.’
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After 19 years, four locations and probably close to a million pizzas, Denise and David are ready to retire, and ready to welcome a new Earth ‘n’ Sea family to Byron to take the business into the future. Earth ‘n’...
Two Northern Rivers’ chefs, assisted by a great team of local food businesses, raised over $170,000 from a GoFundMe which helped to deliver over 200,000 meals to communities cut off by floods. Pip Sumbak of Pip’s Plate and Wal...
Simon Haslam If you’ve been to the elegant Tweed River House in Murwillumbah, you’ll know the restaurant sits right on the riverbank, in River Street in fact – right on the frontline of the recent floods. But three weeks later,...
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