The consequences of the electoral system of a country are rarely much of an issue for political scientists and political economists nowadays. This is certainly the case in Australia! But they were in the second half of the 19th century for some well-known British, German and French political philosophers.
Plans to turn NSW Rail owned land on Prince Street in Mullumbimby, opposite the former Carsburg garage, into temporary accommodation, appear to moving forward, with Mayor, Michael Lyon, telling The Echo that the planning department approved Council’s request for a change of use last week.
Two-time Academy Award-nominated director film-maker, David Bradbury, was refused entry to film Council’s public meeting last Thursday.
Up to 29 ‘affordable’ units that could house 50 people will be built above a Mullumbimby car park, after councillors agreed to work with Landcom, a development corporation owned by the NSW government, at their planning meeting last Thursday.
The debate over Indigenous recognition in the Constitution might take a new angle. The words of ‘Acknowledgement to Country’ could be inserted, with a slight amendment. ‘The Commonwealth and States acknowledge the traditional custodians’ could replace ‘We acknowledge...’. The words are well...
Albert Einstein warned in 1949 that the time would come when the very rich controlled the means of communication, it would be almost impossible for ordinary people to make informed decisions. And then, democracy would be broken.
Every war we’ve seen so far this century, up to and including the current conflict in Ukraine, has been the bitter fruit of US foreign policy; policies that benefit the West’s war-profiteering plutocracy. Western elites want to blame Putin...
I thought The Echo 13 April was a great edition with too many wonderful articles to comment on here. I was drawn to the ad on page six about 5G and loT. To me (with a diploma in electronics...
ADF troops have returned to their home units, after Operation Flood Assist 2022 was conducted in the Northern Rivers region.
The issue of funding future upgrades of Ewingsdale Road was raised and discussed, at length, in the Land and Environment Court hearing but seems to have been conveniently passed over. My detailed written submission and short presentation to the...
The global climate systems are beginning to collapse before our eyes. The cause is humanity’s fossil fuel use. And yet, in a nation like Australia, the so-called leaders are refusing to take any action to prevent the crisis.
So finally, after nine years of being kept behind barbed wire in camps or left to languish in limbo, like ghosts behind plate glass in airless hotels, these designated non-people, ‘illegals’ or even worse, ‘boat people’, these already traumatised...
Former Byron Shire Mayor, Simon Richardson, and Joe Vescio were appointed as community members to the Northern Regional Planning Panel at last Thursday’s Council meeting.
Mr Mark Arnold, General Manager, Byron Shire Council, I am shocked and disgusted to hear a story from Joshua Kinnear, a homeowner and a community volunteer during recent flooding. I have experienced some of the trauma caused by two successive...
Right now there’s a lot of people doing it tough. I’m one of the lucky ones. I have a home. Owing to covid and extreme weather, my partner lost income, I lost gigs and our daughter lost her school – but we’re okay.and I, like many, have lost income – but we’re okay. I don’t need much and I’m not a materialist.
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The Powell family have been farming in Burringbar since the ‘50s when Lance Powell’s father purchased their holding. Because they space their crops and farm multiple varieties, you will always be able to source avocados and bananas from the...
Conscious Ground is an educational farm just outside of Byron Bay that is growing more than just food. It’s also growing conscious farmers. ‘Our goal is to create a space that focuses on education in regenerative agriculture and growing and...
If you want a sophisticated cocktail above the maddening crowd in Byron, Loft Byron Bay is the stylish kind of place, with cocktails and food, where you can really unwind. Open from 4pm to late every day, they have...
