While the rain can make us feel safe from the threat of fire, and floods are the more recent disaster in our memories, it is important to prepare your home and property for the fire season.
Rous County Council’s new Demand Management Plan (RDMP) 2023–26 is extraordinary. Parts of it could have been written by WATER Northern Rivers; the lobby group that advocates for genuinely diverse water options and the permanent shelving of the proposed Dunoon Dam.
Flooding, drainage, construction – the unholy trinity. Mr Holloway declined to answer questions by The Echo regarding drain maintenance, then diverted onto commenting about the unprecedented natural disaster. That’s a separate issue. We experience floods on a regular basis. Notably 2017...
Spaces are filling quickly for the Chinny Charge that will be running for the first time since the COVID pandemic started.
A thought-provoking, ‘poignant social action’ theatrical production called Our Home Holiday Town will be screened on September 29 at the YAC.
Our country’s economic problems ie the cost of living! Is because we have an open, competitive capitalist economy. The people with the capital, the assets and the money control everything, even the cost of basic essentials – food, housing, clothing,...
I appreciate Louise Doran’s (31 August) and anyone else’s passion for getting trains back on the 1894 Murwillumbah to Casino line. But it’s time to move on. Historically, ALP’s Bob Carr was in political trouble over railway strikes and...
During the recent floods, hard evidence was revealed. Physical observation and photos de-mystified the trope that West Byron does not flood. Evidence reveals that the West Byron proposed development area does flood! Furthermore, there now exists a positive guarantee that...
Recently, a friend and I were chatting with ‘Joe’ (white bloke, late 40s) about what we (white women, late 60s) considered some of the more egregious behaviours and attitudes of former PM, Scott Morrison. Among our grievances, we cited...
It’s a shame more people didn’t vote for the Greens. While the holier-than-thou, ‘mature’ Labor Party are pumping their chests about economic management, The Commonwealth Bank has notched up a record nine billion dollar profit and, thanks to the privatisation...
Lismore residents have formed a group to put pressure on their council around drainage maintenance.
Land clearing has begun on one of the West Byron land parcels on Ewingsdale Road, owned by Tower Holdings.
Remember those ugly plastic bollards Council put up at the Stuart St/Burringbar St intersection that got knit-bombed immediately by some kind-hearted soul? I was so pleased when they were removed – that is, until cycling along, I hit the...
This weekend we’ll commemorate the 49th anniversary of September 11, 1973, when a fascist military coup d’etat, backed by the Nixon administration, was conducted on a democratically elected government on the other side of the world, Chile.
Could an area of land opposite Habitat in Byron Bay become the site of the next Council-owned affordable housing development in Byron Bay?
The $3,000 fine imposed on a Mullumbimby homeowner for giving her home a purple paint job could be revoked and the colour rules applying to heritage houses reviewed, under a motion being considered by Byron Council.
Concerning the underground car parking issue in Brunswick Heads, the wording of the development control plan (DCP) says in plain English that underground car parking at the proposed site is not allowed. So where do some on Council, and...
James Hacker of BBC TV’s Yes Prime Minister once said, ‘(there are) three articles of civil service faith: It takes longer to do things quickly; it’s more expensive to do them cheaply; it’s more democratic to do them in secret.’
The NSW Public Service Association have refused to comment on whether it is appropriate for government policy to be defended by government bureaucrats
Zero Emissions Byron is holding an Electric Vehicle Expo at Bangalow Showgrounds between 10am and 4pm on Sunday, September 11.
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Byron Shire Council’s amendments to NSW State regulations around short-term rental accommodation are now before the public until October 31.
It’s almost 6pm. I’ve been checking the clock. At 6pm I have a glass of wine. I start looking forward to it around 4pm. There’s a warm fuzzy glow knowing that at 6pm I get to open a bottle and pour a fresh red.
How good is it to see our new Labor government delivering on yet another election promise, and what a massive difference compared to previous Coalition deceit? The announcement of a Royal Commission into the disastrous and potentially life-threatening Robodebt fiasco...
The Brunswick Heads Women’s Bowling Club recently celebrated their 70th birthday with a gala day of bowls action that included 28 visiting teams.
