e in Byron Shire… we need to consider everyone, not just an invested few. The Byron Deserves Better lobby continues their weekly full-page rave in the Byron Shire Echo (26.10.22), claiming to be part of a community that ‘relies...
What barefaced effrontery of Michael Lyon to accuse Hans Lovejoy of lacking quality and integrity! Michael’s persistent behaviour regarding the filling of floodplains, and TEMPORARY pods, has yielded nothing but deceptive, evasive information to all who have asked...
Mayor, I agree, let’s set the record straight. Here’s a fact: the community was denied the right to know about the Linnaeus Estate rezoning to Mixed Use Development. The 25 August 2016 Council agenda reveals that there was no...
Dear Yvonne Jessup (Letters 19 October), I think you have been greatly misinformed! Not all schools are run by the Department of Education. So increasing their permanent teachers alone is not going to solve the teacher shortage. The independent...
Thank you, Garth and Sonya Brien, for your clear and insightful letter (Letters 19 October). You have worked to achieve success in your business, which is now threatened by Council’s short-term rental cap. The short-term holiday rental issue has indeed...
I read with interest Mandy Nolan’s article on the trial of Brittany Higgins. I noticed a marked difference in the attitudes of people regarding this trial, and the non-trial of another accused rapist. The man I refer to is Julian...
The major annual event in Shearwater’s performing arts calendar, WAVE (Wearable Arts Vision in Education) is on again, November 2 till 5, at the school on Left Bank Road, Mullumbimby Creek.
The Byron Bay Boardriders are running the 11th annual Skullcandy Byron Bay Boardriders Charity Golf Day on Sunday, November 13.
We were one of the many to have our beautiful home in Mullumbimby wrecked in the devastating February floods and are in temporary accommodation. Even with insurance the psychological effects this event had are inconceivable and affect our family...
‘People don’t join cults,’ said leading investigative reporter Anke Richter when quizzed about her new book, Cult Trip: Inside the world of coercion and control (out in Australia this week). ‘They join something that has been misrepresented to them’.
With a quickly approaching deadline to decide upon a planning proposal around a large rural to residential land subdivision near a dangerous intersection on the way into Mullum, councillors agreed unanimously on a motion that will see more clarity around its size.
With ‘emergency pod village’ excavation works underway on flood-prone land at Prince Street, Mullumbimby, the NSW EPA, Resilience NSW and Council are yet to supply documents that guarantee the safety of residents.
The wheels of commerce and governance, indistinguishable as they perhaps always have been, again cranked into gear at the local level last Thursday.
In last week’s Echo Aslan Shand covered many of the perceived problems with proposed coercive-control legislation for NSW. Obviously it is high time for effective laws to be introduced to target abuse chiefly used to dominate women and children. Another...
Plans for a multi-day 36km walk from Mount Jerusalem National Park, near Uki, to Minyon Falls are now on public exhibition.
A joint NSW-federal flood resilience package for house buybacks, raising and retrofits for flood-affected homes in the region will commence from November.
If you’re going to traffic drugs you have to be creative. You can’t just load 1.8 tonnes of meth in a crate and expect it to arrive at the desired destination. That’s why people started using their bums as...
Anybody else wondering why they are filling in the wetlands at West Byron? Wetlands are designed to absorb excess water in rain events, to help us if and when we get a cyclone. Filling in the wetlands will dissipate the water...
Send to Letters Editor Aslan Shand, email: [email protected], fax: 6684 1719 or mail to The Letters Editor, The Echo, 6 Village Way, Mullumbimby, 2482, NSW, Australia.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkomfZHG5q4 In ancient Kahndaq, 2,600 BC to be precise, the city of Kahndaq was under the tyrannical rule of king Anh-Kot, who intended to create the Crown of Sabbac, which is known to give the wearer great power. After enslaving...
Dust off your dancing shoes and ignite your passion for latin – the Byron Latin Fiesta is set to heat up for its 17th year. Are you a beginner or new to dance? This could be the perfect opportunity for...
Featuring Maestro David Helfgott, patron of Pianos for the People, plus Yantra de Vilder and the Northern Rivers Ephemera Choir, Pianos for the People will launch in Mullumbimby this week. The Northern Rivers Ephemera Choir has come together for the...
Nudge Nudge Wink Wink – a party with a conscience – are again presenting a stellar show this Saturday at the Nudge – DJs will be playing treasured sounds for the community, from the team event awarded Community Event...
Contemporary cultural precinct HOTA, Home of the Arts, has announced Wani Toaishara as the winner of the 2022 Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Photography Award. One of Australia’s most significant awards for contemporary photographic practice, the Josephine Ulrick and Win...
Have you ever crossed the thin line between ‘handling’ your booze and becoming a boozy handful? For generations, alcohol represented a rite of passage, a coming of age. Very few paused to consider the other option of adulthood: the option...
