The kangaroo is at risk of annihilation. Since European settlement, six Macropodidae species have already become extinct. The roo is an icon of Australia, emblazoned on our coat of arms, used for team insignias, and is the animal that...
Planting trees to restore ecosystems is one of the most positive stories of our time, and perhaps the best antidote to climate despair.
Along with over 20,000 locals I would like answers from Tweed Shire Council, and the state government, to the following questions we have continuously raised for some years now. As a landholder adjacent to the rail trail, and having spoken...
The dangerous ‘fill’ situated beside Marshalls Creek stands as a dangerous and stark metaphor and social reality, defining and depicting the denial of the imperative rights of nature, which is recognised within the legal discipline of ‘Earth Law’. This...
Businesses have at least five stakeholders: shareholders or owners; employees; suppliers; customers; and the community at large that supplies infrastructure necessary for business. The problem with capitalism as it’s practised in English-speaking countries is that profits are not shared...
I regard the Banksia Drive parking blitz (Letters, 4 January) on the eve of Christmas, as unethical. It must not be left uncorrected. I am contacting furious fellow victims about possible legal action against Council if this issue is...
I read with interest Paul Bibby’s article in this week’s edition of The Echo – ‘Poor mental health still an issue’. As someone who has experienced, first-hand, the impact of the flooding that started on 28 February last year and...
The Devil pounced on Cardinal Pell last week and dragged him down to the infernal level prepared for him by his own actions.
Local brewing company, Stone & Wood, is looking to expand the festival activities at its facility in the Byron Arts & Industry Estate.
Mayor Michael Lyon has told The Echo that Cr Mark Swivel’s letter to the planning minister, which was sent as an attachment to A Perfect Stay CEO Colin Hussey’s submission on Council’s STRA policy, ‘raises serious questions’.
See if you can read this without becoming defensive or angry. At the moment the death rate resulting from global climate heating of the atmosphere caused by burning fossil fuels is estimated globally at about 10 million people annually....
Council’s bungled installation of a pedestrian crossing in Tincogan Street, Mullumbimby – involving a draconian ‘No Stopping’ sign – has impacted heavily on Mullumbimby Automotive’s operations, threatening their existence where it’s needed: i.e. within walking distance of the majority...
Given the broken promise by the NSW Liberal-Nationals government on allowing Council to regulate the short-term rental accommodation (STRA) sector in the Byron Shire, The Echo asked NSW Labor what they would do if elected in March.
Byron Writers Festival have announced that their 2023 event will be held at Bangalow Showgrounds, from August 11 till 13.
Like Mandy Nolan, I was sick in the pit of my stomach when I heard of the senseless death of Lindy Lucena. Robert Karl Huber, her partner, has been charged by the police. It was a shocking start to...
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This week I turn 55. It’s a privilege to be getting older. I have a loving husband. I have a family I adore who, for the most part, adore me back. I live in a modestly beautiful house full of the things I’ve collected, or made, or been given, or ended up with. I live in a community that I value and who values me. That said, my life is not perfect. I have complex challenges that I try to use to enrich, rather than diminish, my life. I try not to compare others or myself. I try to embrace impermanence. I feel others’ pain at an intensity I’ve never felt before. I believe this is the beginning of the long labour of my eldership.
There is a not-to-be missed special film event is happening at the Brunswick Picture House this weekend.
Come You Spirits present four plays – with wisdom, heart, energy and healing – in two Byron venues from 24 January.
After a year of hard work, Kirrily Sinclair is ready to open the doors to her newest and most exciting venture: Village, located at 4 Grevillea Street in the Byron Bay Arts and Industry Estate.
Enrolments for 2023 for the Northern Rivers Conservatorium are now open, with a plethora of musical instruments to choose from, and a number of ensembles to join!
Byron actor, Madeleine West (Neighbours, Underbelly) has joined forces with Banjo shortlisted author Megan Albany and master guitarist Marc Mittag to bring together a theatrical and musical production of Megan’s novel The Very Last List of Vivian Walker.
Local Northern Rivers video production company, Value Imagery have been nurturing film students through a partnership with SAE Creative Media Institute. Creative Director, Alexander Sharkey discussed how he supports students, and SAE film graduate Charlotte Morrow-Smith, who now works at the Channel 7 Network in Sydney, explained the importance of industry experience and outlined the skills she learnt at the production compan
The NSW over 65s cricket tournament, held last December in Lismore, served as a selection opportunity for the inaugural Interstate Invitational due to be played in Port Macquarie in early February. In all, 11 teams made it to Lismore, including...
Byron Bay Football Club is calling for female players to join the club in the year Australia co-hosts the Women’s World Cup. ‘Women’s football is going from strength to strength and BBFC has teams for all abilities – so come...
