In his long letter last week, Cr Peter Westheimer demonstrates how completely deluded he is about trains running again on the old north coast line. Now that the Tweed rail trail has affirmed the case for turning the disused...
Whilst it is acknowledged that lobbyists, developers and the state executive (e.g. parliament) appear as the long-term beneficiaries of decision-making in a fragmenting democratic system, it would appear that the imperative role of local councils is to stay ahead,...
Byron Shire is home to dozens of dingoes that play a vital role in the health of our native ecosystems, and have a vital place in the creation stories of some of our First Nations people.
The Aquarius Festival was born out of the counterculture of the 1960s and 70s and as Graeme Dunstan, director of the Aquarius Festival said, ‘We were cooking the counterculture of the time’.
Magpie was born into Kuku-yalanji (Cape York) and Minyungbal (Tweed) bloodlines, freshwater and salt water… Mother and Father.
Citizens have taken to the streets in frustration at there being no report yet on flood levels experienced in the devastating February 2022 flood. We do, however, have river gauge levels at Federation Bridge. A crucial question for fluvial...
All due respect to the victims of war, and of course ‘the truth’, which is always the first victim. My grandfather (dec) reluctantly was shipped off to Gallipoli, and returned a different person – minus an eye. My father returned...
The publication of Peter Westheimer’s lengthy anti-trail diatribe (Letters, April 26) illustrates the bias embedded in The Echo’s editorial stance on the issue of the abandoned rail corridor. For twenty years now, the disused corridor has served as a...
Last week’s Anzac Day was a reminder of the perils that lurk within international affairs. We live in a rare time in history. A time when few people can remember global international conflict in their lifetimes. I compare Anzac Day...
When the water came like a small river into her street in 2022, 79-year-old Margaret Alderton took action.
The traditional owners, Wangan and Jagalingou, have been fighting to protect their land for a decade. Now the site is in the Galilee Basin, Queensland. The big problem is Adani want to destroy this area for the Carmichael coal...
The statistics on domestic violence in Australia are staggering, but clearly not shocking enough to have more done to lower them. The courts and services are doing what they can, but the current situation is too much for both government and NGOs to handle.
Fellow Commonwealth commoners rejoice, for Prince Charles is set to blossom into King Charles III at his coronation ceremony this Saturday! His wife will become Queen Camilla.
Mullumbimby Community Preschool will celebrate 30 years in its current location with an event on Sunday, May 7, from 9am to 12pm.
If a law is never enforced, is it still a law? This is a key question raised by Byron Council’s new regulation requiring surfers at local beaches to wear leg ropes.
It is a promise that Labor was adamant about during this just-finished NSW election: No privatisation! Now in power it is a definite principle that there is not going to be any more ‘privatisation’. And then, shockingly, this story in...
The much anticipated report by the NSW Independent Planning Commission (IPC) into Council’s planning proposal around holiday letting was released last week, with commissioners recommending a 60-day yearly cap on non-hosted holiday letting across the Shire, instead of Council’s 90-day proposal.
The additional flooding risk to existing housing and infrastructure caused by new development on floodplains is a serious issue for communities throughout NSW, in particular, legacy or ‘zombie’ approvals.
Is David Gilet’s letter (April 19) regarding euthanising cats to protect wildlife indicative of the disposable society we find ourselves in? Roaming domestic cats do kill wildlife, but euthanasia is a blunt solution that doesn’t strike effectively at the heart...
The letters deadline for The Echo is noon Friday. Letters longer than 200 words may be cut. The publication of letters is at the discretion of the letters editor.
Simon Haslam Locals love this Indian restaurant, perhaps because Rahul and his wife Radhika were locals themselves for five years before they decided to bring the flavours of Bombay to Byron Bay. While Bombay itself (now officially called Mumbai) is...
Held over the weekend of May 6–7 this year, with a special taster event on Friday 5 May, the NRF Harvest Food Trail is guaranteed to be a very Northern Rivers experience, reflecting on and celebrating the distinctive provenance...
The Mullum Farmers Market will kickstart the Harvest Food Trail by offering a little taster on Friday 5 May 2023. You will be able to learn all about foraging, cooking and growing Australian native foods with three of the most...
Brian Mollet Popular Mullumbimby businessman Vince Devine has sold-on the butchery he has owned and operated for 33 years in town. After more than 50 years in the trade his decision to pull up stumps seems to sit well with...
Blind Willie Wagtail brings together four highly respected Australian blues musicians into a high energy take on authentic retro-blues and rockabilly. Blind Willie Wagtail get their inspiration from the styles of Blind Willie McTell and Blind Willie Johnson –...
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