Sapoty Brook’s response to my comments (Letters, 12 April) open a lot of issues people should think about. My reasons for writing letters to The Echo after resigning from Water & Sewerage in October 2005 after working for Byron Shire...
Your paper (12 April) carried on the front page a headline ‘Byron Celebrates Anzac Day’. I was offended by this and I imagine there would be others as well by this unfortunate choice of words. My family, among many others,...
Could the popular Ballina coastal walk and cycleway be expanded to include Byron’s famous coastline?
The debate over how best to use the disused rail corridor has raged for nearly 20 years and has continued to do so in the pages of The Echo over the last few weeks. Council continues to pass conflicting...
It is sickening to witness the posturing of state premiers against the Reserve Bank in the wake of the latest rise in interest rates. It is these premiers who have left the heavy lifting on housing to the private...
I was born in a suburb of Birmingham and at the end of our street was the Winson Green prison. Occasionally we would hear a slowly tolling bell that indicated another hanging. You didn’t publish my previous letter in...
Was always a Labor voter (power to the ‘real’ people stuff in those earlier times), then became a Labor/Green person and for a long time now I’ve been politically Green. Watching Albanese’s performance and feeling the knot in my gut...
The Byron Community Barber Program is open for trade, and will teach basic work and life skills to five young and aspiring barbers.
From 1883 Australia’s Indigenous nations were introduced to profitable colonial business traditions. These were based on the exploitation of free resources, including labour and lands for primary production. They evolved into the most powerful profit generators in history. We must...
As an avid crossword puzzler I am so grateful to Mungo MacCallum for the treasure trove of puzzles he has left for us to stimulate our ageing brains and enjoy the continuity of seeing them each week in The...
What a bloody disgrace: The environment protection agency (EPA) sold out the Great Forest called ‘Valley of the Giants’ in the Doubleduke State Forest. It appears the forestry commissions are a law unto themselves. We the taxpayers subsidise this department,...
Rusty Miller (Letters, 3 May) is right. After we were assured that despite the removal of the legislation that had prevented the Casino to Murwillumbah (C–M) rail corridor land from being sold off, that’s exactly what the state government...
With the growth in Men’s Sheds in the region, local co-ordinator Tony Heeson says a location has been secured in Byron Bay, and all that is needed is members.
A lack of housing on the Far North Coast increases the risks of domestic violence (DV). Women are more likely to stay in DV situations, and are more at risk living on the street, because they can’t find alternative accommodation.
Here’s one to get yabbering on: Dr John Campbell, a mild-mannered retired UK nurse teacher, gets huge online views with his consistent – and prolific – analysis of Covid-19 effects and the vaccines.
The ongoing onslaught of misinformation regarding rail service rebuilding on our corridor is mind-boggling, given that even some of our elected leaders are apparently drawn into believing misinformation too. Cr Peter Westheimer’s letter (26 April) is unfortunately no exception. It...
For the love of potholes… slow driving saves wildlife. In response to the touching story entitled The Day I Met Ali, by Ian Cohen, I felt compelled to write in support and shared concern of those sentiments expressed. I have been...
While 90 per cent of us want to reduce carbon emissions urgently, it will be a long time before EVs with some battery life left will be available at the $5,000 or $10,000 level at which battlers tend to...
Federal Labor are refusing to comment on claims by former South Australian Senator, Rex Patrick, that Madeleine King’s Energy Department is refusing to release details around briefings and an options paper regarding a domestic gas reservation policy.
Many years ago, I researched and prepared a descriptive and reflective analysis of Aboriginal youth suicide.
It was standing room only at the Eltham Hotel last Thursday for a bawdy night out about Australian songbirds.
The debate regarding the Voice to Parliament has, as expected, degenerated into a treacherous campaign of misinformation by the naysayers. The extreme right, as usual, seems intent on just fostering more division. I think most intelligent Australians are aware of...
More than $10 billion per year subsidy to fossil-fuel companies. Imagine what that could buy in terms of affordable housing or renewable energy. A recent report from the Australia Institute reveals the current Labor government is still captured by corporate...
Many Indigenous elders oppose the Voice (eg Gurnpa David Cole and ‘grandmother Mulara’). The Voice will cede Indigenous sovereignty so parliament will have more power over them. A delegation of Aboriginal Australians went to Canberra to ask the prime minister...
Locally-based Nationals MLC Ben Franklin is embroiled with infighting within his own party, according to SMH (Nine) and independent publisher Crikey.
