For those interested in a reality check, particularly those deluded apologists for the fake corporate puppets and weapons manufacturers known as the Labor Party, one may like to check out the recent very coherent speech of Greens Senator Max...
At the recent Nimbin Town Hall where Sue Higginson, among others, was active in an affirmative action workshop where they talked about the new world of political order that the Greens are a part of in NSW. I then...
Don’t rely on any regime to save anything that’s endangered because their mates the miners and developers pay them too much money to look the other way. Remember the Rum Corps in the good old days when we were a...
While Greens in the Senate endure the irony of being pilloried by the government for speaking passionately about social justice and housing, Patricia Warren’s letter (Echo 10 May) on the role of the banking lobby in this debacle, was...
Saturday's annual Bell & Ford vintage clothes garage sale fundraiser for the SHIFT Project was an incredible success with $36,500 being raised at the Byron Surf Club – this year’s effort was up about $7,500 on the last event.
Surely Byron Council can do something about the lack of recycling at building sites in Byron Shire? In the recent house builds near our house I’ve seen over ten skips leave one property. On several occasions the tradesmen were...
The Byron Shire is a popular place to live, and a sought after tourist destination, however it lacks infrastructure to accommodate young people.
On the ten commandments, briefly: If you are not indigenous to land, you would have had to (‘Thou Shalt Not Kill’) kill to stake your claim of private property; (‘Thou Shalt Not Steal’), steal and then lie covering it...
The budget didn’t cause a ripple of anxiety among well-heeled Australians, big business or Murdoch shock jocks, and that was the precise intention of Treasurer Jim Chalmers. It was basically business as usual
Cost of living relief, investment towards net-zero and economic responsibility is how local federal Labor MP, Justine Elliot, has framed her party’s first budget this term.
With bright yellow petals, the Byron Orchid is only as big as the tip of your small fingernail, longtime local, Veda Turner, says.
Upper House NSW Greens MP and Lismore resident, Sue Higginson, says she tabled a notice of motion in NSW Parliament on Tuesday calling for a Parliamentary Inquiry into NSW Police, following the tasering of 95-year-old dementia patient, Clare Nowland last week.
Let’s get real. If we are to rewrite history to make right, there is some mighty righting to do, and it will call upon all citizens worldwide to pack up and get walking, because all of us are trespassing...
Further to Annie Radermacher’s ‘Valuation shock’ letter published (Echo 28 April) I am writing to suggest that the community considers objecting also at a local level because of the following reasons: 1. Potential increases in weekly rents as property owners...
Gareth Smith is right about one thing, yes, we along with Australian diplomats and politicians are celebrating the amazing country that is Israel. Allow me to give you some very, very basic facts about the region that was known...
Bangalow Community Association member, Sue Taylor, told The Echo that if the DA is approved it would ‘result in a massive impact on the town’.
The ability of coastal ecosystems to absorb and release greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) as part of the world’s GHG budget has demonstrated that the majority are a net greenhouse gas sink.
The inventor of the globally renowned in-ground residential composting system, Subpod, has returned home to Byron Bay for a short stay before he embarks on a collaboration with a global company to take his latest project, WastePlant, around the world.
Byron Shire Council staff have issued an update on Byron Shire’s flood-damaged infrastructure from the 2022 floods, and say they are applying for around $200 million in funding
Take a bow Jim Chalmers and the Albanese Labor government, what an outstanding effort in delivering such a great budget under very difficult conditions. Hamstrung by a one trillion dollar debt and a staggering interest bill of $2.5 million an...
When a 95-year-old woman is tasered in her nursing home, it’s clear our aged care system is broken. It’s clear also that our policing methods aren’t far behind. Clare Nowland was on a walking frame, she has dementia, and she was clearly frail. Somehow the police ascertained she was a violent threat and tasered her.
Byron Shire Council has sanctioned another report on the feasibility of reinstating a rail service between Bangalow and Yelgun, or part thereof (Echo, 10 May). Perhaps it could also investigate extending the rail trail from Eltham to Bangalow, given...
Was disappointed when I heard the Prime Minister’s Garma speech on the Voice referendum. I was concerned that the Voice committee facilitation will be embedded with the elected parliament, rather than constitutionally enshrined under the Voice committee’s management. But considering...
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32RAq6JzY-w There is a certain type of movie fan who will get a bit excited when you say the names ‘Vin Diesel’ and ‘Jason Momoa’ in the same sentence. In Fast X the pair bookend an ensemble cast including: Michelle Rodriguez, Tyrese Gibson, Chris...
