It is interesting to read that the program of catching and vaccinating wild koalas against chlamydial disease is happening in the Northern Rivers region. If your curiosity has been piqued by the recent article in The Echo (17 May 2023)...
‘…Thinking about the good things to come And I believe it could be Something good has begun…’ From ‘Peace Train’ by Cat Stevens. If having imagination and vision on social policy is labelled as ‘living in fantasy land’, I’d like to see more...
As usual Dany Wakil presents his distorted view of the Palestine/Israel conflict. His assertion that Arabs expelled other Arabs from their own lands to facilitate the murder of Jews is a bizarre one. He pointedly omits the role of...
Mullumbimby High School hosted a practical workshop for year 9 and 10 girls. The event was supported by Supporting and Linking Tradeswomen and the DoE Educational Pathways Program.
Wondering what happened to the money raised to build a playground near Clarkes Beach in the early 2000s? Did Byron Council kill it or…? Wally Hueneke, Byron Bay
For millennia prior to the advent of rail two centuries ago, the primary motive force of terrestrial transport was the horse. Hence we have many equine idioms and a few come to mind when I think about the disused...
Mr Duncan, judging from your last rant, would you be a rusted-on Labor supporter? Sorry for pointing out the obvious. You spruik Labor’s mighty achievement of obtaining a surplus, but do you know the truth of how this eventuated?...
The fast-approaching Voice referendum is a complete clusterf**k for all Australians. It stinks of failure at each and every step of the way. By hanging our white colonial dirty washing out to dry we have basically thrown First Nations...
Congratulations to Chris Minns for bringing in the new regulations about so-called VIP rooms in clubs and pubs. It’s only a small step in the war against gambling but it’s better than nothing. Poker machines cause poverty. The clubs and...
I love reading Mandy’s Soapbox, she reflects what I’m thinking, and many like me. In the 17 May column titled ‘A crown is just a stupid hat’ she asks ‘Who cares?’ regarding the commentary that went on for days about...
Responding to Ian Pratt in an attempt to ‘get real about the Voice’. The proposal does not challenge the historical fact of conquest i.e. the appropriation both violent and otherwise of this land by the English some 200 odd...
Mandy, you said (Echo, 17 May)]: ‘There’s not many 95-year-olds I wouldn’t be able to overpower if necessary’ and ‘to disarm a 95-year-old with a steak knife’. Well Mandy, I picture you up against one wielding a knife. You do...
It is with great concern and disappointment, but not surprising, we have to declare that the brief hope we had for a nuclear-weapons-free future, through the efforts of ICAN (International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons) and supporters, for the...
In his apologia for Israel, what Danny Wakil failed to mention about Israel’s formation is significant. From his description you’d think the founding of Israel was a peaceful transition. There was no mention of the ethnic cleansing of thousands of...
Born in Byron, bred in a sweatshop, made from earth-destroying parts and brought back to you with copious carbon miles… it’s fast fashion, but it’s not a good look.
Despite a ‘tough budget environment’, where Council can’t find $15,000 per annum to maintain a tree planting initiative on land it manages, there will be $250,000 spent on employing two more compliance officers and purchasing another ‘enforcement’ vehicle.
A new residents association has emerged in what residents say is one of Byron Shire’s ‘forgotten’ suburbs’ – Bayside Brunswick Heads.
Two weeks ago I had to wait in Mooball, by the rail trail crossing of the Pottsville Road. During the 30 minutes I was there, maybe two dozen bikes crossed the Pottsville Road. There are big red STOP signs....
Once I finally admitted I needed help with vicarious trauma, I tried a few techniques to ease my troubled mind.
Has Byron Shire Council improved with its transparency with regards to confidential motions?
Are the van campers of Brunswick Heads thoughtless travellers with no respect for the town and its inhabitants, or are many in fact local homeless folk looking for a safe space with toilets and running water?
The newly elected NSW Labor government have stopped short of committing to paying volunteers who attend emergencies such as fires and floods, but say there is investment and initiatives underway to support those who volunteer as emergency service members.
The scribe is human. The scribe holds onto hope, love, and peace. These ingredients are essential for survival and creativity as the scribe dares to walk into the social furnace, to find words to articulate the genocidal horror and...
In the time of Jesus as per the accounts in the Bible, all women were lowly handmaidens, they were, according to ‘Peter’ lucky to draw breath, let alone live. It was a particularly oppressive system for women and girls,...
Byron Council have been forced to explore the possibility of a public private partnership to fund its planned bioenergy facility in Byron Bay.
