It’s not all doom and gloom in the world today. It’s boom time for billionaires and the super-rich! Today at 2,668 there are 573 more billionaires in the world than in 2020; their combined wealth equal nearly to 14 per...
How invigorating to hear from Mr MacDonald once again, have you been licking your wounds and recuperating from the hidings the Labor Party and just about everyone else have been dishing out to your pathetic corrupt Coalition? But sadly, it...
I heard the manager of Feros Aged Care Village speak on the radio on 11 May and I was pissed off that she (and whoever) is still going ahead in turfing out the poor residents who live there. Good...
In a comment about property investors The Echo stated in Backlash (7 June) ‘Quick, build more houses that only baby boomers can afford’. Another ageist and ill-informed remark that only deepens the divide between generations. Some easily googled research...
Witnessing ecocide is the greatest wrench of the heart and soul. Australia has not recovered from the 2022 floods and social trauma is now inserted in the nation’s social/climate zeitgist. The devastating war in Ukraine deeply punctuates massive ecocide...
Let’s give thanks that, for every other defect in NRRC’s activities, their ‘two speed-dial’ rezonings in Byron Shire are not on floodplains. Duncan Dey, Flood hydrologist and Byron Shire Councillor
Hello all economists out there. Could you all please advise your local member of federal parliament, the treasurer, and the housing minister, of all the different ways of addressing inflation fears other than the ongoing punishment of people who...
Late breaking news! On Tuesday, The Echo discovered that the Northern Rivers Reconstruction Corporation (NRRC) is even worse than they were last week.
It’s outrageous that Feros Care is continuing to bully and harass residents of Feros Village at Byron Bay. They have set a closure date of 23 June and have been telling residents that there will be no more care...
If a noise test takes place in the woods, but nobody knows it’s happening, does it still make a sound?
Byron Bay Men’s Shed had a meeting on Saturday at Red Devils Park, with 14 potential members attending.
This is a response of love from the vulnerable community on your doorstep… Our community of van dwellers doesn’t ask for much, yet we do ask for kindness and equal treatment. We ask to not be harassed and discriminated...
I was devastated to read that Council plans to close South Beach Lane, Brunswick Heads for parking. What a reactionary and near-sighted solution to the problem of van-campers. Not only will this fail to solve the issue of van-campers...
In response to Mandy’s advertisement (Echo, 31 May), the Labor Party seems determined to implement its tax cuts for the rich. Surely this will be a hugely inflationary policy. Yet they are unwilling to support the unemployed and...
The shadow of Scott Morrison still hangs darkly over Canberra in the shape of his choice for Governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia, Philip Lowe.
After asking the NSW minister for Crown Lands, Steve Kamper MP, whether a new lease agreement between Red Devils Park and Crown Lands will result in long-term campers being evicted, his office hand-balled the question to Crown Lands in the Department of Planning and Environment.
Byron Shire has the highest number of rough sleepers of any local government area in the state, and urgently needs state government support for an assertive homelessness outreach program, Mayor Michael Lyon says.
It is always if a developer gets knocked back by councils up and down the east coast they spit the dummy and run to the Land & Environment Court (Suffolk Park DA), which I think is a toothless tiger! Australian...
The streets of Byron Bay, I maintain, are a hazard, particularly for pedestrians. A major one is the irresponsible use of bicycles, skateboards and sundry others. People ride, often at speed, along footpaths, regardless of obstacles, such as people...
Voice referendum using ‘Syntax, Quantum Grammar Construct’. Mathematically correct wording that proves that fact is factual, with the words written. Mathematically correct language will mean there is no opportunity for the Voice referendum wording to be interpreted to mean...
The Richmond for Yes campaign kicked off this week, with a strong call for volunteers to help deliver a successful Voice referendum.
Sky-high commercial rents, staff shortages produced by the housing crisis, and the broader economic downturn have placed an unsustainable burden on dozens of local businesses in Byron Bay.
My dad’s grave sits like a relic in time, it eerily marks the moment when his life stopped. A blackened concrete rectangle that protects the coffin that is buried deep below. A coffin made of beautiful, wasted, timber where his dead body was placed and lowered into this hole.
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.
Get ready for a night of delicious food, craft cocktails, premium spirits, and great music on Thursday 22 June at 6.30pm at Treehouse. Local favourite, Treehouse, on Byron’s Belongil Beach, is teaming up with Cape Byron Distillery, home of popular...
