This may not mean much to anyone apart from those living in Lismore who received yesterday’s ridiculous ‘flood map’. But I need to vent.
National Desexing Month starts next week and runs to the end of July. Each year this event aims to encourage desexing of dogs and cats before the spring breeding season.
The referendum proposal became law on 19 June when it was passed in the Senate: 52 for, 19 against.
I was pleased to be reminded in Richard Jones’ observation in last week’s political column that Phillip Lowe is a Morrison appointee. Since the Great Depression, economic theory has oscillated between Keynesian economic theories and ‘market force’ ideas (market...
An obituary for Cormac McCarthy in the style of Cormac McCarthy: He was a New Mexican despite hailing from New England and coming to age in Tennessee. He never drank, and he never owned a computer, and read Proust and...
Thanks to The Echo for the Sustainability Feature recently. While many feel that there is a sad and terrible slowness in our responding to the climate emergency, the good news is we don’t have to wait for the government...
An organisation committed to empowering local young people with the skills and knowledge to face climate events, like the 2022 flood, say they know how to provide support.
An unusual thing happened last week – it was almost like unicorns exist!
The plan to turn the old Byron District Hospital site into a community hub is set to take a significant step forward this week, with councillors to debate and vote on the multi-million-dollar refurbishment of the site on Thursday.
Many readers will already know the joy of planting trees to help regenerate the region’s lost forests. Few will know that more and more local school students are being offered a chance to connect directly with this most positive of narratives.
In the wake of ‘maps’ released last week by the Northern Rivers Reconstruction Corporation, which illustrate a priority list where homes are likely to be bought, raised or retrofitted, flood-affected residents contacted The Echo to express their disappointment and personal experiences dealing with the government-run corporation.
A draft busking policy is up for debate at this week’s Byron Council meeting, with staff recommending in the agenda that the policy should require street performers to prove they have a $20M public liability insurance policy.
Umm Catherine, there is an important omission in your excellent article on the importance of a free press (Echo, 7 June). Julian Assange is now entering his fifth year in a UK prison at the behest of that bastion of...
Seven-year-old Kurdish refugee, Rahaf, moved to the area just over a year ago with her parents and younger brother. They are refugees from Syria and are supported by the Ocean Shores 4 Refugees group.
Our chess column, which has run for more than two decades, has come to an unfortunate end. It was reprinted from the Canberra Times, and is the victim of cost-cutting at that paper. Grandmaster Ian Rogers here writes his last column.
Byron Shire Council could offer full ownership of a public car park in central Mullumbimby to local community housing providers in return for an agreement that affordable housing will be built on the site.
Pressure is being applied to the NSW Premier and the Northern Rivers Reconstruction Corporation by local political leaders around the $750M Resilient Homes program.
I would like to let other ratepayers know about the treatment I have received from the Byron Shire Council (BSC) compliance department. A house was built beside my house in Orana Road, Ocean Shores. The roofing put on the house...
I am writing to give my opinion on the proposed new shared pathway for Raftons Road and Leslie Street in Bangalow. This pathway is urgently needed. Raftons Road and Leslie Street are a frequently used important connection to Bangalow town...
Send to Letters Editor Aslan Shand, email: [email protected], fax: 6684 1719 or mail to The Letters Editor, The Echo, 6 Village Way, Mullumbimby, 2482, NSW, Australia.
I cannot comprehend waking up in a country that has said ‘No’ to the Voice. A country of over 96 per cent non-Indigenous people who have told this country’s original people that they do not recognise them as First...
Australians who believe they were injured by covid jabs in April filed the first ever class action lawsuit against those who promised ‘safe and effective’ vaccines. For those interested, see www.covidvaxclassaction.com.au. Respondents in the matter will be Commonwealth of Australia;...
Located in the breathtaking coastal town of Lennox Head, New South Wales, Lennox Pizza has established itself as a culinary hotspot, offering not only delicious pizzas, ribs, wings, pastas and nibbles, but also stunning views, a funky interior, and...
Victoria Cosford Kate Thompson’s Avocado Salsa is, she tells me, one of her signature dishes. She makes it on a regular basis, serving it up simply as a dip or alongside Ballina prawns (‘it’s fantastic!’, she enthuses.) Spring onions, lime...
