Dear Minister, Like other property owners in NSW I have received a Notice of Valuation for our home in Byron Bay. It shows a savage revaluation of its unimproved value. To say that I am disappointed is putting it mildly....
At Byron Writers Festival 2023, there’s an option for everyone to enjoy the stories, discussion and debate that make up the program. Wondering which ticket to choose? Here’s a quick ticket guide.
The leading koala conservation organisation in the Northern Rivers say it is ‘deeply concerned about the alarming rise in the number of koalas hit and killed by cars in the region’.
Byron Writers Festival 2023 is looking to the future with its inspiring new program themed ‘Wild Imagination’, bringing more than 120 writers and big thinkers together at Bangalow Showground this 11–13 August.
Way back in 1969, my girlfriend and I drove from Sydney to Darwin in our Mini Moke, (an open-topped off-roader built on a Mini Minor chassis). It was late at night as we drove through Byron township to where...
Recently Byron Youth Service (BYS) hosted an evening in its Hivery Youth Gallery to celebrate the launch of The Artist Cookbook, and the opening of the group art exhibition, ‘Bridge to Avidity'.
Re your letter (21/6/23). On the back page of The Echo (22/7/23) there was an article about Alibaba trading in child and baby sex abuse dolls – some as small as 65cm, the size of a six-month-old baby. Sick,...
When it comes to the holiday letting problem in the Byron Shire it’s hard to put it into a few paragraphs, not to mention the flood impact on availability of homes. As locals we’ve had to move to the...
It was very interesting to read the article in last week’s Echo. I well remember a meeting held in Murwillumbah where Byron Mayor, Michael Lyon, said that Byron had four million visitors a year and needed a light rail...
Sad to see Ballina Council mowed the sides of the Lennox/Ballina road without doing a litter pickup. It’s now a micro-plastic waterway/ocean blight and eyesore. Difficult work, but surely worth the time. Wally Hueneke, Byron Bay
One can’t rely on Russians or politicians for accurate information on the war, instead, the best information comes from people suitably qualified and experienced in actually fighting wars; retired senior military officers. Two such military officers are former UN weapons...
Brenda Matthews, a Wiradjuri woman, and her six siblings were removed from her parents in 1973; Brenda was two, and her eldest sister eight.
Whale strandings, like the one that occurred at Seven Mile Beach last weekend, are likely to become more common because of the growth in the east coast humpback population, a rescue and research organisation says.
A year ago politicians were presenting rosy possibilities to people who lost their houses in the floods. Now reality has been revealed... the assistance has been cut, the wealthiest people in the world (Australians) can’t afford the repair bill. We...
The jazz police have been causing havoc in the Tweed. Shocked to the core I was when I read that Byron Council has some sort of policy outlawing busking in the Byron Shire. Don’t folks know that it is...
With a recent media release by Council claiming Byron is now the hotspot for homelessness, Mayor Michael Lyon used the opportunity to pivot to his obsession: ‘Council is doing everything it can to generate more affordable housing’.
I met former NSW Premier, Gladys Berejiklian, when we were working for NSW Liberal Opposition Leader, Peter Collins, in 1996. She was my friend, who referred to me for two decades as her mentor.
As the sun was rising on Sunday’s Gold Coast half marathon, Byron Bay’s very own ‘Off The Street On Our Feet’ team headed off across the starting line.
Last week, the Northern Rivers Reconstruction Corporation (NRRC) was subsumed into the NSW Reconstruction Authority, which is ‘dedicated to disaster prevention, preparedness, recovery, and reconstruction’. It follows the dissolution of the similarly inept Resilience NSW in November last year, after...
I am writing to thank Professor Woldring for his very interesting article about the Australian Constitution. I know nothing about such matters, but to hear how out-of-date it is, is disturbing. And yet it suggests vast potential for reform...
I agree wholeheartedly with R Whelan in last week’s Echo. It’s about time the Byron Shire Council started serving the constituents whom they are supposed to represent instead of the self-serving actions we see from councillors. Apart from Duncan Dey,...
I paid for a busker’s licence some years ago from Byron Council and read the four sheets of rules. I had to display a photo with my name on it, so I built a frame to support it. I...
Mayor Michael Lyon has confirmed that Byron Council will 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.
On Wednesday 5 July, 11am–4pm in Mullumbimby at St John’s Primary there is a celebration day acknowledging and paying respect to our Elders
I agree that there needs to be some regulation around busking, but the current problem seems to be between two extremes; the ferals and other no-talents who set up on the footpath for the day with their loud backing...
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