Dudley Leggett’s letter in last week’s Echo raises a common question: what will be the usefulness of the referendum’s proposed Voice Committee? We have the exact examples of ‘successful’ results from existing ‘voices’ to parliament, in the form of business’s...
I read with interest in Paul Bibby’s article re Bruns van dwellers, (Echo, 26 July), that Reflections Holiday Parks are all owned by NSW state government. Giving the appalling homeless crisis that shows no sign of easing, surely one...
With the influx of surfers and like-minded people in the 1970s, Byron Bay became a bastion of 'free thinking', the creative arts, alternative living and community minds.
We can always hope that history doesn’t repeat itself, but it often does, and if last summer is anything to go by, we are going to need all the lifesavers we can get on the beaches this year.
It began as a joke. A group of eight poets gathered to brainstorm how to start a poetry press.
It was lovely to see quilts made by Bangalow Quilters featured in the photo of local View Club members. Just the week before Bangalow Quilters celebrated its 35th anniversary with 60 quilters from other Northern Rivers quilting groups from Murwillumbah...
One would think that after the Royal Commission into Aged Care exposed the deplorable standard of care and a system characterised by neglect and elder abuse that it should have been a wakeup call for government. But here we are...
What happened to people making choices to suit their own circumstances? Why not criticise caravans, delivery vans, motor homes for restricting vision while driving? Just because you don’t agree with another person’s choice, you wish to criticise a person’s penis? What about...
Are we prepared for a shocking fire season? Is everybody ready to spot the first wisp of smoke in the trees? The undergrowth is thick and our defences are thin. Who do we ring – 000, the local fire station,...
Brunswick Heads Girl Guides leader Deanna Bowen-Sudmals says Guides is an empowering place for women of the future and the group is looking for two extra leaders to help with the girls on their journey.
After months of roadworks in the Lennox village – which are still happening – Ballina Council has added yet another traffic impediment. This ‘temporary’ roundabout at the northern turnoff to Lennox has caused considerable hold-ups and frustrations. A big ‘F’...
Can you imagine a world without plastic waste? It could be coming sooner than we think, thanks to AI.
With Landcare Week coming up from August 7 to 13, Byron Shire and the Northern Rivers have several strong landcare groups to get involved with.
A legal advocacy group has raised concerns over a proposed bill by federal Labor, that if it were to become law, would arm a government department with ‘extraordinary coercive powers’ to monitor and enforce an ‘industry standard’ of misinformation and disinformation on digital platforms.
A vital homelessness service in the heart of Byron Bay could be forced to cut services without additional donations from the community.
Sad to report that Byron’s iconic poetry event, Writers at the Rails, will not be part of this year’s Byron Writers Festival. After 30 years the Rails management has decided not to continue with the event which started as a...
As the developers of the West Byron housing estates fuel up their concrete trucks, a smaller residential developer has quietly concocted plans for prime real estate on Ewingsdale Road.
Can the public have confidence that federal flood recovery and resilience programs will actually deliver, given the state government’s botched roll-out of flood assistance via the Northern Rivers Reconstruction Corporation.
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 remember going to the bank as a kid. It was an austere place – because money was serious. Banks designed themselves a bit like confessionals. The teller was your private priest of poverty or prosperity. Everyone spoke in hushed tones, so when you withdrew $2.50 from your passbook your fiscal sins were private.
Hey Byron Shire Council (BSC), I see people are still complaining about some roads with potholes in the Shire, so why don’t you just close those roads like you did with South Beach Road at Brunswick? Because that will...
‘While there were some really fun moments, there were some very poignant and thought-provoking scenes. Margot Robbie, America Ferrera and all the Barbies were fantastic. Go Barbie! And go Ruth Handler for creating a doll that has created so many memories for children big and small.’
Following their sold-out national tour in 2022, Australia’s new ‘Kings of Variety Television’ are back in 2023 with a brand new show. The Robertson Brothers are thrilled to be returning with their new heart-warming and uplifting 1960s Variety TV Show!
Proudly presented by the Northern Rivers Conservatorium in association with Musica Viva Australia, in the Northern Rivers Conservatorium Concert Room. Paul Dean on clarinet, Natsuko Yoshimoto on violin, Trish Dean on cello and Daniel de Borah on piano directed by coartistic directors, cellist Trish Dean and clarinetist Paul Dean. Ensemble Q was born in 2017 out of a desire to create an ensemble with the finesse of the greatest ensembles in the world and the excitement of a festival collaboration.
The Where Loves Lives August event will be an unforgettable night of love, inclusion, and diversity with Lovemore Lismore NSW!
