A new article that outlines how circular economy principles can be used to plan and design new villages in regional areas has been put forward by Dr Steven Liaros, from the Department of Political Economy at The University of Sydney.
It is the desire to be part of a team that helps people each day that motivates Louise O’Connell. And it is the amazing work which flowed from this that led Ms O’Connell to be named the 2023 Community Member of Byron Shire
Bob Carr, former foreign minister and longest-serving NSW premier, recently penned a potent critique of Albanese’s inability to rescue Julian Assange from the clammy clutches of the Anglo-American imperium. Carr recalls that as opposition leader, Albanese said, ‘enough is...
On 24 August Byron Council will be discussing the rail trail. Will they look to the future or wallow in the past? In 2004 the Casino to Murwillumbah railway was closed. Several studies showed that the route was no longer...
Regarding the filling in of low-lying areas in the Ballina Shire Council (BSC) area. Firstly, the point to make is that in the late 1980s the BSC’s LEP review was told quite bluntly that if it continued to fill...
David Brown, local architect and urban designer announced his retirement from Byron Council’s affordable housing and place planning committees in The Echo several weeks ago, out of pure frustration. Firstly, I would like to thank him for his efforts over...
This week I received an email from Mandy Nolan and Catherine Cusack inviting me to a ‘yes on the beach’ at Brunswick Heads. I replied that, as a supporter of the Voice, on the Richmond volunteer database, I felt...
I CYMI, Marcus Ray, Deputy Secretary NSW Planning, has been bestowed enormous powers by an ineffectual and weak NSW Labor planning minister.
A large DA for a mixed-use precinct, located at 6-10 Station Street in Bangalow, has been withdrawn by development firm, CADRE. It has been named the Lumber Yard.
‘Ad nauseum’ we are being told to vote in the Voice referendum which is the most important change in our short 120-year constitutional history. How many of us know (i.e. have even read) what our ‘White British Constitution’ says or...
Is the outgoing Governor of the Reserve Bank, Philip Lowe the devil incarnate, as the media has portrayed, or the convenient scapegoat for the appalling performance of politicians?
A special live concert and film screening will be held at the Paddock in Mullum on August 19 from 5.30pm.
Disappointed in the one-year performance of the Northern Rivers Reconstruction Corporation?
Gen F’d? is not a breath of fresh air. It’s a cyclone to blow away cynicism and despair. A celebration of collective action to stop the theft, and return the future, stolen from young Australians.
I’ve been living in Brunswick Heads for two years with my children and I’ve always been saddened by the lack of community, at least in this section. A few friendly people have come and gone from rentals here, driven away...
As a casual observer of the coming referendum, I hadn’t formed a strong opinion for either the ‘Yes’ or ‘No’ case. Maybe it’s because I’m an older white guy and hardly the demographic whose life will be affected by...
More than 150 volunteers will help deliver a packed program at the 27th Byron Writers Festival, to be held this Friday August 11, and runs until Sunday August 13.
Byron Shire Council risks losing its planning powers to ‘independent intervention’ if it does not ‘demonstrate how it intends to improve its housing supply’.
US budget papers have revealed plans for a new American air force base in Darwin. This facility would allow nuclear-armed B52 bombers to operate from Australia, however, the Australian public would never be informed of operations under the so-called US...
In response to K Lavender’s letter in last week’s Echo – he/she says the northern roundabout ‘has caused considerable hold-ups and frustrations’. Whilst the main street in Lennox has been frustrating – being blocked due to improvements – the...
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.
FIFA Women’s World Cup is having massive positive impact on girls all over the country. It’s telling girls they are powerful. That what they do is exciting. That the world is watching them. And when the world is watching, it’s watching them for their skill. Women in sport are exciting and commanding massive audiences.
It’s no secret that alcohol consumption has been declining for years with Aussies thinking more mindfully about how much they’re drinking and why. This cultural shift saw Byron welcome its first booze-free bottle-o to Lawson St last month.
At the Gourmet Salad Hut, at the Mullumbimby Farmers Market, customers come and go, picking up a bag of mixed leaves or a jar of pesto, but it’s nothing like the summer crowd. Unsurprisingly, really – most people regard leafy greens and lettuces in particular as salad items more suitable to summer. I’m chatting to Liv Thomas who’s working for Gourmet Salad Hut, and she’s telling me that they are ‘exactly 50% smaller in winter.’ In summertime, she continues, ‘we go home with very little.’
Byron Bay FC premier league team lost a home fixture against South Lismore 2–1 last Friday night under lights at the Byron Recreation Grounds. The result leaves South Lismore in third position on the ladder and bumped Byron Bay from...
