Of all the forgotten stories in the aftermath of the 2022 floods in the Northern Rivers, the role of Mullumbimby’s Listening Space (LS) surely ranks as one of the more fascinating.
Since the 1940s Mullumbimby’s water supply has come from a concrete weir on Wilsons Creek, at Lavertys Gap, piped by gravity through a treatment plant perched beside Wilsons Creek Road, to two concrete balancing reservoirs above the old Mullumbimby hospital on Azalea Street.
Landowners who think the NSW Valuer General’s recent valuations are too high have been encouraged to object to the Joint Standing Committee on the Office of the Valuer General.
If the Voice referendum proposal is passed, the Indigenous will have no more voice than they have today. The Indigenous already have the right to be heard, by letter writing, and the Voice wording makes no obligation on the...
Following the recent release of the Royal Commission findings about the illegal and devastating Robodebt scheme, the New South Wales government’s new Labor Minister for Agriculture and Regional New South Wales, Tara Moriarty, has begun a long overdue review...
I ask myself what happens if the referendum records a ‘No’ vote? Consider what the alternative might be if the ‘No’ vote gets enough support to sink the referendum. Who do we turn to then? There is rank political opportunism...
PM Albanese at the Garma Festival (Echo 4/8/23) told Australians he would push for the call of the Uluru Statement in full – namely, grant Recognition, a Voice, and a Treaty. He said a ‘Yes’ vote would show what...
I watched a riveting show on ITV today called Coextinction. The program was made in Canada and was an exposé of the Norwegian salmon farms on the rivers leading to the sea. Some of these farms can breed up...
Byron Council is calling on dog owners to keep their dogs strictly within designated dog off-lead areas on local beaches to help protect endangered shorebirds which are currently breeding.
An edict to every sporting club, charity, mining company, insurance company, bank, etc. You know who you are. It is the height of arrogance that these organisations spruik their support for the Voice. I suggest they take this view...
The current Australian debate addressing the Voice now seems lost in neoliberal politics. Media organisations are falling over themselves to maintain exploitive and divisive structural social complexities, lacking historical colonial/genocidal/incarceration information. An obvious strategy of social manipulation to dumb down consciousness. As...
The Byron Bay Surf Festival (BBSF) is back from August 24 till 27, and again aims to be a showcase of surf culture, which draws enthusiasts and industry experts from all corners of the globe.
Let’s briefly unpack the ‘No’ campaign rhetoric for the upcoming Voice to Parliament referendum!
Urgently needed community support is starting to flow for the Fletcher Street Cottage homelessness service, but management says much more is needed to prevent cuts to its operations.
On top of the staggering after-tax annual profit of $10.16 billion announced by the Commonwealth Bank, it was also made public that the CBA’s CEO is sitting on a $10.4 million annual salary package. I’m not really known for my...
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.
We should all be concerned about an underreported development in the Bruce Lehrmann rape trial fallout.
With the Northern Rivers Reconstruction Corporation now subsumed into the newly formed Reconstruction Authority, there still remains confusion and uncertainty from flood-affected residents who were promised funding.
A majority of Byron councillors have voted against reducing height limits at Wategos Beach, a change that was intended to curb the ongoing overdevelopment of the iconic location.
Beautiful blue skies blessed last weekend’s Writers Festival, held at its new venue, the Bangalow Showgrounds.
Afghan war crimes whistleblower, David McBride, will speak in Byron Bay on Saturday, August 19, at Marvell Hall from 6pm.
With the threat of losing their planning powers, councillors scrambled to respond to the NSW Planning Department at Thursday’s Council meeting, approving a template to deliver 5,825 new homes for Byron Shire by 2041.
Ryder is a forest activist. After the floods he spoke at a climate rally in Sydney in front of 5,000 people where he called for an end to fossil fuels. He is a forest protector who runs ‘tree listening’ tours in our local forests and was part of the citizen scientist group that found giant trees that had not been protected in Doubleduke State Forest. This led to the Forestry Corporation having to stop logging. Ryder is 10 years old.
When Mandy Nolan and Áine Tyrrell (co-founding witches of the Country Witches Association) are called, they rise – honouring Sinéad O’Connor’s passing and legacy is something they feel passionate about.
The Byron Shire Rebels have finished the regular season as minor premiers in first and second-grade rugby union, after the firsts won against Ballina last weekend. Playing at home in the catch-up game the first graders romped home 69–5, scoring...
