Why should Australia aid and abet America’s proxy war in Ukraine? Is it simply to assist the senseless slaughter, or is it more about appeasing our overlord in Washington, the unhinged hegemon, self-appointed ruler of planet Earth? Why are we...
PM Albanese, understandably, has continued Australia’s military contribution to Ukraine’s independence, currently totalling $655 million.
It’s clear that the world is indeed boiling and that climate-related records are being smashed with alarming regularity.
On the weekend I attended an event presented by NORPA in association with the Byron Writers Festival at Brunswick Picture House, Bunjalung Nghari-Indigenise, meaning story gathering. This is where four Bundjalung writers are set a challenge, to write a piece...
Economist and author Alison Pennington correctly names our children Generation F’d! However, neither she nor Dr Ray Moynihan (Echo, 9 August) appear to understand the implications of Secretary-General of the United Nations António Guterres’s warning that the ‘era of...
The state and federal governments repeatedly claim lack of supply as the core problem in their response to the housing affordability crisis. This apparently obvious proposition has to be re-examined. The housing affordability crisis, Adam Bandt suggests, is not a...
Let’s take a short dip into how Mayor Michael Lyon intends to ramp up urban development in the Byron Shire.
Without the many rescue and recovery volunteers in the area, those devastated by last year’s floods might be a lot worse off.
In my post-youth years, before I jiggered my shoulders, a great delight was beach fishing at sunup to bring home a feed of whiting for breakfast. If I wanted to know which way the fish were running, I’d ask...
It’s not a new idea, but it’s a big one – one we should not ignore. Can a council’s regulations limit how many private properties one person can own? Say limit it to three or something? If they could,...
PART ONE A bunch of wild photons that had been travelling for twenty-seven billion years narrowly missed the mirror of the James Webb telescope and five seconds later landed on Earth. It is one of the great tragedies of science...
Could the Feros Village aged care facility in Byron Bay be saved from closure by another aged care provider stepping in to take over running the facility?
The major upgrade of the Bangalow sports fields is set to take a significant step forward this week, with the final plans for the site to come before Byron Shire Council for adoption.
After weeks of wrangling, following the Greens shock election win, Prime Minister Max Chandler-Mather announced today he had sealed a deal with Coalition partners, Labor and independents, to pass ground-breaking reforms to reshape Australia.
Big companies use lobbyists, often ex-ministers, to gain access to current ministers. What deals are done at their meetings? Perhaps bribery in the form of million-dollar donations, none of which are made public. A Voice would go some way to giving...
What a gob-smacking bonanza in The Echo (August 16) when various letter writers warned of dangers inherent in a ‘Yes’ vote. Firstly, Mr Olson warned us of unnamed ‘foreign vested interests’ exploiting unnamed ‘loopholes’ in the Voice. Then Mr MacDonald...
When catastrophe comes close, and friends and relatives are victims, can we admit to ourselves that we played a part with our little flames that we fuel nearly every moment? Can we replace flames with sparks? Is it really unthinkable...
A member of a committee that advises Byron Council on water and sewer issues says she is concerned that Council staff are bypassing community consultation and water and sewer committee advice, and are again pushing to connect Mullumbimby’s water supply to Rocky Creek dam, which is managed by water utility, Rous.
Building a rail trail for bikes and pedestrians in the northern and western sections of the Byron rail corridor is far more feasible than attempting a mixed-use option that combines trains and a trail, an investigation commissioned by Byron Council has found.
My heartfelt thanks to the kind and thoughtful person who took my mobile phone to the Ballina police station after I left it at the riverside public toilets on 20 August. My holiday would have been spoiled if I’d failed...
The last day off I had was June 23. The next one is sometime in September. I was wondering the other day why I was feeling a bit tired so I checked my diary. Oops. Apparently they invented this thing called the ‘weekend’. Ostensibly it was to refresh the worforce. Or at least give them time to yell at their kids, mow the lawn and wash their undies. And maybe go shopping. There’s no point to a capitalist system if you don’t have time to spend your money or get into debt. Or cut down old growth forests. Or up your carbon footprint.
It is pleasing to see the leadership provided by Byron Shire Council in its efforts to ensure that Feros Care Village in Byron Bay (FVBB), one of the Shire’s most highly valued community assets, continues to keep its doors...
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Northern NSW’s premier food event, Sample Food Festival, returns to Bangalow on Saturday 2 September to celebrate the regions vibrant, resilient and innovate local food economy.
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