I’m really annoyed about all the things that are written and said about the referendum on October 14 which do not address the proposed addition to the Australian Constitution. A typical example is attributed to Justine Elliot, federal member...
Hannah Grace’s recent letter ‘Benefits of microplastic’ might be considered a sick joke, but over the years misanthropy has run strong in Ms Grace’s letters, and this one has gone too far: it’s a disgrace. Moreover, it doesn’t give a...
For their first gig in ten years, The Cruel Sea will headline a fundraising event for Wild Aid 2023, in association with Byron Bay Wildlife Hospital and Bluesfest.
A litter prevention project has been a success, say Byron Shire Council staff, with 1,450 pieces of litter being prevented from flowing into the Cape Byron Marine Park over a two month period.
I felt drawn to comment on the varying perspectives surrounding the Voice referendum. Perception involves incorporating and reevaluating various points of view; it is always an active process. It is easy to forget how we often bring our backgrounds,...
I loved Hannah Grace’s fanciful letter about sprinkling young men and boys with microplastic dust to lower the sperm rate and thus control overpopulation. I agree that population growth makes many problems worse, from the greenhouse effect to the...
I’m feeling a ‘tad’ disillusioned with the human species. My two ‘Yes’ posters were violated and removed just last night. One on my property mail box, rivetted into a thick piece of timber and the other erected up a...
I have received a petition from Change.org to change the name of Hottentot Crescent, Mullumbimby to another South African word, ‘Khoisan’, also totally irrelevant to the area. Why can’t it be changed to the name of an Australian bird...
I call upon my brethren and Jewish Australians and Israelis who have made their permanent home here and are eligible to vote in the upcoming referendum, to consider writing the word ‘Yes’ in the ballot paper. Why? Because on...
Binna Burra-based rehab centre, The Buttery, celebrated 50 years of serving the community this year, and held a gala dinner for 150 supporters in Tweed Heads on September 14.
The sound of music has well and truly returned to our schools, following the eerie silence of the pandemic.
The US state of California is suing five major fossil fuel companies over their contribution to the climate crisis.
Well finally, after six wasted months, a mountain of public criticism and constant pressure from the Labor government with the threat of a double dissolution election, the irresponsible Greens have finally come to their senses and are now supporting...
The plight of Matt Bruce, now getting press in the Guardian, is an issue that demands greater nuance from our council. On the one hand we have the worst housing and homelessness crisis we have ever seen, and on the...
Just want to acknowledge The Echo for your front page of the Uluru Statement. A powerful and generous contribution to a really important historic event in the making. Thank you for your beautiful heartfulness! Virginia White, Goonellabah
When asked about the Voice referendum, Aboriginal performance artist and blogger, Briggs, summed it up pretty concisely: ‘Why would you vote “No”? We’re already in “No”!’ This is what ‘No’ looks like. Incarceration through the roof, with one in...
Byron Council could seek federal government intervention in a last-ditch effort to protect a pocket of precious bushland in Brunswick Heads from development.
Being a Ten Pound Pom, I knew nothing of the history of massacres and dispossession of this continent’s first peoples when I arrived here in 1965.
Amongst all of the rubbish, the myth-information about the Voice being spread, one crucial point is missed. The Voice is a lobby group FFS. Just like farmers/miners/tourism/sport/performing arts/teachers – all have their own lobbies that give them access to the...
The Byron Shire Council’s recent decision to approve the proposed rail trail on the abandoned rail corridor, excluding the section between Mullum and Byron, is a half-hearted half-step toward realising the community’s desire for progress on this issue. The...
The Albanese government has lost its pre-election chutzpah on Palestine. True, it now refers to the Palestinian ‘occupied’ territories but has wimped out on recognising, with 138 countries, that Palestine is a state. It has also retracted from its promise...
Byron councillors will explore the amount Council spends on external consultants and potential conflicts of interest, following a long and, at times, spiteful debate last week.
Around 80 residents of Cabbage Tree Island, just south of Wardell, say they want to return home after the 2022 floods, but the Local Aboriginal Land Council, Jali, have other ideas.
Our family are regular visitors to Byron Bay and have, for many years, enjoyed the walking track to the lighthouse. Yesterday (Sunday, 10 September) we walked the track again and were deeply saddened to see the brutalist concrete structure that...
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