Like many other people, I am still struggling to come to terms with the sheer volume of the ‘No’ vote in last Saturday’s referendum for the proposed Voice to Parliament and constitutional recognition for the First Nations people. How could...
Danny Wakil's letter (18 October) is so full of lies that it would take me well over letter length limits to reply. However, I can do no better than quote the Loud Jew collective who say, ‘We have been...
John Howard’s impeccable record over many years has cemented his place as the pre-eminent Australian racist. He is the man. Despite his despair during the anti-racist years of Whitlam, Fraser, Hawke, and Keating, Johnny never gave up. Who can forget...
This is a letter to Anne, who was a guest on The Drum (15 October). I can’t tell you how dreadful I felt to hear how people treat you and the abuse you have to put up with. I...
Brunswick Heads librarian, Mark Seiffert, is the overall winner of this year’s Simple Pleasures Photo Competition, with his entry ‘Fog Captain’, taken on the Bruns River on a cold morning.
More details have emerged around last year’s devastating floods, with Greens MLC Sue Higginson receiving answers on October 17 from questions asked on September 25 to NSW Minister of State, John Graham.
Reading last week’s Echo, I was shocked and saddened but not at all surprised that Gareth Smith could not show even one ounce of compassion for the 1,500 Israeli men, women and children that were literally butchered by Hamas....
If the mission of the Housing Options Paper (HOP) is aimed at ‘affordable housing’, cheaper housing and increasing home ownership, I have little faith in its success. The NSW state government’s target is 4,522 dwellings. Council is aiming for 6,695...
A great sorrow is upon our land. The week of silence after rejection of the Voice is now over, but the grieving doesn’t end there.
As a Yes23 campaigner I encountered many ‘Great Reset’ conspiracists expressing blanket distrust of the WEF (World Economic Forum), the UN, WHO and anything to do with all levels of government. I even saw its message of fear and...
As the world witnesses another hideous episode in the asymmetrical war between Israel and the Palestinians, it should be borne in mind some truths in why this mindless, and endless conflict continues to go on. Both Israeli and Palestinian peoples...
Waleed Aly writing in The Age (27 January 2023) said: The Voice ‘... is a subtle proposal, but it lands in an age with the least subtle of temperaments… Ours is now a politics of perpetual deconstruction in...
Boohoo! Russell Brand, his life is now in total ‘upheaval’ (Letters, 11 October). Really? For crying out loud, he’s a celebrity who has made millions and he was lucky enough to have once been married to Katy Perry –...
I hadn't even heard of Jackie Venson until Bluesfest PR guru Gaynor Crawford insisted that I speak with her (Gaynor knows best!)
The recent horrific Hamas attacks constitute a war crime. Israel’s response has already been disproportionate, another war crime. Human Rights Watch has confirmed that banned white phosphorus has been used on people in Gaza and Lebanon. Another Israeli war...
Sophistry: the use of clever but false arguments, especially with the intention of deceiving. After writing a big ‘Yes’ on my voting form last Saturday, my heart sank as I walked outside and passed three people walking in who were...
Our RFS fire truck was in Brunswick Heads on 17 October protecting properties from the incoming Byron bush fire. We'd used a lot of fuel during the day so we called into the Ampol servo. As we were retrieving...
Go Feros Byron Bay residents! Great to have our local Echo to hear from both sides. I hope that you get your coffee machine back, however I suspect there may well be several donated coffee machines on your doorstep before...
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I love Madonna. Not her music so much. It’s not my jam. She’s such an incredible artist, that doesn’t matter. Because she is more than her music - she is iconic. I love her. I love how brave she is. I love how relentlessly authentic she is. I love how she doesn’t give a F. I love how she doesn’t listen to the dominant narrative. I love how she becomes the narrative. I love her sense of play. Her lack of shame. Her ability to stand in who she is and radiate positivity. It’s powerful. And it’s unique.
Simon Haslam One of the wonderful things about living in this fantastic area is that, no matter how long you’ve lived here, you can fall in love with Byron again and again. It was a beautiful day on Saturday, but...
Victoria Cosford Maybe the sort of people who frequent farmers’ markets are a different breed to the rest of the general population when it comes to their coffee, those challenging customers in café queues demanding ludicrously elaborate concoctions like 'half-strength...
Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro, and Lily Gladstone lead an ensemble cast in Killers of the Flower Moon, an American epic revisionist Western (telling it a bit more like it is, with less ‘Howdy Pardner’), crime drama directed and produced by Martin Scorsese, who co-wrote the screenplay with Eric Roth.
Get ready for the full flavours of world musical mastery from across the globe – from traditional Japanese flute by Riley Lee to Indian classical rhythms, raga, African beats, harp and fresh fusion funk – this double CD launch event promises an electrifying fusion of cultures and genres.
The 2023 Cunard British Film Festival returns to Palace Cinemas this November with a stunning selection of films from the British Isles. This year’s line-up boasts an array of dramas, comedies, true stories and documentaries, featuring several of Britain’s finest, much loved acting and filmmaking talents.
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