Regarding the letter ‘Give me a house upon a floodplain’, seeing as most towns in Australia are built on floodplains isn’t it far better for regional towns to expand where the infrastructure already resides? Logically would you prefer to...
While walking on Saturday with my husband, a young lady called Allegra stopped me, she was holding a bouquet of roses. Allegra then offered me the bouquet saying that she makes bouquets and would I like one? What a wonderful...
It was pleasing to read in The Echo (3 January) that Bernie Sanders has not quietly gone away after being sidelined in the last US election. His alarm that: ‘Democracy will not survive with the concentration of economic and political...
I’m wondering when Byron Council is going to do something positive about getting cyclists off our pedestrian footpaths? For the amount of foot traffic on paths around town, as well as those streets leading into town such as Marvell Street,...
Our local Byron Shire is facing an invasive species, the likes of which we have never seen before. This pest has increased in numbers over the past three years and is now so prolific that eradication seems impossible. Imported from...
I’m shocked by the level of anti-Israel hatred expressed in letters and articles in The Echo since the printing of the advertisement from the AJA. I am particularly shocked by the radical words of editor Hans Lovejoy in last...
Down the southern end of Jonson Street, Byron Bay, right next to St Paul’s Anglican Church, is a block of land with a colourful story that says much about the changing face of Byron Shire.
As of January 29, a new era started at the former Feros Aged Care Village in Byron Bay, with St Andrew’s Village Ballina Ltd assuming management of the Marvell Street facility.
The Mullumbimby Chamber of Commerce and the Neighbourhood Centre are working together to support families heading back to school in 2024.
Most people don’t know that the proposal for Dunoon Dam has never been part of Rous County Council’s 40-year, adopted, strategic plan to increase water supply, resilience and security, known as Future Water Plan 2060.
Hello, impressionable young person. ICYMI, the world as we inhabit it isn’t in great shape.
Isn’t it time for Labor to make a stand and have their own policies instead of following the ones of the Coalition? We have been having a housing crisis for decades. Through the great social policies of the Coalition...
I have been a reader of The Echo for over 30 years and I’ve always admired the contribution your publication has provided to the local community. The tone of the paper has always been supportive and inclusive of various...
Less than five per cent of Americans own more than 90 per cent of the wealth and control over 60 per cent of the world’s resources. In 1962 Australian businesses were 80 per cent foreign owned. We have allowed...
If you, like me, eat salmon, perhaps it’s time for us to finally face facts. In the words of celebrated Tasmanian writer Richard Flanagan, we’re eating horror, and we’re dining on destruction.
I am Jahvis Loveday, a young Aboriginal filmmaker, storyteller, and dancer from Bundjalung country in far north NSW.
A request to extend temporary ‘pod’ housing in Byron Shire has been raised by the NSW Reconstruction Authority (NSWRA), Byron Shire Council’s General Manager, Mark Arnold, has confirmed.
While The Echo article ‘Fighting for survival in Israel – Gaza conflict’ manages to capture some of the key points in this ongoing tragedy, it falls abysmally short in its portrayal of Hamas, and contradicts the political nature and...
Send to Letters Editor Aslan Shand, email: [email protected], fax: 6684 1719 or mail to The Letters Editor, The Echo, 6 Village Way, Mullumbimby, 2482, NSW, Australia.
It appears that not only is there no social housing component included in Byron Council’s plans for its residential sell-off for the Mullum hospital land, Council has no plans to expand social housing within the Shire.
A group of dedicated and inspiring Byron Shire locals have been recognised in this year’s Australia Day honours list for their service to the community and the country.
66 millionaires earning almost a billion dollars put together paid no tax last year ... We celebrate people like this. But their profits come at a cost. It’s called poverty.
World-class films with small-town charm? You got it – the Bangalow Film Festival is taking over from March 7 to 16.
What is striking about Bluesfest is the amount of incredible talent in one small space of time – although we all love to see them, it’s not just about wheeling out the ‘old favourites’, it’s about curating a lineup of incredibly talented an creative people.
The Australian Hotel is a classic Aussie pub with cold beer, live music and good food, right in the heart of Ballina, just 150 metres from the banks of the Richmond River and five minutes from Lighthouse Beach, Shelly...
