Climate research scientist, Joelle Gergis, has joined other scientists, academics, think tanks and economists in condemning federal Labor’s Future Gas Strategy, which was released last week.
After ten years in Mullum I’ve relocated to the middle of an extinct volcano in Murwillumbah.
Putting the life of local adventurer Chris Dewhirst into print would be no easy task. But he’s managed to do it, in part, with Everest Guns & Money.
Danny Wakil would have us believe that Israel is a sweet little peace-loving ‘sister democracy’ that can do no wrong and is always an innocent victim, surrounded by mean nasty Arabs and Islamic terrorists who threaten its very existence....
Living in a modern world I see on social media, etc. world melting, CO2 production associated topics. So having recently installed a solar power generation system on the roof of my home , I started to think… what have I...
Justice has been served and it’s a shit sandwich: whistleblower David McBride is now the first person to be sentenced to jail in Australia for reporting war crimes.
The last time my late father visited Byron Bay, I saw a tear roll down his cheek as he stood at Main Beach. My father was born and bred in Byron Bay and was a member of the first...
At Byron Council’s meeting on April 18, we didn’t get time to deal with Report 14.1 which contained formal advice to Council from its Floodplain Advisory Committee. That advice was for Council to take into account the flood levels...
The increasingly restrictive parking at New Brighton shows feudalism is alive and well. It is understandable – wanting to protect your private fief, by not allowing others to also enjoy it. Restrict the parking and others won’t be able to...
Dear Tamara, I was at the meeting last night where we heard of Byron Council’s frustrations with the NSW government in effecting repairs to flood-damaged roads. Tell the premier, to tell our public servants to stop being obstructionist and tying...
I know it’s time we talked. The trouble is, I don’t know exactly what to say. But let’s try this...
Food and culture takes centre stage this week, as Caper Byron Bay Food & Culture Festival returns May 17 to 26.
The fact that the ‘2022 flood data will not be incorporated’ is appalling, incompetent! As a professional engineer (PE) who has been involved in planning the mitigation of flood damage for decades, I am very disappointed that Byron Council has,...
I have to say that having been conscripted into the army in 1970 I couldn’t disagree more with Peter Walters and those that advocate for National Service. Being forced into any organisation is not the way to go about improvement. Enlisting...
Money that should be spent on decarbonisation is being spent on catastrophe repairs. We are putting out the fire with gasoline. Sapoty Brook, Main Arm
Main Arm residents were disappointed to hear from Byron Council’s senior staff at a public meeting last Thursday night that their dangerous and rapidly deteriorating roads might not get repaired until the end of 2025 at the earliest.
Local police are calling on residents to keep their doors and windows locked, including when they’re at home, in a bid to address the spike in car break-ins and thefts taking place in and around local shires.
Someone is taking down signs. You know who you are. Right now, I bet you are sitting at home with a bunch of corflutes from the Byron Comedy Festival, and a bunch of other local events, feeling powerful in your sad fight against fun.
The article in last’s week’s Echo (‘Piggery plans on exhibition’), could not have been more lacking in balance had it been provided by the proponent herself. As the date of submissions (April 30) had elapsed by the time The Echo...
As a long-term resident of Skinners Shoot, I am writing to express my concern that the article ‘Piggery plans on exhibition’ (Echo, May 1,) has not represented the views of the 66 residents of Skinners Shoot who have written...
I can’t understand how Labor can commit to gas for the future while the UN Secretary-General said last year already: ‘We need disruption to end the destruction. No more baby steps. No more excuses. No more greenwashing. No more...
It has occurred to me that as many women who experience domestic violence are forced to flee their homes, it is they, the victims who are being punished not the perpetrator. Here are some suggestions to rectify this: 1. Force the...
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Filmmaker and environmental activist Dean Jefferys will be hosting the world premiere of his epic feature documentary The Toad, the Whale and the Sun, at the Byron Community Centre on Friday, 31 May at 5pm and again at 8pm, with a panel discussion and Q+A after both screenings.
Caper Byron Bay Food & Culture Festival returns for its second iteration and kicks off this Friday, running until Sunday, May 26 – and is there a lot to pack in.
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