What great news on 25 July, 2024 for the release and freedom of Julian Assange. He is supposed to plead guilty to one charge by the regime in the US? I suppose this is the compromise to be free? The...
A rally planned for Byron Bay’s Railway Park on Friday, July 26 from 6pm will be one of the first of 23 as part of the national weekend of action, calling for an end to male violence against women.
The transformation of the old Byron Hospital into a mixed-use community hub is finally nearing completion, with the key players looking to an official opening in spring.
It may feel like Covid, floods and fires are behind us, but the economic impacts of all of these events persist, and any of these could happen again in the not-too-distant future.
With new coercive control laws coming into effect on July 1, Greens candidate for Richmond, Mandy Nolan will hold community forums – along with other speakers – in Lennox Head and Mullumbimby, during July and August.
Until now, the most significant difference between Mayor Michael Lyon (independent, former Green) and Greens challenger Cr Sarah Ndiaye has been on the Wallum fiasco.
The annual pre-loved SHIFT clothing sale is on again August 3 and 4 at the Byron Bay Surf Club.
Three sets of automated flood warning signs and cameras have been installed on Main Arm Road, Left Bank Road and Myocum Road, say Council staff.
It’s very unfortunate that Justine Elliot has so little confidence in herself or her party that she needs to publicly crap on the Greens’ point of view regarding housing policies, etc. I refer to the full-page ads in your...
On July 11, the Byron Bay RSL sub-branch held an inaugural memorial service to officially recognise the veterans who served in Iraq, Afghanistan, Arabian Gulf, Kuwait, and the United Arab Emirates.
It was pouring rain, and dark, as my 14-year- old son Omar, Frankie our faithful Jack Russell, and I made our way four hours south to the traditional logging town of Taylors Arm, west of Macksville. Taylors Arm was made famous in Slim Dusty’s song, The Pub With No Beer.
In the same week public submissions were published largely against Council staff plans to decommission Mullum’s local water supply in favour of bulk supplier Rous (see page 1), Greens Council candidates are calling for a pause on the decision until after the September 14 local government elections.
Our Gage is still a missing person, after the car was found crashed into a tree on Koonyum Range Road several weeks ago. Clive and I (Gage’s mum) have heard every doomful speculation, from well-meaning people. But Gage is a...
Beacon Laundry’s half-page ad (Echo, July 3) trumpets the promise of ‘clean karma’. This is the same business, a multimillion-dollar enterprise, that has just poached the primary client of Linen Shift – the social enterprise laundry created by the SHIFT...
The attempted assassination of Donald Trump has caused shock waves, but it’s sadly not surprising this would happen, with so much hate and vitriol being expressed in the US presidential race.
Plans for Byron Bay’s foreshore are on exhibition until July 31 – Council staff propose options and a ten-year vision for the much-used space, including the removal, or partial removal of the carpark around the pool and Fishheads restaurant.
A local swimmer who got caught in a rip and rough seas at Tallows Beach has survived the ordeal by using his smartwatch to call triple zero.
A recent presentation night at the Byron Bowlo was held by the Byron Bay Malibu Club, where an impressive $18,000 was donated to local charities.
Thanks for your excellent article, Paul Bibby. Exactly the publicity and coverage we wanted. Many Middle Eastern veterans struggle to settle back into society, many with mental health, and drug and alcohol problems similar to Vietnam veterans in the 1960s...
This year’s festival features some of the buzziest young authors, including Bri Lee, author of Eggshell Skull with a new novel called The Work. Lee will appear alongside zeitgeisty author Jessie Tu with The Honeyeater.
They say art imitates life, but can it also save life? This is the ultimate goal of the Save Wallum Art Exhibition and fundraiser that opened at Gallery Cosmosis in Byron Bay on Friday night.
I note that water mains replacement is soon to be undertaken on Bangalow Road, Byron Bay. Timeframe July to November. The traffic into town from the south between 8–9am is at full capacity. It only takes a small disruption at...
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It’s impossible to look at American politics right now without thinking WTF? In the blue corner there is the faltering, forgetful, and possibly demented Biden and in the red corner we have a vitriolic, revengeful, pussy-grabbing sociopathic, now-convicted felon who is Trump.
“Living eulogies”, launches and poetic performances – Australia’s largest regional writers festival embraces the theatrical with a series of evening feature events.
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