Born and bred in Byron, David Hertzberg has received the 2024 Mahla Pearlman Australian Young Environmental Lawyer of the Year. David entered the world at Byron Bay Hospital then spent his formative years at Byron Bay Preschool before enjoying the...
Byron Run Club’s founder, Nate Thornbury, is taking on a challenge to run 160 kilometres in under 18 hours on October 5, to raise $5,000 for Fletcher Street Cottage’s Women’s Emergency Relief Program.
The Board of Directors at the Ocean Shores Country Club say they have made the difficult decision to close the swimming pool.
Congratulations to The Byron Bay Chamber of Commerce (BBCC), who have won the ‘Outstanding Local Chamber’ award at the Northern Rivers Business Awards, held over the weekend.
When my otherwise peaceful, progressive mate from Mullum starts sprouting militarist, right-wing Russian propaganda that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine was ‘all the West’s fault’, you know something is wrong. Why are some Australians buying right-wing conspiracy theories? I guess for...
I am home to native animals; I have prevented mass extinction and every national park is birthed from my womb. I use three per cent of my land and produce the only sustainable product in the world and that...
Whatever your personal views regarding the Criminal Code Amendment (Hate Crimes) Bill 2024, the one thing that stood out to me was those most in opposition to it. The LGBTQ community sat alongside the Jewish community in condemning the...
Byron Beef Jerky are one of seven businesses in regional NSW to have received support from the NSW government in low interest loans to grow their business.
In an ever-increasingly complex world of misinformation and sinister algorithms, it’s great to know that federal Labor have your interests at heart.
Attention, plant-passionate people! The Mullum Spring Plant Fair is coming up Sunday, September 29, at the Mullum Community Gardens.
On at least two occasions I have been grateful for the assistance given by Duncan Dey in important community crusades. Shock and disappointment therefore followed reading that a tacit swipe at a councillor seeking reelection was later conceded to...
I suspect the answer is ‘yes’ to your query about whether Labor are serious about MAD legislating (Backlash, September 18). The bureaucracy I find myself in has a section called Member and Registry Services. You guessed it – the staff...
Regarding M McCormack’s letter quoting the Global Imams Council (GIC). While the deaths of hostages is to be condemned by all humanitarian standards, we must agree that all lives matter and none are more precious than others. It is absurd...
Byron Shire’s new mayor is the Greens’ Sarah Ndiaye. At least three Greens have been elected as councillors – Delta Kay, Elia Hauge and Michelle Lowe.
Emergency procedures were enacted by Byron Central Hospital management after a man with a rifle was seen near the grounds last Thursday.
Local federal Labor MP, Justine Elliot has again launched an attack on Greens candidate Mandy Nolan when asked about the latest housing legislation being put forward by her party.
Climate change-affected Pacific Islanders have taken the issue of ecocide to the international arena. Whilst ecocide is recognised as extremely harmful to nature/habitat/sentient beings its legal status should be ratified by the Rome statute which has the power to recommend...
Thank you to those Byron councillors who have served the community but didn’t stand again. Enjoy life without the meetings and huge agendas and the endless requests from the community for assistance.
The article in last week’s Echo regarding the forthcoming charge has caused me to reflect on the past. I ran in the charge in 1985, 1986 and 1987. At the time I was the only Mullumbimby rotarian ever to compete...
Recently, The New York Times reported on anal rape and torture in the Sde Teiman interrogation centre. Eight former inmates described how they were forced to sit 18 hours a day in diapers and were beaten if they fell...
Regulations around Short Term Rental Accommodation (STRA) came into effect for Byron Shire on September 23, with most of the shire now capped at 60 days for un-hosted holiday lets. Two precincts in Byron Bay and Brunswick Heads have no cap restrictions.
Labor mayoral candidate Asren Pugh has conceded defeat in the September 14 local government elections, with Greens candidate Sarah Ndiaye poised to become Byron Shire Council’s new mayor.
What happens when you take hundreds of millions of dollars of revenue out of our local economy? We’re about to find out. The Falls Festival is no more. Splendour has finished. And this year Festival Director Peter Noble told us this would be the last Bluesfest. It seems unfathomable that our iconic signature event will be no more.
Regarding Mr Jason Dunn’s so-called ‘beautiful project’ that is the Secret Garden Residences at 119-123 Jonson Street. The sun rising over the ocean is beautiful.
The rail trail is great for youth, and the environment. The recent town hall meeting of candidates was excellent. Issues raised included public transport, youth disenfranchisement, and the horror of electric bikes, all pointed to a neat integrated solution.
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