A Byron community group is looking to get locals and visitors on board with its ‘Christmas Cheer in the Bay’ Christmas concert.
The Greens have launched their ‘GP For Free’ plan that looks at providing bulk billing GP clinics across Australia at a cost of $5 billion a year for the next ten years.
The article about the origin of Covid (Echo, October 2) was infected by hilarious Chinese double speak. ‘The main diversity of SARS-COV-2 was in the market from the very beginning.’ Yeah mainly at the very beginning. Haha. How diplomatic. Let’s not...
Thanks to Juergen Klein for the reply to my letter (September 25). I should inform Juergen the I’ve studied Russian and Soviet history at university and visited the country twice, so I do have some knowledge of that region. Any student...
It’s difficult to continue to support the Greens party when they’re obstructing the passing of good policies. Labor’s proposals to assist people into home ownership would help 50,000 families own their own home. It may not be perfect but...
The passing of David Lovejoy reminds us all of how very fortunate the Byron Shire community is to have a local journal such as The Echo. The Echo has always stood for democracy, it has remained independent and maintained remarkable and insightful integrity and social representation.
Damon Gameau’s film Future Council will screen at the Palace Byron Bay Cinema on October 22
Do we need to change energy production, renewable energy storage and use, and if so, why?
Global mean sea level rose rapidly following the last ice age approximately 20,000 years ago. However, the rate of sea level rise slowed and has been nearly stable over the last few thousand years. Since around 1900, global average...
Suffolk Park is notable for its small village community ambience rather than as a listed tourist destination. Like others in the shire, the community is under increasing stress from rapid population and urban growth, commercial development, and the impact...
The Federal Court of Australia has amended the dates of the highly anticipated hearing of Save Wallum Incorporated v Clarence Property Corporation Limited, to 21-28 February 2025.
The first meeting of the new Byron Council term was barely an hour old when the realities of politics and power quietly made their presence known in the Council chamber.
The recent announcement that Adelaide University will cease traditional lectures for students got me thinking about my, and now my kids’, experiences in education and at university.
Hospitals are always getting criticised, but our experience with the Tweed Valley Hospital Intensive Care Unit (ICU) has been something to applaud. Our mother spent 99 days on life support in the ICU in 2012 with Guillain-Barre Syndrome and the...
About three months ago there was a bit of a stink about the previous Byron Council tying up a line with Rous County Council (RCC) and abandoning Lavertys Gap so late in the day leaving little opportunity for public...
History was made at the Byron Council chambers last week when two First Nations women were sworn in as local councillors.
The Byron Bay Golf Club has seen significant board resignations and a refusal of a member request for an extraordinary general meeting since the attempt by some board members to include the golf course land in the Byron Shire Council’s Residential Strategy 2041.
I am writing to express my serious concerns regarding the recent construction activities along Gungas Road, about two kilometres from Nimbin town. I observed the construction of an earth pad on the floodplain near Mulgum Creek. This pad, approximately two...
I first just wanted to say what an amazing experience it was attending this year’s National Circus Festival in Mullumbimby. My partner and I went for the day on Sunday, October 6 and had a wonderful time. So much...
Yesterday I watched my daughter and her friend play the Byron/Ballina version of Monopoly. It was mildly ironic and a little sad. A game of property where kids like these, without intergenerational wealth, won’t own property. Monopoly is a horrible game. Mainly because it never feels like a game. It feels like a reenactment of everything that’s wrong with our relationship with property. According to a google, Monopoly started with the name, The Landlord’s Game and was invented by a woman who only got $500 for the patent. Classic patriarchal capitalism in action! And nice work grooming kids into sociopaths so they can be ruthless property developers of the future. Yuck.
The letters deadline for The Echo is noon Friday. Letters longer than 200 words may be cut. The publication of letters is at the discretion of the letters editor.
Byron Farmers Market is on its way to becoming the first zero-waste market in the region. While the weekly farmers’ market has had a cup washing station in place for a number of years – saving more than 18,000...
On Sunday, October 20, food, drinks, family entertainment, and activities will be held at Raes on Wategos, and the Wategos lawn in front of Raes, between 11am and 4pm. A free shuttle will run between the Byron Surf Club and...
Every Thursday is Locals’ Night at the Three Blue Ducks: there’s a two-course menu for $49 and drinks for $10. Guests can select from a menu of the Ducks’ most popular dishes from their recently refreshed dinner menu including: beef...
It’s almost time to gather the people from far and wide, for the Day of the Dead shall arrive soon. This November 1, North Byron Hotel will welcome you to the land of your ancestors. Day of the Dead is...
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