Three generations of the Pollock family took to the field for the Lennox Head Pirates last Saturday. Pictured are Max (12), Nathan (40) and Brendan (71), who started playing together last season, and have stayed with the team this...
Two key advocacy groups – the Country Women’s Association of NSW, and the Isolated Children’s Parents’ Association of NSW – have united to demand immediate action from telecommunications companies and governments.
The new Brunswick Surf Club demolition and rebuild started on Thursday, December 5.
Mandy Nolan slugging down her morning fix of caffeine before hopping on a plane to Newcastle to bang on with fellow holier-than-thou saviours about hallucinations of future generations living the brief dystopian life of a fried egg. Nolan has just...
It should be obvious to everyone by now that Israeli claims that they only target Hamas in Palestine and Hezbollah in Lebanon are what I would call complete bullshit. It is usual for the Israeli government to issue warnings...
Richard Jones’s Echo articles are always a good read. Last week he questioned how Albanese’s Labor government will convince voters that they’ll be worse off, if they elect, the Dutton Coalition. Richard suggests bold actions: firstly, get the Teals back...
Why not call it the Byron Bay Echo and save yourselves the waste of resources further south? Peter Walters, Ballina
Last week I went to my first Rising Tide blockade of Newcastle coal port. I marvelled at the courage of people of all ages who put aside personal comfort to join in direct action for our planet.
The Independent Panel for Gaming Reform has published its Roadmap for Gaming Reform report.
Happy, excited, safe. These three words sum up the feelings of the Bloudani family as they adjust to their new lives in Brunswick Heads, 12 years after fleeing war-torn Syria.
This Sunday, December 8, a free Shed Fest event in Mullumbimby will encourage the community to discover their passion for tools and design.
Oh Dear Lordess, if only there were some leadership around this place. Without any interest from councillors to make improvements, it looks set to just continue to deteriorate more and more.
In the article ‘The Ghosts of 2016: How the Democrats’ betrayal of Bernie Sanders and embrace of neoliberalism paved the way for Trump’ Chali Donati asserts incorrectly that neoliberalism (free market capitalism) was having a ‘slow and painful death’,...
I agree with Chaiy Donati’s (Echo November 20) warnings about governmental authorities determining what news is fake. I think fake news should be investigated and prosecuted through the legal system, case by case. Preferably cases should be filed by...
After seven years without leaving the Byron bubble I recently had the good fortune to travel to Japan, joining thousands of other tourists from all over the world, including many Australians.
A recent Facebook post by someone asking for help for a woman with two children living in her car prompted someone to comment on the pods situation. She said ‘just recently learned there are people occupying the pods post...
Continuing on from my comments regarding ‘van-dwellers’, if I may, to further the understanding of ‘van-dwellers’ amongst the general community, I will share a little of my story and what I know of other travellers, which is not a...
Sapoty Brook wrote an excellent letter (November 27, 2024 and 2013) about things we all can do to prevent the greenhouse effect. This is the identical letter from 11 years ago, I didn’t even have to change the date: Unfortunately,...
Plans for a new, state-of-the-art emergency services precinct in Byron Bay for NSW Police and Fire and Rescue NSW were announced on Tuesday.
Billinudgel-based indoor swim school and aquatic therapy centre, Swim For Your Life, will close its doors in December, after nine years of operation.
I am responding to the excellent letter from Jacqueline French in last week’s edition where she offered suggestions to how a visit to Byron could be a more enjoyable experience. Unfortunately, some of the suggestions were out of Council’s control...
I loved Sarah Buchanan’s letter last week about picking up ‘small to medium’ rubbish on her walks around town with her sister. I too, like to pick up rubbish, especially when at the river and beach. My particular penchant is...
Living in our family home in Lawson Street I can only but agree with Jan Hackett’s concern regarding the rate of sand loss and dune erosion at Main Beach, Byron Bay. Jan (and other concerned residents) may not be aware...
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.
Clutter makes me angry. When I open a cupboard and things fall out I feel emotionally precarious. I am in a constant battle with stuff. In fact, I feel like the older I get, the more stuff I have. The more stuff I have, the more time I have to spend cleaning, arranging and sorting stuff. Most of the stuff I don’t use, but it’s nice stuff. Or it’s stuff I’m emotionally attached to. Or it’s stuff my kids have left at my house because they don’t feel like sorting through it. I work so hard that by the end of the week I’m literally stuffed. Which is ironic because tidying my stuff when I’m stuffed is crucial to maintaining my mental health.
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