Mullumbimby’s private language school Language Tuition Byron recently celebrated its 15th anniversary.
The emphasis on spending time with family during this upcoming holiday season is an enduring, annual reminder of being part of a blended family.
From Thursday, December 12, to Tuesday, January 31, visitors to Crystal Castle are invited to participate in the creation of the next phase of the new, world-unique Crystal Labyrinth.
To David Gilet who penned a letter in last week’s Echo (and all the other self-appointed ‘experts’ on the Israel Hamas war), l challenge you. Name one army, in all of history, in any war, that has done more...
What Israel is doing to the Palestinians, it’s doing to itself. The harm Israel’s bringing to the Palestinians, it’s bringing to itself. The hell Israel’s creating for the Palestinians, it’s creating for itself. The enemy Israel’s making of the...
I mean what I say when I say what I mean, when I say what I mean I mean what I say. Has language been subject to changes as time has passed? Resulting in misunderstanding and misinformation about the...
A major but rarely-mentioned cause of high rent is the land tax NSW imposes on rental property owners. The current median house price in Byron Bay is $3.55 million (as per realestate.com.au), resulting in a land tax liability of...
What a great end to the parliamentary year, the Albanese Labor government finally got its logjam of stalled legislation passed by the Senate, in some cases vital bills have been needlessly held up for almost two years. One can...
I was very disturbed by the information about supermarkets saying it is more profitable for them to market produce in bulk, in plastic, rather than selling single items. I don’t believe them for one minute. We all are aware...
Imagine trying to rent and live in the Byron Shire on a fixed income of $600 a week?
Protesters last week demanded an end to logging in the native forests around Coffs Harbour, to protect the precious habitat of koalas, now classified as endangered and threatened with extinction in NSW.
There were one pecuniary and eight non-pecuniary interests tabled at last week’s Council meeting, with independent Cr Jack Dods again winning the leaderboard, with five.
Although Tim Winton is a wonderful writer and environmental activist, the horrific dystopian future of climate-charred cities and landscapes full of dirty inhabitants as described in his latest book Juice, reviewed by Tori Bail (Echo, November 27) is ridiculous....
A response to Mike Balson’s letter, Upper Wilsons Creek (November 29). I hear your heart is breaking and how else can one respond when bearing witness to the brutality of genocide upon our brothers and sisters, from Palestine, to...
I seriously can’t believe that our newly-elected councillors keep pushing the unaffordable, so-called affordable, housing SEPP policy to build unaffordable housing. My very clear view is that none of this SEPP scheme has improved. The other fact is that...
St Andrew’s Village (George’s Cottages) Byron Bay will receive $3,595,733 in taxpayer funds to redesign 40 ensuites, remedy drainage issues and external repairs, and deliver targeted care to homeless residents
The NSW State Emergency Service (SES) is reminding Byron Shire residents that storm season is here after a busy start to the summer months for local units.
Fletcher Street Cottage, part of the Byron Community Centre, has launched its Be Kind Christmas Appeal 2024 to spread kindness and hope to those in need this holiday season.
Residents living in Byron Shire’s three emergency accommodation villages, also known as ‘pod villages’, will be required to pay rent from this week, the NSW Reconstruction Authority says.
When I was much younger, there was an advert on the black and white television (between re-runs of Gilligan’s Island) touting a scent.
If it starts with a lie can you believe what follows? I am of course referring to your bogus Kafka quote. It was of course not Kafka but Leo Longanesi and sounded better in Italian – Fanfare, bandiere, parate....
The strap under The Echo’s masthead on November 27 suggested that some entity was grateful that people scream into the abyss. This is incorrect. Screaming should be done into the void, and the abyss is for staring into. The German philosopher...
Last week’s WAVE (Wearable Arts Vision in Education) exhibition, was held at Mullum’s Shearwater School.
Aboriginal housing in the Byron Shire looks set to get a significant boost, after the company behind a major development in Brunswick Heads offered to provide five per cent of the residential land on the site for this purpose.
I tried to fill in Landcom’s feedback form but was surprised at the number of pointless questions: ‘What are the benefits you see during the construction period?’, etc and so many repetitive questions that seem designed to put residents...
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