One of the most divisive local issues in recent years has been the construction of the Byron Shire sections of the Northern Rivers Rail Trail (NRRT). Last Thursday, Byron Shire Council (BSC) bit the bullet and finally voted to go ahead and seek funding for an ‘on-formation’ trail,
The Echo’s report (February 18, 2025) of the state government decision to close its dispute resolution service from June 30 is disturbing news indeed.
Sixteen-year-old local, Penelope Greenshields, is pursuing her dream job – violinist – and has been invited to travel with the NSW Regional Youth Orchestra in July to perform where some of the greatest classical music was composed – Germany and Austria.
The Albanese Labor Government will ban foreign investors from buying established homes for at least two years and crack down on foreign land banking, says local federal Labor MP, Justine Elliot.
In honour of International Women’s Day, The Byron Chamber of Commerce and Byron Bay Spirit Company are presenting Byron’s Badass Women of Business.
With the third anniversary of the devastating 2022 floods this week, The NSW Reconstruction Authority, a government-run corporation which is tasked to ‘build more resilient and prepared communities’, has tabled its 2023-24 annual report.
Byron homeless hub, Fletcher Street Cottage, will launch its Women’s Emergency Relief Program on International Women’s Day, March 8.
Byron Bay Men’s Shed Incorporated are highlighting their urgent call for support in securing land for a Men’s Shed in Byron Bay.
Brutal council As a former resident of the Byron hinterland for some 30 years, I am appalled by Byron Shire Council’s treatment of the Kohinur community as reported in last week’s Echo. It smacks of the brutal police marijuana raids...
What’s the difference between approving a restaurant in a rural area, and a ten-storey block of shops and apartments in downtown Byron Bay? Sure, the site was once a piggery, but it would have had limited traffic or human...
Byron Shire Council has been spraying us for years, for example in an attempt to eradicate the bitou bush that was planted by the sand miners after mining ceased in early 1970s. The aerial spraying over the lighthouse and...
The inner sanctums of the Labor party are sweating their time in executive government, power is very much in the balance. Labor’s primary vote has not just dropped to 30 per cent; it’s steadily heading towards 26 per cent...
Thank you to the person who put my brand new expensive rubber (not plastic) thongs next to the parking area near Yum Yum Tree Cafe, New Brighton. Searching for them and finding them the next day, surprised and moved me. Honesty...
With concerns young teens are still accessing the derelict Mullumbimby Railway Station, The Echo asked Transport for NSW if they ‘will ensure that the site is secured and not accessible given the asbestos dangers’.
A packed house of residents turned up Monday night at the Mullumbimby Services Club to hear Byron Shire Council’s plans to plonk 32 units and shops over a busy Station Street carpark at the town’s entrance.
If Americans could play cricket, there may be someone who could stump Trump before he, via his mouth, does any further damage to his team and country. Before common sense evolves, this rhetoric is becoming dangerous to everyone in...
A friendly reminder to my fellow motorists: those little orange flashing things on your car aren’t just for decoration! All too often, I dutifully stop and give way to a car on a roundabout because they’re indicating right, only...
Australia needs a large crossbench of people in government committed to representing us. That would help to persuade the major parties to serve us and not their donors that are large corporations and oligarchs. Both major parties betray us by...
We have become accustomed, not too happily, to a form of political journalism in which opinion and news have increasingly merged, blunting the essential distinction between political commentary and detached objectivity.
Mayor Sarah Ndiaye (Greens) has defended Council staff’s threat of demolishing the homes of a small community after an inspection allegedly found unauthorised activities and dwellings in Upper Main Arm.
The battle over the future of a stunning, tree-filled mega block at Wategos has ended up in court, with its multi-millionaire owner appealing Byron Council’s rejection of his plans for the site.
In The Echo June 26, 2024 Detective Chief Inspector Matt Kehoe stated that police were ‘implementing a program in the coming months’, regarding illegal ‘pushbikes.’ Cr Michael Lyon proposed a motion that Council write to state and federal MPs....
So, everyone‘s happy with Australia propping up a two trillion dollar deficit economy (according to Elon Musk) and pouring billions into the US war machine, while its leader, convicted on 34 felony counts, consults with a convicted war criminal...
A special thanks to a lovely lady, man, and dog who were strolling down the Spit Beach at Ballina on a sunny Tuesday morning. You warned us in quick timing as our clothes and phones, etc: were taken by...
Immediately after the floods, Justine Elliott hit the ground running, touring the area with then opposition leader Anthony Albanese. Justine immediately challenged former PM Scott Morrison when he excluded flood-ravaged residents in the Tweed, Byron, Mullumbimby and Ballina regions from...
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