Grants of up to $5,000 to eligible community groups, individuals and creatives are on offer from Byron Council.
A new one-day eco-festival will be held in Mullumbimby, and organisers say it promises ‘immersive connection, thought-provoking discussion, and joyful action in service of the Earth’.
Political leaflets are already hitting the letter boxes of Richmond voters (more will follow), a sure sign that the ‘heat’ is on. The three majors (Greens, Labor and Nationals) are all running female blonde candidates and the photos indicate the...
If only we’d had a visionary like Paul Jones last century, to suggest a roundabout for Clifford Street! Wait, there was? This is not just another intersection on the Coast Road. Councillors over three decades have launched grand plans for...
As a previous Byron Council employee I was involved in the 1993 local government restructure. I personally think Byron Shire Council has moved away from the principles of consultation and transparency that were part of the 1993 LG restructure. The...
The editor chose to print a letter by a certain fellow, who requested that I no longer write letters to this publication. So I complied and haven't written here for more than a year. A previous letter predicted that...
The clown has put his tariffs in place. Americans are realising that although ridiculous, he is no longer funny. But what happens economically, especially in the USA, is not the main game. All characters like Trump take the same track...
As democracies around the world are under increasing pressure, fair-minded Australians must do their bit to maintain our own civilised and relatively fair society. Arguably, our upcoming federal election is of the greatest importance in this regard. Mr Dutton is spending...
Small businesses in Brunswick Heads have seen income fall by up to 60 per cent since parking meters were introduced in the town, a recent meeting has heard.
Local teenage singer-songwriter, Lily-Grace Grant, is continuing her rapid and remarkable rise in the Australian country music scene, releasing her second single this month.
Fifteen new ‘affordable’ units are pegged for Brunswick Heads through the first round of the Housing Australia Future Fund
The front cover of the NSW Department of Environment and Planning’s Low Cost Country Home Building, published in 1981
On 14 October, 2023 we had a referendum where we were asked if a section of our population should have a special and exclusive privilege to the parliament and the executive government. Australia said ‘No’! On 3 May, 2025 we...
A friend recently sent me this question from Joanna Macy. Joanna is a respected voice in movements for peace, justice, and ecology. For me the simplicity of her words cut through the confusion and selfish manipulation we experience on...
Finally our electorate has the power to send a powerful voice to Canberra, one that will say the things career politicians never do. It is time that those who profited the most from creating this unstable climate we are...
The NSW Reconstruction Authority (RA) is taking homeless people in Mullumbimby and Lismore to the Supreme Court this Friday, April 11, to evict them from structurally sound houses they bought back as part of the post-2022 flood buyback program.
The threat of multiple home demolitions is still a reality for a small vulnerable community of long-term locals living in Main Arm, with renewed support from Greens Mayor Sarah Ndiaye and Council’s General Manager, Mark Arnold for the compliance department's actions.
Thanks to April (Echo, April 2) for her ‘inspiring artwork’ showing the huge ‘shaman lady’ treating little cyclone Alfred like a puppet on a string. Onya April. In this age of the internet and global TV news, people all...
To my friends, thank you for your friendship and genuine concern for my wellbeing, something I’ve felt over the years, especially since leaving Chiang Mai to visit Mullumbimby these past few weeks. Yes, Mullum’s still a special place, though we...
It’s disappointing to see the anti-Green bikies from Ocean Shores trying to resuscitate a dead horse! Pushing our naive, new councillors into the quagmire of a bike path in our precious, fragile nature reserves during the federal election campaign....
The Bayside pods at Brunswick Heads are among four North Coast temporary housing villages that will close on June 27.
The risk of a runaway climate is a concern among scientists. Positive feedback loops in the Earth’s climate system amplify warming to the point where it becomes self-sustaining and irreversible. The risk of severe and cascading climate tipping points...
Much has been written about the recent fish kill in the Richmond River, the possible causes and solutions. That we are still having these discussions, many years after the detailed reports on the shocking health of the river were published,...
A very big thank you to Delvene Delaney for her wonderful film Love of an Icon – a tribute to John Cornell and Paul Hogan and many others in the television and film industry in Australia. I haven’t been in...
Byron Council is one of the Shire’s biggest greenhouse emitters, additionally with 45 per cent of its millions invested in fossil fuel investing institutions. At the 27/03/25 meeting Byron Shire councillors formally abandoned Council’s previous commitment to be net...
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