This Stuff Matters examines where the world is heading, and who gets to tell the story with Peter Greste in Murwillumbah.
The General Manager of the Byron Bay Community Centre, Louise O’Connell, is looking to the future and saying goodbye to the Community Centre after six years at the helm.
After decades of community campaigning, the Byron Shire is finally going to have a public swimming pool that is heated and open all year round.
From practical non-fiction on how to ditch fossil fuels in the home, to the best new crime, sci-fi, and spellbinding fiction from international guests, there is something for everyone at this year’s Byron Writers Festival.
If you know a budding bookworm, the Byron Writers Festival Kids Program is the perfect place to nurture their love of storytelling while having an absolute blast!
Tony Armstrong found national acclaim as an AFL player turned TV personality. Now he’s a successful children’s book author and will share his latest book Maggie the Dragon at Byron Writers Festival’s Kids Program.
The Tallowood community garage sale is again on Saturday, July 26.
Academic freedom is the lifeblood of universities – a principle that ensures scholars and students can pursue knowledge, challenge orthodoxy, and engage in open debate without fear of censorship or reprisal.
Lennox Head local, Ruth Einfeld, is seeking sponsorship for the upcoming Children’s Variety Club fundraiser, the Variety Bash. The fundraiser is celebrating its 50th year, she says, and was the brainchild of Dick Smith.
To celebrate the Byron Community Centre’s ‘130 Years of Community Spirit’, artist Valentina Di Blase is sprucing up parts of the building and adding a wonderful splash of bright colour.
A comment in Backlash in last week’s Echo describing Jeff Bezos’ wife Lauren Sanchez as ‘a botox-out-of-the-box figurine’ needs, in my opinion, addressing. Body image issues are a psychological illness in the same grade as eating disorders bulimia and anorexia....
Following the recent unacceptable arson attack on a Jewish synagogue where there were no injuries or fatalities, now we are being lectured to (via a happily compliant media) by a leader who would be arrested for war crimes in...
Australians are making the connection between climate change and rising food prices – and they’re right to. A recent Farmers for Climate Action poll of 1,000 Australians found that 65 per cent believe climate change is a major factor...
The remarkable life and work of ‘barefooted academic’ Desmond Ball (1947-2016) will screen at the Palace Cinema, Byron Bay, on July 18 from 6pm.
NSW government development corporation, Landcom, has now refused to answer any questions around its proposal to build 32 tightly-packed affordable rental homes in Mullumbimby.
The photo above is of a lovely, well-thought-out and designed sign to commemorate and remember the late John Bailey. It was recently erected, with a little ceremony, at the entrance to the track leading into ‘John’s Forest’, a lovely oasis...
Television advertising is currently highlighting that a third of Australian households are unable to meet their basic food needs and requesting sponsorship for 15,000 schoolchildren living in poverty. There is unprecedented homelessness and businesses are going bust in record...
A as a long-time advocate for proper due process the launch of former long-standing Tweed Mayor, Max Boyd’s book Saving Paradise – The Tweed under siege early this year is most timely. Zombie development approvals are springing to life on...
What an edifying sight it was, on the news tonight (8 July, 2025), watching a war criminal nominating his weapons supplier for a Nobel Peace Prize. Isn’t the world a wonderful place? Warren Kennedy, Mullumbimby
Australia’s surfers, swimmers, and ocean community are paddling out for an important cause at Clarkes Beach on Sunday, July 20 from 12pm.
The Byron Shire will celebrate the life of one of its most charismatic, colourful, and creative Aboriginal Elders at a public event in Apex Park on Friday, July 18 at 2pm.
When do you paint over a ‘tall wall’? You know that wall where you measure your kids? Where you use a pencil or pen to do the unthinkable: write on the wall! But this is permissible, because it’s not graffiti, it’s data. It’s how you mark your child has grown over time. Sometimes you measure yourself there for fun, and to watch your child gain centimetres as gravity and age take yours. Tall walls are messy. They are part of the story of your home.
I am at a loss to understand how the development applicaiton (DA) for McAuleys Lane could have been legally approved. Following is my personal understanding of the matter. Byron Shire Council does not have an unconditional and inherent right to...
I agree with Sapoty Brook’s suggestion (Letters, 2 July) that e-bikes should have a number plate. This would not only help prevent accidents, but also thefts perhaps. My housemate purchased a new e-bike recently. It was great for getting into...
What a beautiful afternoon at Brunswick Soundshell, celebrating our new piano. Congratulations to all who were involved in bringing this life and joy back into our town that has suffered recently from loss of trade and increase in bad...
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