The Brunswick Valley VIEW Club celebrated 40 years of generosity and their commitment to disadvantaged Australian children last Thursday along with veteran entertainer Normie Rowe AM at the Brunswick Bowlo.
Last Wednesday night, hundreds queued to watch Damon Gameau’s new film, Future Council at the Byron Theatre. Gameau is an Australian actor, filmmaker and producer made famous by his films 2040 and That Sugar Film.
Murwillumbah District Hospital emergency department has seen an increase in presentations related to chickenpox among school-aged children.
As Christmas approaches, it is a chance to come together and celebrate the heart of Byron Bay – our amazing community. For the past two years, the Byron Bay Christmas Community Initiative has helped light up our town with a...
It’s important to recognise and acknowledge that Israel could not perpetrate what I would call a genocide in Palestine without the unconditional support of the Western powers. The Australian government’s complicity of silence and material support for Israel is indicative...
Around 1966 in the school library, I read a short story describing hunter-killer robots that had been placed on Earth, to exterminate all the people. The short story scared me so much, it took me many years to recover from...
Like many in Mullum, I strongly support initiatives to help our homeless and vulnerable. However, Byron Shire Council’s plan to redevelop our central public car park into a three-storey ‘affordable’ housing block, for those who can afford to pay...
‘You know your competition isn’t really competition if they’re in the food industry,’ said Brookfarm and Northern Rivers Food founder Pam Brook.
The Sewing Circle Collective has been launched at the Re-market Tip Shop in Myocum where community members can not only reduce textile waste but also revive the age-old art of sewing as a modern, sustainable practice.
Hi readers! How many of us ratepayers are questioning the lack of maintenance and upgrade to our failed infrastructure by our Byron Shire Council (BSC)? How many of us have had Council regulations ignored by Council, such as the development...
Wonder why it’s rained so much in the Northern Rivers? Just look up at the skies, like I do when walking my dog on Belongil Beach daily. Whoever is doing this – please stop. I hear the planes take off...
‘Why are we here?’ was the opening question at the recent community consultation presentation regarding the proposed Special Entertainment Precinct (SEP). It’s a question that we who have been involved with committees or initiatives over the past two decades,...
Mayor Sarah recently posted on social media that she was rather upset about a community meeting being held about the proposed Special Entertainment Precinct for Byron Bay while she was away and unable to attend. Mayor Sarah and Councillor Pugh...
We’re all living in the shadows of the climate crisis. But sometimes the clouds part and blue skies appear briefly.
Planning to build a new house or open a restaurant in the Byron Shire in the next few years? Probably best to let go of the idea of having a gas stove or gas-powered hot water system then.
The Chinese name for California was ‘gam saan’ or ‘gold mountain’. After the Californian goldfields petered out, gold was discovered in Victoria and the Chinese name for Australia became ‘new gold mountain’ – which shows how highly the Chinese...
I refer to the letter from Len Hend in Mullum regarding his recent visit to China. This is so well written that it should be reproduced on every Australian media available. Why? Because it epitomises the feeling between China...
After attending Tuesday night’s information session and reading the handouts, my initial gut feeling has been confirmed – the Special Entertainment Precinct is really about ‘revitalising’ Byron’s night-time economy, i.e. making Byron more of a party town than it...
Byron Council is trying to use state government, Sydney-centric planning policies to fundamentally change our home. In Byron, it is blazing a trail as the first council outside of Sydney to establish a ‘Special Entertainment Precinct’. Council has tried to...
Byron Shire councillors appear fixed on moving forward with the housing development at 57 Station Street in Mullumbimby despite acknowledging significant issues with the development application (DA) by Landcom
Do you ever wonder where the Botox comes from? Who makes this magical substance that turns back the clock? There’s a town in Ireland that makes all the world’s Botox. That’s not a joke. That’s a pharmaceutical fact. Westport...
I would like to apologise to members of the audience at the MRA meeting earlier this year for getting it wrong on the height of the proposed building at 57 Station St, as reported in the Echo recently. Prior to...
I’ve never been a Council-basher; it’s a tough job and some good outcomes over the years can be tabled. But nor do I accept the bad process this (car park – 57 Station St) DA has taken from ‘day...
When our past mayor referred to us as something like ‘privileged greyhairs’ he took a step too far. Current Mayor Sarah Ndiaye made a similar comment, supporting the view that homeless people in Byron Shire ‘deserve’ the Mullum madness (car...
I completed the ‘Have your Say on the Special Entertainment Precinct’ residents’ online survey. It doesn’t convey confidence in Council’s concern for ‘community consultation and feedback’ when we are asked to only choose ‘main benefits’ but not possible detriments....
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