The Kissinger quote referenced by Tony Christy in last week’s paper, ‘it may be dangerous to be America’s enemy, but to be America’s friend is fatal’, was reportedly said privately to William F Buckley Jr, at the time of...
The Place Planning Collective for the north of Byron Shire met last week for the first time. Community members from New Brighton, South Golden Beach and Ocean Shores formed the new Place Planning Collective North to look at key...
The Mullumbimby Memorial Petria Thomas Pool has now had a new heating system installed so that the pool can remain open throughout the winter months. The new system will keep the water at 27 degrees for the majority of...
A new all-abilities disco party is being launched at Haven in Byron Bay, on 29 April with a live DJ and fun for all. ‘The Disco Ball is an inclusive, fun, and immersive event with sensory spaces, and a nightclub...
Yes Mandy Nolan, in one of the fastest-growing regions on the East Coast, with millions of visitors, and a multi-billion-dollar train line (no need to spend billions building one) connecting most local population centres we should, and can, have trains run...
‘Those who expose the wisdom from their holy books seem so far removed from the kindness on those pages’. They, particularly the ‘right-wing Christians’, distort (ignore?) Jesus’ teaching: love one another. As Mandy says (Mandy’s Soapbox, Echo, 8 April), ‘kill them with...
Just noticed that the word ‘Triumphal’ is an anagram of ‘Hail Trump’. Joe Harvey-Jones, Eureka
Ranging across three different mediums, painting, drawing, and photography, Elliot Kirkwood, Howie Cooke, Blario and Mark Seiffert form the Coastal Collective. This group will hold an exhibition which will showcase the environment as seen through the eyes of the...
The public submission period has been extended on the modification requests for the development application (DA 10.2023.454.2) for a large Community Title (CT) at 53 McAuleys Lane, Myocum in relation to removing sewage, road safety, and environmental conditions imposed...
Transport for NSW (TfNSW) and UGL fenced state rail land next to the Mullumbimby Railway Station in February 2026, evicting a number of locals and travellers who had been on the site over the previous four years. Since that...
Local photographer John McCormick had a tradition of capturing a Main Arm group photo at Kohinur Hall on an (almost) yearly basis over a period of 20 years starting back in 1980 (top photo). This tradition got a reboot...
A contentious proposal to rezone the former Sunnybrand chicken processing site on Ewingsdale Road has been approved by Byron Shire Council, despite concerns about biodiversity, flooding, and traffic.
A public meeting was called to provide background, updated information, and the opportunity for the community to engage with each other, both at that meeting, and as the proposed development proceeds. A large mixed-use Suffolk Park DA proposed by Sydney-based...
A devastating fire that tore through a Byron Bay e-bike store on Thursday has sparked urgent calls for tighter regulation of cheap, non-compliant imports, amid growing safety concerns in the rapidly expanding industry.
The Mullumbimby & District Neighbourhood Centre (MDNC) has advised that it will reduce staffing levels by approximately half by 30 June 2026 due to the cessation of disaster recovery funding originally provided in response to the 2022 floods. With...
The Brunswick Valley was hit hard by WW1, with 69 percent of its young men killed or wounded, according to Census figures. This led families from across the wider district to come together in Brunswick Heads to plant coastal...
I feel sorry for owners of rottweilers, mastiffs and other big guard dogs or biting dogs. Everyone whinges when a child is bitten, or a koala or the family poodle is killed. Don’t people realise that you need an intimidating dog...
Time to take the trash out Byron Shire Council, the community is sick of the drug addicts and booze hounds living in the Byron Rail corridor. These people defecate on footpaths, take drugs in the park, leave syringes in...
I guess fake news began thousands of years ago when religious fantasy was first preached as fact. Segue to a mere 20 years back with the onset of ‘reality TV’, where the most unlikely people were put together in the...
Hallelujah, yes, finally a bed tax. As a Byron Shire ratepayer for 30 years, I have been feeling deeply embarrassed to welcome overseas visitors here. Substandard potholed roads, toilet blocks below Third World standards, a Council struggling to maintain infrastructure...
Just like the Rising Tide 2024 arrestees, those of us arrested in November 2025 for suggesting that coal exports are cooking the planet and unnecessary for the welfare of ordinary Australians are ‘in a holding pattern’. The police were required...
In a night that unfolds into sound not structure, PLAYEDOUT features DJs Joey Tuckshop and Jamie Lowe this weekend at The Northern.
Byron Shire Council (BSC) has officially revived its long-running push for a bed tax, unanimously backing a plan to build the economic case for making visitors pay their way.
Brunswick Surf Life Saving Club (BSLSC) has had a major rebuild of their facilities, however, unforeseen costs in the development have left the club short of operating funds this summer and they are asking for help from the community.
A CNN investigation revealed an illicit website instructing men how to rape their wives received 62 million visits. On the site men shared tips, images and videos related to the abuse of women including how to drug and incapacitate them. This included Telegram channels with British men engaged in the same. This was visitation in one month. February. The shortest month.
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