At 81, Brunswick Heads grandmother Kuaterina Mount is doing what many wouldn’t dare at any age, jumping out of planes, and loving every second of it.
Byron Shire Council has signed off on a new planning blueprint that will transform a 52-hectare rural site off Gulgan Road in Brunswick Heads into a mixed light industrial and ‘work/live’ precinct. The site is part of 66 The Saddle...
So what is really necessary for Australia’s bottom line? What is ‘unavoidable and urgent’ to ensure our budget bottom line?
I live on Raftons Road Bangalow, it is quite a busy traffic and foot-traffic road and it services the subdivision above Rifle Range Road. About four weeks ago, a huge branch fell across my driveway and half of the...
Thanking those of you who have made contact with me. Yes something has to change, I agree. Things have certainly got out of control. The funding is not available to bring important infrastructure upgrades needed to accommodate additional development. Yes, hearing those concerns...
Considering the toxicity of plastic, could the Byron Farmers Market try to become the first market in Australia (possibly the world) to eliminate plastic from coming in contact with any produce during production and sale? I would like to buy...
Mandy’s ‘Not All Men’ article really pushed my buttons this week, with the words ‘a website instructing men how to rape their wives received 62 million visits.’ A ten second fact check exercise would have revealed that the original website,...
In response to Mandy’s column about the website that is teaching men how to rape their wives, I too was appalled, but I still ended up in some argy-bargy with a lady on social media, when I stepped up...
After 36 glorious years of Bluesfest putting our region firmly on the map, a huge void is now a reality. But the party shone through this Easter in many smaller venues with music and celebrations, thanks in part to our...
Hayley Devlin, Secretary of the Suffolk Park Progress Association (SPPA), has asked The Echo to publish her clarification of the conflict of interest declarations now made by herself, and by President Kelly Minahan, concerning the 9-15 Clifford Street development...
National parks in north-east NSW are responsible for injecting around $4.4 billion into the regional economy and supporting some 14,100 regional jobs, according to the latest visitation statistics from NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS). The state forests in...
Join in the annual Brunswick Valley Landcare Mother’s Day treeplanting on Sunday, 10 May with live music, a barbecue, cakes, coffee and a very special community vibe, celebrating all mums from 9am to 12pm. The planting is at a multiple...
The failure of the draft development control plan (DCP) for the Mullumbimby Hospital site to meet community expectations on the provision of a ‘village community’ that meets a range of housing needs on the site has led to the...
Byron Shire ratepayers are facing another year of rising Council fees and charges, with Council’s draft 2026/27 budget showing an overall increase of around six per cent.
Connecting children and their big people to the beauty, sounds, and stories of nature, The Wondertrail takes everyone on a journey of delight through Mullumbimby’s Heritage Park and Maslen Arboretum. The Wondertrail, designed for children under ten and their...
In the 1980s, the Byron Shire community came together to fight for height limits. They drew a line at nine metres, rejecting Gold Coast–style high-rise development on their beachfront. Instead, they backed environmental protection, sensitive design and a vision...
To tax or not to tax, that is the question. Whether to allow global corporations to continue plundering our resources for little return, or, by grabbing the corporate bull by the horns, make them pay their way.
Having reviewed the latest plans for the redevelopment of the old Mullumbimby hospital site, I was amazed to see that no staged, old-age facilities have been included. The first main reason for this concern is that, because there are...
I recently became a member of the Suffolk Park Progress Association (SPPA). I joined up because of the progressive, dynamic new leadership. The association was literally going to collapse if some people who had previously controlled it remained. They resigned from the...
There’s a simple reason Byron’s hinterland continues to be overlooked – we no longer have anyone elected to directly represent it. Unlike Ballina Shire Council, which retains a ward system ensuring all three wards of that Shire have three dedicated...
I am living in Australia – With a dead man close beside; He has no form or substance, But he’s tough and strong inside He regards us all with pity, For he thinks us soft and weak; I can feel his harsh compassion, Tho’ no words...
How fit is a man, who threatens a country with genocide and calls its people animals, to be the president of the (still) most powerful country in the world? Ryan Wesley Routh was sentenced to life for having planned the...
David Lowe's critique of Richard Marles reveals more about his own ideological biases than any genuine policy analysis. On Israel and Iran, Lowe's framing is historically dishonest. Iran has spent decades funding proxy terrorist organisations including Hamas, Hezbollah, and the...
What does a person do when lame mainstream media fails to do proper research and call out and question our government's inept policies, while we are being screwed over by Labor their far-right agenda? While these fakes fork out billions for...
David Heilpern was excellent in his comment page 14 in last week’s Echo. After working in a maximum security prison in Brisbane about 25 years ago, I think it's shocking we allow rape = for a few smokes! Thank...
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