For a small regional area the Byron Shire and Northern Rivers have had an outsized impact on the culture and music in Australia.
North East Forest Alliance (NEFA) is calling on the NSW state government to reassess the Wood Supply Agreements (WSA) that facilitate native forest in NSW’s state forests.
The Save Bangalow Bowlo Steering Committee (SBBSC) are seeking clarification on a number of issues in relation to the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that formed the basis of the amalgamation between the Bangalow Bowlo and Norths Collective.
Coolamon Community supports new Aboriginal mothers by providing a no-strings-attached baby bundle via culturally-sensitive health workers.
Bundjalung woman and artist Dr Bronwyn Bancroft AM has received the Red Ochre Award for Lifetime Achievement in Artistic Excellence.
The Pocket Winter Festival is set to return on Sunday, 21 June, from 10am to 2pm, bringing together the community for a day of music, food, entertainment and family fun at The Pocket Public School.
More candidates are putting up their hands to run for the seat of Ballina at next year’s state election.
Byron Youth Service (BYS) supports young people across the Byron Shire through a diverse range of creative, educational, and wellbeing initiatives, while continuing significant improvements to The YAC (Youth Activity Centre).
The local Byron and Mullumbimby chambers of commerce, and the Northern Rivers Rail Trail Supporters (NRRTS) are asking everyone who supports making the rail trail happen to get on board and sign up to support the rail trail at www.northernriversrailtrail.com.au/support.
A classic Australian novel is getting a contemporary makeover at the Byron Theatre this week, with Tirra Lirra by the River brought to the stage using cutting-edge audio-visual effects.
On Sunday, 24 May one of the Northern River’s most beloved and legendary figures Rainbow Guy, aka Guy Feldmann, was involved in a car accident on Tandy’s Lane by Uncle Tom’s.
I did not think I would need to defend the right to safe abortions again. Abortion is no longer a criminal offence in Australia. There are well-reasoned and effective legal structures around abortions based on healthcare and women’s choice. It is broadly accepted that if you’re pregnant, it’s your decision to have children, or not.
Financial literacy – without it, no business, can survive, let alone proposer. It’s especially true in times like these, where world leaders are unpredictable, chaotic and batshit crazy.
From floods to festivals, Brunswick Heads Public School has long the been the anchor of village life.
It hit me like a lightning strike. It was the latex gloves that did it. Those pale blue five fingered clinical sheaths made me want to vomit. Last Tuesday, having just been repatriated from my time on the Global Sumud Flotilla, I was at Tweed Valley Hospital getting a forensic medical examination for my sexual assault at the hands of the Israeli occupation forces.
The mantra ‘voters always get it right’ is repeated after every election by winners and losers. The decision of voters must be respected, blah, blah.
The Global Sumud Flotilla is about brave people doing exceptional things with skill, compassion, colour, spirit and gruff chutzpah. Would I leave my comfy chair to rush to the aid of two million humans I don’t know? Unlikely. Would I try...
Senator Penny Wong (Labor) said on 4 June: ‘My principal position is to always believe women when allegations of sexual assault are made… he treatment is unacceptable. I express my empathy to those women to whom that was done.’ Belief and...
Has anyone read the Engeny report supplied to Byron Council on the stormwater strategy for Byron Bay? There are several worrying issues raised in the report. One being the contamination of the Belongil Estuary, it is stated that one of...
The gravest threat to Australia’s sovereignty comes from the security doctrine and foreign policy of strategic dependence on the United States. Precisely this concern is at the core of Dangerous Allies, Malcolm Fraser’s treatise on the history of Australia’s national...
Energy is the lifeblood of civilisation. When the energy powering our civilisation is disrupted for an extended time, it means our civilisation can no longer fully function, and our economy must slow down in proportion to the extent that...
I was extremely disappointed to hear that the federal government had decided to scrap the section of the high-speed rail from Forbes to Brisbane. My reasons are twofold. Firstly, so much money has already been invested in this project...
Predictably, Marianne McCormack (Letters, 3 June) chooses to ignore my personal claims that I am not a racist, to support her vitriolic right-wing agenda. As recently raised in Senate Estimates, the Australian citizens who went to Israel to join the IDF and...
Catherine Cusack (Echo, 27 May) says she believes ‘Australians are fine with fairness for housing. The issue is messy because Labor went a step too far by increasing capital gains tax on non-housing investment’. At no time does she justify...
Byron has long had a dark underbelly. Many places do, but Byron has sold itself as a young person’s ‘party central’ for decades. Parkway Drive and its members highlight an ugly issue which must be brought face first into...
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