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Perplexed
Perplexed to read Richard Jones’ article ‘Now’s the time for those reforms’, when the opening sentence quotes: ‘Just over...
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Perplexed
Perplexed to read Richard Jones’ article ‘Now’s the time for those reforms’, when the opening sentence quotes: ‘Just over...
Concerns raised over heritage demolition proposal in Byron
The Byron Bay Historical Society has supported concerns raised by residents around a DA that proposes to demolish a home listed in a heritage area.
Vale Bruce Kent
Bruce Kent (22.8.29–8.6.22) was one of the greatest compassionate advocates for disarmament and humanity:
• General Secretary 1980–85 CND (Campaign...
Public scrutiny?
Byron Council has magicked away from public scrutiny and risk analysis its own submission detailing imperative details on the...
Charity bike ride resumes
They had their bikes stolen, faced a major natural disaster, and one rider injured her knee in a fall. But it still wasn't enough enough to stop the Ocean Pools Odyssey charity bike ride from completing its mission.
Opinion: What a Dutton might say, and did…
'At a recent gathering, I murmured something faintly conservative, and quick as a flash I was called a "Dutton"...'
Stories about "AusPol":
The race to the bottom in Australian politics
The last federal election saw a disunited LNP with no plan for climate change and almost no policies re-elected with a slim parliamentary majority
Labor reaffirms position as Coalition shadow on fossil fuels
Faster than you could say George Orwell, it was revealed clean energy actually meant gas, and the head of the expert panel was to be none other than Grant King, the former CEO of Origin Energy (aka the people who fracked Queensland and created a fiery spa bath in the Condamine River).
Thus Spake Mungo: Australia catches up to Greece… in a baaad way
At last, Scott Morrison’s torpid government realises it is in danger of being mugged by reality. After last week’s report from the International Monetary Fund, it is no longer feasible to pretend the Australian economy is in safe hands and can continue to muddle through without at least a modicum of intervention.
Thus Spake Mungo: bet the farm
The Reserve Bank, like so many economic pundits, has finally given up on the government of Scott Morrison.
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Fooling no one
Danny Wakil isn’t fooling anyone (Letters, 15 June). He is obviously pro-Israel, but his tone and talking points belie his claim to be pro-Palestinian,...
Byron Echo
Building hei(s)(gh)ts
I also strongly agree with David Gilet and Paul McCarthy on the creeping cancer of increased building heights/heists in Byron CBD, and I have...
Letters
Palestine’s ‘terra nullius’ and children’s body armour
Firstly, the Zionist regime of Israel is an apartheid regime. It is based on the dispossession, expropriation, expulsion and oppression of the Palestinian people.
This...
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Lismore council flirts with ‘koala-killer’ status
The fate of one of the state’s last koala populations appears to lie in the hands of the Lismore City Council after an extraordinary meeting Thursday afternoon.
