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Swivel by name, drivel by nature
The lack of authenticity of Byron Councillor, Mark Swivel, does not come as a surprise from this side of...
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Land values rise
Your cover story on 25 January claims that land valuation rises could herald increases in Council rates. This is...
Kura and Sou: two authentic Japanese Byron restaurants
Simon Haslam
Kura is an authentic Japanese restaurant serving yakitori, sushi and ramen, located in the heart of Byron Bay....
Oil spill on M1 near Byron, traffic backed up to Brunswick Heads exit
An accident on the M1 has brought southbound traffic to a standstill from the Brunswick Heads exit at Gulgan Road and Tweed Street.
Old ANZ Mullum
The old ANZ Bank building on Burringbar Street in Mullum is now a bathhouse; such yuppy city indulgence to...
Mother and Daughter Stop Logging in Yarratt Forest
Two women who grew up in the Manning Valley are currently suspended from trees with ropes connected to, and stopping, logging in Yarratt Forest north of Taree.
It’s not the fossils, it’s the fools
Humans have been muddling along in cities for around twelve thousand years, says Wikipedia, although if you count using an alphabet of some kind as the criterion of civilisation, the time span drops to a mere fifty centuries.
Stories about "Australian Marine Conservation Society (AMCS)":
John Williamson launches ‘The Voice of the Sea’ for ocean protection
Australian music icon John Williamson is back with a new song, The Voice of the Sea, to highlight the plight of our oceans and marine life – and schools across the country are rehearsing the song for their end-of-year concerts.
Time to #GiveFlakeABreak?
The Australian Marine Conservation Society is encouraging seafood lovers to choose sustainable alternatives to flake when they visit their local chippy this summer.
Water droplets give the reef more time – but climate action needed
As the Great Barrier Reef experiences its third mass coral bleaching in five years innovation can gives us more time to save the reef but climate action is needed.
Reef approaching danger as climate crisis escalates
The Australian Marine Conservation Society (AMCS) have urgently ‘sounded the warning bell’ for the Great Barrier Reef this summer. Authorities have warned that Queensland is facing one of the warmest years on record, projecting a great risk for the Reef.
Adani caught out drilling at mine site without permission
Indian-owned mining corporation Adani, which just this week was fined by the Queensland Government over its massive spillage of coal laden water into the Great Barrier Marine Park, has been caught flouting environmental laws again.
Letters
Land values rise
Your cover story on 25 January claims that land valuation rises could herald increases in Council rates. This is potentially misleading. A council’s total...
Local News
Go Thistles!
Lismore Thistles Soccer Club has launched the Thistles Acceleration Program, in the process becoming the city’s only player development academy.
Byron Echo
Pothole protest gets immediate results
Psst: want to get Council staff to do something about the appalling state of roads in your neighbourhood?
Organise a protest outside Mullum’s Council Chambers!
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Entertainment News
What’s Love Got to Do with It?
Art imitates life in What’s Love Got to Do with It? a 2022 British romantic comedy-drama film directed by Shekhar Kapur, from a screenplay by Jemima Khan.
The precis reads: ‘Set between London and Lahore, a filmmaker documents her childhood friend and neighbour’s arranged marriage to a bride from Pakistan.’