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Bravo Mungo
Robert Gibson, Byron Bay
Mungo’s Crossword last week was, for me, both challenging and charming. Echos of the great man’s wit...
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NSW Parliament off for a month, with full pay
With COVID-19 cases surging across Sydney and defence forces being deployed in the city, NSW Parliament put out a brief statement last week saying MPs will not sit in the month of August ‘owing to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in NSW’.
Medical government
Peter Olson, Goonengerry
The United Nations Declaration of Human Rights, Article 20: ‘Everyone has the right to peaceful assembly and association’....
Markets could return to Byron’s Butler St Reserve
Byron’s weekly farmers’ market may return to its traditional home in Butler Street Reserve after detailed soil testing found that the park was less contaminated than was feared.
Pandemic
Sarah Smith, Byron Shire
Finally, our premier is speaking a language that the business community of Sydney should comprehend – a...
The right decision
Magenta Appel-Pye, Mullumbimby
I would like to say ‘congratulations!’ to musician Lisa Hunt, but really, for what? It was a relief...
Calls for Royal Commission into housing crisis
The council also voted to write to the NSW Planning Minister about short-term rental accommodation policy reforms.
Stories about "Barefruit Marketing":
Ballina ready for business
A large group gathered at Lennox Head Cultural Centre this week for the launch of Business Events Boost, a new initiative to promote Ballina as a working destination.
Byron Echo
One sided
Rachael Terry, South Golden Beach
I am really shocked and disappointed at the one-sidedness of The Echo reporting on the COVID-19 vaccination debate. Any dissenters...
Byron Echo
Paradise lost?
Hugh Ermacora, Byron Bay
‘Take your masks off!’ yelled the young scruff at my companion and me, as he speared his skateboard between our coffee table...
Byron Echo
Dunoon Dam
Nan Nicholson, The Channon
Being a Rous County councillor must be a hard job. The workload of reading reports must be enormous and keeping communities informed...
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Nature-based intervention on offer for at-risk young people
As the trickledown effects of COVID-19 continue to hit our most vulnerable, not-for-profit groups are saying they are overwhelmed.
