Mullumbimby Uniting Church Food Box have commenced their 13th year of operations, distributing nutritious food to those in need every Thursday, from 9.30am till 11.30am.
The letters deadline for The Echo is noon Friday. Letters longer than 200 words may be cut. The publication of letters is at the discretion of the letters editor.
Wallum protector, Maria Lloyd, faced Byron Bay Local Court last Tuesday following an incident in June last year at the contested 126-housing unit urban development in Bayside, Brunswick Heads.
Yesterday’s attempt to cut off water to nine houses that the NSW Reconstruction Authority has bought back post-flood and are currently occupied by around 30-40 people has led to a standoff.
Federal funding of $3 million has been announced for a North Coast Crime Prevention Infrastructure Action Plan, which will see $1m go towards Tweed, Ballina, and Byron Shire councils for crime prevention measures.
Sitting 20 metres high amongst the canopy of Ellis State Forest this morning, a community member has stopped all machinery from operating by attaching a tree-sit to the equipment in the logging area, putting a halt to works for today.
Despite the Law Council of Australia raising serious concerns over risks to freedom of political speech, federal parliament has passed a new hate crime law that will see jail time for publicly displaying prohibited Nazi symbols or giving a Nazi salute.
Local filmmaker, David Bradbury, says he will run against PM Anthony Albanese in his safe Sydney seat of Grayndler as an independent at the upcoming federal election.
Electoral reform legislation to cap political donations passed the Senate last week, with many crossbenchers expressing their fury at the process and the major parties claiming the moral high ground as they joined forces.