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Byron beach erosion
Ann Tiernan, Suffolk Park
I strongly disagree with Council’s position stated in last week’s Echo that ‘The sand (at Clarkes Beach)...
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Why the rush?
Jason Beaumont, Suffolk Park
I wanted to respond the brain aneurysm-causing letter by one Sara Rath (21 July).
The letter writer...
Open-air art walk by the river at Murwillumbah completed
The Ages of the Tweed mural that accompanies the open-air riverside art walk has now been completed.
Cartoon of the week – 28 July, 2021
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Spyware unplugged – New software attacks cast a light on cybersecurity
A major investigation conducted by news organisations has found that governments around the world may have been spied on by a malicious software called Pegasus.
New gallery and studio breathes life into old church and graveyard
Was it divine intervention or western democracy that changed the fate of a former country church on the Northern Rivers last week?
Highest Hapki yusul award given to former Rosebank resident
Ross Kendall
Jarrod Taylor has received the Ninth Dan – the highest award in Hapki yusul, the martial art from...
Stories about "carboot":
From little things Ballina things grow
The advocate group Ballina Region for Refugees (BR4R) grew from small beginnings in 2015 when resident Sue Kelly had a gut full of the Australian Government’s increasingly inhumane treatment and policies towards people seeking asylum.
Byron Echo
A day of ‘thank you’
Alison Drover, Broken Head
How about a day of ‘thank you’ to our health workers and ‘sorry’ from our prime minister and ‘please’ from the community?
Instead...
Letters
Nolan’s Soapbox
Duncan Shipley-Smith, Byron Bay
The sinister suggestion by Nolan in last week’s Echo conflating anti-vaccination supporters with extreme right-wing ideology (XRW) demands a response.
This is...
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Shooting in Nimbin
There is a police operation currently underway in Nimbin following a shooting earlier today.
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Knife-wielding criminal on the loose in Byron Bay
Aslan Shand - 1
A terrifying media release is still on the loose in Byron Bay after escaping from the computers of Council candidates Rhett Holt and Cr Alan Hunter. 'It is a frightful to wake up at three in the morning to a man blood dripping with a backpack full of knives using your shower,' the [sic] release said...
