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New Lennox Head roundabout finished

Work on a new roundabout at the intersection of Byron Bay Road and Byron Street at Lennox Head has finished.

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The piano

What a beautiful afternoon at Brunswick Soundshell, celebrating our new piano. Congratulations to all who were involved in bringing...

Eclectic Selection: What’s on this week ( July 16 – 23, 2025)

Eclectic Selection: What’s on this week is a taste of some of the events that can be found in the Byron Shire and beyond this coming week.

Mandy and Mads ask the big questions for a bigger cause

A SHIFT Project fundraiser is planned for July 24, with Mandy Nolan hosting a regular conversation series focused around resilience, truth-telling and changemaking.

Next Gen farming: an independent organic future for us all

Having grown up on the family farm, Kyan Sansom’s love for agriculture started at a very young age. Over...

New Lennox Head roundabout finished

Work on a new roundabout at the intersection of Byron Bay Road and Byron Street at Lennox Head has finished.

Creative Arts among TAFE courses now on offer at Lismore’s CBD campus

Member for Lismore Janelle Saffin says it great to see TAFE students return to Lismore’s CBD campus, with a range of courses now on offer at the site.

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Fast Buck$ APVO case in Byron Courthouse

This morning, at Byron Bay Courthouse, Magistrate Kathy Crittenden held over the matter of the Apprehended Personal Violence Order against John Anderson, aka Fast Buck$, taken out by the police on behalf of Byron Mayor Sarah Ndiaye.

John Anderson runs for mayor in Byron

Mayoral candidate John Anderson is standing for mayor here is his campaign platform in his own words.

Respect cuts both ways

The council elections will be taking place on September 4 this year. As a community we have a choice on how we head into those debates around policy and local government issues and how we choose to conduct ourselves.

Simon Richardson steps down as Byron Shire Mayor

In an eventful day for Byron Shire Council, pot-stirrer Fast Buck$ was ejected from the council chambers yesterday and later Cr Simon Richardson announced that he will be stepping down as mayor from the end of next week.

Where’s my gong?

Fast Buck$, Coorabell Another Australia Day has come and gone and still I've received no gong! After more than eight years attending nearly every Council...

Byron Council moves to censor critic

After many years of inconvenience to the local government establishment, Council’s general manager Mark Arnold is now considering whether to refuse public access to...

The danger of delegated authority as The Echo gambles its reputation on a town planner

When in February 1996 Fast Buck$ obtained a file that described a developer in Byron Bay obtaining preferential treatment from Council, he published an advertisement in The Echo headed, ‘Something stinks at Hog’s Breath’.

Re-zoning back on the agenda: Beating off the Academy rort

During the 1987–91 term of Council an application was made to develop a large site at Broken Head as an ‘academy’.

Illegal development: it’s better to ask forgiveness than permission

In the early 90s ICAC made some findings in relation to north coast councils that certain arrangements were ‘conducive to corruption’. This term was discontinued after the extremist pro-development lobby loudly complained

GM’s delegation powers questioned

A councillor decision at the September 21, 2017 meeting that updated the general manager’s (GM) delegated powers has been questioned by longtime council critic Fast Buck$ aka John Anderson.

Mandy Nolan’s Soapbox: The tall story

When do you paint over a ‘tall wall’? You know that wall where you measure your kids? Where you use a pencil or pen to do the unthinkable: write on the wall! But this is permissible, because it’s not graffiti, it’s data. It’s how you mark your child has grown over time. Sometimes you measure yourself there for fun, and to watch your child gain centimetres as gravity and age take yours. Tall walls are messy. They are part of the story of your home.

Due process: a matter of public interest

I am at a loss to understand how the development applicaiton (DA) for McAuleys Lane could have been legally approved. Following is my personal...

E-bike number plates

I agree with Sapoty Brook’s suggestion (Letters, 2 July) that e-bikes should have a number plate. This would not only help prevent accidents, but...

The piano

What a beautiful afternoon at Brunswick Soundshell, celebrating our new piano. Congratulations to all who were involved in bringing this life and joy back...