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Gort claims singles tennis title at Mullumbimby
Mullumbimby Tennis Club Championship finals were held last weekend and culminated with the open men’s singles where Steve Gort...
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Climate change a threat to local Gondwana rainforest mountain frogs
A new Southern Cross University study predicts that two species of mountain frogs located on the NSW/Queensland border are on track to be extinct by 2055.
Development risk
Thank you, Aslan for your editorial. The public are to suffer a great deal in the future if all...
4WD restrictions at South Ballina beach to stay
Moves towards use of a smart phone app to help control 4WD access to South Ballina’s beach have failed in a recent Ballina Shire Council meeting.
Planning for Casino and Urban Growth
Richmond Valley Council is seeking community feedback on two key strategic documents - the draft Richmond Valley Growth Management Strategy and Casino Place Plan.
Dogs – stay out
Byron’s Main Beach and playground is a no-dog area. About ten signs clearly state this and unless someone is...
Besmirching Julian Assange
In reply to John Donnellan’s latest shrill attempt to besmirch Julian Assange’s character, it is important to highlight that...
Stories about "fundamentalism":
The violence written into religious texts
Adrian Gattenhof, Mullumbimby. Civilisation is advanced by, among other things, pushing back against the claims of religion, not by bowing to them. Islamic fundamentalism is pushing the other way, against secular humanism, diversity and tolerance, not just in the Middle East but wherever it commands sufficient adherents.
Burqa-wearing is a right
L Andrews, Byron Bay. Australia is a democracy and as such we should be entitled to worship (or not) how we wish and wear (or not) whatever we choose without government interference.
Beheadings and the Islamic State
Michael Weatherhead, Mullumbimby. Beheading an aid worker in Syria by the Islamic State or anyone else is a terrible thing and should not have happened. Killing between half a million and a million people in a war against Iraq was a terrible thing and should not have happened.
All power to the gays of darkest Africa
Gordon Balfour-Haynes, Federal. Anti-homosexual African nations claim that homosexuality is contrary to their culture — but this [was] imposed on them by colonising and missionary types.
Byron Echo
Medal storm for locals at pickleball tournament
Thirty Northern Rivers pickleball players won medals in the first ever NSW regional doubles tournament last weekend in Ballina.
The local club secured nine gold,...
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Local waterpolo team thriving on friendship
The Byron Bay Bullsharks women’s waterpolo team have played their way into second place on the Far North Coast competition ladder after bagging five...
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The Menu
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_uTkUGcHv4
Do chefs wield too much power in this world? The power over life and death in fact? In The Menu, Julian Slowik (Ralph Fiennes),...
Byron Echo
Your Witches are Back!
It’s the longest day and the shortest night: 22 December is the summer solstice, a time to transition from action to nourishment. It’s a...
