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Simon Haslam
I don’t know if you can recall one of those luminous moments in your life when it just...
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The soul of football-based sports
'It is around this time of the year I look at myself in the mirror and ask, "what is wrong with me?"'
NSW says ‘No’ to decriminalising drugs but pivots towards a health-based response
After waiting almost three years to respond to the recommendations of the NSW Ice Inquiry NSW Premier, Dominic Perrottet, has rejected the recommendation to decriminalise use of illicit drugs.
Woman critically injured in fight; second woman charged with attempted murder – Tweed Heads
A woman remains in hospital in a critical condition and a second woman has been charged following an alleged stabbing at Tweed Heads yesterday.
Lismore City Bowlo and all that jazz
What Lismore needs more of now is fun and joy and music and the Lismore Jazz Club’s popular monthly gigs are about to return to help make that happen.
Mandy Nolan’s Soapbox: War on Trauma
In the War on Trauma we care for hurt people. We understand the importance of safety, of nutrition, of connection to community, of addressing loneliness, of the power of being in nature.
Being locked in jail for drug-related offences doesn’t change the underlying reasons for why someone has addiction issues. It just amplifies the trauma. And amplified trauma leads to drug harm.
Just us, with the wild goat
Simon Haslam
I don’t know if you can recall one of those luminous moments in your life when it just...
Stories about "homelessness":
Stone & Wood raises $20k for homeless
Byron Bay’s homelessness and disadvantaged support service, Fletcher Street Cottage, is set to be boosted by funds.
The floods are leaving people homeless and families split
There was a housing crisis on the Northern Rivers, then we had the floods of 2022 and the issue has left increasing numbers of people homeless and struggling to find alternative accommodation.
Homelessness hub under immense pressure
A new homelessness hub in Byron Bay has been so inundated with requests for help, that the service already needs additional staff to meet the demand.
The Greens’ big plans for homelessness services, homes
The phrases ‘affordable housing’, ‘public housing’, or ‘social housing’ rattle around in the realms of decision-makers, yet hundreds of people in the Northern Rivers are still homeless, and post-flood the situation isn’t getting any better.
Saddle Road housing project unfazed by anonymous smear leaflet
An anonymous leaflet has been placed in local letterboxes alleging that the proposal to build group homes for single mums and their kids in Saddle Road, Brunswick Heads is a ‘plan for a drug and alcohol rehab’.
Vale Delta Jim, beloved Byron Bay busker
Well known and loved Byron Bay busker Jim Holt, also known as Delta Jim, died of a heart attack en route to hospital on Monday 20 December.
Be CaféSmart about a cuppa donation for homelessness charities
Most people would be shocked to know how close to homelessness some people in the community are – some people might be very shocked to know how close they themselves are to homelessness. It doesn’t take much.
Homeless man to undergo surgery after Byron CBD crash
Byron police were still investigating a crash that left a homeless man in his sixties seriously injured last week, Inspector Matt Kehoe said Monday morning.
Byron Council staff lukewarm with homelessness solutions
Two ideas put forward by Byron Council to help locals at risk of homelessness have hit a fatal speed bump in the form of a Council staff report, suggesting they are unfeasible.
Linen SHIFT laundry finds new home
An organisation that aims to ‘disrupt the cycle of women’s homelessness’ has found a new home after being recently evicted from their premises.
The Good Life
Lambruk Pantry
Simon Haslam
Lambruk Pantry is a family-owned local gourmet providore based in the heart of the Byron Shire. If you’re looking for something classy, that’s...
The Good Life
Oliver’s happy hens
‘If you can look after fifty chickens’, Oliver tells me, ‘you might as well look after 500.’ In between a steady stream of customers...
Byron Echo
Alstonville takes out top tier of the Oceania Cup
The Oceania Cup delivered exciting and close football for the 19 teams that competed across last weekend at the Alstonville FC’s Crawford Park fields.
The...
Byron Echo
Great waves on offer for the Evans Head Malibu Classic
The 30th annual Evans Head Malibu Classic was run last weekend with clean one metre-plus waves on offer right across the four days of...
