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Interview with Janet Swain
Janet Swain is 14. She’s in love with the tragic and brilliant cellist Jacquleine DuPré. But one day her mother arrives home with a bassoon.
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Shores United win local derby in season opener
Shores United FC began their season in the Anzac Cup B football competition with a 3-1 win over local rivals the Mullumbimby Brunswick Valley FC last Sunday.
So you think you’d like to run for Council?
Residents considering running for Tweed Council can attend briefing sessions to find out about being a councillor ahead of local government elections.
Belongil beach hut
L S Lambert, Byron Bay
The illegal building on Belongil Beach (Letters, 12 February) is a permanent structure with no...
Bringing down the heat in our ‘hood
How well we survive the future depends on our vision for our towns and suburbs – and on how we bring that vision about.
Australia’s bastardry
Gareth W R Smith, Byron Bay
Australia has a long string of racist and anti-humanitarian policies. These range from its...
Family Court scrapped
Despite overwhelming opposition from Australia’s family law specialists and advocates, the federal Liberal-Nationals government and cross benchers scrapped the Family Law Court and subsumed it into the circuit courts last week.
Stories about "Lismore Friendship Festival":
Lismore festival to celebrate Italian friendship and culture
Organisers of the newly created Friendship Festival in Lismore are calling on people to take part in a ‘Piazza in the Park’ in 2016 to celebrate Italian culture.
Byron Echo
Fossil investments
Brian Mollet, Mullumbimby
It is with considerable incredulity that I read in last week’s Echo that Byron Shire has a lazy $70 million invested, some of...
Byron Echo
Magic mushrooms
David Gilet, Byron Bay
As noted in David Heilpern’s article (24 February), with drugs, whether medicinal or recreational, dosage is a critical consideration. You can have...
Byron Echo
PM forced
Narelle Rendalls, Ballina
With reference to the recent serious sexual assault allegations in Canberra, our Prime Minister has a lot to answer for.
Many of us can...
Byron Echo
Suffolk Park pump track for Cavanbah
Kathy Gleeson, Suffolk Park
When I first heard of, and supported, the pump track at the Linda Vidler Park in Suffolk Park it was to provide...