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Alternative Cosmos
I was disappointed to see the recent Cosmos magazine article published in The Echo.
The view that COVID-19 originated...
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A little curiosity and a lot of commitment keeps homeless fed
The local volunteer organisation Bruns Brekkie is set up to provide breakfast for around 30 hungry people two days a week.
Bike safety in Ballina
On 14 and 15 October Ballina Shire Council will be spotlighting safety on bikes.
Cinema: A Difficult Year
The wildly entertaining new comedy from irrepressible filmmaking duo Éric Toledano and Olivier Nakache (The Intouchables, C’est la vie!), A Difficult Year stars Pio Marmaï and Jonathan Cohen as two compulsive spenders who get much more than they bargained for when they try to scam their way out of trouble.
Eclectic Selection: What’s on this week
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.
Veteran forest campaigner becomes 12th Bulga arrest
Veteran forest campaigner Susie Russell was arrested yesterday in Bulga State Forest. She was the 12th arrest in the local community’s campaign to protect the Bulga forest.
Byron’s unhosted property data to be consolidated
With the new cap on unhosted short-term rental accommodation (STRA) of 60 days a year now in place for Byron Shire, Council staff say they ‘will now spend the next several months focusing on consolidating data on unhosted properties’.
Stories about "Lower Trestles":
Gilmore wins in California with a perfect 10
Stephanie Gilmore of Kingscliff, NSW, has taken out the final at Lower Trestles in California with a first-ever perfect 10 for the event.
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Tweed mayoral news
Aslan Shand - 3
You would be excused for thinking that the Tweed Shire mayoral and deputy-mayoral election was underwhelming if you watched yesterday’s Tweed Shire Council (TSC) meeting. But the furore that has erupted since on social media paints a very different picture.
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Wallum case delayed
The Federal Court of Australia has amended the dates of the highly anticipated legal proceedings for Save Wallum Incorporated v Clarence Property Corporation Limited Anon, to 21-28 February 2025.
Local News
Byron Shire Council starts the term with a song
Eve Jeffery - 4
Yesterday the new Byron Shire mayor and eight councillors took their seats in the Council Chambers in Mullumbimby to declare an affirmation to serve the community, and to outline some of their ideas.
Byron Echo
Dr Google and the crosswords
When Stephen Clarke’s crosswords first appeared I too found them hard.
But after persevering and with a bit of help from Dr Google, I have...
