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Praying for Vanuatu in Ballina
The World Day of Prayer is a gigantic ecumenical event staged on the first Friday of March.
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Australia’s bastardry
Gareth W R Smith, Byron Bay
Australia has a long string of racist and anti-humanitarian policies. These range from its...
Ministers misbehave
Keith Duncan, Pimlico
Accusations of appalling behaviour by the Liberal Party in covering up misdeeds within its ranks just keep...
PM’s vaccine
Martin Bail, Federal
On 4 February, 2021 ABC News reported, albeit briefly, that the PM will ‘for the record’ be...
Mt Warning ban
Chris Gee, Byron Bay
Indigenous readers be advised that the following letter contains references to persons deceased.
I read with some...
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.
Coal scuttle
Alan Veacock, Cumbalum
After some serious arm-twisting from the rest of the sane world, led by Joe Biden, the ‘marketing...
Stories about "NBN raids":
Clandestine raids accompanied by cameras
Vince Kean, Murwillumbah
It was remarkable that we had a television news crew and more popping flashbulbs than bubbles in a champagne glass at the...
Local News
Random Mullumbimby breath test leads police to cannabis and ketamine
Police say that a random breath test in Mullumbimby has led to the seizure of cannabis and ketamine.
Local News
Police looking for missing Pottsville woman
Police say they are seeking public assistance to locate a woman missing from Pottsville for almost a week.
Byron Echo
Truth
Dr Matt Landos, East Ballina
There is the real news and then there is the fake news.
The radio news announced recently new economic figures showing...
Byron Echo
Monkey see
Daniel Brown, Byron Bay
Back in my early youth growing up in Mt Eliza Victoria in the ‘90s I’d secretly look up to and admire...