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Forum to address housing emergency, March 8
A grassroots movement is bringing women, community and art together on International Women’s Day (March 8) in an urgent push to solve the local housing emergency.
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Rail trail
Peter Finch, East Lismore
At last someone else has put their hand up to question the fluffery and misinformation surrounding...
‘The Great Reset’
Gary Opit, Wooyung
I appreciated the letter by Lucas Wright (17 February) on the Great Reset conspiracy fantasy. With our...
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.
Editorial – Ewingsdale development creep rejected by residents
A petition of 294 signatures against rezoning Ewingsdale farmland to commercial use will be presented to councillors for their upcoming Thursday meeting.
‘Hollywood’ drug squads over the top
I guess we have to thank Hollywood for the enduring myth that a black-clad squad of elite 'blokes', preferably with cool helicopters, from the capital are needed to crack down on really serious crime in hick parts of the country like Mullumbimby.
Letting go
Mary McMorrow, Mullumbimby
I respect the parents forgiving the drunk driver who killed their four children (one a cousin) as...
Stories about "north coast electorates":
Reject poles and wires selloff, Qld premier tells Tweed
New Queensland premier and Labor hero Annastacia Palaszczuk has urged Tweed voters to reject the Baird government’s controversial plan to sell off the state’s electricity assets, saying the move would backfire on the coalition as it did in Queensland.
Local News
Bangalow blackspot puts school children at risk
Paul Bibby - 1
Will action ever be taken to protect school kids getting on and off the bus on Lismore Road, Bangalow as trucks fly by at 80km/h?
Local News
Lifting the lid on plans to build a retirement village in Ewingsdale
Paul Bibby - 1
The letter sent to the residents of Ewingsdale last year by holiday park owner Ingenia seemed fairly innocuous at first glance...
Local News
Byron’s new road: the good and not so
After more than 30 years of talk, debate, disagreements, tears and political gridlock, Byron Bay has a new road to divert traffic from the CBD to the southern end of town.
Byron Echo
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.
