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Truth
Dr Matt Landos, East Ballina
There is the real news and then there is the fake news.
The radio news announced...
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Green Spine parking
Ian Kingston, Mullumbimby
I am concerned at the apparent loss of parking spaces proposed in the centre of Mullum under...
Letting go
Mary McMorrow, Mullumbimby
I respect the parents forgiving the drunk driver who killed their four children (one a cousin) as...
Call to protect oceans from plastic and pollution
A new sign has been installed at Main Beach, Byron Bay, calling for increased awareness and collective action on the issue of marine debris and pollution.
Interview with James McMillan, founder of the Byron Surf Festival
With the Byron Bay Surf Festival just days away, founder James McMillan took a few minutes to talk to Seven about the awesome things planned for the coming weekend.
Entertainment in the Byron Shire and beyond for the week beginning 24 February, 2021
Entertainment in the Byron Shire and beyond for the week beginning 24 February, 2021
The lunatics have taken over the asylum…
The Zombies of the Climate ApoCOALpse have today swarmed around Queensland's Parliament House this morning to highlight impending climate chaos.
Stories about "Pacific Motorway accident":
Ewingsdale traffic chaos as car accident causes tunnel closure
Update: Southbound lanes of the M1 Pacific Motorway have reopened in the St Helena Tunnel in Ewingsdale following a crash involving a caravan and a car. Traffic is still heavy around the Ewingsdale interchange.
Two-cycle accident on Pacific Motorway near Lennox Head
Two female cyclists who crashed on the Pacific Motorway, west of Lennox Head, on Saturday had lucky escapes as they were both wearing helmets, police report.
Truck fire closes Pacific Motorway
Update: One of two northbound lanes of the Pacific Motorway near Newrybar remains closed while emergency services salvage a truck that caught on fire at around 3am this morning.
Woman charged with murder over Cudgera Creek fatal
A female driver from Lismore has been charged with murder following a fatal crash at Cudgera Creek earlier this month.
Fatal crash closes highway at Cudgera Creek
All northbound lanes have reopened on the Pacific Motorway in Cudgera Creek after a car and motorcycle accident this morning (Friday January 6) which took the life of the 61-year-old motorbike rider.
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...
Byron Echo
Australia’s bastardry
Gareth W R Smith, Byron Bay
Australia has a long string of racist and anti-humanitarian policies. These range from its treatment of Aboriginal people, complicity...
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Mt Warning ban
Chris Gee, Byron Bay
Indigenous readers be advised that the following letter contains references to persons deceased.
I read with some interest and also, I am...
Byron Echo
‘The Great Reset’
Gary Opit, Wooyung
I appreciated the letter by Lucas Wright (17 February) on the Great Reset conspiracy fantasy. With our privileged, western, simplistic understanding of...