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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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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.
Northern Rivers policeman accused of youth assault to continue facing trial
A police officer accused of assaulting a 16-year-old in Byron Bay more than three years ago is to continue facing trial this week.
Sing Lisa Sing
Jo Faith, Newtown
How very distressing is the recent story of beautiful singer Lisa Hunt. She followed protocol, paid the...
Stop motion animators needed
Northern Rivers Community Gallery in Ballina is seeking expressions of interest from suitably experienced digital animators with demonstrated experience...
Suffolk pump track
Dr Ray Moynihan, Suffolk Park
Thanks to The Echo for ongoing coverage of the debate about the proposed pump track...
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 "sitg2016":
A splendid festival all round … apart from the arrests
If you didn't have to get involved with buses or cops it was a wonderful weekend of music, friends, sunshine, feasts, artistic expression and youthful exuberance. And while most had an great time, quite a few hundred people did come under police notice, and their festival spirit might be just a little dampened with a future visit to court.
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...
Byron Echo
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...
