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Food prices are up, and so is…
I was shocked to see the cost of local bread I buy in Mullumbimby had risen 40 per cent. That particular loaf is becoming a luxury item.
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Big fleet chases class championship
Twenty-one boats took to the water to compete in one long race that made up the fourth instalment of...
Bundjalung host Byron Shire Survival Day
Main Beach Park in Cavanbah – Byron Bay, was the place where both Indigenous and non-Indigenous people gathered yesterday to celebrate the longest-living culture in the world – people who are now living on unceded land.
Letters – 1 February 2023
The Echo loves your letters and is proud to provide a community forum on the issues that matter most to our readers and the people of the NSW north coast. So don’t be a passive reader, send us your epistles.
Ahana Candles
Victoria Cosford
Many years ago, Marianni had a dream in which a golden liquid was pouring over her hands. She...
The greater good
Byron Council has ratified the International Charter of Human Rights, complete with fine legal minds that developed a Charter...
Looking forward, looking back with Jeff Johnson
Long term independent Ballina Shire Councillor Jeff Johnson reflects on the challenges of the past year, and his priorities for 2023.
Stories about "Trans Pacific Partnership":
WikiLeaks releases secret trade doc
WikiLeaks has released the ‘Investment Chapter’ from the secret negotiations of the TPP (Trans-Pacific Partnership) agreement.
The document is classified and supposed to be kept...
Nothing free about Abbott’s free trade agreements
Like buying a house, it’s easy to get a free trade agreement if you don't care what you get or how much you pay. Since coming to office, Prime Minister Tony Abbott has closed a number of free trade agreements in record time, and it shows.
TPP privateers
Dr Liz Elliott, Billinudgel. Mungo wonders what is Abbott’s plan for Australia! Well, actually it’s Abbott’s puppeteers’ plan, and that plan is to sign the TPP.
Byron Echo
Abouchar honoured with Order of Australia
Paul Bibby - 0
The new head of the Byron Community College (BCC), Chantal Abouchar, has been awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) for her contributions to business and the media.
Byron Echo
Appeal for flag stolen from Bruns
Paul Bibby - 0
The two Aboriginal flags that fly high over the Brunswick River Bridge on Invasion Day have become a potent symbol of survival and solidarity for many in the Shire.
Byron Echo
TELSTRA – The end of the line?
I live in a valley that was ravaged by flood last year. Telegraph poles were swept out of the ground by landslides and many...
Byron Echo
Dear Byron Shire Council
Why, oh why, did you not add a traffic calming device when you recently sealed Clay Rd, Mullumbimby?
This was a beautiful, quiet lane, that...
