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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...
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Interview with Michael Balson, creator of Ocean to Sky
Local filmmaker helps tell the story of Edmund Hillary’s last adventure, in the film, Ocean to Sky
‘ATO’ scam wants every last dollar in your account
The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) is warning about a spike in automated scam calls impersonating the ATO and asking people to transfer all their money to another account.
Council’s power
Matthew O’Reilly
I refer to Ian Pickles’ letter, titled ‘Developers’ power’ (Letters, 10 February).
Generally, I must agree with most of...
Interview with Sarah McLeod
Sarah McLeod is a passionate woman. She’s Aussie rock royalty, front person of The Superjesus and a powerful solo performer. In this interview she talks about her two loves, one new and one gone; her piano and her dog. One found, and one lost, during lockdown.
Bringing down the heat in our ‘hood
How well we survive the future depends on our vision for our towns and suburbs – and on how we bring that vision about.
Woman assaults police – Bangalow
Police say that a woman resisted arrest and assaulted two officers yesterday in Bangalow.
Stories about "tyagarah":
Jumpers collide mid-air over Tyagarah Airfield
Police and medical teams were called to Tyagarah yesterday after reports of a mid-air collision over the airfield.
Driver flown to GC hospital after Tyagarah crash
Police say that at about 1.30am today emergency services were called to the M1 Motorway near Kennedys Lane at Tyagarah, after reports a Hyundai i30 had collided with several objects and left the roadway.
Police report indecent and offensive behaviour
Police say there were two incidents of illegal behaviour involving men on the far north coast last week.
$2.2m to seal dirt roads in Byron Shire
There are plenty of road issues n Byron Shire and many of them revolve around the increase in the numbers of locals and tourists that are using them. Today the state government has announced they are providing an extra $2.2m to assist the Byron Shire to upgrade some of their dirt roads.
Four-hour power outage in Byron
More than two thousand two hundred homes were without power last night in the Byron area, including Tyagarah and other coastal suburbs.
Police concerned over safety at Tyagarah clothing-optional beach
Police have expressed concern about beach safety at a known sex pest area as peak tourism season approaches.
Tyagarah is a clothing-optional beach, and...
Main Beach as nude beach
Dorset Campbell-Ross, Tyagarah
We Tyagarah residents want to remove the clothing optional status from our beach for safety.
We want safety from sexual predators, especially for women...
Will Tyagarah remain a clothes-optional beach?
Byron Shire Council will debate removing the clothes-optional status of the beach near Grays Lane, Tyagarah this Thursday.
Woman sexually assaulted on Belongil Beach
Police are investigating after reports a woman was sexually assaulted on Belongil Beach, Tyagarah, on Monday (June 5). Around 5pm, a 31-year-old woman disclosed that she had been sexually assaulted by an unknown male on the beach.
‘Millionaires row’ on Tyagarah hill: is this the Middle Ground?
Some 50 people attended a snap action on Sunday called by Grays Lane resident Richard Ambrose to highlight what he called ‘appalling planning by the outgoing majority councillors’ and to warn residents what to expect if a conservative majority is re-elected.
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...
Byron Echo
Letting go
Mary McMorrow, Mullumbimby
I respect the parents forgiving the drunk driver who killed their four children (one a cousin) as their way of dealing with...
Byron Echo
Ministers misbehave
Keith Duncan, Pimlico
Accusations of appalling behaviour by the Liberal Party in covering up misdeeds within its ranks just keep on keeping on. The last...
Byron Echo
Transparency needed
Janelle Saffin MP, State Member for Lismore.
I read with interest Mia Armitage’s front page article in last week’s Echo ‘Electorates miss out on bushfire...
