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Not quite ‘too late’
Desmond Bellamy, PETA Australia
Sir David Attenborough, the world’s most famous naturalist, has just addressed the United Nations Security Council to...
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Editorial – #ChooseToChallenge the patriarchy
It is easy to think we have almost achieved equality for men and women in a country like Australia – just as long as you don’t think too hard about it.
Interview with Claire Atkins from SHIT
I saw SHIT last year and I was blown away. Incredible script. Incredible acting.
Blue-green algae amber alert still active at Uki
Last Thursday Tweed Shire Council issued an amber alert for blue-green algae in the Tweed River at Uki, with Clarrie Hall Dam remaining on a green alert. This morning they say the alerts are still active.
Entertainment in the Byron Shire and beyond for the week beginning 3 March, 2021
Entertainment in the Byron Shire and beyond for the week beginning 3 March, 2021
Naming Ben Franklin
Cecily McGee, Mullumbimby
It's very misleading for the Byron Shire Echo to repeatedly give Ben Franklin free media coverage, as in...
Storylines: Uluru Statement from the Heart
The 'Uluru Statement from the Heart' seeks constitutional reform to empower Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to have a say and be involved over matters that impact their lives.
Stories about "vandals":
Lismore tackles taggers as police catch vandals
Police are targeting graffiti vandals in Lismore following a spate of attacks on businesses in recent weeks and the council has called on the expertise of a 'graffiti buster'.
Byron Echo
Suspicion and belief
Fast Buck$, Coorabell
My suspicion is that the mayor and the senior staff have been helping Michael Lyon become electable as mayor by scripting his...
Letters
Suffolk Park pump track
Jinesh Attard, Suffolk Park
Many in the local community of hillside Suffolk Park have come to understand the impact the pump track will have on our...
Letters
New Greens team
Matthew O’Reilly
President of CABS and a proud member of the NEW Byron Greens team
It seems that some readers have taken my comments on the...