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Mandy Nolan's Soapbox: Oil, War and Old Men

4 days ago | echo.net.au | Mandy Nolan

I feel afraid. And I’m not a person who feels afraid of much. The world is at war, and our leaders are either too stupid, too addicted to power, and too coerced into silence or complicity to speak up. When will the Australian government ever grow the balls to stand up, and step away? This obsession with America, with this ludicrous allyship to a country that brazenly commits war crimes has to stop.
The Channon Taverns shows of its new trees

1 week ago | echo.net.au | Eve Jeffery

As part of the Northern Rivers Watershed Initiative (NRWI), the owners of The Channon Tavern were recently awarded a grant to plant 2,500 trees on the banks of the creek below the venue. The NRWI is a catchment and estuary restoration program devised for the Northern Rivers Joint Organisation (NRJO) footprint to address ecosystem health, water security and flood risk issues across the Tweed, Brunswick, Richmond and Evans River systems.
Fascism and journalism don’t mix

1 week ago | echo.net.au | Hans Lovejoy

Attacks on journalists – whether by military forces in conflict zones or by law enforcement during civil unrest – pose a grave threat to freedom of speech and the health of democracy. And unfortunately the numbers of deaths and injuries are increasing – 2024 was the deadliest year on record for journalists since global organisations began tracking such incidents. The situation for journalists in Gaza has ballooned those numbers.
Bayside pod eviction snafu

1 week ago | echo.net.au | Hans Lovejoy

Pod residents preparing to leave the Brunswick/Bayside Village will no longer have to leave a week earlier, after the NSW Reconstruction Authority (RA) told The Echo they were incorrectly informed that they needed to move out by June 20. In the aftermath of the 2022 floods, RA established 11 temporary housing villages across the Northern Rivers on council and private land.
Greens crs split over large, exclusive, contentious DA

1 week ago | echo.net.au | Hans Lovejoy

Greens Mayor Sarah Ndiaye used her casting vote to squash fellow Greens Cr Elia Hauge’s efforts to delay and seek independent legal advice around a planning agreement for a large contentious 39-large-lot exclusive greenfield proposal near the Mullumbimby Road and McAuleys Lane intersection. Instead, an adopted amendment at last week’s Council meeting by Cr David Warth passed after councillors went into a closed door meeting with staff for 45 minutes.
Mandy Nolan's Soapbox: What a F*ckup

1 week ago | echo.net.au | Mandy Nolan

A good f*ckup changes your life… At the time it’s excruciating. But sometimes it opens a door to something quite unexpected. It was a f*ckup that was the foundation of one of my most treasured friendships and unexpected collaborations. About a decade ago, I was attending the glorious Bello Fest. A music festival where I hosted the opening night, and where I usually performed a solo stand-up show, with bodies pressed from floor to ceiling. Comedians are daggy. We’re never cool.
Calling on those who love upcycling and repairs

1 week ago | echo.net.au | Eve Jeffery

The Upcycle & Repair Centre is a dream for Mullumbimby woman Deidi Vine, who hopes to start the project with salvaged materials and vintage sewing machines — including a newly discovered old-school pedal Singer. Ms Vine says that she feels upcycling isn’t just about secondhand materials, it’s about self-worth. ‘When we learn to repair what’s broken, or salvage what’s being discarded, we begin to see the beauty in what still has life left’, she said.
Q&A with Crs Warth and Mayor Ndiaye over their support of 53 MacAuleys Lane DA

1 week ago | echo.net.au | Hans Lovejoy

The following is a Q&A with Cr David Warth and Greens Mayor Sarah Ndiaye around their justifications to give passage for a 39-large-lot contentious, DA at 53 MacAuleys Lane, Myocum (Development application 10.2023.454). At the June 12, 2025 Council meeting they both supported an last minute amended planning proposal – done in secret – which includes the option of Council acquiring land at the Mullumbimby Road and McAuleys Lane intersection.
Gill’s quest for improved church services

1 week ago | echo.net.au | Eve Jeffery

The church, and her involvement in it, have always been a big part of Gill Lomath’s life. She has always believed she was privileged, and it is her duty to help others not as lucky as she. After growing up in Ewingsdale, she shifted to Mullumbimby and started a family with her beloved husband and greatest supporter, Barry. Gill, who has an OAM, has always found time to help others, and within the fellowship she has found a place of comfort.
Editorial - Are you at a loose end?

2 weeks ago | echo.net.au | Hans Lovejoy

Woahhh the grinding rubber wheels of progress will once again touch Byron’s potholed roads as councillors and staff meet this Thursday in their never-ending live streamed reality show called ‘local governance’. Are you new to this? If so, there’s a cast of players who influence your comfortable and quiet Byron lifestyle, whether you know it or not.