Claims by Byron Mayor Sarah Ndiaye (Greens) that Homes NSW had removed temporary accommodation for homeless people in Byron Shire have been strongly refuted by NSW Minister for Housing and ...

Our contemporary Christmas has evolved from northern hemisphere seasonal celebrations, including the pagan harvest festivals ...

Danny Wakil’s letter laid down a challenge (Letters, December 11) that I’m ready, willing, and happy to meet. A challenge to name a single army that has done more to protect civilians than the IDF has ...

To preface: I am not pro-Hamas, nor am I antisemitic. To Danny Wakil who asked in last week’s Echo, ‘Name one army, in all of ...

Hamas, nor am I antisemitic. To Danny Wakil who asked in last week’s Echo, ‘Name one army, in all of history, in any war, that has done more to protect the civilians of its enemies that Israel has ...

While your sincerity and despair at this crazy world was obviously genuine and heartfelt, I was reminded of a powerful message from a Rolls Royce-owning Indian guy. At the risk of sounding ...

Each Christmas, we gather together in great joy and festivity to have our Christmas dinner, our Christmas lunch, to open ...

Each Christmas, we gather together in great joy and festivity to have our Christmas dinner, our Christmas lunch, to open presents. But if the truth be known, it's a very hectic, busy time in which we ...

Probably due to bad karma I spent my younger years among counter-culture types: dopers, surfers, hippies, LSD-mystics, public servants, artists, poets and assorted bohemians. Sixty years later, it’s ...

Each Christmas, we gather together in great joy and festivity to have our Christmas dinner, our Christmas lunch, to open presents. But if the truth be known, it's a very hectic, busy time in which we ...

Heavy rain is leading to minor flooding in Tumbulgum and Tweed as rainfall totals in excess of 112 millimetres in the six hours since 9am were recorded. Local choir director Jessie Vintila is a ...