Backlash A Sunrise resident has told The Echo to be aware there are break-ins occurring in the neighbourhood. They say there have been nine burglaries, including a stolen car, in the last few days alone. A new interactive all-ages space has opened at the old Byron Woolies building. It’s headed by former Greens Mayor, Simon Richardson, and philanthropist, Christopher Dean, and is described as leading edge art and technology that transports you deep into an ‘otherworldly’ experience. Visit otherworld.live for more info.
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Festival’s Novel Intensive and Memoir Intensive courses will be held from March till July. The workshops will be run local authors, Sarah Armstrong (novel), and Alan Close (memoir). Visit www. byronwritersfestival.com for more info. Given former PM Scott Morrison will soon be working for private US weapons industry corporations, are there rules in place to stop him telling them our national security and intel secrets? Asking on behalf of 25.69 million people.
NSW Labor’s Minister for Housing, Rose Jackson, launched a weird attack on a Sydney mayor via Twitter last week, saying they are playing politics by refusing housing because it would destroy heritage values. Boooo. Retaining heritage is surely important?
Jane Hanckel’s latest feature film doco will be screened at Marvell Hall, Byron Bay on Friday, February 23 from 7pm. The Infinite Game is about preparing young people for a future of technology and global change. Bookings are essential – visit Humanitix: events.humanitix.com/theinfinite-game-preview-filmscreening for more info.
Flickerfest’s three-day festival of short films is set to kick off at the Mullumbimby Civic Hall, on Thursday, February 29 and will run till Saturday, March 2. Local films and comps are included – visit www.iQ.org.au for more info.
‘Everything that needs to be said has already been said. But since no one was listening, everything must be said again’ – French author, André Gide (1869–1951).
Inflation is the result of pricegouging in sectors dominated by large corporations, according to a newly released report by economist and former ACCC chair Allan Fels. As Crikey’s Bernard Keane writes, this extensive research flies in the face of the Reserve Bank and other denialists who insist profiteering has no impact on inflation. Is your book in draft form and needing a tweak for publication? The Byron Writers
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The member for Liquorland, Barnaby Joyce (Nationals), was found mixing his drugs and lying on the streets of Canberra last week. Help is always available for those needing to break their toxic love affair with CH3CH2OH (alcohol). Image National Times Meme Factory
Psst: SMH (Nine) reports a senior bureaucrat in the NSW Department of Planning is under ICAC investigation for insider trading. Just as a reminder, Echo questions to the NSW Reconstruction Authority were never answered regarding its former CEO, Mick Cassel, who was allegedly involved in fasttrack rezoning for a developer he later worked for.
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