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Public meeting called over Mullum carpark DA

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Could you be a better councillor?

I had the opportunity to speak to the NSW Reconstruction Authority (NSW RA) last month. One of the matters I brought up was the proposed 57 Station Street, Mullumbimby development. It was clear that the only ‘community feedback’ they would be listening to supported housing development on that site.
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or thousands of years, the kitchen was the pharmacy. Long before supermarket shelves and medicine cabinets, families turned to nourishing broths, warming spices, medicinal herbs and seasonal foods to support their health through winter. While modern medicine has an invaluable place – particularly for serious illness – many everyday winter rituals have been forgotten or aged out.
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Council backs $100,000 Easter coordinator despite budget concerns

Byron Shire Council has voted to spend $100,000 on coordinating Easter activities next year, despite unresolved questions about where the money will come from and growing concern over Council’s financial position.
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The finalists for the biennial Wollumbin Art Award, held by Tweed Regional Gallery, have been announced. They are Tweed based artist Kane Corowa, Gold Coast based artist Beth Andrews, and Byron based artists Kirsten Chambers and Monica Buscarino.   
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Discursion on ‘reserve’

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A woman has died in hospital eight days after a single-vehicle crash on the North Coast on Sunday, March 4.

At about 1.45pm , the 24-year-old woman was driving a 2004 silver Subaru Forrester west on Cudgen Road, Cudgen, when the vehicle left the road and hit a number of trees.

Emergency services attended and rendered first aid before she was flown to Gold Coast University Hospital.

About 8.30am today (Monday, March12), police were advised that the woman had died of her injuries.

A report will be prepared for the Coroner.

Police are urging anyone with information in relation to this incident to call Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or use the Crime Stoppers online reporting page.

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Calls for more public transport

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Public transport in the Northern Rivers currently consists of a few buses that run infrequently and have very few passengers. Friends of mine have had...
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