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April 24, 2024

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New data reveals NSW social housing waitlist blowout

A fresh analysis by Homelessness NSW reveals where people are waiting the longest for social housing, sparking calls to double the supply of social homes and boost services funding.

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Wallum

It is, at best, amusing, but mostly disappointing, to see The Echo reporting on the mayoral minute to Council...

Some spending cannot be questioned

The euphemisms were flying when Australia's Defence Minister Richard Marles announced last week that an extra $50 billion would be spent on our military over the next decade, and that $72.8 billion of already announced spending would be redirected.

A quiet day in Bruns after arrests and lock-ons

Though no machinery arrived at Wallum this morning, contractors and police were on the development site at Brunswick Heads as well as dozens of Save Wallum protesters. 

Byron Bay takes second at NSW grade three regional bowls championships

Pam Scarborough Byron Bay’s district winning, grade three pennants bowl team knew they had stepped up a grade when they...

What’s happening in the rainforest’s Understory?

Springing to life in the Lismore Rainforest Botanic Gardens this April school holidays, Understory is a magical, interactive theatre adventure created for children by Roundabout Theatre.

Editorial – What are the people doing in your neighbourhood?

If you are stuck for something to do this Thursday, why not take part in local democracy?

S Deyris, Byron Bay & A Gattenhof, Mullumbimby

Would-be developers of West Byron take note. You must have a clear picture by now that your style of ordinary, dreary, destructive development is not wanted here; we reject you.

We the people, the legitimate community who live and love here, we reject you; like we reject fast junk food. We want the extraordinary bio-diversity in this town to stay intact. 

We reject your old, dead ideas. We want new solutions, new low-impact ways of building, and new low-impact zoning. 

We want Byron Bay’s beautiful wild entrance to be preserved. We want eco-solutions and people who are intelligent enough to see this is the way of the future.

Sometimes what has been permitted is the wrong thing. We want Stuart Murray and all the people who have been planning Byron’s carve up to take a look down the tunnel of time, and go back to the drawing board, throw out old planning ideas, and come up with something innovative and fit for our sustainable future.

If you can’t do that, go away. Any development proposals must enhance our community and environment. We accept nothing less.


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