Jo Faith, Newtown
It is well known by local farmers and ‘oldies’ in Byron that West Byron is recognised as ‘the Lungs of Byron’. How has it come to reality that this development has been approved? Let’s start with the corruption that resides within the NSW Planning Department and the overall NSW Government!
Check out the last ABC Four Corners program of 2021 covering the Hawkes Nest East Coast Beach Front development approval granted to the Obeid family who purchased land. Including First Nations land. This was made possible by the actions of cronies with blatant, fraudulent intention… whilst the Obeid Godfather snores in prison!.
The current devastating floods are a warning to all that we are now living with the effects of climate change. There is worse to come with the recent alarming scientific reports revealing dangerous heatwaves in the Arctic and Antarctic regions.
It is time for a total revolution – on every level. Social, legal, environmental etc – our children lead the way. Politicians do not hear their wailing outside of the court rooms, they do not view the rivers swollen with dead animals. They do not feel the trauma of impending death and loss. They do not know how to embrace scientific warnings. The majority embrace only the market and capital.
Many public representatives are swollen with hubris and greed. They make no connection to the facts, such as the destroying of forests (illegally) as an act of total murder of ecological systems and sentient beings. They allow developments on floodplains, ongoing genocide of First Nations peoples, manipulation of policies and process. They create ongoing despair… and dare to tell a totally traumatised person how to behave. How dare they?
Civil society must now cheerfully embrace subversion of the dominant paradigm. Enough is now beyond enough. Pack up all of the research and send it to ICAC now.
Cate and Dailan endless thanks, love and support. Many of us are armed with a greater vision for the future and it is your example and hard work that leads the way. Onwards with passion.
For four decades The Echo has printed the stories some people loved, some people hated, and some pretended not to read. If you want us to keep telling the truth, the real truth, not the sugar-coated version. We’ll need your support to keep the presses rolling. 
