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May 14, 2024

Splendour Estate

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Public housing forum/doco May 16

A documentary exploring the devastating impacts of losing one’s home owing to the privatisation and demolition of public housing assets will be screened May 16 at the Palace Cinema.

Other News

Student HECS debt to be cut, say federal Labor

Two new major initiatives to support current and former higher education students have been announced by the federal Labor government.

Can artificial intelligence be used for beach safety?

Is it time for a new approach to beach safety that utilises AI technology to tell locals and visitors where it’s safe to swim?

Minjungbal Drive at Tweed Heads South changed traffic conditions

Overnight traffic conditions will change on May 13 at Boyds Bay Bridge on Minjungbal Drive.

Freemasonry looks to its future

Meet the Freemasonry Grand PooBah of Lodge Cavanbah in Byron Bay, Nick Towers.

Roads to Mullum High and Tallowood Estate closed

The corner of Jubilee Ave and Azalea Street, near Mullumbimby High School, is currently closed following a truck leaving the road and damaging overhead electrical lines.

Freedom flotilla efforts for crucial Gazan aid tied up in red tape

A freedom flotilla attempting to get much-needed aid to starving Gazans in war-torn Palestine is being hampered by Israeli forces, according to a statement by the Freedom Flotilla Coalition.

Unfortunately, no more, but all is not lost! They own the land, and Byron Shire is crying out for houses. Splendour Estate sounds good. A hundred plus homes for sale.

Andrew Hunter, Bangalow


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3 COMMENTS

  1. Yes, the site should be dedicated for social housing, if we have large areas of native bushfood gardens, based on indigenous knowledge, and housing is provided for free to those locals who can live off the land in a sustainable eco-residential area, we can solve the housing crisis. It should be a vegan community where no cars, meat or dairy are allowed.

  2. It’s a floodplain. Floodwater gets 6′ deep through there.
    It was an inappropriate site for a festival & is similarly inappropriate for any housing.

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