Byron Shire Compass is led by David Warth (Suffolk Park) and includes Susie Figgis (Ocean Shores), Trisha Gizas Barker (Byron Bay) and Nyck Jeanes (Byron Bay).
David Warth
I am a wildlife film-maker with a background in business, tourism and primary industry.
I love living here and now that the challenges that we must face are mounting, I feel that my team and I must act decisively to create and implement a strong vision that will be in the best interests of our community.
Susie Figgis
Susie is a parent, business woman, and passionate natural lover. She is standing for practical, people driven policies, with a commitment to decisions that reflect the local community’s best interest.
Patricia (Trisha) Gizas-Barker
My vision is that Byron Bay Shire is and will always be, a place of opportunity, lifestyle and endless discovery.
My mission is inspiring our community to embrace the possibilities that strengthen a healthy, caring and happy community.
My values are creating and maintaining safe spaces for our multicultural community to pursue their passions and achieve future success.
Nyck Jeanes
Nyck Jeanes has been a Byron Shire resident for 36 years. Broadcaster, writer, counsellor, peace activist, musician, father, grandfather, gardner, lover of nature. We need more open dialogue with residents on many issues, a new, fresh beginning, new process to old problems, and kindness and care for each other and all creation.
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. 
