The Wallum decision is a huge shock and disappointment. It is also a lost opportunity for the state and federal Labor parties. At the moment we have Labor governments at both these levels of government. It would cost them $200 million each to buy out the developers, in government terms this is sweet FA. The advantage to both governments would be (I think) a huge increase in electoral support in both the Northern Rivers and with environmentally inclined voters everywhere.
I am also pleased to read that they are not proceeding with the concrete frog ponds. Many species of frog are endangered because they instinctively return to the place where they emerged from the water to lay their own eggs and artificial ponds will not perform this function.
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. 
