Byron Echo
From the Mountain to the Market
By Ben Schmitz
Working on the land is a great way to bio-energetically co-create with this incredible country we are so blessed to be a...
Council Elections 2016
Five new faces on Byron Council
In a remarkable change to the local political climate, five new councillors have been voted on to Byron Shire Council.
Council Elections 2016
Rose didn’t jump, she was pushed
Doug Luke, Byron Bay.
Congratulations, Byron Greens!
I was secretary of Byron Greens at the time when Rose Wanchap ceased to be a member.
Not long after...
Council Elections 2016
Byron coastal plan to be recalled
Byron Shire Council’s re-elected Greens mayor Simon Richardson says he will use the progressives’ thumping new majority to recall the controversial CZMP, pushed through in the dying days of the previous council.
Council Elections 2016
Simon Richardson set for second term as Byron’s mayor
Byron Greens mayor Simon Richardson has been entrusted with a second term after almost half of the shire's voters gave him their first preference. But things are not so clear-cut in neighbouring Lismore and Ballina.
Byron Echo
Byron Shire council candidates 2016 Q&A
Hans Lovejoy
Let’s vet! Herewith are questions posed by The Echo for all lead candidates.
Now it’s over to you, the conscious, intelligent, discerning and...
Council Elections 2016
Don’t forget to vote for your new council on Saturday
The 2016 Local Government Election is on this Saturday for all councils in the northern rivers area except for the Tweed. Voting is compulsory for all people enrolled in the Ballina, Byron and Lismore electorates and fines do apply for not voting.
Council Elections 2016
RDA chair, Don Page, enters Byron election debate
The chair of RDA – Northern Rivers, former National Party Ballina MP Don Page, has jumped into the Byron Shire Council election campaign, threatening that the rail corridor in the shire will be sold off unless it is turned into a rail trail.
Council Elections 2016
Mystery missing invites mar Byron candidate meetings
Confusion and mystery surrounds the last of the Byron Shire meet the candidates meetings, with denial of invitations received, an inexplicable cancellation attempt and a low turnout at a morning event.
Council Elections 2016
Vote for cohesion not tribalism
Edward Kent, Suffolk Park
Thank you to those Byron Shire Council candidates who made themselves available to public questions recently at the Byron Community Centre....
Council Elections 2016
Vote to stop development destroying Bangalow
Tony Hart, president, Bangalow Progress Association.
Bangalow residents and friends love our town because of its village atmosphere, its heritage feel and above all, its...
Council Elections 2016
A Rose is a Rose is a Rose
Jo Faith, Newtown.
How often will Rose Wanchap continue to change personal status in order to suit her personal aspirations?
She entered Council on the strength...
Council Elections 2016
Cr Wanchap’s secret conflict of interest revealed
Chris Dobney & Hans Lovejoy
In February this year, Byron Shire Cr Rose Wanchap was censured for breaching council’s code of conduct after voting on...
Council Elections 2016
Greens still the best option for Byron
Chris Cooney, Mullumbimby.
If, like me, you are feeling somewhat flummoxed by the number of candidates running for Council perhaps you could ask yourself...
Council Elections 2016
Your vote CAN change Byron Council
Suzie Deyris, Byron Bay
Tony Narracot (community minded former Executive Officer of the Byron Bay Chamber Of Commerce who in the 1990s built its numbers...
Byron Echo
Council candidates support website attacking ‘cyber bully’
Two aspiring local council candidates are among 37 people who have ‘presented’ a website to ‘take a stand’ against the online conduct of self-described health care activist Esther Rockett.
Byron Echo
Byron council candidates declare their preferences
With a bigger candidate line-up than last election, preferences will undoubtedly play a large part in who gets elected to Byron Shire Council on September 10. What will make the difference is how you vote.
Council Elections 2016
Council pre-polling stations open
Ballina, Byron and Lismore residents can now cast their vote in the upcoming council elections, with pre-polling stations across the three LGAs opening yesterday. Tweed shire residents will have to wait a little longer.
Council Elections 2016
The Byron Line: visionary proposal or harebrained scheme?
Byron mayor Simon Richardson has released a ‘vision document’ proposing a ‘multi-modal’ approach to the future use of the railway corridor in Byron Shire. But the plan has been knocked down before it’s even been launched.
Council Elections 2016
Byron realtor announces candidate platform
Further to last week’s announcement of council candidate groups, Gail Fuller has supplied a statement for her ticket. Ms Fuller heads an all women team and is the president of the Byron Bay chamber of commerce, a real estate agent and has been in the area for 21 years.
Local News
Tweed Council rejects Casuarina disability viewing platform
Issues of queue jumping, the allocation of Tweed Shire Council’s resources in both time and money, and responding to the ‘squeaky wheel’ were all...
Byron Echo
Bringing down the heat in our ‘hood
Aslan Shand - 1
How well we survive the future depends on our vision for our towns and suburbs – and on how we bring that vision about.
Byron Echo
Resilience through biodiversity and awareness
The Byron Shire Resilience and Regeneration Roadshow will be in Brunswick Heads this Saturday, as part of a series of events across the region tackling the question: ‘How do we create more resilient communities in 2021?’
Local News
Housing affordability on agenda at Ballina
David Lowe - 1
With the housing crisis worsening in Ballina and across the Northern Rivers, councillors agreed that something had to be done about the problem at their meeting yesterday.
