A group of community members from across the Byron Shire has come together asking Council to ‘make further amendments to clarify and improve the [Dogs in Public Spaces] Strategy and re-exhibit it’.
Violet Coco received a 15-month jail sentence for blocking one lane on Sydney Harbour Bridge. No bail was granted until the appeal in March next year (election month). The premier was pleased and the ALP leader supported it. Both are equally odious. As...
The news that the Natural Burial Ground (NBG) on the Vallances Road site had been rejected by Council at their last meeting came as a complete shock and surprise to everyone in the community who has been working hard to make this happen
While playing Word Chums with a friend the other day I accidentally invented a new word: ‘wordrobe’. This is how so many of the great discoveries come about.
The sense of déjà vu is overwhelming. An international conference to tackle the already known causes of the ecological disaster unfolding around us.
In Australia, especially in regional areas such as the North Coast, there is a severe lack of funding and support available for children with specific learning disabilities.
Is the Liberal Party finished? Are they now a dying refuge for a generation that is entering nursing homes and fading into obscurity? The era that championed capitalism, expounded the importance of neoliberalism and the free market has passed....
In response to Linnaeus article (30 November). Thanks to the mayor for proposing the back zoning and councillors for support. It doesn’t rescind the zone change that allowed the inappropriate ecotourism facility and Community Title but may restrict future...
With the public’s right to protest under the spotlight, where do those who represent us at the state level (or aspire to), stand with the current law that sent activist Deanna ‘Violet’ Coco to jail for 15 months?
Councillors have approved a masterplan for Federal that envisages a pedestrian and cycle-friendly town with a safe and vibrant Main Street running beside an upgraded park that forms the heart of the hinterland village.
As the world now knows, Violet Coco parked a truck on a lane of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, stood holding a flare, representing a distress symbol to highlight the climate emergency. She blocked traffic on a single lane for about twenty-eight minutes before she was arrested.
The consultant’s report by Burchills Engineering Solutions (October 2021) to inform Byron Council on options for the Mullum-to-Bruns cycleway makes the following points (page 29) when summarising Option A (the Rail Trail): ‘…the rail corridor north from Brunswick Heads...
The Echo reporting about ACP and Council motion Thank you for your support of a postal bank, which could revitalise small business and farming areas and provide real competition among the arrogant big four banks. They are closing regional branches at...
How or why should we close The Rail Trail down? It is clear now ‘due procedural process’ was not followed. The federal government Department of Infrastructural Assets personally decided not to ask for approval for the rail trail from...
Ah, Council is applying its new Hokey Pokey policy to inform the bioenergy plant proposal: You put your bioenergy plant in, you take your bioenergy plant out, you turn around and shake it all about. You put your bioenergy...
Yeew! That greeting is synonymous in my family, as I’m sure it is for many of you, with Jack.
Council staff I have personally spoken to freely admit to a ‘dog problem’ in and around Byron Shire. Having been bitten by a dog some 700 metres past a ‘No dogs’ sign on Brunswick Beach I can attest to the...
The Suffolk Park Progress Association say they will request that elected councillors retain a decision-making role in a large mixed-use complex proposed for Clifford Street, after the Sydney-based developer commenced court proceedings against Council for refusal.
One week after the Global Ripple OpShop was devastated by fire, the much-loved charity is rising from the ashes on a wave of support from the local community.
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Last week I shared stories about two women who experienced rape and sexual abuse who found the system so traumatising they couldn’t go through with a court case. I talked about the need for judicial reform. About the urgency for a legal system that prioritises victim care.
Rekindling The Spirit will present a training session for the Indigenous youth and young people of Lismore on Saturday 17 December featuring Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu World Champion, Thalison Soares. The venue will be the Success Martial Arts. Contact: [email protected]
Local basketballer Harley Kent has been selected to represent NSW in the U/20 squad and is keen for the national titles that will be held in February next year. Harley has played with state squads for the last couple of...
Despite strong performances from the locals and other contenders the Byron Bay Tri club has maintained its top place on the North Coast Triathlon League after the second event of the season held in Yamba earlier this month. The Clarence...
Byron Bay Beez U/18 girls basketball team travelled to Coffs Harbour last weekend, and came away with a silver medal in the Bronwyn Vigors Tournament. The team was only picked the week before, and this was the first time they...
