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Wallum ponds
There are currently two proposed developments in the Byron Shire that will endanger, if not locally exterminate, frog species.
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Tweed Council wants your ideas on future sports facilities
Tweed Council is looking for feedback from residents about future plans for sport and recreation in the area.
New Brighton parking
To quote a Joni Mitchell song, ‘They paved paradise and put in a parking lot’ – this adequately describes...
Wallum
It is, at best, amusing, but mostly disappointing, to see The Echo reporting on the mayoral minute to Council...
Mandy Nolan’s Soapbox: Shopping Centres Scare Me
I feel trapped. There isn’t a single time I attend where I don’t check my proximity to the exits, or imagine what I’d do if there was a fire, or worse, a shooter. The sense of being enclosed is unnatural, I can’t tell what time of day it is, I lose my sense of direction. It’s designed to be disorienting. It feels otherworldly. And never in a good way. They are designed to make you stay longer. They are by design, disorienting.
Wallum urban development back in court
The company behind the Wallum housing development in Brunswick Heads is once again taking Byron Council to court, this time for allegedly holding up its planned earthworks at the site in an unlawful manner.
Increased Byron Council fees on the cards as fossil fuel investments decrease
Byron Council’s financial ship is beginning to list concerningly, taking from its reserves and other funds in order to bail out its bottom line.
Stories about "Barrio Bar and Restaurant":
New Barrio chef was ‘born into kitchen’
New Barrio chef, Daniela Maiorano, was ‘born into the kitchen’ in Abruzzo, Italy, and as a fourth-generation chef she’s very aware that to make...
Barrio says updated DA clarifies outside seating numbers
Residents say they lost confidence in the modelling when it said the sound of bottles from commercial dumpsters being emptied less than 50m from bedroom windows early in the morning would comply with EPA standards.
Byron Council takes action against café
Byron Shire Council is taking compliance action against the popular Barrio café in Bayshore Drive after ongoing complaints from neighbours that it is noisy and operating outside the terms of its development application.
Barrio’s changes haven’t stopped the noise
Susan Wise, Byron Bay.
I live opposite Barrio and first made management aware of patron noise issues on December 29 last year.. My concerns were...
Neighbours fear more noise from Barrio if liquor license granted
‘Barrio’ may be Spanish for ‘neighbour’ but Sunrise locals say that Barrio Byron Bay, in the new Habitat development, is a noisy one.
Residents complain of noisy machinery at Barrio Bar
Residents in the Sunrise area of Byron Bay have complained about noise from industrial machinery at the new Barrio Bar and Restaurant, saying it is diminishing their quality of life. But owner Dan Wyllie told Echonetdaily that the builders would be back next week to try to sort out the problem.
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Man dies in hospital following an E-bike crash – Byron Bay
A man has died in hospital following an E bike crash in Byron Bay earlier this month.
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Byron’s Sydney-centric policies
Very interesting comments slipped out of the mouth of Premier Chris Minns during the recent Sydney/regional floods: ‘There shall be no more developments on...
Science Goes Viral
New insights into great white shark behaviour off California coast
Marine scientists using tracking devices have been able to shine a spotlight on the behaviour of great white sharks (Carcharodon carcharias) with the publication...
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Increased Byron Council fees on the cards as fossil fuel investments decrease
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Byron Council’s financial ship is beginning to list concerningly, taking from its reserves and other funds in order to bail out its bottom line.
