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Pottsville mobile tower approved despite concerns over the environment
A failure to provide the requested ecological assessment for the site of a potential telecommunications pole at Pottsville, following a previous refusal, has not proved a hindrance to the majority of Tweed Shire councillors now approving the proposal.
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Fatal two-vehicle crash – Richmond PD
Just after 7pm Thursday, 30 November 2023, emergency services responded to reports of a two-vehicle crash along the Pacific Highway, Woodburn, about 35km south of Lismore.
Erring on the side of kindness
There is one thing we can all do in these wretched times of powerlessness and overwhelming sorrow. Give.
Byron Bay march to focus on Hamas attacks on women
A women’s march is being organised by Northern Rivers group A Mother's Cry in solidarity with Israeli women and girls, and as a response to what the group describes as the UN's 'disturbing and harmful silence, following the brutal Hamas terror attacks in Israel’s south on 7 October.'
Labor’s hypocrisy on climate undimmed
Last week the Minister for Climate Change and Energy, Chris Bowen, delivered the Albanese Government's second annual Climate Change Statement, claiming major progress in emissions reduction while the numbers continue to scream that the opposite is true.
First West Byron DA pushes planning rules
Plans for the first major residential development within the West Byron urban release area feature nearly a dozen breaches of planning and environmental protection rules and should not be approved, Byron Council staff say.
$15 million to subsidise habitat destruction?
The recently-released NSW Forestry Corporation’s annual report, which shows that taxpayers will again be asked to spend $15 million to subsidise native forest logging, has today been labelled ‘a damning indictment on our state’.
Stories about "Brunswick Heads caravan parks":
Bruns Housie shed boarded up
The Brunswick Heads Housie shed is being boarded up by Reflections Holiday Parks to prevent homeless people using the space.
Bruns park op licence refused over insufficient information: Council
Reflections Holiday Parks (RHP) has hit back at suggestions that its legal dispute with Byron Council over the Terrace Reserve caravan park relates to an attempt to expand the park’s boundaries.
Have your say on public access to the Brunswick Heads foreshore
There are three days left to make your views known on how the public foreshore in Brunswick Heads is divided between public land and access and the two caravan parks as part of the Plans of Management for Massy Greene and Ferry Holiday Parks.
Byron Greens councillors ‘grovelled pathetically’ over Bruns parks
Byron shire Cr Michael Lyons is seeking accolades for breaking a perceived 'stalemate' between BSC and NSW Crown Holiday Parks Trust (CHPT) over plans for the Brunswick Heads Holiday Parks.
Last chance for council to retain Bruns foreshore
Michele Grant, Convenor, Foreshore Protection Group
Brunswick Heads Caravan Park boundaries and license conditions are on Byron Shire Council's agenda this Thursday (25/8).
Agenda Item 13.10...
Bruns van owners evicted – Fingal next
It was an end of an era for caravan owner Kelly McKelvey, as her storage van left Brunswick Heads last week after North Coast Holiday Parks evicted the last onsite caravans owned by the public.
Long-term van owners evicted from Bruns parks
Thirty-three long-term holidaymakers have received eviction notices from the management of three Brunswick Heads holiday parks: Massey Greene, The Terrace and Ferry Reserve.
33 van owners evicted from Brunswick Heads parks
Col & Carmel McAndrew, Massey Greene Holiday Park. All long-term holiday van owners at Ferry Reserve, Massey Greene and Terrace Reserve Holiday Parks have been given Notice of Termination, with 90 days to vacate.
Park trust’s questionable accounting exposed
A freedom of information request for the NSW Holiday Park Trust’s 2012-13 annual report has revealed some questionable accounting.
The ‘non-road’ under threat
Patricia Warren, Brunswick Heads. From the evidence at hand, it would appear that providing unfettered access for emergency vehicles is not a consideration of any worth if it means costing a 10m setback in any POM for Massey Greene Caravan Park.
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Temporary closure of Fawcett Street and Fawcett Park tomorrow
Fawcett Street and Fawcett Park will have sections temporarily close tomorrow Thursday 7 December 2023, to reinstall steel sculptures within the park.
Byron Echo
Lismore City Council struggles to maintain staff and understand the Local Government Act
The most contentious items on Lismore Council’s agenda for the November meeting were a development application (DA) for the change of use of a...
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Bushfire risk and health warnings as it heats up across NSW
High heat warnings have been predicted for much of NSW over the coming days with above average temperatures predicted for Northern Tablelands, Central West...
Byron Echo
Rally calls for ceasefire
Eve Jeffery - 4
A small but staunch group gathered at Main Beach Byron on Saturday to put their voices behind a call for a ceasefire in Palestine and an end to the Israel-Hamas war.