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Seapeace: the late Tony Maxwell’s wetland legacy
Many curious minds have pondered the purpose of the rice paddy-like waterbodies that scallop the contour lines out into the Ewingsdale coastal plain that can be viewed from St Helena Road.
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Mandy Nolan’s Soapbox: Dear Brittany
We watched you. We watched you break the silence. We heard the truth shatter like a glass hitting the tiles.
Suffolk Park pump track for Cavanbah
Kathy Gleeson, Suffolk Park
When I first heard of, and supported, the pump track at the Linda Vidler Park in Suffolk...
Thirteen students inducted into Tweed Youth Council
The Youth Council program hopes develop better relations between Council and Tweed’s young people, by encouraging a mutual respect, and providing opportunities to contribute to civic life in a constructive and meaningful manner.
Lifting the lid on plans to build a retirement village in Ewingsdale
The letter sent to the residents of Ewingsdale last year by holiday park owner Ingenia seemed fairly innocuous at first glance...
Byron’s rail reactivation saga continues
Byron Council will consider funding further investigations into getting trains back on the tracks in the Shire, despite strong criticisms of the reports on the matter that have been prepared to date.
Stories about "Brunswick Heads paid parking":
Bruns chamber rejects mayor’s paid parking rhetoric
Further to last week’s Echo story on Brunswick Heads paid parking, the town’s chamber treasurer, Kim Rosen, clarified that she is not the president.
Further,...
Paid parking at Brunswick Heads
Paul Brennan, Brunswick Heads
The Brunswick Heads Chamber of Commerce maintains that paid parking in Brunswick Heads is not wanted. Have they conducted a survey of...
Bruns parking goalposts moved, says chamber
Senior Council staff have defended the way traffic data is analysed, after the Brunswick Heads chamber of commerce claimed the term ‘full capacity’ is defined as an occupancy of 90 per cent, not 100 per cent.
Bruns Chamber ramps up opposition to paid parking
With Council’s push for paid parking on Brunswick Heads, the town’s business chamber are ramping up their opposition.
Brunswick Heads parking before Council, again
A vote on the latest Brunswick Heads Parking Review recommendations is expected today's Council meeting (Thursday June 27).
Paid parking pushed in Bruns again
The Brunswick Heads chamber of commerce highlighted a lack of consultation by Council over parking arrangements and paid parking for the town.
Bring on paid parking in Brunswick Heads
Rod Murray, Ocean Shores.
It is completely misleading for the Brunswick Chamber of Commerce to claim that businesses will suffer as a result of paid...
It’s simple, Simon, no paid parking
Cherie Pyke, Brunswick Heads.
All we read lately is Byron Shire Council apologising for their lack of communication with residents after making bad decisions.
At the...
The people’s paid parking resistance movement gathers in solidarity
Despite the cold and rainy weather, round 300 Brunswick Heads residents and business owners rallied on Saturday to send a message to councillors they don’t want paid parking.
Protest Brunswick paid parking this Saturday
Angst, passion and the colour red will be shared at the 'Seeing Red No Paid Parking Rally' at the Hotel Brunswick on Saturday, 11 November at 6pm.
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Caravan park to pay $2.3mil plus to consumers
The NSW Court of Appeal has upheld the Supreme Court’s decision arising from the sale of the movable dwellings located on waterfront sites along the Tweed River.
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Government modelling fails to reflect women’s interrupted careers
New research to be released this week analyses two decades of Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) Survey to estimate the actual labour force experience of women over their life and accounts for working when super is not paid.
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Ballina cleans up!
David Lowe - 0
Clean Up Australia Day was a great success in Ballina, with the beach clean up event organised by Ballina Coastcare yesterday attracting twenty volunteers.
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Lismore future councillor information sessions
With the delayed Local Government elections being held in September, several councils, including Lismore City Council, are holding information sessions for community members who are thinking about running for Council.
