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Perplexed
Perplexed to read Richard Jones’ article ‘Now’s the time for those reforms’, when the opening sentence quotes: ‘Just over...
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Building hei(s)(gh)ts
I also strongly agree with David Gilet and Paul McCarthy on the creeping cancer of increased building heights/heists in...
Housing essential and not addressed in Budget say MPs Tamara Smith and Janelle Saffin
Support for women and families and solid investments in infrastructure in the Ballina electorate were welcomed yesterday by local...
Byron Council committee vacancies
I am a great believer in community input into Council business. A great opportunity for that is through Advisory...
Is Wilsons Creek contaminated?
Do the cars that ended up in Wilsons Creek pose a significant health risk owing to leaching toxins?
People with peace in their hearts?
In reference to the full page advertisement (it clearly states that it is an advertisement, and really is nothing...
Contentious DA’s on the agenda at Byron Council meeting
Two contentious Development Applications (DAs) are set to come before this week’s Byron Council meeting, setting the scene for some lively debate.
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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Fooling no one
Danny Wakil isn’t fooling anyone (Letters, 15 June). He is obviously pro-Israel, but his tone and talking points belie his claim to be pro-Palestinian,...
Byron Echo
Building hei(s)(gh)ts
I also strongly agree with David Gilet and Paul McCarthy on the creeping cancer of increased building heights/heists in Byron CBD, and I have...
Letters
Palestine’s ‘terra nullius’ and children’s body armour
Firstly, the Zionist regime of Israel is an apartheid regime. It is based on the dispossession, expropriation, expulsion and oppression of the Palestinian people.
This...
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Lismore council flirts with ‘koala-killer’ status
The fate of one of the state’s last koala populations appears to lie in the hands of the Lismore City Council after an extraordinary meeting Thursday afternoon.
