Residents packed the Mullumbimby Ex-Services Club on Monday night to get an understanding of the changes, or lack thereof, to the 57 Station Street, Mullumbimby DA.

The Billinudgel Railway Station building, managed by Byron Shire Council (BSC) on behalf of Transport for NSW (TfNSW), has been used as a free community shop where people can donate unwanted items which are available for others to take since 2022.

Byron Shire Council has voted to continue investigating the use of Lavertys Gap as a water supply for Mullumbimby despite staff advice that the scheme faces major regulatory hurdles, water quality concerns, and increasing costs.

I had the opportunity to speak to the NSW Reconstruction Authority (NSW RA) last month. One of the matters I brought up was the proposed 57 Station Street, Mullumbimby development. It was clear that the only ‘community feedback’ they would be listening to supported housing development on that site.

At 1.45am this morning the NSW Fire and Rescue Mullumbimby Station 388 Sans and Brunswick Station 240 were called to a fire at the Mullumbimby Scout Hall.

Byron Shire Council has signed off on a new planning blueprint that will transform a 52-hectare rural site off Gulgan Road in Brunswick Heads...

Byron Shire Council says small scale festivals, creative activations, early evening cultural and inclusive artistic events, better lighting, safer public spaces and transport options will be used to enliven the Byron Bay town centre. The decision to pursue other forms of cultural activation comes after Council decided not to proceed with a trial Special Entertainment Precinct.

Byron Shire Council has voted to beef up its community consultation process for large projects including significant policy changes.

Eight years ago, the state government agreed to sell the old Mullumbimby Hospital site to Byron Shire Council (BSC) for $1 in a stunt by National Party member Ben Franklin. 

Following the revelation that Byron Shire Council (BSC) staff had not followed through on the Mayoral Minute (resolution 25-454 on 9 October) to extend working hours on Mullumbimby Road to six days a week the Mullumbimby Chamber of Commerce (MCC) sought an ‘urgent meeting’ to ‘express our very serious concern about the devastating impact of the roadworks on Mullumbimby businesses’.