Those who thought President Donald Trump could not be any worse than President Joe Biden on the Gaza issue had a rude awakening yesterday after his surreal press conference at the White House with Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
In preparation for a day when women will take over the brewery, the women of Stone & Wood were recently joined by local creative women and not-for-profit founders, to brew a beer together ahead of International Women's Day.
The Bangalow Film Festival (BFF) is back in March with a star-studded fifth season – the festival will open on Thursday, March 6 – bringing a touch of Italy to Bangalow, the Australian premiere of Milano: The Inside Story of Italian Fashion will open the festival with a night of glitz and glamour. Bring your best fashionista look for this gala event – arrive in style and raise a glass of prosecco before the screening with friends and enjoy a a dazzling start to the festival.
A recent attempt by someone to open the mouth of Tallow Creek at Suffolk Park has prompted the Byron Shire Council and NSW Government authorities to remind people the act is illegal.
An environmental impact statement is needed for any changes to the Byron Bay Sewage Treatment Plant and its impacts upon the Belongil Estuary say hydrologist and effected landholders.
The overloading of the Union Drain that then flows into the Belongil Estuar, the result of excess water flows from the Byron Bay STP, is leaving local farmers with unusable farming land and a catchment unable to cope.
Byron Shire Council are looking to overcome waterlogging of farmland, caused by treated effluent from the Byron Sewage Treatment Plant, by diverting excess effluent via a shorter route to the Belongil Estuary. This appears to be a prelude to upgrading the STP.
Dailan Pugh, Byron Bay
I find it extraordinary that Greens Mayor Richardson considers that I should apologise for trying to put the record straight about killing...
In a little northern NSW coastal town last Thursday, local governance persevered. Nine elected Byron Shire councillors and executive Council staff held court in the Mullum chambers. So what did they say, and what was approved?
A citizens lottery, how to manage the shire’s rubbish, recycling, and estuaries (fish kill, anyone?), one step closer to water sensitive urban design and bike plans.
The NSW Environment Protection Agency (EPA) have dismissed claims by residents that the pumping of water from a Council water pump excavation in Byron Bay resulted in a large-scale pollution and fish kill event in the Belongil Creek in late February 2019.
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Last Saturday I almost missed my flight. I had booked an early Gold Coast to Melbourne to see my kids for the weekend, for my daughter’s birthday. I had booked a 6am from GC. So we know here in NSW that it’s 7am our time. So I had to leave at 5am NSW to be there at 5am Qld. Approximately. It gives me about 15 minutes to find a park and get a coffee.
Fragments of a Half Life is a poignant film exploration of memory, loss, and the intricate relationship between father and son, screening at the Byron Theatre on Thursday, February 20.