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Tweed Council says ‘No’ to State government taking their developer income
Tweed Shire Councillors have rejected a proposal by the NSW government, that would reduce the ability of local councils to collect infrastructure contributions from developers.
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Richmond Valley Council looks at thermal waste to energy
At last night’s Richmond Valley Council meeting, councillors looked at a recommendation that Council receives and notes the information on the next steps to seek Alternate Waste Treatment solutions for landfill and recyclable waste streams.
Byron Bay Hempire
S Haslam
Inside the gut are about 100 trillion live microorganisms that vitally contribute to a strong immune system. These...
Viruses
Viruses are organisms at the edge of life and possess genes, evolve by natural selection, and reproduce by creating...
NSW Regional Housing Taskforce to recommend holiday rental regulation changes
Regional Housing Taskforce Chair Garry Fielding says recommendations around short-term holiday letting regulations will feature in his report to planning minister Rob Stokes later this month.
ScoMo does it again
ScoMo recently travelled from the ACT to Sydney, not something to be recommended at the moment.
What is an essential...
The year 2000
I must answer David Heilpern. Remember 2000, how the computers were all to fail on NYE? How could so...
Stories about "Minyon Falls Road":
Councils push for Minyon Falls Road funding
Neighbouring Byron and Lismore councils are set to push for state government funding to seal the gravel road to Minyon Falls, one of the north coast’s key natural tourist attractions.
Calls to seal rocky road to popular Minyon Falls
Calls are being made to upgrade the rocky road leading to one of the region’s key natural tourist attractions in the Byron shire hinterland, Minyon Falls, visited by around 100,000 people a year.
Local News
Cadwallader determined to win support for new water science team as part of Dunoon Dam campaign
Cr Cadwallader has taken advantage of a local government rule allowing councillors to reintroduce a failed motion without having to wait three months if they have the signed support of at least two other councillors.
Local News
More Byron COVID contact locations
The number of Byron 'venues of concern' associated with a confirmed case of COVID-19 from a worker on I’m a Celebrity … Get Me Out of Here! has increased.
Local News
Ring of steel called for as Byron and Tweed locked down – again
Councillors and members of parliament from across the region are calling for greater restrictions on who can come to the Northern Rivers and other vulnerable regional areas from COVID hotspots in NSW.
Byron Echo
A matter of choice
I have chosen to receive a vaccination.
Others have chosen not to.
Unless we are living in some totalitarian state, that should be the end of...
