There is a potential 30 per cent or more rate rise in the wind for Byron Shire ratepayers by 2030. What’s needed is clear and concise budget documentation, accessible to your average ratepayer. It would seem the least Byron Shire Council (BSC) could provide in accordance with commitments to inform the community.

How will Byron’s elected councillors respond to the largest community petition they have received this year?

The long-awaited development application (DA) to redevelop a Mullumbimby carpark into 32 small ‘affordable housing’ rental homes and commercial shops has dropped on to Council’s website – submissions close August 31.

Mullumbimby Residents Association and Mullumbimby’s Community Resilience Group, ‘Our Neighbourhood’, congratulated Byron Shire Council for this week releasing much-needed 2022 flood data.