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Food, drink and craft brewery ’in principle’ approval for Tweed South Industrial Estate
Industrial estate zoning was under question at Tweed Council's planning meeting on 4 August as councillors endorsed the development application (DA) for an ‘artisan food and drink industry including craft brewery, retail area and restaurant at Industry Drive Tweed Heads South.
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Some truths
In answer to David Lisle’s letter – Backlash Echo Aug 3, 2022.
Our rail corridor was only ‘disused’ because of...
Lismore Councillors to collectively decide on new GM
The recent history of general managers in the Lismore Council has been nothing if not chequered. With a very politically divided council, the question of whether all interested councillors, or just a select few, should choose the new GM proved contentious last night in the Goonellabah chambers.
The solution is absolute transparency
Heilpern's great comparison (20 July) of wars in Ukraine and Iraq, illustrates the USA and all participants commit great...
Halcyon House and Paper Daisy
Simon Haslam
A stylish boutique beachfront hotel with bespoke rooms, its own day spa, a beautiful pool and a laidback...
Curved-space robot defies known laws of physics, heralding new locomotive technology possibilities
A robot engineered at Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) has done the unthinkable and flouted a steadfast law of motion, suggesting that new laws need to be defined.
Mud benda rant
Regarding last week’s Splendour Festival and all the ‘haters’ out there. I took along a few seriously fun-deprived teenage...
Stories about "property prices":
It’s official: Byron has most expensive house prices in the country
Market research firm Propertytology reports that the Sydney had ceded its mantle as having Australia’s most expensive media house price to, you guessed it, the Byron Shire...
Byron shire becoming unaffordable for buyers too
The boom in the local housing market has spread to the fringes of Byron shire and beyond, with new figures suggesting house prices in our outer suburbs and towns have jumped dramatically in the past year.
Byron median house prices higher than Sydney
The median price of homes in the 2481 postcode is now higher than the equivalent in Sydney, according to two property price monitoring companies.
Land values jump, but not in Richmond Valley
Richmond Valley local government area (LGA) land values have gone backwards in the past year and ranked last among coastal council areas, while Byron shire recorded the second biggest increase, according to the latest valuation report.
Storylines
Storylines – The Voice of the voiceless
My grandfather would often tell me a story. A story about a community. This community was self-sufficient, self-reliant, and self-determining of their own lives.
Local News
Draft COMP caps Public Access at Lismore Council
Eve Jeffery - 0
A Draft Code of Meeting Practice (COMP) and Briefing Policy prepared by the Governance & Customer Service Manager was the subject of discussion at Lismore Council this week.
Byron Echo
Olivia Newton-John and FernGully
Olivia Newton-John was active in many environmental issues in the Northern Rivers region. One in particular was the 12-year battle to save ‘Fern Gully’ in Coorabell from being dammed.
Byron Echo
Planning Dept investigates Splendour festival site
Paul Bibby - 0
The company which owns and manages North Byron Parklands is being investigated by the NSW Department of Planning over traffic safety breaches that occurred during last month’s Splendour in the Grass festival.
