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Developer fees and charges cut
Council fees for construction and development in Byron were the equivalent of paying $160 for a coffee, making it ‘entirely unviable’ to invest here, industry representatives told the Council last week.
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Australia to light the way with industrial-scale power
Big ideas are easy. Finding the big money and big names to back them is not. But a long-term plan to turn WA’s Pilbara into the largest renewable energy hub in the world has just taken a giant leap forward.
Bike path?
Byron Councillors please note: A painted line on the side of the road is NOT a (safe) bike path.
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Tweed Council to sponsor community events
With disasters like fires, floods and pandemics, still smouldering in our recent memory, Tweed Shire Council wants to know if you have an event that will help the Tweed community reconnect and celebrate after tough times?
Trees Not Bombs gone but not forgotten
On Friday evening the space that was home for the Trees Not Bombs recovery café stood empty of its tent, pots and pans, makeshift kitchen sink and cups of tea and cake, but the most noticeable absence was the smiles and support of the volunteers.
Teen missing from Coffs Harbour
NSW Police are appealing for public assistance to locate a teenager missing in the Coffs Harbour area.
Two confirmed cases of diphtheria in northern NSW
On Saturday evening the North Coast Public Health Unit confirmed that there was a case of diphtheria in a two-year-old child in Northern NSW.
Stories about "Suffragettes":
Knitting Nannas say ‘Vote 1 our Planet!’
The Knitting Nannas Against Gas and Greed visited the Lismore pre-poll yesterday at Southern Cross University to spread a very important message.
Mandy Nolan's Soapbox
Mandy Nolan’s Soapbox: To Hall and Back
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There is something magical about a country hall. These small wooden buildings dot the landscape. They have a frugal modesty and an old fashioned generosity. If they had names they’d be called Thelma or Rose or Alan. They’re a pungent olfactory mix of last week’s wedding enmeshed with yesterday’s committee meeting. Curry and Jatz, tea and beer, tears and laughter.
Local News
NSW Farmers: post-flood job losses are devastating
People need jobs if an area is to survive and many businesses have been crippled when successive major floods devastated the region earlier this year.
The Good Life
Taqueria in Byron celebrates four years
Chupacabra Mexican restaurant in Suffolk Park is turning four this week! Through the ups and downs of the past few years this little taqueria...
The Good Life
Celebrating 40 years of Fig Tree Restaurant
It all started with a simple dream, to convert its original farmhouse in Ewingsdale into a restaurant in which its guests could gather to...
