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Push for free conservation rezoning as report reveals Byron habitat protection gap

Byron Shire landholders could be offered a free pathway to stronger conservation zoning under a proposal coming before today’s Council meeting, following a report identifying significant gaps in protection for the Shire’s valuable habitat.
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Tweed sets out stronger shorebird protections after nesting failures

Tweed Shire Council is considering formal guidelines to protect threatened beach-nesting birds, following breeding failures linked to visitor disturbance at Hastings Point.
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Right wing ratbags gather in Brisbane for CPAC

Just wrapped in Brisbane, this year's Australian Conservative Political Action Conference featured a galaxy of nutters vying for the votes of the disaffected, disorganised and dangerous.
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Byron EchoMike Balson, Upper Wilsons Creek - 0

The price of ignorance

What often gets described as ‘racism’ in Australia is often based on plain old ignorance. People lacking the interest...
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Byron EchoLarry Hoofs, The Pocket - 0

Ridiculous

How long is this stupid 57 Station Street discussion going to continue? The laneway is already barely accessible especially...
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Celebrating George Feros’s 123rd birthday

Residents and staff at George’s Cottages in Byron Bay celebrated George Feros’s 123rd birthday on 16 September.
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Discovering the best of Byron with The Byron App

Suzie Bradley, Adhere Marketing founder, has taken her long-standing knowledge of Byron’s visitor economy and turned it into a digital space with The Byron App.
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A deeper dive into Gulgan Village’s affordable housing

Local News Hans Lovejoy - 0
If approved, Gulgan Village, proposed on the highway end of The Saddle Road across 37.9 hectares, could eventually (after a development application process) house up to 1,000 people in around 550 homes, ‘depending on the housing mix’ (source: Gulgan Village Civil Engineering Report).
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Courtney Act puts Gerwyn Davies’ colourful world in the spotlight

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Sequins, spandex and seaside souvenirs will be up for discussion when Courtney Act takes the interviewer’s chair in Murwillumbah next month.
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Early works finished for Byron’s $8.2 million fire station

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Early works have been completed for Byron Bay’s new $8.2 million fire station, with construction of the building set to begin.
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Tobias Moran sues police over Simone Strobel murder prosecution

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Tobias Moran has launched legal action against NSW Police for malicious prosecution over the withdrawn charge that he murdered his girlfriend, German backpacker Simone Strobel, in Lismore in 2005.
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Countless Strokes: Hend brings his world indoors

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If you’ve walked down Mullumbimby’s main street and stopped to admire the murals, chances are you’ve already seen the work of local artist and muralist Daniel Hend.
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