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Speed limits
I’m surprised to see that when you drive from Bangalow to Lismore via Clunes and Bexhill the speed limit...
After school care phased out
Byron Council will cease providing out of school hours care (OSHC) in the shire after deciding that the cost and regulatory burden is too great to bear.
Woodburn: ute hits, kills pedestrian
A 30-year-old woman walking in Woodburn died on Sunday morning when a teenager driving a ute crashed into her, police said.
Aid workers killed
I along with the Israeli and Jewish community in general mourn with the rest of the world for the...
Wage peace not war
Northern Rivers Peace group, Remembering and Healing is inviting all community members to a peace gathering on the eve of ANZAC Day.
Flood-prone frog habitat slated for industrial expansion
The Byron Arts & Industry Estate would expand onto the other side of Ewingsdale Road under a new project before Byron Council which is currently on public exhibition.
Stories about "West Byron development":
Historical truth
Some people choose to rewrite history when it suits them. Former mayor Simon Richardson has been telling people that his protegé, Michael Lyon, was...
West Byron – wetland or suburb?
Turning the West Byron housing development site into a wetland for excess effluent from the Byron Bay Sewage Treatment Plant (STP) is a possible solution to its increased output, says Greens MP Tamara Smith and Byron Shire councillor Cate Coorey.
Destructive West Byron development refuses to die
West Byron has raised its ugly head again as a group of local landholders attempt to use the courts to force their excessive and inappropriate over-development of a sensitive site, adjacent to the Belongil Estuary, upon the Byron community, against its will and best interests.
Editorial: The dice are loaded
The Regional Planning Panel (RPP) booked the Byron Theatre last week in order to give local people the opportunity to let off steam with verbal objections to the West Byron development proposal.
No agreement reached in West Byron mediation
A court-ordered mediation between Byron Shire Council and West Byron landowners yesterday resulted in no in-principle agreement, meaning the matter will likely head to court.
‘Locals’ West Byron DA refused
Few shows at the Byron Theatre receive such a resounding standing ovation as the Joint Regional Planning Panel on Monday after it refused permission for a 387-lot suburb at West Byron.
Byron GM responds to criticism of planning staff
Byron Shire Council’s general manager Mark Arnold has defended staff against claims made by a local journalist about their responses to a range of major planning issues.
West Byron submission numbers clarified
It’s emerged that just three out of 4,633 submissions on the contentious West Byron development proposal on Ewingsdale Road were in favour of it when it went on public exhibition.
West Byron land to be urgently reviewed
A staff report is expected for the Council meeting on November 22 which will review the environmental attributes and constraints of the contentious West Byron urban release area and what development would be suitable.
Urgent review of West Byron’s zoning imminent
Byron Shire Council are looking to urgently review the zoning on 108 hectares at West Byron Release Area to take into consideration the significant environmental constraints relating to this land.
Local News
Rural roads need a path to recovery
The recent and continuing rains have turned many of our roads into a sodden mud puddle and the NSW Farmers have renewed calls for real action on road infrastructure funding after continual damage on roads and bridges across the state.
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Keeping an eye on the landscapes of the Tweed
Tweed Shire Council says they have made a commitment to identify and protect the Tweed’s unique landscape, to this end a draft Scenic Landscape Protection Policy has been prepared to ensure the Shire’s spectacular scenery is front of mind when there is new development, change in land use, or when preparing related new policy.
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Labor leading
A very proactive Minns Labor government will celebrate one year in government with a massive investment of $1.8 billion in renewable energy to get...
Byron Echo
Shame Mullum RSL
For those that do not know, RSL stands for Returned and Services League Australia. An independent support organisation for people who have served in,...
