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Inside Barbé Graces Councillors’ Letters Sample North coast’s Byron Shire this NORPA’s World fi rst day to the food fest best gig guide Council Notices week Stage – p20 report – p7 Ed – p11 – p18–19 – p26 Page 43 Beachside bargains Alan Jones barred from CSG rally Luis Feliu Jones told a receptive dinner audi- abhorrence of his comments. We had ence that Ms Gillard’s recently-de- to decide whether, in all conscience Shock-jock Alan Jones, who sparked ceased father John had ‘died of shame’ and with our personal integrity intact, a storm of backlash for his off ensive over his daughter. we could welcome him to the stage in comments about prime minister Julia The comments and fallout, with Murwillumbah,’ he said. Gillard’s late father, has been removed several of Jones’s radio station adver- ‘What it came down to was a deci- as headline speaker for the upcom- tisers boycotting him, were record- sion about whether we could, based ing Rock the Gate anti-coal-seam gas ed by a journalist at the dinner and on Alan Jones’s comments, the overall (CSG) rally in Murwillumbah. splashed over media across the nation campaign against coal and coal- seam Rally organiser Michael McNa- at the weekend. gas and our personal sense of integrity, mara, spokesman for the Lock the Mr McNamara said the organisa- continue to have Alan Jones involved. Gate Northern Rivers, said the rally tion had considered its options before Mr McNamara said it ‘has also been on Saturday October 13 would still go making the decision ‘as to whether suggested to us that to withdraw the ahead but without the controversial Jones will be welcomed to speak at invitation to Alan Jones would in some broadcaster. what could be the biggest stand made way deny him “freedom of speech”. The backlash has spilled over to against coal-seam gas mining to date’. ‘Alan Jones expresses his opinions the anti-CSG campaign, with people ‘To see a womans’ eff orts in any on a multitude of issues every morn- emailing and posting comments on sphere of endeavour pilloried simply ing on the radio, so not being able to social media threatening to boycott because she is a woman is despicable. speak at this event would hardly cur- the rally if Jones was speaking. To denigrate women’s capacity to fi ll tail his opportunity to make his views In a press release explaining the any role in public life goes against known,’ he said. ‘To those who said decision, Mr McNamara said the or- everything I have worked for both in they would not come if Alan Jones is ganisation had decided yesterday to my professional and personal lives,’ speaking, we say leave the personality withdraw the invitation to Jones ‘fol- Mr McNamara said. politics out of the campaign. Stooping lowing derogatory comments made ‘In terms of our personal integ- to personality politics is exactly what on Saturday by Mr Jones’ to a Young rity, we believe that we had to make you are accusing Alan Jones of doing.’ Liberals dinner. a strong statement that refl ected our ■ Editorial page 10 The world’s a stage for Ego and Sal Photo & story Eve Jeff ery Mignon Frances had a busy day at her recycled fashion stall at Saturday’s Beachside Market in Byron’s Apex Park. Photo Jeff ‘Recycled Since 1986’ Dawson A one-day celebration of cultural di- versity through music and food will be presented by NORPA at the Lis- Mullum hospital decision Nov 28 more City Hall this Saturday . World Stages features Creole afro- ‘A decision over the trial of replacing ‘If the Board’s decision is “No” then funk queen Grace Barbé with her Mullumbimby Hospital’s on-site night an announcement will be made im- band from the Seychelles, along with doctor with telehealth doctor support mediately. If the Board’s decision is six other world-class music acts to get from Th e Tweed Hospital (TTH) will that the trial of the TTH doctor uti- you dancing, including Latin, reggae, be made at a meeting of the Board on lising the telehealth system replacing hip-hop, Italian 30s/40s swing, funk November 28, says Frank Lynch from the onsite doctor during the 11pm to and folk. Save Mullumbimby Hospital Steering 7am shift will proceed then that deci- With plenty of kids’ activities and Committee. sion will also be announced immedi- roaming performances, the event ‘From the August 29 meeting, the ately along with the start date, which will start with a Welcome to Coun- Local Health Board authorised chief is likely to be sometime in the fi rst try and smoking ceremony at 1pm executive Chris Crawford to continue quarter of 2013. and stalls with African, Indian and the process of determining whether ‘The trial will only occur if it is Brazilian feasts will be available the replacement of the night doctor by agreed to by the Mullumbimby Hos- throughout the day. East Timorese musician Ego Lemo and local percussionist/festival co-organiser the telehealth link was feasible,’ he says. pital nursing staff .’ For more visit www.norpa.org.au. Salvador Castro are just two performers at the upcoming World Stages festival.
MP Page’s offi ce again targeted by CSG free campaigners Wilsons Creek landslip update Hans Lovejoy told The Echo Mr Page was in- tended and it was a construc- vited and was in all likelihood tive discussion. I will take his Draft road reconstruction de- MP Don Page was a no-show in his offi ce at the time. concerns to the portfolio min- signs have been completed and outside his Ballina office on But MP Page told The Echo, isters who have carriage of the are under review for the Wil- Friday despite around 70 pro- ‘I was not invited to speak at policy designed to ensure any sons Creek Road landslip, say testors rallying over the recent any rally nor was I advised it CSG proposal does not aff ect Council staff ; however, fi xing CSG mining licences that have was on. I had appointments our land and water resources the road may still be a while off . been granted to the northern in the northern end of the in any negative way.’ Part of the road collapsed in rivers region by his party. electorate… However one of The NSW government has January this year aft er heavy CSG Free Northern Rivers the organisers had made an renewed 22 exploration licences rain, and was declared a natu- spokesperson and co-organiser appointment to see me later covering over fi ve million hec- ral disaster by the NSW state of the event, Gordon Fraser, in the afternoon which I at- tares of land in NSW but also government. announced some of the tough- And despite the recent dry est laws governing the industry. spell, large water truck deliver- MIGRATION ASSISTANCE Former neighbour of Mr ies should not be using the road, Page and member of Knitting say Council. Th ere is an estimat- Would you like to live or work Nannas Against Gas, Anne ed 400 people who live beyond Th ompson, told The Echo she the landslip. in Australia? Mayor Richardson also en- has become a professional ac- One of the estimated 70 that attended a CSG Free rally on Friday. couraged the residents to up- LINDSAY WOOTTEN tivist in the last two years be- Photo Jeff ‘Gasbagging’ Dawson cause of this issue. date their bushfi re emergency Solicitor MARN 0213118 She says she was previously a for someone who is 100 per originally. Why doesn’t one of plans. ‘Everyone should be Your local migration consultant for National Party voter but unless cent behind this industry,’ she them have the guts to cross the getting bushfi re prepared and assistance with all migration and visa matters. they change their policy she says. ‘Th ey [Th e National Party] fl oor and do what’s right? clearing out gutters, removing Phone 6684 7318 or 0427 210993 won’t vote for the party again. should be for the country peo- ‘Th ey would be such heroes any rubbish, and keep the grass ple, that’s what they were about if they did that.’ short,’ he says. email: [email protected] ‘I would rather die than vote Samaritan or nuisance? Man fi ned aft er intervening with bouncers Eve Jeff ery hours of April 6. 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Danie and Luke Southward from Fatbellykaf presented a sneak preview at the Mullum Farmers Market for this weekend’s Sample Food Festival, to be held at the Bangalow Showground from 8am to 8pm. Over 200 exhibitors will be on show from all over northern NSW on Saturday October 6. See www.samplensw.com for more Photo Jeff ‘Skeewiff’ Dawson Mullum townhouse DA rejected Eve Jeffery would need to be replaced or ‘If we consider the lack of refurbished. He said that the privacy we won’t get anything The issue of both property val- geographical nature of the area done. You can’t stop a train by ues and housing density arose meant that any future develop- standing in front of it. during last Thursday’s meeting ments would need to be higher ‘We will have to manage it. at council as a DA for five two- than current dwellings due to It will run over us over if we storey townhouses in Station flooding in the area. ‘You have don’t plan.’ Street in Mullumbimby was to realise that the elevation of Councillors resolved that rejected until size and privacy residents isn’t for a scenic view. the DA be deferred for staff to issues were addressed. ‘They are not looking over the negotiate with the applicants New councillor Alan Hunter ocean or even rural fields with to resolve concerns relating to spoke for the development. Cr trees. All they are seeing is the bulk, scale and privacy issues. Hunter told The Echo that one roofs of neighbouring houses.’ of the main issues concerning He also said that in the future Spirit Festival returns the DA was privacy. ‘Privacy is there would have to be support An expanded line-up of in- a two-way street’, he said. ‘The for medium- to high-density ternational artists has been people above have as much development as the area was announced for the next year’s right to privacy as those below close to the town centre and Spirit Festival, to be held March and that is nothing that can’t be services. ‘My thoughts are that 1 – 3, 2013 in Mullumbimby. fixed with screens.’ from Council’s point of view, For full details see next Cr Hunter said he be- we need to look forward 50 to week’s paper or visit www. lieved that in the next 30 or 100 years and how people are spiritfestival.com.au. Limited so years many of the houses going to be living. early bird tickets are available. www.echo.net.au
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Reps for North Parklands group Youth Two community representa- working group to oversee the mentorships tives are being sought for the environmental performance North Byron Parklands Regu- of events at the Yelgun festival now open latory Working Group. site, which will host Splendour Council staff say the meet- In Th e Grass. Expressions of ings will occur quarterly for ap- interest close Friday October proximately two hours during 5 and can be emailed to Coun- business hours. cil at [email protected]. Part of the NSW govern- gov.au or posted to Byron Shire ment’s condition for the fi ve- Council, PO Box 219, Mullum- year trial period is a regulatory bimby, NSW 2482. Upper house hearing into Mullum hospital The NSW opposition has mentary hearing on the matter. Singer Darren Percival will be one of the mentors to the stepped up its pressure on the Northern NSW Health District younger gen as part of the Mullum Music Festival, which will O’Farrell government’s decision chief executive Chris Crawford take place from November 22. Once chosen, young artists will to replace the emergency de- is now obliged to attend a parlia- receive a rehearsal session with their mentor, a ticket to the partment overnight doctor with mentary hearing into the matter festival, a backstage pass to their mentor’s festival gig and a 20 a video link at Mullumbimby next month, together with the minute performance spot at the festival. For more visit www. Hospital by demanding the minister and a long list of other INDEPENDENT & LOCALLY OWNED mullummusicfestival.com. Photo Jeff ‘Mentone’ Dawson senior bureaucrat front a parlia- health bureaucrats.
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Cr Sol Ibrahim Cr Duncan Dey Cr Chris Cubis Deputy mayor Mayor Simon Cr Basil Cameron Cr Rose Wanchap Cr Paul Spooner Cr Alan Hunter Diane Woods Richardson Photomontage Jeff Dawson Hans Lovejoy committees council are in- three. During the meeting, it volved with (see right panel). was announced that 42 appli- Councillors elect themselves to a swarm of committees It was fi rst day of school last One of the most signifi cant cations have been received for The following is the list of committees, both to the boards of the: Bangalow A&I Hall, Th ursday for many new faces appointments was deputy the top job, which pays approxi- internal and external, that councillors will Mullumbimby Civic Memorial Hall and in Council, and orientation mayor, which went to Cr Diane mately $190,000 plus expenses. participate in for the next four years: the Koala Plan of Management Project included councillors outlining Woods after an anonymous Th e appointment is under the The Access Advisory Committee, Belongil Reference Group, while regional committee their visions, along with a wel- vote by all councillors. delegation of executive man- Creek Flood Risk Management Committee, appointments to the Rous Water (Rous County come to country and presenta- ager of organisational support, Biodiversity and Sustainability Advisory Council), Far North Coast Weeds County tion on the Bundjalung People Deputy mayor Shannon McKelvey. Committee, Finance Advisory Committee, Council, Arakwal National Park Management by Yvonne Stewart. Woods appointed It was asked if the job applica- Internal Audit Committee, North Byron Coastal Committee, Byron Coast Area Management While still getting to grips with tions could be made available Creeks Flood Risk Management Committee, Committee, Arts Northern Rivers Board of some formalities, new mayor Cr Woods pipped Cr Basil to councillors, to which staff re- Transport Advisory Committee, Water, Waste Directors, Bangalow Pool Trust Joint Working Simon Richardson seemed rea- Cameron, who was the only plied it could be arranged. and Sewer Advisory Committee. Group, Byron Bay Liquor Accord, Byron United sonably adept at steering his new other nomination. According to Council min- External to Council, appointments were (chamber of commerce) Members Meeting, ship, and some former council- Cr Woods was also nomi- utes, the councillor recruit- made for the: Bangalow Parks (Bangalow Cape Byron Headland Trust Management lors were present throughout the nated to the Joint Regional ment panel – with the support Showground) Management Committee, Board, Chamber of Commerce Bangalow, day in moral support. Planning Panel (JRPP), which of the recruitment agency – Brunswick Heads Memorial Hall Management Chamber of Commerce Brunswick Heads, Public access at 9am was determines ‘regionally signifi - will consider the initial short- Committee, Brunswick Valley Community Community Safety Precinct Committee, well attended and included cant development applications,’ listing report, determine appli- Centre Management Committee, Cook Pioneer Far North Coast Bush Fire Management predictable lobbying from DA according to the state govern- cants for fi rst round interviews, Centre Mullumbimby Management Committee, Committee, Local Emergency Management applicants as well as many re- ment’s website, http://jrpp. conduct fi rst round interviews Durrumbul Community Hall Management Committee, Mullumbimby Showground Trust, curring issues, such as the lack planning.nsw.gov.au. and undertake shortlisting to Committee, Heritage House and Tennis Court North Byron Parklands Regulatory Working of sporting facilities for the Th e site also says, ‘Regional determine list of fi nal round Bangalow Management Committee, Ocean Group, NOROC (Northern Rivers Regional north of the shire and Byron’s development is development interviewees. Shores Community Centre Management Organisation of Councils), Ocean Shores Tidy traffi c management problems. which is notifi ed and assessed Committee, South Golden Beach Community Towns Committee, Richmond-Tweed Regional Serial council nagger John by a local council and then NB Parklands Centre Management Committee, Suff olk Park Library Committee, Visitor Industry Association Anderson aka Fast Buck$ of- determined by the relevant Working Group Community Hall Management Committee, (VIA) Byron Interim Board, Zone Service fered his wisdom over the im- regional panel… In order to Library Exhibition Space Committee. Level Agreement Liaison Committee and the minent general manager selec- undertake such function, the Cr Diane Woods was one of Councillors also appointed themselves Australian Coastal Alliance. Phewwww. tion, saying it is ‘the single most panels meet with council staff the councillors who attended important decision you will and stakeholders to under- the fi rst North Byron Parklands make and if you get it wrong stand the nature of each de- Working Group last week. you will pay for it by having to velopment application and any Th e group’s formation is one do more work.’ issues associated with each ap- of the state government’s condi- He also provided an opportu- plication.’ tions for the festival site (which nity for the new councillors to hosts Splendour In Th e Grass), escape his regular castigations. General manager to operate. She told council- ‘Get it right and you will get A recruitment panel to em- lors, ‘It was a very very concil- rid of me. I don’t want to have ploy the general manager was iatory meeting… It was a real to come here. 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Sports club goes big on solar
Luis Feliu er Norman Phillips told The Echo. ‘Most home solar systems Th e Cabarita Beach Bowls and would have around six or 12 Systemic Constellation Workshop Sports Club on the Tweed Coast panels, whereas this one has 266 has just had almost all of its roof panels, making it a 62-kilowatt Revealing hidden This workshop blends converted into a power source. system,’ Mr Phillips said. dynamics - thereby the Constellation ‘New government regula- enabling the approach with And the savings expected? disentanglement Maria’s extensive $23,000 a year or 20 per cent of tions such as the carbon levy and healing of experience in Gestalt Aseem’s Sydney its heft y annual electricity bill. force businesses to search for relationships therapy. The purchase of 266 solar alternative solutions as elec- Blake exhibit tricity prices are predicted to Constellation work is a process by which systemic infl uences on a person are panels is expected to be re- made visible. Byron-based artist Aseem Pereira’s work Traces has been couped in less than fi ve years, rise by a further 42 per cent in When: Saturday & Sunday 20th & 21st October 2012 accepted from nearly 1200 entries to be hung in this year’s according to installation fi rm the next three years.’ 9:30am - 5:00pm each day Venue: Serene Earth Sanctuary Blake Prize. Playing with the Buddhist idea of impermanence, Infi nity Solar, which also or- Club manager Nick Brab- Venue: 266 Kennedys Lane, Myocum NSW 2481 (Byron Bay) the artist has drawn on his ancestral heritage to weave a piece ganised a $36,000 federal gov- ham is proud to say his club Cost: $360 ($100 deposit required to secure your place) Lunch, Morning and Afternoon Teas included using old thongs. The Blake Prize is for art which deals with ernment grant to help pay for it. is at the foreferont in the in- Bookings: Jen Henderson | 0413 057 600 | [email protected] religious or spiritual themes and runs at the S H Erwin Gallery ‘It must be one of the largest dustry in moving toward sus- Maria Dolenc | 0425 277 279 | [email protected] solar power systems in the area, tainability, and the solar-panel in Sydney from November 18 to December 16. The touring See www.family-constellations.org & www.constellationflow.com exhibition will come to the Tweed River Gallery early next year. certainly the largest of which we project is only the latest project for more information about Systemic Constellation work. Photo Jeff Dawson are aware,’ Infi nity Solar own- to achieve that goal. Emergency pathway calls for Byron CBD Eve Jeff ery recently ran for Council, spoke when ambulance services had to reach the Suff olk Park area.’ about concerns for the safety of to respond to a spinal injury at Mr Lynch says that he has Traffi c queued over the entire the public as the growing tide the ground. spoke to emergency service span of the Belongil Creek of traffi c endangers lives. ‘On the following Monday I providers including police, fi re bridge on Ewingsdale road last Mr Lynch said that at a ‘Meet spoke to OIC (offi cer in com- and paramedics and he believes No fees Thursday. If this any indica- the Candidates’ held at Suff olk mand) Hart at the new facil- the consensus is that there is a BRING tion of motorists’ regard for Park a resident expressed con- ity, and to one of his offi cers need for an emergency services THIS Best rates COUPON IN the ‘keep clear’ signs painted cern about the potential ex- regarding the relocation. Th ey pathway through town. FOR BEST on the road, then it is likely tended response time for an recounted the protocols when ‘Th is pathway would involve International money that paramedics following the ambulance to reach their area answering calls for ambulance opening up the alternative rail transfers available RATE! same route will fi nd themselves in Byron Hills now that the services.Th ese are prioritised crossing at the southern end of gridlocked out of town in an Ambulance Service was estab- by the remotely located des- the railway station’, he said. Exotic currencies on hand emergency. lished at their new base at Ew- patch services. ‘Th is would be integral to Meanwhile, the creation of ingsdale. ‘Th is was reinforced ‘If the call is perceived to plotting safest passage path- Special rates for Seniors an emergency services pathway on the weekend of the elec- be of a lower priority then the ways for services to enter or through the Byron Bay town tions’, said Mr Lynch. ‘Th ere ambulance must proceed as a exit the town centre while 9am-5pm Mon-Fri (Qld time) 07 5536 8217 centre was the subject of a pub- was a critical incident at the In- part of the general traffi c fl ow avoiding the gridlock centred Beachcomber Arcade, lic access plea during council’s digenous Rugby league Knock- with no lights and sirens. One around the Lawson and Jonson 122 Griffi th Street, Coolangatta meeting. Laurie Lynch, who out Carnival at Red Devil Park such call had taken 35 minutes Streets roundabout.’
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Party kids You reap what you sow and your past four years, so you’re money comes and goes, Tom, Carlos Guiterrez, Letters, the harvest ain’t too pretty when certainly not in a position to and in the meantime you have September 25) is one of those you see it spewing its guts out judge any others who are now plenty of time to practise pa- fabrica naive souls who believes that aft er too many cocktails nor are pledging their time and energy tience and humility. joinery kids will do as their parents tell the associated alcohol-fuelled to civic service. At their fi rst Tina Petroff them. What a laugh. I wonder fights on the main streets of Council meeting last Th ursday, Ocean Shores what his childhood was like? town. But then Dan Murphy’s every councillor turned up to Every weekend I see the reserves its right to supply listen to the local issues of resi- About respect young’uns out there, fully brain-deadening toxic poison dents who spoke in public ac- Th ere is a fl aw in your thinking loaded before they hit town to its valued customers. cess, and a full gallery observed Jim Nutter (Letters, September ready to paarrteee like it’s the M Mizzi that councillors can actually 25) in telling me to walk my end of the world. Th ese kids Ocean Shores work together to achieve sen- arthritic mother further down want action, debauchery, sex, sible outcomes without drag- the beach if we don’t like the 6680 8162 smoking good times and hard Terrible Tom ging out debate, and I certainly drumming at Main Beach. www.fabricajoinery.com.au loud vibes to dampen the obvi- Still we have constant negativi- hope that continues. I am camping in Byron at ous emptiness of their sad little ty from former councillor Tom Like most of your ilk, Tom, the moment. If I wanted to consumer souls. Tabart (Letters, September 18). you underestimate Cr Woods’s play Wagner very loudly aft er They type away on their Th e very reason that we had a skills and abilities, and unlike midnight should I expect the Last Aid iPhones and assorted gadgets 15 per cent swing against the Jan Barham, Diane won’t need other campers to pull up their arranging meet-ups, finding Greens in this Shire was Tom cue cards from Ian Cohen or tent pegs and move out if they Caring for the dying at home where the best party is going Tabart’s and Jan Barham’s ad- anyone else in Council. don’t like it? down and lining up exploits versarial approach to anything To be fair, the Greens don’t I wonder if the drummer with Amitayus/Byron Hospice Servicei that make their parents’ lives good for the community. declare before any election would be prepared to allow (a Byron Community College course) seem pedestrian and boring by Th e general public was sick where their abundant funding the Hare Krishnas to sing Participants will learn to be of genuine service to others, who may be family or friends, who are dying and who have chosen to die at home. Any person comparison. This is the new and tired of the constant un- comes from, but all candidates their sweet songs at sunset or can attend this course, and it can, if you wish, lead on to full training as a jet-fuelled generation X and dermining going on behind the and groups are obliged by law Christmas to praise their god? volunteer carer for Byron Hospice Service (formerly Amitayus). nothing and no-one will get scenes, and I for one will be to declare their funding and If everyone made music at Th is course is run as a personal, interactive, and safe exploration of the many in their way when a good time glad to see the end of politi- expenditure aft er the elections once it would be a dreadful ca- issues that may arise around death and dying, grief and loss. beckons, least of all parents. cal bloc voting and sniping in or face prosecution. Diane had cophony. If everyone did what Th ursday Evenings Coupled with expensive Council. We now have a more some commonsense things to they wanted when they wanted 6.30pm–8.30pm Oct 25th–Nov 29th clothing, designer shoes, and balanced council, with Cr Si- say that The Australian picked to, it would be anarchy. money to burn (maybe the mon Richardson as the mayor up on, but that does not mean It’s all about respect, Jim. To enrol, contact Byron Community College at www.byroncollege.org.au or call 02 6684 3374 parents have a weapon there), and Cr Diane Woods as the that any newspaper or Byron Susan McKenzie these kids, all prematurely ma- deputy mayor, so let’s agree United for that matter gave Goonellabah Byron Hospice volunteers are committed to serving people who wish to spend tured beyond their years, are to work together to get things her and her team any fi nancial their last precious days – and to die peacefully – in their own homes. In happily off ering this service, we also serve as support for primary carer(s). the product of the world baby done equitably right across our backing. Money grab Please call 6684 3808 and leave a message, with your contact details. We’ll get back to boomers have created, the one beautiful Shire. Th e electoral authority will I fi nd it a bit rude that the state you soon to arrange a meeting to discuss what our service (and its carers) can off er. where everything is a ‘right’ Tom, you still can’t point out release all the declarations on government is charging Ocean and any limits to these rights is any achievements that ben- their website and the constitu- Shores residents for electricity a new reason to rebel. efited this community over ents will see clearly where the poles and wires when there are none in the town. Just another Letters to the Editor money grab from this greedy Family Law Send to Letters Editor Michael McDonald, fax: 6684 1719 email: [email protected] Deadline: Noon, lot. Friday. Letters longer than 200 words may be cut. Letters already published in other papers will not D Andrews Specialist be considered. Please include your full name, address and phone number for verifi cation purposes. Ocean Shores Downgrading > Divorce & Separation Congratulations Byron Shire > Property & Children’s Matters Draft LEP Consultation Council. With monotonous > Defacto & Same-Sex Relationships regularity, eg school holidays, > Wills & Estates Legal Aid Christmas, etc, you ensure > Police Matters Clients Welcome that tourists, holidaymakers > Mediation Byron Shire Council and visitors are given the same treatment as residents. Byron Shire Council has prepared a new Local Environmental Plan. Known as the Residents are used to, but Draft Byron LEP 2012, the new plan is proposed to replace the existing Byron LEP not happy with, the appall- ing road surface conditions in Level 1, 89 Jonson St, Byron Bay 1988 and is currently on public exhibition until 23 November 2012. residential areas but to subject The draft LEP applies to all land in Byron Shire and will regulate land use and visitors to our Shire to similar 6680 8525 development by allocating land use zones (eg where residential, rural, environmental, continued overleaf commercial, industrial land is located) and development controls (eg subdivision, minimum lot sizes, building heights, heritage conservation and environmental controls such as flooding, coastal erosion, protection of the environment). THE RAILS Information Sessions - drop in any time to speak to a Council Planner THE RAILWAY FRIENDLY BAR, BYRON BAY t Ocean Shores Thursday 11 October, 2pm – 5pm 6685 7662 THE FAMOUS RAILS kitchen Ocean Shores County Club Auditorium, Orana Road Tuesday 2nd October t Mullumbimby Tuesday 23 October, 4pm – 7pm PAT TIERNEY Mullumbimby Ex-Services Club Auditorium, Dalley Street Wednesday 3rd October t Bangalow Thursday 25 October, 2pm – 5pm BO JENKINS Thursday 4th October Bangalow Moller Pavilion, Bangalow Showgrounds, Rankin Drv RICHIE WILLIAMS t Brunswick Heads Monday 29 October, 10am – 1pm BAND Brunswick Heads Memorial Hall, Fingal Street Friday 5th October THE HOMBRES t Byron Bay Thursday 8 November, 4pm – 7pm Saturday 6th October Byron Shire Council Depot Training Room, Bayshore Drive KELLIE KNIGHT & t Suffolk Park Tuesday 13 November, 2pm – 5pm THE DAZE Suffolk Park Community Centre, Corner Clifford and Alcorn Sts Sunday 7th October 2-5PM TRIVIA Council Planners are also available Monday to Friday from 9am to 2pm at the with FRANK Council offices in Station Street, Mullumbimby. Bookings essential Ph 6626 7126. CHICKENFISH Monday 8th October Byron Shire Council www.byron.nsw.gov.au ADAM BROWN www.echo.net.au
continued from page 11 cils are under-resourced by conditions in the public areas, the state government prevent- eg Torakina, the boatharbour ing resourcing by such means road, boat launching ramp ac- as councils taxing tourism to cess, is certainly extending the provide more for local govern- ‘welcome’ mat. ment infrastructure. No wonder there are letters Because potholes cannot be expressing disgust and concern fi xed effi ciently by this under- at the rapid deterioration of fa- resourcing, there is clamouring cilities in our Shire. for change such as amalgama- Malcolm Murray tion of shires, which is exactly Mullumbimby what the state government can be presumed to want. Existential crises It is a political ploy of this In broad terms I agree with time of the selling of public Lindsay Tanner’s assessment assets and putting them into of the ALP’s poverty of princi- private hands for govern- The North Coast’s ple. But the problems with our ments to simply underfund system of governance are much areas that they want to sell off bigger than the personal style, The problem is universal. See www.potholes.co.uk. so that people will scream for best online news proclivities, and capacities of anything better, including pri- particular leaders or parties. zens are alienated from this Th ere is a movement afoot vatisation. Both public health It’s independent Th e most intractable of these spectacle, regarding the antics to amalgamate shires for rea- and education can be seen to issues are beyond the reach of of its players with bored cyni- sons of economic effi ciencies. be suff ering this at the pres- It’s local national politics – like climate cism if not contempt? Quite apart from the fact that ent time, as a means of herd- change, large-scale popula- Kenneth McLeod movement toward economic ing people into private health It’s daily tion displacements, and the Bangalow effi ciencies or economic sus- funds and private schools. structural contradictions of tainability, as I have previously Th e state government can be corporate globalisation. Th ese Potholes and power explained, is not movement to- viewed as a conglomerate of It’s free! are existential crises that every It could be assumed that state ward sustainability but deeper private interests, and that can government over the last gen- governments are aware that into the denial that we have be clearly seen in their support eration has contributed to by people generally have a belief an environment crisis, shire for CSG mining overriding the their bipartisan commitment that state governments ineffi - amalgamations could be seen wishes of the people. Th e un- to unending growth and con- ciently duplicate powers that as a gradual movement to re- der-resourcing of local infra- sumption. could be handled by the fed- duce the number of shires until structure can be assumed to be Subscribe and have it emailed each Tanner’s comments must eral government, and that local only a state government is left . the same sort of purposeful ne- day as the edition is ready. Or go to also be qualifi ed by the mori- government is a more demo- It is quite obviously movement glect by the state government bund nature of our parliamen- cratic arm of government than toward centralised power that that underfunds public educa- www.echonetdaily.net.au anytime. tary democracy. Th e political state government. Local gov- is counter to the movement tion and health for the eventual process in this country has ernment, for example, is more toward bioregionalism, rural profi t of private interests. been hijacked by a caste of pro- responsive to the needs of lo- interdependence, strengthened Geoff Dawe netdaily fessional politicians, self-inter- cal people because councillors local government, and there- Ocean Shores ested lobbyists, and political are well aware that people can fore strengthened democracy. www.echonetdaily.net.au voyeurs (the commentariat). more easily buttonhole them Potholes in roads become a ■ Letters on environmental Is it any wonder that most citi- on the streets. problem because local coun- zoning issues on page 14
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Don Page, the issues, and his critics Mad Millie showing the whey with home cheesemaking kits ■ I wish to respond to the letter pensation premiums would ernment has no vision but to the intent of its 2004 award- from the former NSW Labor also have had to increase by a take your constituents down winning Biodiversity Conser- candidate, Toby Warnes, which further 28 per cent in the next the dead-end, pot-holed road vation Strategy to include high appeared in The Echo on Tues- fi nancial year. of rapidly disappearing hydro- conservation value native veg- day September 25. Unfortunately, the concept carbons. Where’s the vision for etation in E2 zones? Will you With a $5.2 billion reduc- of not being able to spend what a sustainable future? Better run allow Byron to include rain- tion in GST revenue over the you do not have is one that is out of gas than food and water, forest, old-growth forests, core Become an expert cheesemaker next four years, and reductions completely foreign to Labor I say. koala habitat, wetlands, ripar- in your own kitchen! in other forms of revenue, the governments at all levels. Th e Andrew Carter ian habitat, and/or endangered Make cheeses from Feta state government has had to cost savings that we have put Mullumbimby ecosystems in E2 zones? If not, make tough decisions to ensure in place to bring the budget what can we include? and Halloumi to Camembert NSW is living within its means. back into the black will not last ■ Dear Mr Page, your interven- If you won’t let Byron zone and Blue Cheese Th e measures announced by forever. As soon as the state’s tion to excise environmental its exceptionally high conser- Beginners Italian cheese kit the health and education min- balance sheet is returned to zones from north coast Local vation value vegetation for pro- $34.90 (great starting point) isters do not include any re- a healthy position, we will be Environment Plans on the eve tection, will you instead allow duction of nurses in our public able to increase spending on of exhibition of the Byron LEP us to continue to use our tree hospitals (2,900 extra nurses the vital services and infra- has left Byron’s planning in a preservation order to limit in- have actually been employed structure the people of New mess as no-one knows what appropriate clearing of native since the coalition came to of- South Wales need. Rest assured you are going to allow us to vegetation across the Shire? fi ce) or teachers in our public you will not see the appalling protect from inappropriate de- Th is region’s forests are the schools. Both are quarantined culture of waste, mismanage- velopment. most biodiverse in NSW and from the cost-saving measures ment and dubious dealings Your vague press release is are recognised as international which in the case of education that we endured under NSW not a suffi cient basis for imple- and national biodiversity hot- Now available at Border Brewing is three per cent across both Labor for 16 years. menting what is a fundamen- spots because of our excep- Supplies Phone 07 5524 5089 government and non-gov- Don Page MP tal change to NSW’s planning tional numbers of endemic 8/1 Machinery Drive, Tweed Heads South ernment sectors. It’s all about Member for Ballina system. Will you please issue species and the threats caused trimming backroom adminis- clear guidelines for what you by over-clearing. Consequently tration and reallocating fund- ■ Sometimes politicians speak will allow to be included in en- we have the highest numbers Eyeballs ing to frontline services. the truth despite themselves. vironmental protection zones of plants and animals threat- With regard to WorkCover, ‘Th e reality is we are running and detail your review process. ened with extinction in NSW. on pages... the scheme was $4.1billion in out of gas in NSW’ says Don You claim (Echo, September If not to facilitate coal-seam defi cit due to the mismanage- Page (ABC Radio, quoted in 25) that your intent is not to al- gas mining, can you please ex- With such a dedicated ment of the former NSW La- The Echo, September 25). Why low environmental protection plain why the far north coast readership, The Echo is bor government. Without the not spill the beans and tell the zones over ‘normal agricultural was singled out for excising the more eff ective way changes the scheme would whole truth, Mr Page? We farming land’. By this do you of environmental protection to reach your customers. have become unviable and not are running out of gas, as the mean already cleared land? zones? For advertising enquiries able to help injured workers get world is running out of cheap Does this mean that you will Dailan Pugh please call 6684 1777 or email back to work. Workers com- fossil fuel energy. But your gov- still allow Byron to implement Byron Bay [email protected]
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BUILDING DESIGN SOIL TESTS & ENGINEER’S DETAILS HOUSE PLANS ALL TO COUNCIL SPECIFICATIONS Baza and phasmid embraced by tree time RENOVATIONS Story & photo Mary Gardner build the very soils that main- EXTENSIONSMichael tain and enhance their lives. elly The noisy miners shriek as the Clay pans are formed to store DRAUGHTSMAN Pacific Baza (from Hindi, pro- water. Carbonates are accumu- KPH 6680 1319 nounced ‘bar za’) settles. She lated in nodules or layers. Iron shakes her feathers like the Ve- and silica line root channels. dic goddess who can toss her Sand is bound together, cre- TAX RETURNS head and rearrange the order ating micro-pores and tubes. conditions of the stars in the very heavens. 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Cer- W H Verboom and J S Pate the Atlas of Living Australia tralian species, each of whose tain ants carry the eggs back to are two Australian soil scientists www.ala.org.au. But how about life cycles spin across the spec- the nest and serve the knobs who can point out many such our own Wild Byron Atlas! trum of possibilities. Tiny cop- as treats for their sisters. They relationships. Nitrogen-fixing Learn more about this propos- ies of adults hatch and grow ignore the actual egg but leave bacteria with acacias and fungi al by Nature Science Network through several moults. Each it in the nest, which protects it with eucalypts are well known at www.naturesciencenetwork. time, their eyesight becomes from other hazards. examples. But their work has wordpress.com or attend the sharper until as adults they Meanwhile, the trees grow. led them beyond into what they free Science Film and Talk Fest switch from feeding during the But while unfurling leaves to call the ‘phytotarium’. session ‘Listening & Hearing day to night. the sun and winds, they also This is a vision of the under- Worlds’ on Friday October 19 Some females have wings delve through the soil, their ground created in tree time. at 6pm in the SCU room at By- and wander. Some do not and hairy roots in the company of The root and microbe activities ron Bay Community Centre. Remove lids, caps, corks Flatten boxes and tops ICT a key to sustainable cities, says Worldwatch Squash containers Don’t put More than half of the world’s also plan trips on public trans- The use of these ICTs will tion Design Lab at Columbia Don’t recyclables in break plastic bags population lives in urban areas, portation and be notified of greatly reduce greenhouse gas University in New York used glass and countries such as India and delays or changes in service. emissions in Rotterdam, which data to establish the connec- China are in need of hundreds ‘As cities try to become more emits as much carbon dioxide tion between crime and poor Rinse CHECK IT of additional cities to accom- sustainable, some municipal as New York City, while being housing, education, and health and modate growing populations. governments are finding out only a tenth of its size. care. clean all People in many cities suffer just how useful ICT can be,’ ‘ICT can be an excellent tool, t $PNNVOJUZ NBQQJOH bottles CLEAN IT and cans from inadequate transporta- said Michael Renner, World- but it is not the silver bullet Mapping all neighbourhoods tion, sub-standard buildings, watch senior researcher and solution to greening cities,’ said and regions of a city is vital to RECYCLE IT lack of sanitation, and poor State of the World 2012 project Diana Lind, executive direc- ensuring effective and sustain- public safety, highlighting the co-director. tor and editor-in-chief of Next able urban planning. need for sustainable and livable ‘Cities can be run more intel- American City (http://ameri- t $PNNVOJUZ XBUDI *$5T urban planning. Information ligently with the help of digital cancity.org/), a nonprofit that can enhance community in- and communication technol- infrastructure, such as motion- promotes socially and environ- volvement and help authorities ogy (ICT) can be a useful tool sensor street lamps and energy mentally sustainable economic respond to local concerns. The in helping cities improve their chips in transit passes that al- growth in cities in the United Public Laboratory for Open safety, cleanliness, and sustain- low people to enter a subway States. ‘To be effective, ICT Technology and Science, a ability, according to Diana or bus with the simple swipe must be used not only in map- grassroots-mapping com- Lind, contributing author to of a card.’ ping problems encountered munity based in Cambridge, Worldwatch Institute’s State of In many cases, cities are part- across cities, but also to find Massachusetts, uses low-tech the World 2012: Moving To- nering directly with businesses sustainable solutions to those materials, including helium ward Sustainable Prosperity. to boost urban sustainability. problems.’ balloons and digital cameras, to ICT not only contributes to The Dutch city of Rotterdam, She highlights three ways take aerial photos of areas that sustainable urban initiatives, for example, is working with that communities can effec- may endanger public health or but also encourages more en- General Electric (GE) in an ef- tively use ICT to promote sus- be of environmental concern. vironmentally conscious con- fort to reach the city’s goal of tainability: In addition, FixMyStreet in sumer choices. In Singapore, reducing carbon dioxide emis- t 0QFO BDDFTT UP EBUB *N- the United Kingdom or See- for example, commuters can sions by 50 per cent compared proving data access is critical ClickFix in the United States use mobile phones to avoid with 1990 levels. GE will use to creating sustainable cities. are websites where people can hours in traffic by accessing data visualisations, smart me- By sharing information, it is report concerns, such as a data mapping tools that display ters, and other technologies to possible to make connections burned-out street light. traffic and provide alternative optimise energy efficiency and among seemingly disparate See more at www.world- travel routes. Commuters can improve water management. variables. The Spatial Informa- watch.org. www.echo.net.au
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18 October 2, 2012 The Byron Shire Echo www.echo.net.au > free entry > car parking $2 Shuttle Bus Service (Bus Stop Opp. Quattro, Ballina St, Lennox Head) $5 per person Lennox Head > Bangalow departs 12.00pm, 1.30pm, 3.00pm Bangalow > Lennox Head returns 5.45pm, 7.00pm, 8.15pm sample food festival Proudly sponsored by Madura Tea Estates SATURDAY 6 OCTOBER 2012 8am–8pm Bangalow Showground In 2012 this one-day event will again be a unique opportunity for local growers, producers and chefs to showcase their best and make it available to the public. We are expecting similar crowds this year, as people turn out for another northern rivers smorgasbord. t'BSNFSTNBSLFUT t1SPEVDFSMJGFTUZMF t$PPLJOH t1MVNN8JOF(MBTT &OOD