THE BYRON SHIRE Volume 28 #39 The Tuesday, March 11, 2014 Phone 02 6684 1777 Fax 02 6684 1719
[email protected] [email protected] Arts www.echo.net.au CAB 23,200 copies every week AUDIT HISTORY IS A RACE BETWEEN EDUCATION AND DISASTER: HG WELLS Inside Mungo Ex-Byron More Belongil Newest of It’s not The best Byron Shire this speaks president talks kerfuffl e the new for Mandy’s damn gig Council Notices week – p8 bypass – p5 – p10 you – p12 fault – p15 guide – p19 Page 32–33 Bikies face crackdown It’s a nude pedal! Police have asked the Tweed and in light of the announcement. Byron Bay liquor accords to not Mr Secord said, ‘Th e comments admit motorcycle gang members by senior police are very embarrass- who wear gang colours or related ing for National Party parliamentar- paraphernalia to their venues. ians, who said that have repeatedly It’s a move that appears to be denied the presence of bikie gangs.’ aimed not just at local gang members Inspector Jim Kain from Tweed/ but those coming down from QLD. Byron Local Area Command told Byron Accord chair, Hannah The Echo the push was part of a Spalding, told The Echo that some statewide general trend. venues already have such policies He confi rmed that two club hous- in place, and that ‘members of the es remaining in the region belong to Accord that were asked were happy the Mongols at Chinderah and Odin’s to support the request.’ Warriors in South Tweed Heads.