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[email protected] FESTIVAL www.echo.net.au CAB Pages 14 & 15 23,200 copies every week AUDIT CALAMITOUS CRIMINALS COMMONLY WEAR TIES, NOT TATTOOS Inside Christopher still Australia Day Back to School Living is better What climate Byron Shire this struggles with his celebrations in Byron style than the alternative change? Council Notices week schooling – p10 – p16–17 – p18–20 – p22–23 – p25 Page 43 The summit is just a halfway point… What’s it cost to run for Council? Where the money came from, where it went Hans Lovejoy As for expenditures, fundraising cost them $500 and advertising was ‘Money has never made man happy, spread across the two weekly pa- nor will it,’ said Benjamin Franklin, pers. The Echo ads cost them $2,757 ‘there is nothing in its nature to pro- while Byron News was just under duce happiness. Th e more of it one $600. $900 was spent with Bay FM has, the more one wants.’ and signage totalled $559. Other But money is needed to win elec- costs included $600 on a Byron Bay tions; it buys you ink on paper and pop-up shop as campaign HQ. airwaves on radio and TV. Th e Byron Greens membership And while incomparable in size is around 100–120, Mr Smith added, and scale to state and federal election and he agreed that there would be budgets, local government candidate more transparency if registered po- donation and expenditure disclo- litical parties disclosed reports lo- sures reveal the same transparency cally rather than sending them to With a fi rm grip on reality, climber Haley Reynolds – and photographer – try out the brand new Circus Arts issues: donors can remain anony- state branch headquarters.