Notices General Christian Porter Prior to Deadline
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[email protected] Letters Petition on Collaery NGT welcomes letters A Change.org petition and other contributions addressed to Attorney received by email or post Notices General Christian Porter prior to deadline. Letters was posted from Byron Post longer than 300 words may NH&WS AGM Office on 29th October by be edited for length, and Nimbin Health & Welfare Association Inc AGM Tues- members of Byron Friends articles for accuracy. Please day, 10th November, 3pm – 5.30pm at Birth & Beyond, of Palestine, calling on the include your full name, 54 Cullen Street, Nimbin. A celebration will be held after Attorney General to drop address and phone number the AGM. Become a member for only $3 and support this the charges against barrister for verification purposes. vibrant community organisation. RSVP: 0457-804-997 or Bernard Collaery and his Opinions expressed remain email Jen Ireland: [email protected] vibrant com client, Witness K. those of the author, and Nimbin Community School Co-op AGM The 196-page petition are not necessarily those of AGM Wednesday 18th November, 6pm at Comskool with 4,249 signatures states, Nimbin Good Times. Room, Nimbin Community Centre 81 Cullen Street. New “These are honourable members welcome. Major project is Nimbin Open Learn- men who bravely exposed ing Centre. Australia’s subterfuge in even though some wooden its negotiations with the sleepers and bridges have Nimbin Organic Food Co-op AGM government of Timor Leste.” deteriorated. AGM Monday 23rd November, 5pm in the Comskool After backing Indonesia I’m glad we agree on Room, Nimbin Community Centre, 81 Cullen Street. All in its murderous occupation the option of mini-buses members welcome. of Timor Leste and training (especially if electric) being its infamous Kopassus a better way than the large Art competition special forces, Australia buses that don’t serve our Entry forms for the 2021 Summerland Giant Pumpkin and then resorted to bugging the communities so well. Watermelon Still Life Art Competition are due 1st Decem- Timor Leste parliament so Those living in Ballina and ber. The theme for this year’s competition is ‘Fairies in the it could could grab an unfair Tweed Heads could easily Melon Patch’. Prizes: 19 years+ $500; 12-18 years $150; advantage in the Timor Sea catch buses connecting them 5-11 years $50. Entry forms are available from the Roxy oil and gas negotiations. to a central rail service that Gallery, Scarborough’s Shoes, Amanda’s Hair and Beauty Whistleblower Witness runs through Lismore city and the Heartland Office, Kyogle. K’s revelation of Australia’s and all other major towns in dirty tricks resulted in the our region. Free notices International Court of Justice Tweed MP Geoff Provest’s Keep it short, under 50 words, and to the point, get it to us ordering Australia to stop recent announcement that a by deadline and we’ll run it for you for free. spying on Timor Leste, but new light rail service to South it also drew government fury Tweed from Queensland is And the party you Kevin, have played your and charges against Bernard being supported, shows great represent wants a “gas-led part, by moving to get Collaery who represented hypocrisy when he would economic recovery”. Not only rid of the Environmental him. not support renewing a rail will this mean a network of Protection and Biodiversity Shame, Australia, shame! service along our line that PK Violet fracking around Australia, Conservation Act, meaning Gareth W R Smith already exists in good order. it also means poisoning the that a company like Santos is Byron Bay We are sadly aware that the Great Artesian water basin, fined only $1,500 for leaking change of legislation carried being widely used elsewhere. Budget bonus an underground store of poisons into underground Rail trail response by the LNP and Labor Good to hear that rail trails I have been asking a number water as big as France and water systems. Regarding Marie Lawton’s (though all minor parties will not prevent the return of of pensioners how they thousands of years old. In a You haven’t replied to my response (NGT 10/20) to supported keeping our rail rail in the future. However, propose to spend the two country that is facing a water last letters Mr Hogan, I hope my article, ‘Rail Myths and line for future services) shows your suggestion of running bonus payments of $250 shortage, it’s not very clever you will reply to this one. Realities’ (NGT 9/20): we cannot count on them a rail service along the coast each. to do this. Yagia Gentle The company that carried to help us get rail back, but seems ludicrous, with it People seem to be very But I get a bit confused Nimbin out the survey for Byron there is hope that a public/ being the highest priced land happy. $500 to a pensioner is about where your National Shire Council, Arcadis have private partnership may still in Australia and subject to a lot of money. party ethics sit. You claim A ray of hope stated that they did survey be possible. rising sea levels. Of course “wet blanket me” to stand for the farmers, Well said, Aidan Ricketts ‘most of the line’ in spite of We are hoping that the We understand it is not pointed out that there is not yet you advocate for mining (‘The real threats to our certain sections being quite rail corridor will be kept your fault our emasculated going to be an annual CPI companies that ruin liberty and survival’ NGT inaccessible, even though ‘in public hands’ however rail service was lost, but increase. farmland, destroy sacred October). An accurate and John Holland Pty Ltd it is not safe from being we should be able to work I believe for the first time in Aboriginal places, and poison insightful article. (now owned by the Chinese leased out. Lismore MP together for a win-win 23 years. the water. Your party even The world is a mess, but government) is paid $750,000 Janelle Saffin put through an outcome. Amazing how one almost fought hard to allow farmers there is hope via the existence per year to keep our railway amendment for it not to be Lydia Kindred, exactly cancelled out the to cut down koala habitats. of those such as Greta line clear. sold outright. Northern Rivers Railway other. But who are these ‘farmers’ Thunburg and Extinction True, a representative The Byron Railroad Action Group If this becomes a precedent, you represent? Are they the Rebellion. has told me that only two Company is open to Australian pensioners are same ones that advocate Education is the answer. people who initially helped extending its solar train Rail trail response 2 going to be in big trouble. intensive farming practices Peter Mudd form the Sourdough Group, service to Tyagarah, Reading Marie Lawton’s Tony Batchelor that have had such an East Lismore a Northern Rivers think- Mullumbimby and beyond, letter (NGT October), it was Lismore effect on insect populations tank for developing business and Byron Shire Council is hard not to sense her glee around the world that 40% Good news week opportunities, were in working towards this. about the dismantling of our Open letter of the world’s insects are At the end of October we support of rail trails. The best option is to place branch rail line from Casino Dear Kevin Hogan, endangered? received the great news from Surprisingly, the rails and the ‘rail trail’ beside the to Murwillumbah. The scientists tell us that In Germany, 75% of flying ICAN, that we now have the ballast on most of the line tracks on recycled plastic Her points read like a since 1950 the oceans are one insects have disappeared, 50 ratifications supporting are still in good condition raised cycleways that are memo from Bob Carr and degree warmer. One degree and other countries are not the UN Treaty to Ban Michael Costa’s brief to take is not much, but it takes far behind. Pollination, and Nuclear Weapons. the train away. The proposed a phenomenal amount of the ecological chain, doesn’t On 22nd January 2021, Bookkeeper Martha Paitson legislation not being available energy to heat the oceans by function well without insects. this will become written About us Web www.nimbingoodtimes.com for public comment also one degree. This is short-term profit for a into International Law, And find us on Facebook Managing editor Bob Dooley smells of another brief. David Attenborough, in few, over long-term suffering making it illegal to possess, Assistant editor Sue Stock NGT is published by the The absence of public his new film warning about for many. manufacture, propagate or Sub-editor S Sorrensen Nimbin Aquarius Foundation, transport in the Northern ecological destruction, And it has now been proved threaten the use of nuclear Rivers is a tragedy that the says it’s because we’ve used weapons. Layout Peter Chaplin, Andy 81 Cullen Street, Nimbin. that there is corruption in public are crying out for, and millions of years of stored It is not the end, it is only Gough, Bob Dooley the government. Through NEXT DEADLINE: ripping up our branch line energy (fossil fuels) in a short the ‘right’ avenues, I can pay the beginning, and it surely Photographers Sue Stock, is another slap in the face by time. thousands of dollars to a at least, will throw the cat Chibo Mertineit Wednesday 25th November the NSW government. It has so far caused half the politician, or ‘donate’ to their amongst the pigeons.