The Byron Shire Echo – Issue 34.50 – May 20, 2020 by Echo Publications

CO N T E ST I N G R E A L I T Y ’ S A R B I T R A R Y E X I ST E N C E S I N C E 1 9 8 6 The Byron Shire Echo • Volume 34 #50 • Wednesday, May 20, 2020 • www.echo.net.au

Bus interchange work stopped over potential Indigenous midden Archaeologists will be assessing the discovery of a potential Indigenous midden in the path of a new transport hub for Byron Bay. A stop work order was placed on the site last Tuesday by Transport for NSW contractor Hazell Bros. A Transport for NSW spokesperson told The Echo, ‘While excavating for the public car park contractors noticed some shells under the removed asphalt. All work in the area was stopped. The area was fenced off and the Sydney Trains unexpected finds protocol was followed’. A spokesperson from Bundjalung of Byron Bay Aboriginal Corporation (Arakwal), who are the Native Title holders for the area, told The Echo that the right procedure has been followed and the site was reported to the Arakwal Corporation and the Environment Line for the action of the compliance team, who will assess the area. Affected Butler Street residents are opposed to the transport hub’s location, which was decided without public consultation by the NSW government.

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A Mullumbimby couple’s life came crashing down last week when Brooke Bretherton came home to find her seven-month-old daughter, Peachy, distraught in her high chair, and her husband Joel unresponsive after having had a seizure. The seizure was a sure sign Joel’s brain tumour was back, after it was first diagnosed in 2006. The couple say the last few days have been a whirlwind of doctor appointments, tests, and plans for treatment. ‘We are absolutely scared, shocked and doing everything we can to gain strength and positivity for our little girl Peachy,’ says Brooke. To help Joel and his family, visit www.gofundme.com/f/donate-to-joel-needs-your-help. Full story on www.echo.net.au. Photo Jeff Dawson

Cautious optimism for retail, hospitality Mandy Nolan It was a slow trade, but last Saturday saw customers return to cafes and restaurants and their favourite retail outlets. The introduction of stage one of easing of COVID-19 restrictions across NSW now allows public gatherings of up to ten people, with food and drink premises opening up and more people allowed in a retail setting.

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This saw patrons returning to cafes across the Shire. The Footbridge Cafe in Brunswick was busy with takeaway patronage, along with ten people seated in their alfresco street dining. Cafe manager Kaelan was optimistic about the changes, and as a business that has traded through the lockdown, taking the social distancing and sanitising rules seriously was not to just protect the public, but

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his staff and business as well. ‘There are a lot of recommendations around sanitising. It’s not actually put into law; it’s put in by businesses. A lot is to protect our staff, because if one of us gets it, we have to shut the whole place down. We want to keep everyone happy and healthy!’ Dining in his establishment was Pam, a local nurse. While Pam was loving being out and having coffee with friends, she had some

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reservations about the community’s ability to adhere to social distancing. ‘I am very concerned that it’s going to come back,’ she said. ‘It’s beautiful being out again, and I love being with people, but I am concerned about people not social distancing. As long as people do the right thing, we will be okay. ‘But they’re not. I am watching them.’ ▶ Continued on page 4

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Local News Bubs and travellers bear brunt of economic squeeze extend significantly beyond the health effects, the centre is expecting demand for its services to increase further over the next few months. ‘We provided 1,000 meals to people last week – that’s a record,’ Ms O’Connell said.

Paul Bibby Vicky Lebedeva was 17,000 kilometres from home and nearly seven months pregnant when the COVID-19 crisis hit. The risks of long-distance travel, especially for pregnant women, meant a trip back to the UK was out of the question. So, she and her partner had no choice but to welcome their little girl into the world in Byron Bay. But life has been far from easy. ‘We’re extremely grateful to be here, but it’s been a bit of a situation financially,’ Ms Lebedeva said, while nursing her newborn at Byron Hospital last week. ‘As travellers, we don’t get any government assistance, our savings are all being spent on having a decent place to live, and there’s basically no hospitality work.’ Eventually, Ms Lebedeva went to the Byron Community Centre (BCC) for help, where she was greeted with warm smiles and a box full of fresh food, household staples and personal items.

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New mum Vicky Lebedeva, with new dad Robin, and baby Ayana. Photo Jeff Dawson And she was far from alone. Hundreds of international students and travellers on working holiday visas have been stranded in the Byron Shire with little or no financial means to support themselves and no way of getting home. Centre management says a large proportion of the 100 people who lined up for food boxes last week were international students and travellers on working holiday visas. ‘A lot of them have been

here a long time,’ the BCC’s general manager Louise O’Connell said. ‘There are families, individuals, people who’ve always had a steady income, and who’ve made an important contribution to our community.

Record meals served ‘But now they’re dipping into their savings, and those funds are drying up.’ With the economic impacts of the crisis likely to

‘We think this will drag out for months, and that’s why we keep appealing for help. ‘We’ve been fortunate to have some major donors, but we need more funds to help us put together those food boxes.’ One grateful recipient of a food box was Colombian national Seb, who was made redundant by the COVID-19 crisis and then, as a result, lost accommodation at a Byron backpackers. The young man said he was currently sleeping rough and had really felt the drop in temperature sleeping on the beach. ‘We’re seeing people like Seb all the time,’ Ms O’Connell said. ‘This is a whole new experience for us. And for them.’ Q To help, visit www.byroncentre.com.au.

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Other businesses like Phoenix Menswear in Mullumbimby have noted the impact that government subsidies have had on their trade. Store owner Shayleen said, ‘This is our first week fully open. We were partially open before. It’s been surprisingly busier than we expected, probably because everyone has their JobSeeker and JobKeeper payments.’

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Some retailers had the option of staying open if they could abide by the guidelines during lockdown. Byron’s Surf Dive Ski was one store that remained open the entire time. Danny Wills is the manager for the region’s stores. His business experienced strong sales owing to the allowed ‘exercise’ component of the lockdown. Danny said, ‘We stayed open the entire time, just to do our best to keep everyone in a job. It was a global decision, because we are a global company and the

Kinoko, on Jonson Street, Byron Bay. Photo Jeff Dawson government didn’t shut us down. It’s been good, to be honest; we had some quiet times there, but I guess because we were one of the only stores open, we still had trade. We were selling a lot of wetsuits and surfboards… and a lot of shoes. In the end, it’s the smiling faces that makes the job better.’ Most businesses have had to adapt significantly to survive the downturn in trade.

Online books One business that rose to the challenge was The Book Room in Byron Bay. When they realised how they were going to be affected, they started a free home delivery service for books bought online.

Store owner John Mitchell said, ‘We noticed a solid support from the locals. Even though we were open, about one third of our sales were online, and we delivered them to the door free of charge. We are still doing it. We found out other community minded bookstores around the country had also started doing the same thing! ‘It’s been an emotionally stressful time. We sold a lot of children’s books for kids at home and Mothers’ Day was one of our busiest ever! ‘But we were down 50 per cent on our sales.’ While John worked to develop open lines of communication with his customers, he was disappointed

that publishers didn’t afford him the same consideration. ‘You would have thought they would have rung up to find out how we were going, developed a strategy. ‘We still haven’t heard from them. There has been no communication. ‘We have been advertising in the paper every week, we have signage outside the shop, we now have a Youtube channel; we moved everything online and we home deliver. That is how we adapted to keep in business.’ For the beauty industry though, things are still challenging as no appointments will be taken until stage two. Rochelle is the beauty therapist at Clay in Mullum. She said, ‘We are allowed to open for retail and gift voucher sales, but are not able to perform treatments yet. We have huge waiting lists of women waiting for an appointment… We have done an order for a huge amount of wax, so we are ready to go!’ No doubt there will be a socially distanced queue around the block once beauticians return!

Worker wage freeze sparks nurse, midwife protests The Byron Central Hospital branch of the NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association (NSWNMA) has condemned the NSW government plan to freeze public sector workers’ wages. They say NSW Parliament will consider the freeze on June 2, which the trade union group say would deny

the sector a pay increase from July 2020.

Wednesday action An action is planned for Wednesday May 20 from 3.30pm outside the Byron Hospital on Ewingsdale Road. Local NSWNMA representative Elizabeth McCall says the wage freeze, ‘Shows

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It was awesome to see Council’s playgrounds, skateparks and outdoor equipment re-opened last weekend. Thank you to everyone who is diligently following the maximum 10 people at once rule and the 1.5m distancing. You know what I love most about this Shire of ours? As our world and our nation turned inwards and stayed home to protect our collective health, our thinking turned outwards to our community – and even beyond. Thank you to everyone who has been checking in on their neighbours, looking after those who are unwell and showing others what communitymindedness is all about. It is no surprise to me that we have some of the highest levels of volunteerism in this Shire. I’ve said it before but it is in times like these that our healthy community spirit and altruism really shines. This week is Volunteers Week – a fitting time to recognise those who have stepped up and served our community in exceptional ways. Linda Sparrow’s story is a truly inspiring one for these times and she has been recently named as a finalist in the 2020 NSW Environmental Citizen of the Year Award (which will be announced in early June) for her work with Bangalow Koalas. Linda has overseen the planting of 43,236 koala food trees in Bangalow over two years, with an additional 24,000 planted since February this year. But that’s not the half of it – her vision to create a koala corridor connecting Byron Shire to Tenterfield in the west, Grafton to the south, and the Tweed to the north has attracted grant funding to provide jobs for people, as well as habitat for koalas. Congratulations to Linda and the Bangalow Koalas team.

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Volunteer services such as the Liberation Larder and the Mullumbimby Neighbourhood Centre are currently groaning under the weight of extra homelessness since the start of the pandemic. People who didn’t expect to be here and out of work, are – and the growing number of our own homeless is now making the issue an epidemic in the Byron Shire. We know what the volunteers are doing, but what about the government’s response? Tamara Smith MP (Greens) says that her party has been working closely with the Department of Communities and Justice (DCJ) throughout the pandemic with regard to support for rough sleepers and people on the homelessness spectrum in Byron and Ballina Shires. Ms Smith says in the last few months, her office has publicly advocated for the use of caravan parks to provide shelter for people rough sleeping. They have had meetings with the homelessness co-ordinator and deputy mayor of Byron Shire Council in relation to this issue, and have discussed the provision of accommodation to rough sleepers during the COVID-19 pandemic with rehab centre The Buttery.

Rough sleeping is on the rise in Byron Shire. Photo Rudiger Wasser DCJ Housing Services for Northern NSW and Access and Demand NNSW (Ballina Office) are also key partners in addressing these issues. Ms Smith said, ‘For over a decade, we have been told that we can’t afford to lift the unemployment benefit rate or invest more money in frontline workers to house people rough sleeping or homeless; yet both of those things have happened in the last three months’. Meanwhile federal member for Richmond Justine Elliot (Labor) says there are more homeless Australians than ever before.

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raised their concerns about the impact that this situation will have on our most vulnerable. The impact of coronavirus threatens to make it even worse’ Ms Elliot says that as unemployment increases there’s a real risk that people won’t just lose their job, but also their home. ‘Housing is now on the frontline of Australian healthcare. ‘Labor welcomed the National Cabinet’s decision to freeze evictions for the next six months for tenants in financial distress owing to the impact of coronavirus. ‘We have consistently said that no one should lose their home, whether they own it or rent it, because of the virus. This will help. ‘As winter approaches and the Centrelink lines get longer, the charities that help the homeless and most vulnerable are suffering the perfect storm. The volunteer pool for a lot of charities are largely older Australians who are most vulnerable to the coronavirus. ‘Most of these are smaller community-based charities that fill local needs. That loss places greater strain on other remaining services as the demand for help grows and grows. ‘That’s why this extra support and assistance for providers of food and emergency relief and other homelessness services is so important. Byron Shire Council’s Homelessness Policy recognises that all people have a right to: housing that meets their individual needs and to enjoy public open spaces for activities that do not create an adverse impact on the rights of other users in the community. This followed by the statement: ‘The Byron Shire has very limited housing options. There is no emergency or temporary accommodation and very little social housing. Areas in

the Shire are among the least affordable in Australia. Byron Bay is the least affordable area on Australia’s east coast.’ Is the answer as simple as ‘affordable housing’? The annual street count of August 2019 found that 171 people were sleeping rough in three hotspots in the Shire. This was an 18 per cent increase from 145 people in August 2018 in the same areas. One could only assume if they did a street count tonight, there would be far more than that – and winter is coming. Tamara Smith says we cannot afford to ‘snap back to business as usual’ when it comes to supporting the most vulnerable in our community after the pandemic. ‘We need to lean forward with a permanent liveable weekly rate of unemployment benefits as we brace for 20 per cent plus unemployment rates in regional areas. ‘We need to invest in programs that bring housing options to people living on the streets and provide affordable housing stock for homelessness hotspots like the Northern Rivers.’ Ms Smith says the genie is out of the bottle. ‘When governments choose to support and protect those who are most vulnerable in society they are supported and protected. Go figure’. Meanwhile, just south of Byron Shire, NSW member for Lismore, Janelle Saffin (Labor), said she had been assured that the majority of people in their homeless community have been accommodated. ‘Many are in hotels and motels. It is wonderful for people to have a roof over their heads as being isolated in lockdown brings many challenges,’ said Ms Saffin. ‘I worry about accessing services that people need during these times, such as GPs and health-related ones, that can be hard to access for people who are homeless at the best of times. Ms Saffin added, ‘NSW Treasury has published a document entitled Supporting NSW, and in the Communities and Families section, it specifies three key areas of funding under the heading, A Roof Over Heads’. Q To see Council’s information about the homeless, visit www.byron.nsw.gov. au/Community/Supportingcommunities/Homelessnessin-the-Byron-Shire.

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Plans for a safe Mullum street dinner Aslan Shand Mullumbimby is using that infamous creativity to look at ways that businesses and people can come together to safely support one another as COVID-19 restrictions are lifted. The Mullumbimby Chamber of Commerce, Byron Council and Creative Mullumbimby have been putting their heads together for a COVID-safe business plan. ‘This is a great opportunity for our residents and business folk to come together and create something interesting. You never know, something may happen that is so good we won’t want it to go back to how it was,’ Suvira McDonald, president of Creative Mullumbimby, told The Echo. One idea is to access funding available from the NSW state government’s ‘Streets as Shared Spaces’ program to create pedestrian friendly streets. The concept is that after 5pm on Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays, some streets will be partitioned off, so cafes and restaurants can take over parking spaces.

Christopher Dean, Vanessa Behne, Steve Drake, Christina Khumari, Michael Murray and Malcolm Price. Photo Jeff Dawson They are looking to start the idea in Stuart Street, and would aim to lay out the spaces so that there is room for people to enjoy dining while still being able to maintain social distancing. ‘This proposal has lots of support from the local business community’, said Janelle Stanford, president of the Mullumbimby Chamber of Commerce’.

‘We believe this can succeed as long as the public follows the appropriate guidelines’.

Art focus Ensuring that it has a Mullumbimby flavour they are also looking to have the Creative Mullum ‘Culture Ark’ container placed centrally to be a stage and central hub. The extra street room can

also fill up with art, sculpture, performance and events. If you have ideas or want to get involved, businesses and people are encouraged to get in contact with and join the Mullumbimby Chamber of Commerce via their website www.mullumbimby.org.au. ‘There will be business – but not business as usual,’ said the Creative Mullumbimby team.

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Has the vision of a sustainable housing development in the Saddle Road precinct vanished into thin air? The idyllic rural tract between Brunswick Heads and Mullumbimby has been the focus of various plans for affordable, eco-friendly housing in recent times. However, a combination of community opposition, poor planning, and the tangle of Council planning regulations for the site has seen each idea fall, long before a single brick is laid. The most notable was the Brunswick Eco Village proposal (BEV), which envisaged an intentional community featuring a mix of rural-residential and residential lots. That proposal was shelved following a concerted campaign of opposition by other members of the Saddle Road community. The dream of a Saddle Road housing village has been dealt another blow this week, with Council staff

finding that two plans for affordable housing on the site were also inconsistent with planning rules. In an agenda item to come before this week’s planning meeting, Council staff have reported back on an expression of interest process conducted earlier this year for the precinct.

0ĈşȒĈşŔŔƖŕĶƐƷ In January, Council invited Saddle Road landowners to provide expressions of interest to have their property considered in the Rural Land Use Strategy as a site for an intentional ecocommunity that included the provision of at least 80 per cent affordable housing. Just two local landowners expressed an interest. The first, a five-hectare site at 1-85 Saddle Road, proposed building granny flats that ‘could be used for affordable housing in the future’. The second, pitched by Greens councillor hopeful, Matthew O’Reilly, from the Byron Rainbow Farm, was

for 20 two-bedroom cottages spread over three hectares. The proposed average weekly rent for each cottage would be capped at $345, which is 30 per cent of the median household income of the Byron Shire. However, Council staff found that neither idea was consistent with the relevant planning policies for the site: the North Coast Regional Plan 2036, the North Coast Settlement Planning Guidelines 2019, and the Rural Land Use Strategy (RLUS).

PŕëĎĕžƖëƐĕ ſşëĎ ĶŕĪſëƆƐſƖĈƐƖſĕ The reasons included the fact that both ideas were, ‘located outside an identified town/village centre’, that they involved the ‘potential fragmentation of regionally significant farmland’, and that they were of a scale that was ‘unlikely to be self-contained and provide a mix of land uses to provide for daily needs of residents’.

Additional reasons included that neither proposal had adequate road infrastructure that was suitable to accommodate the likely increase in traffic. ‘Collectively, these barriers do not justify support for an amendment to the RLUS,’ Council’s planning support office Sam Tarrant said in his report, published in this week’s agenda to the planning meeting. The very broad nature of these ‘barriers’ raises the question of whether any proposal for affordable housing in the Saddle Road precinct would be considered acceptable by Council. In a further comment with implications for the future of affordable housing on the site, Mr Tarrant said: ‘…given that only two proposals have been received, it appears that there is limited interest in Area 17 being an ‘affordable housing precinct’’. Byron councillors will vote on the staff recommendation at this Thursday’s Council planning meeting.

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A contentious 2,000-odd residential subdivision DA at the North Lismore Plateau was found invalid by Land & Environment (L&E) court Justice Nicola Pain last week. This was despite it being approved in 2018 by the Joint Regional Planning Panel. Alan Oshlack was involved in the case, and told The

Echo that the developer, Winten Property Group, failed to lodge a species impact statement and that the court accepted that the development would cause the local extinction of a bat and bird species. ‘It’s a big win,’ he said. ‘There was major investment into this project by

Lismore Council of between $8m and $10m’. Bundjalung man, Mickey Ryan, who served the court notice, said attempts by local Aboriginal people to establish the importance of the land to their culture were rebuffed throughout the process. Ryan said, ‘We knocked ‘em for six. It’s like a fairytale

come true. We started crying with emotion and relief.’ Developer David Rothwell, from the Winten Property Group, has said this is not the end of the line for the DA, and they were reviewing their options. An appeal to the decision is an option for the developer.

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Shopping local at markets pivots to online while the lockdown laws are easing, it could be some time before they’re open for business again. Byron Markets Manager Kate Hardman said, ‘COVID19 is forcing businesses to pivot quickly to stay in the game, and some of our market’s micro-businesses are not cut out for that. ‘We have stallholders who

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Byron Shire Council Notices COUNCIL CONTACT DETAILS We are here to help. Call us or check our website for current opening hours and temporary service changes. Phone 8.30am–4.30pm Website Email Emergency After Hours Ofﬁce Address Works Depot SES Controller Rural Fire Service Byron Resource Recovery Centre Cavanbah Centre

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Please be aware that all submissions will be made public in accordance with Schedule 1 Part 3 Clause 1(a)(vi) of the GIPA 2009 Regulations as applicable including both the substance of the submission and the identity of the author. For further assistance please contact our Records team on 02 6626 7113.

CURRENT VACANCIES Apply for a job at Council. For current vacancies refer to www.byron.nsw.gov.au/Council/Working-at-Byron-Shire-Council/ Current-vacancies.

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POLICY EXHIBITION DRAFT POLICY 15/007 SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY MARKETS Council resolved at its 23 April 2020 meeting to place the above Draft Policy on public exhibition for a period of 28 days for the making of public submissions. The Draft Policy is available from Council’s website at www.byron.nsw.gov.au/public-exhibition. Submissions should be in writing and addressed to the General Manager, Byron Shire Council, PO Box 219 Mullumbimby 2482 or sent by email to submissions@byron.nsw.gov.au. Emailed submissions to this address only will be acknowledged. Submissions open: 6 May 2020 Submissions close: 2 June 2020 Enquiries: Paula Telford Leasing Coordinator on 02 6626 7300 Submissions will be made public in accordance with GIPA 2009 Regulations as applicable including both the substance of the submission and the identity of the author. For further assistance contact the Records Team on 02 6626 7113.

SUSTAINABILITY AWARDS 2020 NOMINATIONS ARE NOW OPEN! Byron Shire Council would like to announce that nominations for the 2020 Sustainability Awards are now open. Byron Shire is renowned for its passionate community of people doing amazing things for our environment, and we want to celebrate those of you who are taking action to protect and enhance our natural wonders. Nominate your organisation or an inspiring individual or community group to share in the celebration and promote a project or initiative. Nomination is simple and can be in any of the following four categories: • Sustainability • Biodiversity • Waste • Water To nominate, visit Council’s website at: www.byron.nsw.gov.au/sustainability Nominations close: 5 June 2020 Please note: the nomination period has been extended. Watch this space for further info and updates on the awards ceremony. Contact: Julia Curry 02 6626 7295 or email sustainability@byron.nsw.gov.au

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DEVELOPMENT CONSENTS In accordance with Section 4.59 of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 (as amended), notiﬁcation is hereby given of the following development consents granted by Council. The consents listed are available to view Online at Council’s website www.byron.nsw.gov.au/ﬁnd-a-DA. Information relating to these applications as required by Schedule 1, Division 4, Clause 20(2) of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 (as amended) is also available online.

APPLICATIONS APPROVED 10.2019.153.3 – Byron Bay, 27 Ruskin Street S4.55 to Modify Internal Layout and Window Locations for Secondary Dwelling 10.2018.320.2 – Byron Bay, 41 Kingsley Street S4.55 to Modify Condition 4 of Consent 10.2020.214.1 – Suffolk Park, 8 Jackwood Court Retaining Wall 10.2020.206.1 – Talofa, 624 Bangalow Road Alterations and Additions to Existing Dwelling House 10.2019.392.1 – Mullumbimby Creek, 160 Frasers Road Change of Use Dwelling to Farm Ofﬁce, New Dwelling House and Swimming Pool 10.2020.75.1 – Bangalow, 39 Clover Hill Circuit Dwelling House 10.2020.38.2 – Eureka, 330 Goremans Road S4.55 to Add Windows, Sliding Door, Toilet and Sink 10.2019.657.1 – Brunswick Heads, 9 Nana Street Alterations and Additions to Existing Residential Flat Building 10.2019.331.2 – Bangalow, 9 Clover Hill Circuit S4.55 for Alterations and Additions to Dwelling House

PUBLIC EXHIBITION OF DEVELOPMENT APPLICATIONS ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING & ASSESSMENT ACT, 1979 The following Development Applications and the supporting documentation are available online at www.byron.nsw.gov.au/ datracker. You can also view them online using the electronic kiosks at Council’s Customer Service Centre during normal office hours. For further information on these applications, contact the relevant planning officer whose details you can find on the DA Tracker. To make a submission, select the ‘Exhibition Details’ tab when viewing the application on the DA Tracker and use the online form. Note: Should you make a submission, there are requirements in relation to the disclosure of political gifts and donations. Refer to www.byron.nsw.gov.au/Political-donations-disclosure for further information.

EXHIBITION CLOSES 27 MAY 2020 10.2018.486.2 – Brunswick Heads, South Beach Road (Lot 427 DP 729272) Town Planning Studio Pty Ltd, S4.55 to Modify Internal Configuration, External Windows and Doors and Confirm Waiver of Water and Sewer Levies 10.2020.181.1 – Byron Bay, 18 Centennial Circuit (Lot 2 DP 812667) Bodhi, Change of use to include Food and Drink Premises (Cafe), Specialised Retail Premises and Office Premises and Use of Alterations and Additions to Existing Industrial

EXHIBITION CLOSES 3 JUNE 2020 10.2020.204.1 – Ewingsdale, 90 McGettigans Lane (Lot 3 DP 1240651) Chris Lonergan – Town Planner, Use of Earthworks 10.2002.505.7 – Talofa, 460 Bangalow Road (Lot 2 DP 792880) Mr C Roden, S4.55 to Delete BBQ Shelter with Associated Accessible Path and Denote Cabin No. 3 instead of Cabin No. 4 as Accessible Cabin with Associated Facilities at Approved Tourist Facility comprising of Six (6) Cabins and Onsite Efﬂuent System 10.2020.197.1 – Mullumbimby, 21 Casuarina Street (Lot 1 DP 242794) Frank Stewart Architect, Retrospective Application for Use of Converted Garage as a Rumpus Room 10.2020.212.1 – Mullumbimby Creek, 63 Yankee Creek Road (Lot 101 DP 841831) Matt Walker Town Planning, Three (3) Rural Tourist Cabins 10.2020.213.1 – Myocum, 171 McAuleys Lane (Lot 22 DP 830652) Mr R E Darney, Use of Existing Carport, Two (2) Sheds and Studio 10.2019.12.2 – Bangalow, 32-34 Byron Street (Lot 1 DP 1062312) M Pearse, S4.55 for Minor Internal Modiﬁcation and Extension of Trading Hours 10.2020.215.1 – Byron Bay, 6 Keats Street (Lot 2 DP 1257709) Ardill Payne & Partners, Multi Dwelling Housing Comprising of Ten (10) Two Storey Detached Dwellings and Ten (10) Swimming Pools and Strata Subdivision

EXHIBITION CLOSES 10 JUNE 2020 10.2020.219.1 – Binna Burra, 160 Binna Burra Road (Lot 5 DP 255525) Mr G A Cochrane, Use of existing Deck 10.2020.221.1 – Upper Wilsons Creek, 251 Upper Wilsons Creek Road (Lot 1 DP 814747) Planners North, Use of Structure as a Shed

Local News ¨ſëǔĶĈ ǖşƱ ƆƐĶōō ëŕ ĶƆƆƖĕ ƱĶƐĲ ōëſīĕ Ʒſşŕ ! ' ' The battle over 139 Jonson Street is set to resume this Thursday, with a new Development Application (DA) coming before Byron Council, and planning staff once again controversially recommending approval. It comes despite NSW MP Tamara Smith saying there are issues to still be resolved, particularly around signage. Ms Smith sits on Council’s local traffic committee (LTC), who are assessing the traffic aspect of the DA. Yet the developer, Graham Dunn, believes Council’s traffic committee has endorsed the plans. He told The Echo via his spokesperson that he called Byron Shire Council town planning staff on Tuesday, ‘who confirmed that there are no outstanding issues to be approved by the Local Traffic Committee’. It is the second time the proposal for a sizeable residential and retail development on the corner block opposite Byron Music has been put forward. The Northern Regional Planning Panel summarily dismissed the plan on the grounds that it was significantly above the height and floor space ratio limits for that part of town. This is despite Council planning staff recommending approval at the time. A circular email by the Byron Residents’ Group (BRG) regarding the new DA was rejected as ‘misinformation’ by the developer. Yet Mr Dunn does concede the DA does breach height

and floor space area policies. Regarding traffic, BRG say the imposition ‘is not acceptable, and is likely dangerous, by seeking to use tiny Ruskin Lane as the vehicle access route’. Mr Dunn replied that ‘Our traffic design has been approved by Roads and Maritimes Services, Byron Shire Council traffic engineers, the local traffic committee and the independent traffic consultant that was appointed by Byron Shire Council to review the access. Access must come from rear lanes and our traffic access has been assessed as safe. ‘We have worked hard to meet the needs and preferences of our neighbours, including redesigning our development and the loss of the child care centre’. Dismissing the developer’s favourable traffic report, the residents commissioned their own study, which was critical of a number of matters in the plan. But Council staff found that the traffic concerns had been sufficiently managed in the latest DA. Staff concluded that the height and floorspace concerns were ‘addressed in this report and it is considered that non-compliance and inconsistencies are justified in the circumstances’. Byron Residents’ Group say, ‘Council planners have recommended that the developer be granted virtually every concession above the LEP and DCP that has been asked for’.

COMMUNITY INITIATIVES PROGRAM (SECTION 356) OPEN FOR APPLICATIONS Council’s Community Initiatives Program aims to improve community wellbeing and quality of life for Byron Shire residents. Council invites applications for community driven initiatives that address a speciﬁc community need which builds a sense of community, and aligns with Council’s goals. Guidelines, including the assessment criteria, and an application form, can be downloaded from Council’s website at www.byron.nsw.gov.au/Community/Supporting-communities/ Grants-and-funding/Community-Initiatives-Program. Applicants need to: • read the guidelines to understand if their organisation and project are eligible for funding; • show a matching contribution to the proposed project as outlined in the guidelines; • complete an application form on the template provided. To assist applicants in developing their application, in lieu of a Funding Workshop, a range of online resources and tips can be accessed via Council’s website www.byron.nsw.gov.au/Community/ Supporting-communities/Grants-and-funding/Community-InitiativesProgram. It is strongly recommended that potential applicants view the workshop resources to assist with their application. Applications close: 4pm Friday 3 July 2020

10.2020.561.2 – Byron Bay, 1/6 Byron Street (Lot 1 SP 47095) Ms F Brown, S4.55 to Modify Approved Recreation Facility (Yoga Studio)

Enquiries: Joanne McMurtry 02 6626 7316 or jmcmurtry@byron.nsw.gov.au

10.2020.220.1 – Brunswick Heads, 30 Fingal Street (Lot 13 Sec 7 DP 758171) Planners North, Alterations and Additions to Existing Entertainment Facility (Brunswick Picture House)

Please note: The canvassing of Councillors or Council staff in relation to this funding program will automatically result in disqualiﬁcation of offending applicants.

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Look, over there! A virus is a great distraction Preparations for a second COVID-19 wave have presumably been put in place by health authorities and the governing class. Why else would they want to risk people’s lives? It’s not like they have been wrong before, right? It seems like the collective mood is that we have all had enough, and we did well to avoid a catastrophe. It’s time to get back to whatever is constituted as normal. Will the local governing class (Council) change their perception of ‘normal’ development? Presently, this community still faces the never-ending barrage of growth opportunities (ie strategies, plans and policies), which have been foisted upon us by the NSW government and Council planning staff. It’s clear councillors who control the chamber gave up a long time ago in trying to manage, let alone direct, Council planning staff in a way that was reflective of what residents voted for in the 2016 election. At this Thursday’s Council planning meeting for example, councillors will consider a long list of large DAs and planning policies which will impact this community now, and in the future. One is a new code that would allow developers to fast track within 20 days the building of dual occupancies, manor houses and terraces (up to two storeys) in residential areas. The Low Rise Medium Density Code has been introduced to 82 NSW councils, say the NSW planning department. Thankfully the code was deferred in Byron Shire, but now it’s back, with staff recommending adoption. Local NSW MP, Tamara Smith (Greens), told The Echo she encourages councillors ‘to hold the line’ and resist introducing the code for another 12 months. ‘It should be deferred, particularly in the context of the pandemic,’ she said. ‘We are in no shape to weather a sudden uptake in development through this code’. The Echo is yet to hear back from local Nationals MLC Ben Franklin on whether he is seeking to have the code deferred given his concerns about West Byron and over-development in the past. The Echo also asked Greens Mayor, Simon Richardson, if this code will negatively impact the amenity of residents, and if it was correct that the NSW planning minister offered Byron Council a longer exemption than was allowed, yet that offer was never pursued by Council. There is yet to be a reply. Given the preliminary result from the Greens preselection last week, the direction of the mayor and his Greens councillors is clearly not supported. Hopefully the current Greens councillors are humble enough to accept the direction taken in the past four years was not reflective of the wishes of the membership, nor the wider community, and will adjust their views for the remainder of their term. Hans Lovejoy, editor

n last week’s truncated edition of parliament, Scott Morrison declared stridently that he did not have a crystal ball. By this he meant that he could not be blamed for any previous pronouncements about the economy, because coronavirus had made them irrelevant, assuming they were ever relevant in the first place. And it also allowed him to say that he had no real idea of how or when things would get back to normal in the aftermath – except that the elastic band had well and truly broken, and would not snap back. The past could be forgotten, the future was unknowable, and even the present looked a bit hard to fathom. As someone had mentioned, the situation was unprecedented. But his trusty Treasurer, the indefatigable (and fortunately disinfected) Josh Frydenberg, was on hand to set him straight. Frydenberg was justly criticised for telling us nothing new in his state of the economy speech on Tuesday, but it did provide a succinct summary of what we already knew: we are up shit creek in a barbed wire canoe. But not to worry; the government was paddling like buggery and even if it was unlikely to actually get us back to shore, it would at least do a lot of splashing about in the process. The oars, as Frydenberg saw them, would be pretty much the usual ones, if suitably supercharged for the occasion: ‘reskilling and upskilling the workforce, maintaining our $100 billion 10 year infrastructure pipeline, cutting red tape to reduce the cost burden on businesses and the economy, and tax and industrial relations reform as a means of increasing our competitiveness.’ In case there was any doubt, tax reform was not, and must not be, about more or higher taxes, even including the SGST; it was about reducing company tax in the tired and discredited old formula of trickle down economics. And industrial relations reform was, as always, about plain old union bashing. He would not hazard a guess about the size of the budget deficit, but most forecasters are looking at well over $130 billion. And the horrendous debt bill would take many years to repay – try about ten of them. And this was the good news; if there was to be a second

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wave of COVID-19 infection, and we had to reimpose the restrictions which are now being gradually lifted, the cost would be all but unimaginable. Ominously, there was a series of mini-outbreaks all over the place last week – not necessarily a precursor to the dreaded second wave we have seen in other countries, but enough to worry both the politicians and the public at a time when reassurance is desperately needed.

On Thursday the bomb dropped: ëōŔşƆƐ ǬǦǦǼǦǦǦ extra jobs lost in żſĶōǼ ŕĕëſōƷ ǔ ưĕ żĕſ cent of the workforce Mungo MacCallum And the other bad news was Morrison filling in one of the gaps; reducing government spending, doubling down on his determination to end the necessary and worthy stimulus measures – for which he has been widely applauded – as soon as possible. So back to the dole queue and starvation assistance for the hapless victims who may have finally had a taste of what welfare actually meant. And as for the ones who missed out on the brief, current bonanza, what they don’t know won’t hurt them. It better not, because suddenly there are a lot of them. On Thursday the bomb dropped: almost 600,000 extra jobs lost in April, nearly five per cent of the workforce. The statisticians massaged this down to a rise of just one per cent in unemployment, mainly owing to a big drop in the participation rate – a lot of people have simply given up looking for non-existent jobs, and, absurdly, are thus not included in the numbers. And JobKeeker is also an effective masker – those on it theoretically remain employed, although whether they still will be when Morrison pulls the rug from under them is highly problematic. And even if you accept the 6.2 per cent jobless statistic, it avoids the awkward reality that nearly one in seven classed as ‘in work’ are underemployed, and wages growth has fallen to

an all time low. So being somewhere close to honest, not a known characteristic of the Morrison government, the real unemployment rate is already hitting the ten per cent mark, with a lot more on the brink; even Morrison and Frydenberg admit that there is worse to come. And they should know, because September, when they have promised that JobKeeper will end, is already looming. In the circumstances, it is both silly and heartless of the gruesome twosome to keep rabbiting on about resilience, innovation, and the great ability of Australians to turn disaster into triumph. The vast majority of those still standing are already on some form of welfare, but if that is snatched away from them, they too will be socially distancing their way to Centrelink. The wildly optimistic prediction that jobs will be surging back – 850,000 of them by the end of July – is simply not believable, and is unlikely to be believed by the many thousands on the brink. It is certainly not believed by the economists, who keep warning that unemployment is a lag indicator – it rises very quickly, but takes a long time – years, in fact – to fall back to what we used to call normal levels. And there is very little Morrison can do to hasten the process. Instead, he is being forced to fall back on a waitand-see policy, urging the states to ease restrictions, and hoping that if anything goes wrong, they will be blamed. But this is not what he wants; he needs to keep the momentum going, which is why we are still getting announcements, like the one on mental health, and ramping up of the we-warnthe-czar campaign on China. Morrison needs to maintain the feeling of crisis, the idea that we are still in deep trouble (which indeed we are), and that he is the only one who can save us (which is considerably more contestable). And when the recovery has gone as far as it can be pushed, he needs to be the unquestioned saviour, the man of vision, courage and achievement. It can be done, he could get lucky. And he is no doubt praying with more than his usual fervour. Because, if it all falls apart in September, a disillusioned electorate will be ready to give him a big kick in his crystal balls.

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Letters Water guzzlers How can Australia, the driest inhabited continent in the world, continue to mine and burn water-guzzling coal? Australian coal corporations consume 383 billion litres of water annually, the same amount as that used annually by all Sydney siders or every Queensland household. Coal uses 120 times more water than wind or solar to produce the same amount of electricity. Water is vital to sustain life, yet Australian government policy plays Russian roulette with this increasingly scarce resource. Inaction on climate change condemns Australia to a vicious cycle of reduced rainfall and more frequent droughts. If in the age of the coronavirus we are to spend public money to create a more resilient future for Australia, governments are obligated to choose sustainable energy over coal. Our choice is stark – continue on the same destructive path with the inevitable outcomes of more periods of drought, increased climate damage and permanent water restrictions, or change course and create a better world where

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Until the gold is gone Six activists convicted by an Indonesian court for organising a protest demanding independence for the province of West Papua. That’s a bit bloody rich coming from the Indonesian regime who invaded West Papua and have been persecuting the native people for years. I say ‘get out of West Papua, Indonesia – now!’ Of course they won’t, because it’s sanctioned by Canberra, and there’s still gold in those hills. Oh yeah. Paul Brecht Evans Head

God of love If JC arrived in Australia today, he wouldn’t last two minutes. He’d be lynched before he finished his first sermon. The PM doesn’t love Jesus, he loves money. ‘Keep your lives free from the love of money, and be content with what you have.’ Hebrews 13:5

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Future mayor I’m as surprised as anyone that Duncan Dey obtained the Greens’ nomination for Mayor; I didn’t even know he had put his name forward. Given that Ian Cohen also came in ahead of Simon Richardson’s admirers, Sarah Blah Blah and Michael Wannabe, I can’t see the result as anything but a kick in the teeth for Simon. Couldn’t happen to a more deserving chap. It shows that the giftof-the-gab doesn’t fool all of the people all of the time. Even if Sarah and Michael swallowed it whole as they fought each other tooth and nail over the presumptive crown. Duncan is no firebrand or orator but has grounding in hydraulic engineering. As such he was unimpressed

with the compromises over the Byron bypass. More importantly he has some personal experience of the unpleasant methods of council staff, and therefore does not share Simon’s view that they are all ‘good people’. He complained about the fact that a neighbour was constructing two dwellings without consent, only to find that Council’s compliance crew dragged their feet until construction was completed. Then they turned on Duncan and harassed him over some minor non-compliance issue on his property dating back many years. It’s not unusual for staff to turn on complainers in this way, and I know of three other instances. In one case, Council’s legal department was fighting an illicit developer in court and just before proceedings commenced the compliance department bullied a key neighbour into withdrawing his objection. What I’m saying is that if Duncan becomes mayor, the

staff know that it’s going to take more than flattery and smiling to neutralise him, as they did with Simon. The right wing might even have to run a serious campaign and put up a serious candidate. I’m quite sure that emergency discussions and meetings are already being held. I’m also quite sure that the next few months will see a flood of dubious development applications to take advantage of Simon’s benevolence before he rides off into the sunset on his Shetland pony. He’s welcome to saddle up anytime. Fast Buck$ Coorabell

Assange crime In the middle of this wretched coronavirus pandemic Australian citizen and journalist Julian Assange is still being detained in Belmarsh Prison, UK. He has been kept on remand for the last six months because the presiding magistrate has declared him a flight risk. A further hearing on his extradition to the US is now delayed until September, owing to COVID-19. COVID-19 is sweeping through British prisons. Due to a high infection rate and increasing death rate there are plans to release 4,000 low risk prisoners. Despite not having committed any act of violence, or being charged with any

crime by the UK, Julian Assange is not one of them. Nils Melzer, UN Special Rapporteur, said in May 2019 ‘that in 20 years of work with victims of war, violence and political persecution I have never seen a group of democratic States (UK, US, Ecuador and Sweden) ganging up to deliberately isolate, demonise and abuse a single individual for such a long time and with so little regard for human dignity and the rule of law’. He concluded by discussing ’the inhuman and degrading treatment or punishment (of Mr Assange), the cumulative effects of which can only be described as psychological torture’. Melzer could also have included Julian’s own country of Australia in this number. Thousands of Australians, and tens of thousands around the world are calling on all politicians to take a stand and demand justice for Julian Assange. Nils Melzer once again: ‘… telling the truth has become a crime, while the powerful enjoy impunity, it will be too late to correct the course. We will have surrendered our voice to censorship and our fate to unrestrained tyranny’. We urge all politicians to show courage and compassion and stand up for the principles of free press and free speech and to call for the release of Australian citizen Julian Assange. Roy Drew Mullumbimby

Pill testing The recent case of the underage girl strip-searched at a festival just underlines the ludicrous attitude to pill testing of the NSW government. Gladys Brejiklian’s line is that pill testing is not 100 per cent accurate, and testing would give people a false sense of security. In other words because possibly one out of 100 tests is unreliable, we should reject the other 99. But it’s just a variation of a ‘tough on drugs’ policy designed to appeal to her conservative base whose knowledge of drugs is based on reading the Murdoch press. ▶ Continued on page 16

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If you have ever wondered just what our community is really made of, you’ve been answered clearly, this past couple of weeks.

Megan Middleton Conveyancing Buying or selling a property should be a wonderful, exciting experience! Enjoy the journey – let Megan and her team take out the stress and worry.

Megan’s quick tips: Selling a property in NSW? Contact us early as NSW legislation requires a complete contract for sale to be prepared prior to marketing by your chosen real estate agent – get in touch with us now and we’ll help you get it right. Purchasing a home is a huge investment. For many of us, it’s the largest investment we’ll make, so ensure you engage our services early, so that we can check the contract, do any pre-exchange checks of the property and liaise with your financier, to ensure your loan approval is in place. Using a conveyancer saves time and money because you’re engaging the services of a professional who focuses solely on your conveyancing needs. Legal practitioners must also perform other types of legal work, where conveyancers deal only with property transactions. It’s all we do, and that’s why we are so good at it! For exceptional attention to detail, fixed fees, and local expertise, Megan Middleton Conveyancing is your best choice when buying or selling property. Megan Middleton Conveyancing is local to Byron Bay. Contact Megan, or her assistant Coby, today on 0499 149 832.

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Letters ▶ Continued from page 14 Police Commissioner Mick Fuller’s reaction is to say all drugs are dangerous. Yes Mick, and that’s actually one of the best arguments available to support pill testing. Saying drugs are dangerous is also counter productive, in my experience the more a drug is called dangerous, the more avid people are to try it. There is another aspect of drug taking that is not often discussed. When I first started taking psychedelic drugs in the late ‘60s there was a tacit competition between myself and my friends as to who could consume the most drugs. This is an aspect of the pioneering instinct inherent in all human beings, and unfortunately there is very little can be done to suppress this aspect of the human mind, especially in young people. David Gilet Byron Bay

A dose of reality Great to see the federal coalition finally getting a serious dose of reality. No budget surplus, (it never

Todd Sotheren In the face of truly significant social challenges, people from across the incredibly diverse spectrum that make our community the unique one that it is, have arisen with innovative solutions of myriad kinds, to the many and varied challenges we face right now. Very well represented amongst these have been our businesses, who have taken the creativity and can-do that makes for great entrepreneurs, and applied these qualities to both the visionary and practical aspects of solving some of our most urgent issues. There’s been no better example than our very own Eddie Brook, who – as legend now has it – rapidly pivoted the Brookies brand from one producing gin, into one producing hand sanitiser, of all things, meeting the demand of the moment. Then there was Tahlia Pileggi of Sulis Spa & Salon, who, upon receiving generous rental relief from her landlord, paid it forward and spent her newly-found free time into establishing the Byron Community Pantry – gathering both partners and non-perishable goods from across the community, for distribution to the needy. Once more, there was Sarah Beardmore, and the team at Nown, who rapidly pivoted their app technology into a buylocal reference – mapping the many businesses still trading across our region. Those are just a few examples of why we are very well placed as a community to ride this storm out and emerge an even stronger community than ever. Todd Sotheren President, Byron Bay Chamber of Commerce

For North Coast news online visit actually existed), the whole charade was only designed as a marketing ploy to allow ‘Scotty from marketing’ to orchestrate a massive subversive campaign to retain power. No more continuous uninterrupted growth; no ‘back in the black’ mugs neither (withdrawn from sale). Now the chooks have definitely come home to roost, we’re looking down the barrel of a protracted, and damaging recession, (something Kevin Rudd’s Labor government managed to avoid during the GFC.); a massive government debt of around one trillion dollars, created by the Liberal and National parties, that our grandchildren will be paying off. The Coalition debt was around $700 billion pre COVID-19. The real heroes in handling this pandemic emergency have undoubtedly been the State premiers, including Gladys Berejiklin, even with her massive stuff-up over the Ruby Princess fiasco. Some premiers even had to endure irrational personal

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attacks from incompetent Federal ministers, like Allan Tudge who oversaw that appalling robo-debt fiasco by Centrelink. It’s great to see the likes of Morrison, Frydenberg, Cormann and all the other Coalition apparatchiks finally getting a dose of reality: Welcome to the real world. Keith Duncan Pimlico

Verify please I would be interested to know where Hayo Van de Woude (Letters 13 May) got his evidence that in Italy flu-vaccinated people died at a higher rate from COVID-19. I looked on three different search engines and was unable to verify his claim. Rosie Kaplan Lennox Head

Why is it so? After many, many years, there has not been one ‘Catholic priest’ with the courage to speak out about the abuse of our ‘little people’ by members of the ‘Catholic clergy’. It is an extremely sad situation. However, it has been so

for centuries. ‘The silence procedure’ is part of the hierarchy’s manner of dealing with serious problems over the centuries. It is now time to lift the veil and come to grips with the ‘sad situation’ that has come about as a result of ‘silence’ and negligence on the part of our ‘Catholic clergy’. Nev Kelly Ballina

Going Green Any person who is a supporter of The Greens can be truly delighted that Duncan Dey has been chosen as their leading candidate for Mayor in the pre-selection process. Duncan has always followed the principles articulated in The Green Policies Charters. They uphold Social Justice, Ecological Sustainability, Participatory Democracy, Peace and NonViolence. These principles were formed over fifty years ago. Not the thought bubble of one person, but the collective evolution of a movement that formed the foundation principles of The Greens Party.

Vale legend/hero/ activist Jack Mundy, who triggered the National GREEN BANS over 50 years ago. Jack, a Trade Union member, advocated all of the above principles in his BLF movement, which was inspirational, as was his life. He was a mentor to many activists who continued to emulate the vision for a better society. He was my mentor and a lifelong friend of great honour. Thus, if we speak of the elected Greens representatives in the Northern Rivers region, we can in conscience condemn this rogue movement. This self-proclaimed ‘party’ is controlled by right wing cronies who have hijacked the Green brand, who see the movement and genuine party as ‘folks who say NO to everything’, who see themselves as a different Green flavour, boldly defying the genuine principles ratified by The Greens Party. Folks, support Duncan and his team for honest representation at the next election. Jo Faith Newtown

Critical analysis It’s difficult to fault John Scrivener’s assertion (Letters, 13 May) that official narratives should undergo rigorous critical analysis. History does prove that people and institutions often conspire, and tilt, toward corruption. However, an argument could be made that – during this age in which widely disseminating misinformation has itself become a thriving yet corrupt enterprise. The ‘research’ and ‘questioning’ we’re encouraged to undertake ourselves can be inherently problematic, often leading to potentially dangerous beliefs held with quasi-religious fervour. Does the notion that some wish to ‘enlighten’ the ‘incurious’ among us imply we can be led to salvation via information? If only we, like them, discover the direct line to the truth? Redemption, they tell us, is just a convincing YouTube clip away! Philosopher Bertrand Russell said, ‘The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are ▶ Continued on page 20

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Nudgestock

Community transport

These programs include: Homeless Breakfast: 7.30–9am Wednesday and Friday. Local behavioural economist Sonia Friedrich is part of the global online creativity event, Nudgestock.

Homeless Showers: Monday and Wednesday 10–12.30pm (book in at breakfast). Women’s Support Group: Fridays (women only) 1–3pm at Community Cabins. Severe Wet Weather Shelter: signs at Byron Community Centre on days when WWS open, with instructions. Free Phone Counselling for Byron Residents: Call 0414 322 064, 10am–2pm weekdays to make an appointment.

The Tweed Byron and Ballina Community Transport (TBBCT) is still operating through the COVID-19 pandemic. TBBCT clients can still call to book a trip, if their transport needs are essential eg, medical appointments that can’t be undertaken by Telehealth.Trips into Queensland can take place for medical appointments. TBBCT is unable to provide transport for people with flu-like symptoms, or who suspect they may have contracted COVID-19. Call your GP for advice. TBBCT is still taking on new clients and accepting referrals through My Aged Care. They can also assist callers with CHSP and community transport inquiries. TBBCT offices are not accessible to visitors at the moment, but calls are welcome, during office hours 8.30am–4.40pm, Monday to Friday on 1300 875 895.

Emergency Food Delivery: Locals who are physically or financially unable to shop can now phone the Byron Emergency Pantry on 0482 787 552 to request a free food box delivery. In this time of isolation, Liberation Larder is partnering in this venture to help out the community by providing healthy, freshly cooked meals and fresh produce.

Sometimes it is all about the little nudges that take your customer in the direction you want them to go. Local behavioural economist, Sonia Friedrich, is lining up with some of the world’s brightest and boldest thinkers in behavioural science as part of a 12 hour event that looks at why we make the decisions we do.

Women’s Counselling: For women needing extra support, leave a message for community worker on 6685 6807.

‘Behavioural economics is about the psychology of how we make our decisions, and how people decide to spend their money,’ said Sonia.

Men’s Shed

‘It looks at how we make most of our decisions unconsciously and irrationally, and how small nudges can have a ripple effect to change behaviours.’

To combat social isolation during the COVID-19 crisis, The Australian Men’s Shed Association (AMSA) has launched online to help Shedders stay connected. ‘Men’s Sheds are an effective initiative because they connect people who would otherwise be socially isolated on a daily basis,’ said AMSA Executive Officer, David Helmers.

MDNC services that are running include:

Originally Nudgestock was scheduled to take place in the UK as a paid event, but following the COVID-19 outbreak organisers have decided to stream it online as a virtual, global, and free event.

Community support/emergency relief: Food parcels, meals, assistance with electricity and Telstra bills.

‘The event will travel the global time zones – starting in Australia, to Asia, Europe and finishing in the USA,’ said Sonia.

Listening Space – free counselling.

If you are interested in getting involved you can register for updates and the full program and schedule at www.nudgestock.co.uk.

Mullumbimby and District Neighbourhood Centre services are operational

Staying Home, Leaving Violence program. Integrated Domestic & Family Violence program. Food Recovery. Information, referral and advocacy.

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‘We are seeing people who have never had to access a service like ours before. We are doing everything we can to ensure people feel valued and have dignity as they access support. We encourage people to call us on 0491 227 306. We can talk to people about what they need, and any items can be collected. In some cases we can organise delivery’, says the MDNC.

The Good Oil’s hand sanitiser raising funds The Good Oil Company in Byron Bay has been producing a range of organic face, body, and hair care products since 1995. They have always ensured that giving back to the community is part of who they are as a company, reflecting key values of the Northern Rivers region in supporting their local community, and now is no exception. ‘While the current challenging conditions continue to affect each and every member of our community, there are some of us who are at immediate risk on the frontlines. Today, more than ever, we still find ways to help, even though we’re apart, because we’re all in this together,’ said company founder and CEO, Christina French. Christina has pledged that 10 per cent of all proceeds from the sales of their Helping Hands Hemp Hand Sanitiser made via thegoodoil.com will be donated to the Byron Community Centre. www.echo.net.au/byron-echo Byron Shire Echo archives

Alcoholics Anonymous All AA meetings are now available online, via a Zoom or Skype platform. For more information call 0401 945 671, 1800 423 431, or 1300 222 222. Find out more from Lonnie at ww.aa.org.au.

The goal of The AMSA Shed Online is to facilitate an online space where people can connect in the same way they do at the shed – over a cuppa and a laugh.

Pottsville Fun Croquet Club COVID-19 may have stopped play for the Pottsville Fun Croquet Club but it has given Tweed Shire Council the opportunity to level and turf one of their courts, as well as put in a sprinkler system, ‘Regarding (re)commencement of play, the Committee is working to have procedures in place to keep our members safe,’ said fun club organiser Patricia Curtis. ‘This will entail social distancing, hand washing, sanitisers, booking a time to play and then only in pairs, and no gathering afterwards. There are many things to think about. If you have any ideas please let us know.’ Contact team captain, Jenny, on 0413 335 941 for more info.

Are you an independent practising artist or organisation in the Northern Rivers? Then you may be able to seek support from the Arts Northern Rivers Quick Response Micro Grants scheme, for grants of up to $1,000. Artists or organisations working across all art forms are eligible to apply for support towards their creative endeavours. The funding aims to be as flexible as possible, and projects do not require a specific outcome but can focus on skills development or capacity building. ‘As the creative sector faces the negative impacts of COVID-19, we are committed to continue supporting the creative growth and sustainability in our region,’ said Arts Northern Rivers’ executive director, Peter Wood. Applications are now open. They close on Wednesday 3 June. For more information and to apply, visit www.artsnorthernrivers.com.au/ quick-response-micro-grants.

Community Visitors Scheme The Community Visitors Scheme is an empowering free service that connects volunteer visitors to senior citizens who are living independently or in residential care. If you are a senior citizen who feels isolated and would like to connect to someone via letter writing, telephone, email or video chat, call Northern Rivers Community Gateway on 6621 7397.

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Community pioneer Jane Shand – one of the originals Aslan & Sebastian Shand

and life as his wife. They then went on to have their third child, Saffron. They were told he was unlikely to survive and would never walk or talk. Their commitment to Saffron throughout both their lives ensured that he not only learnt to talk and walk – but became a living legend of Mullumbimby!

lways ahead of the curve: from introducing her friends to rock ‘n’ roll, to being part of the first wave of hippies to settle in Main Arm, to dropping ‘back in’ when she started the Mullumbimby and District Neighbourhood Centre in the 1980s; Janet, Jan or Jane Shand – it depended on when you first got to know her – was a wild, loving, adventurous, and caring spirit who passed away on 29 April, 2020. Despite being described by friends from her youth as beautiful, bubbly and with boyfriends lining up, she had a difficult life from day one. Jane was the first girl in Australia to be born with pyloric stenosis, and as a newborn was operated on by her surgeon as he held her in one hand and operated with the other. Her father was absent from the time she was a baby, and as a result, like her husband Nicky, whose mother died when he was young, she always sought to create a sense of belonging and family everywhere she called home.

Dropping in

remember us well, but it may say,/ ‘They at least tried something’. John Kersten Mullumbimby

speed and altitude on your reporting during these radical times of change. Iris Ray Nunn New Brighton

Positive birthing

Meaningless strategy?

Jane Shand passed away at home, with her family, and was buried next to her husband Nicky on the community they started together in Main Arm. Photo supplied where Jane went through the windscreen, that Nicky was able to finally secure her as his partner. It wasn’t long before Sebastian, their first child, was on his way.

At 13 Jane was kicked in the head by a horse and spent time in a coma. This profoundly affected her life, not just from the perspective of not being able to finish school at that time, but also her sense of spirituality. While Jane chose to turn her back on her Catholic upbringing early in her life, she spent much of it exploring philosophy and spirituality and took many teachings and principles from Tibetan Buddhism. The impact of the head trauma left her with double vision, and while the doctor prescribed tennis lessons to assist, it was less her lack of ability to identify which of

the balls regularly heading her way was the real one, than time, that facilitated her vision returning to normal. This didn’t stop her and she achieved both matriculation and, later in life, a degree in sociology. At 21, after working in the foreign language department at Melbourne University, and in charge of her own destiny, she decided to head to Italy and art school. Her older sister, Annetine, was living in London and asked her to come and help with the birth of her third baby, Suzie. Little did Jane know that this stopover would change the course of her life. Jane studied at the London School of Photography. She got an evening job at the local Canonbury Tavern, where she met her future husband, Nicholas (Nicky) Shand. She said that from the first moment she saw him she knew he was the man she would marry. However, not yet being ready to settle down – she promptly started dating one of his friends. It wasn’t until after Jane, her boyfriend, and Nicky were involved in a car accident,

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Radical solution

always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts’. Today, clearly, there’s good reason to doubt dubious narratives on all sides. It’s a mistake, therefore, to dismiss many here as indifferent and needing edification. Perhaps, some of us simply struggle to get a word in edgewise, so we watch instead: patiently, quietly, while the fools and fanatics do little more than shout. Lucas Wright Billinudgel

Quite simply, given our addiction/ to our planetdestroying economy,/ we are quite incapable of making any decision/ likely to even slow the wheels of climate change. Perhaps the single best thing we can do/ is to give something to those who will suffer the most/ from our addiction to comfort and convenience./ Give them two votes. Give them the power to choose what we cannot./ Say

sorry for our lack of will,/ and the earth state we’re leaving them./ Say, ‘You choose what we cannot’. Give Gen Y something they may actually thank us for./ That history may even remember us fondly for. Giving them two votes may help the decision makers/ find the fortitude needed to make long-term decisions/ needed to sustain a habitable planet. Perhaps that’s all we can do to save our children,/ from the brunt of our inaction./ History may not

Fought for life

After the home birth of her second child, Aslan, Jane headed back to London where she was then joined by Nicky after he had been adventuring in NZ and North America. They moved to the Welsh border and bought a property on the Llangollen Canal. They turned the pigsty into a craft shop, and the old cow bails into a restaurant that they called Mad Jack’s after the local Lord who was renowned for having once ridden a bear into dinner. It was here that Jane was able to explore Tibetan Buddhism, and she spent a significant amount of time at Manjushri Institute where, for a time, she considered becoming a Buddhist nun. Her husband Nicky was not so keen on this outcome and appeared with the children and persuaded her that she really wanted to return to the family home

In 1980 they decided to return to Mullumbimby. Jane began to re-imagine her dreams of creating a community. It was with ideas of affordable housing and alternative ways of living that Jane turned the land she had in Main Arm into one of the first multiple occupancies (MO) in Byron Shire. It wasn’t long after her return that she came up with the idea of a District Neighbourhood Centre and became its founding President. The Centre was incorporated in 1987. Campaigning for support from the local Council, the Neighbourhood Centre’s first residence was a caravan opposite the police station in Mullumbimby. It was here that locals who had been subject to police abuse during the infamous marijuana raids were able to anonymously leave the story of their experiences that, after investigations by the NSW Ombudsman, led to the demotion of several police officers. Jane had officially ‘dropped in’ and became an active member of the community, spending many years on the Mullumbimby Tidy Towns Committee. It was during this time that she was able to garner additional support and the Neighbourhood Centre was granted a permanent residence. Through her strong leadership the Mullumbimby Neighbourhood Centre was

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Bohemian adventurers Their marriage led to a life of bohemian adventure as they headed to Australia with their 18-month-old son in a converted Ford Transit van. On this journey they were one of the last groups to traverse the old Silk Road before it was closed. They made many lifelong friends and had many life-changing experiences on the way. Eventually they ended up in Sydney, and it was from there that they began coming to Byron Bay where they would hang out on the undeveloped Wategos beach. In the early 1970s they bought a property in Main Arm, where they were part of the first wave of hippies. Rather than host the Aquarius Festival in Main Arm, many of those hippies, including Jane and Nicky, headed over to Nimbin for the six weeks prior to the

festival to help set it up. How she managed to live quite so gracefully in a treehouse with a four year old – while seven months pregnant – has always been a matter of family wonder.

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I absolutely loved the story and photo on the cover of last week’s Echo sharing the birth story of Kayla Tutchen. Very heartwarming, uplifting and revolutionary really. Much needed good news! Congratulations to Chrys, Duane and Luna. And thank you everyone at The Echo for maintaining a level-headed

Council’s advertisement calls for submissions on their proposed Biodiversity Strategy. Unfortunately they never complied with most of their previous Biodiversity Strategy. Questions asked in response to Council’s ad ‘Myocum solar farm

able to set up and gain funding for a range of services for the most disadvantaged in the community. From publicly accessible showers to domestic violence support services she also put her energy into setting up the BEEP house and the Mullumbimby youth cottage. Jane served as president of the Neighbourhood Centre several times and continued to volunteer until six years ago, when her health no longer permitted it.

The Echo is born It was during the time she was president of the Neighbourhood Centre that her husband Nicky also decided to start The Byron Shire Echo newspaper (originally The Brunswick Valley Echo). It was Jane who ensured The Echo had the chance it needed to get off the ground by providing the seed money to get the business up and running. Following Nicky’s death she remained a strong supporter of the paper as one of its major shareholders. Jane was truly an unsung hero in the local community, inspiring and supporting people throughout her life. She always had a spare meal, a cup of tea, and a chance for people to be heard. The loss of her husband Nicky in 1996 was a devastating blow. He was her life partner, and together they were visionaries, adventurers, individuals, and activists believing that their actions could and would continue to make the world a better place, long after they had left it. Jane is survived by her three children; Sebastian, Aslan and Saffron, and her five grandchildren, Lucien, Lyons, Felix, Cybelle and Coren. A celebration of Jane’s life will be held when COVID-19 restrictions have been lifted. feedback sought’ (13 May), in regard to what appears to be a project that has no (or little) impact on Council’s ongoing emissions, that appears as purely a commercial supply to the grid, were answered ‘answers may appear on Council’s website’. Questions on the lack of records for juvenile snails on the bypass route, were answered ‘no further correspondence’. Requests on clarifying Council’s non-compliance of rates percentage allotted by the ▶ Continued on page 22

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THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY'S RESPONSE TO THESE EXTRAORDINARY TIMES

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Plant based pantry boxes! We’re still blending the most delicious and nutritious smoothies in town from 8am–3pm Mon to Fri and 8am–midday Sat. We’re so thrilled to be able to nourish our community through our new and improved takeaway setup!

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We are also giving away soups everyday from 2–5pm if times are tough for you. Let us look after you. Drop in for a quick & nutritious meal or preorder 0492 834 148.

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Foxy Luu’s is open 7 days for lunch and dinner, from 12-7pm for takeaway or Ubereats.Try our famous bone broth soup or the mouth watering baos, salads and dumplings.

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Zephyr Horses Great news – Our regular group ‘forest to beach’ rides have resumed! To celebrate, we’re offering 10% off our regular group ride rates for all bookings (for May and June) made before midnight on 31/5. To apply this discount, just insert the code MAYSAVE when booking at www.zephyrhorses.com

is now OPEN Thursday, Friday & Saturday 10am – 4pm Still Available for FACETIME Browsing and other times by appointment. Ali stocks a carefully curated range of luxury home furnishings and gifts with FREE Giftwrapping, Sanitise & Send Service, and local delivery.

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The hugs are on hold, but there are still plenty of smiles on offer alongside fresh local produce at the Mullum and New Brighton Farmers Markets. Comprehensive hygiene and social distancing measures create a safe shopping environment, and we ask that customers Shop‘n’Go. Big thanks for your continued support of our amazing local farmers. Tuesdays 8am–11am newbrightonfarmersmarket.org.au Fridays 7am–11am mullumfarmersmarket.org.au

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is now offering free delivery to Mullumbimby and surrounds. Call the shop to place your order. Locally sourced premium quality pork, beef, lamb and goat from their family farms. Specialty sausages including a gluten-free variety, smoked leg hams, free range chickens and ducks. All meats are antibiotic and hormone free. Open Mon-Sat. 6684 2137 70 Dalley Street.

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Lord Byron Distillery HAND SANITISER available We continue to make hand sanitiser and sell at our cost price to support the local community. Our cellar door is open Tues-Sat, noon till 5pm at 7/4 Banksia Dr, Byron Bay. Limit of two 50ml bottles per person. $2 per bottle. Bring your own bottle and refill 100ml for $3. lordbyrondistillery.com.au

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CLIMATE SERIES 2020 HOW THEN SHALL WE LIVE?

CLIMATE CHANGED FUTURES Dr Michelle Maloney

Co-Founder and National Convenor of the Australian Earth Laws Alliance

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1. Compensate for rotten place (6) 5. Harming barrier – getting old (8) 9. Gun writer – he produced The Red and the Black (8) 10. Trick: replace 500 with 10 for quality (6) 11. Gee, they say, rubbish – a time with one sort of celebrity! (10) 13. Running in two directions for ages (4) 14. Brutal outskirts – old city is a fuzziness (4) 15. Impartial: First lady, then worker, then journalist (4-6) 18. Puzzle incites wit in AlburyWodonga perhaps (4,6) 20. Commander, popular – it’s for the money (4) 21. One encore for the bird! (4) 23. Unprepared footballers – but they’re worth dollars (10) 25. Average specialist – just a mother (6) 26. Irish county measure – make it smaller (8) 28. Miss Davis blushed, and improved (8) 29. Despatched again – don’t like it (6)

1. Compensate, provide alternative (6) 5. Harming, impairing (8) 9. Author of The Red and the Black (8) 10. Top class, five star (6) 11. Glamorous social set (10) 13. Geological ages (4) 14. Smudge, make indistinct (4) 15. Impartial, fair (4-6) 18. Neighbouring towns with a common purpose (4,6) 20. Metal money (4) 21. Bin chicken (4) 23. American dollars (10) 25. Mother or father (6) 26. Make smaller or less important (8) 28. Improved, outdid (8) 29. Dislike, show displeasure (6)

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Irreparable failing (5,4) Member of federal upper house (7) Sound of disapproval (3) Fourth letter of Greek alphabet (5) Light seen in summer in the polar regions (8,3) 7. Old warship (7) DOWN 8. Disgraced US president (5) 2. Overweight Capone, note legal 12. Vesperus (7,4) system – it can be a disastrous lapse! (5,4) 16. Biblical chief priest (3) 3. Treason devised from legislator (7) 17. Director of On the Waterfront (4,5) 4. Time with imperial honour – sound 19. Not a problem – don’t worry (2,5) of disapproval! (3) 20. Forms, types (7) 5. Clumsy deal around bar – procure 23. Means of slowing down (5) Greek letter (5) 24. Finished (5) 6. G star seen in polar regions (8,3) 27. Global conflict (3) 7. Rancour over a long time for the big ship (7) Last week’s solution N334 T E N N I S T R A G I C 8. Nothing working for the former F A U N I N R president (5) O T T O M A N C E N T A U R 12. Venus levelling, rats rising (7,4) O T B I K U N U 16. Lie about the priest… (3) T E L L E R S S E L L I N G B E R F A A G 17. …the priest, also known as last A N D E S R E A R R A N G E article for famous director (4,5) L E S R 19. Sign of a healthy dog, they say – it’s L I M I T L E S S C R U M B not a problem (2,5) B E A U O T U U N S E X E D R E A R I N G 20. 100 girls, different categories (7) F H I O E R L G 22. Stop bloody Cleaver Green! (5) F R A N C I S D E S P I T E 24. New deed wrecked – finished (5) C A E L E T R T H E B A R M Y A R M Y 27. State resistance to battle (3)

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oing the right thing. Staying home. Saving lives. But what if you’re not home? What if you are living off country as it’s too expensive to go home, or there is no work at home? What if you have no home? What if, on top of all the hardships and reduction of liberties you are locked out of home due to historic or economic impacts of genocide? Sea Changers and Tree Changers have priced Bundjalung people, and most Aboriginal people off country in places like the Byron Shire by pushing rental prices up to unachievable prices. Many locals complain of the lack of affordable housing, well this is compounded for Aboriginal people when you add the barriers created by systematic, systemic and straight up racism. Yet due to cultural and family responsibilities – and through all the barriers – Aboriginal people are still here, living in this most affluent of communities.

Complex Maze Aboriginal housing in the Byron Shire is a maze of complex processes to navigate; a system that even the community service leaders do not understand. One

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$50,000 ‘new democracy’ community committee, received the response ‘it was only indicative’. There is no identification of the permanent increase of Council’s ‘Climate Emergency’ greenhouse gas from

CHESS by Ian Rogers With regular tournaments showing no sign of resuming, Magnus Carlsen has decided to expand his world domination into organising as well, announcing the Magnus Carlsen Chess Tour. Carlsen has long dreamed of downgrading classical (slower time limit) chess, believing that talent is best shown off in faster games, and his business partners connected to Chess24 and the online gambling industry have been happy to help out. The world champion’s new initiative will feature four online rapid events followed by a final in August, with total prize money of more than us$1m. As in Carlsen’s previous event, he will get to choose who is invited to compete, meaning that a player like Temur Radjabov, ranked ninth on the world rapid rankings, has no chance of a place given their spat over Radjabov’s withdrawal from the Candidates tournament in Ekaterinburg. (Radjabov withdrew over covid fears, Carlsen claimed the Azeri didn’t really want to play anyway, and Radjabov hit back.) Carlsen’s tour blows out of

Bundjalung Uncle referred to the Aboriginal housing crisis in a community service forum in 2017 as the ‘next wave of dispossession’ forcing Bundjalung people off country. COVID-19 is a massive threat to Aboriginal people on the far north coast of NSW with 49 per cent of our community being identified in the high-risk category.

Aboriginal housing in Byron Shire is complex ƐşȞŕëưĶīëƐĕ In the Byron Shire there is no government funding for community or health services for Aboriginal people. Some organisations that sit outside our community have Byron Shire Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in their ‘service funding footprint’; but how do they engage with us? How do we know where, and who, they are? Our community has been underserviced for so long that the local mob don’t even try to access services like the Federally funded ‘Close The Gap’ health scheme, because it is so difficult to work out how to access them and the associated supports for chronic illness. Social isolation for Aboriginal and Torres Strait their bypass forest removal? Not that even the broad public now knows what is even in the Ordinary and Planning Meetings, as Council has, this year, stopped the newspaper printing these meeting agendas, stopping the casual observer from the water the Saint Louis Chess Club’s grand announcement that they will host an online rapid event with the top four US players at the end of this month, with a total of $US100,000 at stake. (SLCC also plans an event with four US players and four internationals in June.) Of course the rival events can and will coexist, but what is noticeable is that they are both drawing from the same small group of players. Players outside that group – ie. 95 per cent of the grandmasters in the world, who have lost all their income from tournament chess – will not benefit at all from the unprecedented influx of money into online chess. Indeed the absence of crossboard tournaments could last longer than almost any other sport. It is not clear that even upon reaching the Federal government’s stage three of ending lockdown measures tournament or even club chess can resume, given the necessity for two players to sit in close proximity to each other for long periods. In addition, international tournaments depend on players being able to travel freely.

Islander people is not only difficult, it’s against our cultural framework, and the people we most need to isolate are our elders and community leaders.

Elders hold the key Aboriginal elders hold the key to the knowledge of our language, our culture, our medicine, and our relationship to country. Our elders guide us in walking the two worlds we now live in; without their wisdom we are lost. COVID-19 represents an enormous threat to the survival of our elders, which has left our communities gripped by fear of this potentially enormous loss. Indigenous Australians are no strangers to hardship or challenge, we have had our freedoms removed, reinstated, and controlled for generations. There have been strict lockdowns and controls before, and Indigenous Australians survived them through caring for one another, through strength in our community. Although in 2020 we must all practise physical distancing, we need to come together as a community to protect the most vulnerable as we remember our connection. Across the nation, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities are banding even knowing about the debate on what may directly affect them. So good on those who still engage, but to what end? The question that the community will have to answer independently to Council is: ‘Is Council’s management just performing in a masquerade of “community consultation” in a Shire that has turned into a charnel-house of destruction’? John Lazarus Byron Bay

Mungo matters Mungo MacCallum states that ‘isolation is becoming intolerable; suicide rates are increasing…’ (13 May, 2020) without citing his evidence for this. While there have been predictions that suicide rates may increase during the pandemic, where is the credible data to support his statement, which he presents to us as fact? Increasingly, opinion is fed to us as fact, merely to support a line of argument. Reader beware. L Andrews Lennox Head

together to protect the most vulnerable in our communities, led by Aboriginal Health and Community organisations. Byron Shire does not have any of those community services – so who is responsible for ensuring our mob have access to medications, food, sanitation, and information? Who is keeping our mob safe during COVID19? Who is receiving the government funding for this service delivery, and who is holding those services to account for their inaction?

Support needed The local Indigenous community has been asking these questions, and for far too long we’ve had no answers. Now, more than ever, it is evident that the Byron Shire Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community needs dedicated social, health, and community-focused service delivery that can support our mob to access essential medications, prescriptions, legal and financial information, housing and emergency services. Q Published first online in Echonetdaily: www.echo.net.au/storylinesour-most-vulnerablecommunity. Made possible by the support of Ninbella Gallery.

5G believers I believe the protest against 5G in Mullum are ground breaking. Here are a couple of links that convey why we all need to sit up and be alert. There are many threads to what is going on. This documentary (www.youtube. com/watch?v=ZX4yclXvcts) pulls a lot of them together, interviewing military microwave radiation experts and showing clips of congressional hearings that are eye-opening. These hearings determined our future behind our backs. One detail in the doco that stood out to me, is when one ex-military expert let slip about what they did to protesters at Greenham Common in the UK. I suggest following that with the less documented, but no less passionate presentation, which doesn’t add too much in hard fact, but in it a scientist speaking in February 2018 predicts that 5G will be deployed under the cover of a pandemic (www.youtube.com/ watch?v=oY5SReQ2Kqc). Neal Bowhay Myocum

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SOAPBOX THE ROAD LESS GRAVELLED Last week, for the first time in months, I experienced FOMO. A friend of mine pointed out cars with big ‘A’s’ printed and displayed on the dashboard. We wondered what they were for, and why we didn’t have big A’s. Why were the chosen few being given ‘A’s? Is it some sort of secret club? Are they Arseholes, and warning us with a dashboard display? Is it their blood type? Should I have a ‘B+’ on my dash? After some contemplation I suggested that perhaps they were really good drivers – and the police had pulled them over to give them an ‘A’ for the execution of an awesome reverse park, or a seamless merge. Imagine that world; The government no longer using our refusal to comply with the ‘NO U TURN’ across double lines, or other driving deficits, as a revenue raiser. It doesn’t matter how much they fine people it – behaviour doesn’t seem to change. People still drive like dickheads. I know I do. I can’t help it I guess, because I’m originally from Queensland and I have a merging disorder. It’s how we’re born there – in the right lane. It’s why we vote for people like Pauline and Joh – we are actually scared of merging, just in case those people in the left lane take our jobs. So let’s get back to my treatise on road reform. It’s clear the punitive system doesn’t work. And it makes us angry. I mean, who pulls up to have a fight with other drivers? Road rage is baffling and, I think, a direct result of a system based on finding fault. Everyone’s a cop. Everyone wants to tell you what you did wrong. But what about what you did right? It’s time they brought in a new system. What if the police pulled us over to compliment us? ‘Mandy that was a lovely parallel park. The confidence you had in stopping the traffic. The lining up of your vehicle with the mirror of the car parked in front. The four cracks you had at it before you got it right – look there was a little scraping when you ‘nudged’ the car behind, but – I’m giving you a B’. And then he hugs me and gives me a $20 voucher to put toward repairs. When it comes to effective teaching, they found out a long time ago that punishing bad behaviour just reinforces more bad behaviour. By nature, humans are oppositional. You tell us to do one thing, and fuck you, we’ll do the opposite. That’s why I’m compelled to drive through red lights. I’m not intending to break the law it’s just that I am programed that way. I see the light change and I speed up. I see ‘NO U TURN’ and I think, I’ll do a U-turn. I see ‘KEEP LEFT’ – I move to the right. I see a 60km sign and ‘SPEED CAMERA AHEAD’ and I do 70km. To encourage positive behaviours you have to ‘ignore’ the bad behaviour and praise and reward positive outcomes. If, every time you passed a speed camera being under the speed limit meant you could win something, I think people might slow down. If I got applause, it would be even better.

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of the potential for this time to be a ‘hero’s journey’ – moving towards a more collaborative and caring society .CUBE Gallery is situated in the Council chambers foyer and can be viewed easily from the footpath. The COVID-Craft series will be rotated fortnightly, so if you, your children, or your family have been working on a creative endeavour during this time, please submit photos to the curator at hannah_massey@yahoo.com to have your pieces showcased.

The BSA Project Space Drive-in Gallery is BSA’s temporary exhibition space featuring previews of exhibitions that are currently postponed. The current exhibition is Double Aspect, and it explores the shifting nature of artistic influence, with particular interest in the impact of immaterial dialogues on the material production of painting. Kathryn Dolby (NSW), and Jonathan Kopinski (QLD), have never physically met. Yet through regular online image sharing and discussion, in relation to colour, memory and association, both artists have produced a series of individual – yet connected – works that influence, and in turn, reflect those of the other. It will be followed by a full exhibition at the BSA Project Space in 2021. Please contact projectspace@ byronschoolofart.com for all enquiries or to arrange a private viewing.

IN THE CUBE The CUBE Gallery is launching its first series of exhibitions since the COVID-19 outbreak, with a special feature on art made during, and responding to, the lockdown. The first exhibit features a ceramic sculpture by multi-media visual artist Jacquelina Wills titled From Greed to Gifting. Jacquelina draws together both traditional and personal mythologies in this piece, which tells

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ARIES: With everybody busy talking up a storm this week, how to avoid tedious circular arguments, and even worse, unholy rows? By adhering to the less-is-more principle. Asking questions, rather than giving opinions. Your communication skills are finely calibrated right now, so use them where it counts. TAURUS: Savvy Mercury is presently suggesting giving some thought to what’s happening on the money front, and how that might affect your financial future. With this week’s sun and new moon adding extra backup, reach out to people who could advise or assist, preferably in a not too expenseaccruing way.

NORPA READY TO LIGHT UP LISMORE’S NIGHTLIFE NORPA is looking forward to re-opening Lismore City Hall as upgrades will make it the premiere arts centre in our region. Last year, NORPA received a $1.16 million grant from the NSW Government’s Regional Cultural Fund to upgrade the audio and lighting equipment, along with outside signage and illumination at Lismore City Hall to elevate the venue to the standard of contemporary performing arts venues. NORPA Artistic Director and CEO, Julian Louis, says the upgrade is a turning point for NORPA and the community. ‘We can’t wait to open the doors to our community in Lismore and beyond, when we are able to do so legally and safely. Lismore City Hall and NORPA, are crucial to the nightlife and night-time economy of Lismore.’ CUBE Gallery at the Byron Council Chambers presents From Greed to Gifting by Jacquelina Wills.

GEMINI THE TWINS As this week’s sun and weekend new moon join Venus and Mercury in the sign of the talkative Twins, the hills are alive with the sound of Geminis… LEO: This week’s new moon of group activities makes it almost impossible to play solo – though be advised; Venus isn’t at her most user-friendly. It’s a good time to look in the mirror, check your reflection, acknowledge your part in whatever’s not working, and change your vibration into something that might.

SAGITTARIUS: As this week’s mutable influences in the sign of have-a-chat spritz up social life to Tower of Babel levels, can a Sagittarian even get a word in? You’ll manage – and with four planets revving up your relationship corner, also attract more love into your life via new collaborations and alliances.

VIRGO: Opinions are like a certain posterior orifice; everyone has one, and this week they’ll be sharing them ad infinitum. Yes, there’ll be great ideas, but can you be bothered sorting them from all the dross? Wait instead till the dust settles, and meanwhile, revisit your career goals. Are they on track? Derailed? Need recalibrating?

CAPRICORN: This week is like herding cats. Is that what you really want to do? How about just letting everyone talk their tongues off and run themselves ragged, while you take care of business and adminstrivia? As you fine-tune relationship repairs and restore harmony to frayed connections, exciting new players emerge through mutual friends.

GEMINI: Venus retrogrades for around six weeks every eighteen months to redirect the love flow we send outwards, back toward ourselves – only part of the grand planetary happenings in your sign this week. So, happy birthday Geminis, in all your manysplendored, loquacious and effervescent glory at your annual new moon rebirth…

LIBRA: This week’s fizzy new moon in a fellow air-sign arrives in a ferment of fresh possibilities. Which to pick? With your planet leader, Venus, in the reflective phase of her long wander through your astro-zone of education and understanding, choices require a delicate balance of toughness, tenderness and tenacity.

CANCER: With the only new moon in your sector of reflection and transition this year, this week recommends cleaning up unfinished business and addressing all those niggling things you keep putting off – including internal decluttering, forgiving, and letting go. Have a ritual celebratory sendoff if you will, to honor the passing of one cycle and start of another.

SCORPIO: Sun, Mercury, Venus and new moon in your zodiac house of magnetism and intimacy open up new avenues to closeness. Which could be in a relationship, and/or a shared project, joint venture, or unexpected collaboration. Just remember, it’s untried territory right now, and nobody has the answers or the antibodies, or the definitive plan.

AQUARIUS: Charming, playful, fearlessly flirty, full of witty wordplay – that’s you this week, when sparks of all kinds are likely to fly, with a cast ranging from honey-tongued sweet talkers, to close-minded critics, to Olympic bores. Delete blame and shame from your conversational exchanges and valuable connections could be made. PISCES: With this week’s astral energy in the realm of dynamic duos, activities with the number two are favored: pairs, couples, collaborations, face-to-face meetings, doubling up, and most importantly of all – seeing both sides of a story. And making your living space more beautiful; inviting and cozy will have unexpectedly delightful rewards.

I would like to see more engagement by Highway Patrol in helping us to be better drivers. Stop hiding in the bushes like a bunch of weirdos and get involved. If you see me do something good – I’d like a clap FFS. A standing ovation. Imagine a report card system, a bit like they do at school, where, twice a year the driver and their passengers are called in for a meeting to discuss your progress; ‘Mandy, your kids are saying you’re a bit swervy. And jolty. They’d like you to work on a smoother style. This time we’re giving you a C.’ Then I’d have to drive around with a C plate, and people would go – watch out – this one’s swervy. You’d want that A plate. You’d drive well, just to keep your straight A’s. No one would want to be driving around with a big D. Then I found out that the big ‘A’s are for drivers to get in and out of Queensland. So it does stand for ‘Arsehole’. I’m still waiting for mine to arrive.

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DEADLINE: For additions and changes to the Service Directory is 12pm Friday. ACCOUNTANT Paul Mayberry..............................................................................................66847415 LINE ADS: $99 for 3 months or $340 for 1 year prepaid. BOOKKEEPER Local and reliable .................................. barbarasbookkeeping.com.au 0402 118649 For line Service Directory ads email classifieds@echo.net.au. DISPLAY ADS: $66 per week for colour display ad. Minimum 8 week booking 4 weeks prepaid. BOOKKEEPING, BAS, payroll, hubdoc, etc. Serving N. Rivers since 2007. D Evans .......0432 176091 Please supply display ads 85mm wide, 28mm high. New display ads will be placed at end of section. For display Service Directory ads email adcopy@echo.net.au. The Echo Service Directory is online in Echonetdaily – www.echo.net.au/service-directory

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ACCOUNTS & BOOKINGS: 6684 1777

INDEX

ACUPUNCTURE CHINESE HERBAL MEDICINE M Collis..................................................66842559 MARLENE FARRY Acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine marlenefarry.com ..............66842400 ACUPUNCTURE & acupressure massage. Ph Dr. Derek Doran .......................................0414 478787

Accountants & Bookkeepers.............................. 27 Acupuncture ....................................................... 27 Air Conditioning & Refrigeration ...................... 27 Antennas & Installation ..................................... 27 Antiques/Restoration ......................................... 27 Appliance Repair ................................................ 27 Architects ............................................................ 27 Automotive ......................................................... 27 Bathroom Renovations ...................................... 27 Blinds, Awnings, Curtains, Shutters .................. 27 Bricklaying .......................................................... 27 Building Trades ................................................... 27 Bush Regen & Weed Control .............................. 27 Carpet Cleaning .................................................. 27 Chimney Sweeps................................................. 27 Chiropractic......................................................... 27 Cleaning .............................................................. 28 Computer Services ............................................. 28 Concreting & Paving ........................................... 28 Decks, Patios & Extensions ................................ 28 Dentists ............................................................... 28 Design & Drafting ............................................... 28 Driveway Maintenance ...................................... 28 Earthmoving & Excavation ................................ 28 Electricians .......................................................... 28 Fencing ................................................................ 28 Floor Sanding & Polishing ................................. 28 Garden & Property Maintenance ...................... 28 Garden Design .................................................... 28 Gas Suppliers ...................................................... 28 Graphic Design ................................................... 28 Guttering ............................................................. 28 Handypersons ..................................................... 29 Health .................................................................. 29 Hire ...................................................................... 29 Kitchens ............................................................... 29 Landscape Design .............................................. 29 Landscape Supplies............................................ 29 Landscaping ....................................................... 29 Locksmith ............................................................ 29 Osteopathy.......................................................... 29 Painting ............................................................... 29 Pest Control ......................................................... 29 Photography ....................................................... 29 Physiotherapy ..................................................... 29 Picture Framing .................................................. 29 Plastering ............................................................ 29 Plumbers ............................................................. 29 Pools .................................................................... 29 Removalists ......................................................... 29 Roofing ................................................................ 29 Rubbish Removal ................................................ 30 Septic Systems .................................................... 30 Solar Installation ................................................ 30 Television Services ............................................. 30 Tiling .................................................................... 30 Tree Services ....................................................... 30 Tuition ................................................................. 30 Upholstery .......................................................... 30 Valuers ................................................................. 30 Veterinary Surgeons .......................................... 30 Water Filters ........................................................ 30 Water Supplies .................................................... 30 Water Tanks & Tank Cleaning............................. 30 Welding ............................................................... 30 Window Cleaning ............................................... 30 Window Tinting................................................... 30 www.echo.net.au/byron-echo Byron Shire Echo archives

AIR CONDITIONING & REFRIGERATION

1/84 Centennial Circuit Byron Bay

66 680 0 8862

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CURTAINS

PLANTATION SHUTTERS

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6680 9394 AU 37088

Lic 246545C

COMPASS CURTAINS

ROLL BLINDS

23 years and going strong! Custom made curtains, blinds and decor items We come to you, wherever you are: Byron, Lismore, The Clarence and beyond…

Barbara Wilson Mullumbimby Refrigeration & Airconditioning Services

– Sales – Installation – Repairs – All Commercial Refrigeration – Residential & Commercial Airconditioning – Coolroom Design & Construction – Freezer Rooms

45 Manns Road, Mullumbimby

6684 2783

Lic: 299433C ARC: AU40492

COOLMAN AIR CONDITIONING 23 years experience. Lic 178464C AU30147 ..............0412 641753 RAINBOW REGION AIR CONDITIONING ARC AU36141. Lic No. 264313C.....................0487 264137

ANTENNAS & INSTALLATION

0435 954 212

compassinteriors@optusnet.com.au

YOUR LOCAL BLIND MAN at North Byron Blinds .................................................. Amos 0404 421518

BRICKLAYING BRICK/BLOCK LAYING Contractors. Lic 291958C. Phone Mark ........................................0409 444268

BUILDING TRADES • DEPT OF FAIR TRADING: A licence is required for all residential building work where the reasonable market cost of the work to be done (labour and materials) exceeds $5000 (including GST).

0439 624 945

• RELIABLE TRADESMAN • DECKS & PERGOLAS • TIMBER SCREENS & DOORS • GARAGE CONVERSIONS

02 66 804 173 Friendly Reliable Prompt Local

Digital TV ALL Antenna Installations & Repairs ALL Electrical Work

LICENCE NUMBER 344531C

SERVICING THE BYRON SHIRE

CALL BRETT 0414 542 019

IWIRE

ANTENNAS

• New digital antennas * • Reception NO FIX NO CHARGE problems For fast service call • Extra TV outlets

0402 022 111

David Levine iwireantennas.com.au

*conditions apply

NSW Lic. 83568c Qld BSA 1238105

FULLY INSURED

ALL ASPECTS OF CARPENTRY WORK matt.rowan.wardle@gmail.com • Floor installations • Door & Window installations • Decks & Pergolas • Alterations

0488 950 638

JP DIGITAL ANTENNAS Reception problems, new antennas, extra TV points, all areas .....0432 289705

ANTENNAS PLUS. TV, WiFi, Electrical. Reliable. Call Norm ............................................0422 668582 DINGO DEMOLITIONS & ASBESTOS REMOVAL ................................. 66834008 or 0407 728998

ANTIQUES/RESTORATION FURNITURE RESTORATION Old/antique. 40+ yrs exp. erwinfurniturerestoration.com 0412 528454

APPLIANCE REPAIR

BUILDER – JOHN McGAURAN Personalised Service. 20 yrs exp. Lic 170208C .............0415 793242 BUILDER Renovations, maintenance, 30yrs exp. mchughdesign.com.au Lic 29792C....0408 663420 HAVEN BUILDING All aspects of building. Lic 326616C ...............................................0432 565060 RENOVATION SPECIALIST Customised Service. Builder: Levi Alexander Lic 189611C ..0402 434154

DIGITAL ELECTRONICS REPAIR & SERVICE TV. Audio. Antennas .......... 66843575 or 0414 922786 FABRICA JOINERY Quality kitchens/timber doors/windows. Lic 244652C .........................66808162 CARPENTER HANDYMAN FB Greg’s Handyman Services Byron Bay Lic No 1039897....0414 109595

ARCHITECTS OCEANARC ARCHITECTS Reg. 6042 www.oceanarc.com.au ..............................................66855001

BUSH REGENERATION & WEED CONTROL

ATELIER LUKE – Luke Hayward architect, Reg. 10438 www.atelierluke.com ...............0401 875535 WEED CONTROL SPECIALIST Lawns – bindii weeds – Army worms – grass grubs .....0418 110714

AUTOMOTIVE

EAST COAST BUSH REGENERATION Tree planting, weed control. Call Rossco Faithfull.0409 157695

CARPET CLEANING FRANCHISE OF THE YEAR!

• Tyres • Batteries • Wheel Alignments MULLUMBIMBY TYRE SERVICE Dalley Street, Mullumbimby 6684 2016

LEGENDARY OFFROAD TYRES

BAYSIDE RADIATORS Windscreens & air-con. Billinudgel. AU29498 .................................66802444

BATHROOM RENOVATIONS

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Call Jason 0434 177 594

Green & Clean Carpet and upholstery cleaning, urine extraction, rust removal, heavy traffic areas, deodorising and sanitation.

Far North Coast NSW John & Teresa

0408 232 066

Cleans deeply, dries in 1-2 hours Commercial / Domestic / Insurance

CHIMNEY SWEEPING BLACKS CHIMNEY SWEEPING & REPAIRS AHHA member, insured. 3rd generation .....66771905

CHIROPRACTIC BAY FAMILY CHIROPRACTIC Peter Wuehr 17 Bangalow Rd Byron Bay ..............................66855282 WAVE OF LIFE NETWORK CHIRO (lowforce) 8/9 Fletcher St, Byron Bay. Andrew Badman...66858553

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CLEANING

DRIVEWAY MAINTENANCE

Coast to Country Asphalt Specialising in

ACTION WINDOW & PRESSURE CLEANING actionjoewindow@gmail.com

â&#x20AC;˘ House washing â&#x20AC;˘ High pressure or soft wash â&#x20AC;˘ Window cleaning â&#x20AC;˘ Driveways, paths & roofs â&#x20AC;˘ Gutters & ďŹ&#x201A;yscreens â&#x20AC;˘ Water efďŹ cient â&#x20AC;˘ Free quotes Phone Joe or Helen 0409 207 646 or 0412 495750

â&#x20AC;˘ Window Cleaning â&#x20AC;˘ Screens & Tracks â&#x20AC;˘ Pressure Washing â&#x20AC;˘ House â&#x20AC;˘Roof â&#x20AC;˘ Paths â&#x20AC;˘ Solar

Call

0434 539 979

www.byroneco.com.au

Quality Exterior Refinishing Roof & Pressure Cleaning Roof Painting Deck Oiling

GARDEN & PROPERTY MAINTENANCE

â&#x20AC;˘ Asphalt Driveways â&#x20AC;˘ Sub-divisions â&#x20AC;˘ Earthworks â&#x20AC;˘ Carparks â&#x20AC;˘ and all Maintenance! For a Free Quote Call Now

0467 482 948

oast Asph alt st C Ea

ALL ASPECTS OF ASPHALT & BITUMEN SERVICES

Acreage Mowing Specialist | Mini excavation Toro Dingo with stump grinder, trencher and soil cultivator

Contact Vadi: 0404

6677 1859

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Burringbar

EARTHMOVING & EXCAVATION

0430 297 101 / 6684 5437 livingearthgardens.com.au

Philip Toovey

Phone Oliver 0419 789 600

0409 799 909

various implements available for limited access projects

5 Stars

EARTHMOVING & PLANT HIRE

CLEANING SERVICE

Specialising in driveway construction & maintenance

â&#x20AC;˘ Tip trucks 3 to 12 tonne â&#x20AC;˘ Excavator 5 to 21 tonne â&#x20AC;˘ Positrack loader augers 150 to 600mm & rock grab â&#x20AC;˘ Driveways â&#x20AC;˘ Roads â&#x20AC;˘ Acreage clearing â&#x20AC;˘ House pads â&#x20AC;˘ Drainage â&#x20AC;˘ Carparks â&#x20AC;˘ Bush rocks â&#x20AC;˘ Rock walls â&#x20AC;˘ Competitive rates

CLEANS: Holiday, Residential, Bond, Commercial, Spring

Phone Mick 0409 009 024

THE BYRON BAY GARDEN & LANDSCAPING COMPANY Structural Landscaping

Training & assessment: earthmoving plant & forklift â&#x20AC;&#x201C; nationally recognised qualiďŹ cations

Email: mickbhl@gmail.com

0427 663 678 / 0410 056 228

Professional Cleaning Services BOND CLEAN AND BUILDERS CLEAN SPECIALIST

Blue Sky

THE FLOOR SANDER New & old floors, decks, non-toxic finishes, special effects, free quotes..0407 821690

TINY EARTHWOR

fullcirclerefinishing.com

Byron Bay

FLOOR SANDING & POLISHING

â&#x20AC;˘ Paving â&#x20AC;˘ Stonework â&#x20AC;˘ Timber work â&#x20AC;˘ Retaining wall â&#x20AC;˘ Garden maintenance â&#x20AC;˘ Planting â&#x20AC;˘ TurďŹ ng â&#x20AC;˘ Mulching â&#x20AC;˘ Hedging â&#x20AC;˘ Lawns

5.5 TONNE EXCAVATOR, POSITRACK & TIPPER HIRE Specialising in road works, land clearing, retaining walls and general earthworks. Augers and rock grab available.

Friendly reliable and trustworthy service.

EXPERIENCED OPERATORS | FREE QUOTES 0432 299 283

0434 329 111

MULLUM.MOWING@gmail.com. Ride-on, large lawns & acreage. Ph Peter................0423 756394 GUTTERS CLEANED Solar panel cleaning, all areas, free quotes, fully insured ... 66841778 or 0405 922839 A-Z Lawns & acreage, trees & hedges, clean ups & tip runs, all gutters ..........................0405 625697

A.C.E. LAWNMOWING & GARDENING Best rates, reliable, guaranteed............. Nick 0404 764894 NORTHERN RIVERS TRENCHING 65hp chain trencher, mini excavator, cable locating.0402 716857 BEYOND CLEANING GROUP Quality focused. Brunswick to Ballina from $39.60ph .....0451 102239 LEAF IT TO US Specialists in acreage mowing, garden, tree maintenance .....................0402 487213 ALEX EXCAVATION 3.5T Zero Swing excavator & bobcat loader & 5T Tipper Rock Grab 0417 920300 PROFESSIONAL LOCAL CLEANER excellent references, good rates. Shire wide. Ph Krissy ..0410 860330 PAULâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S MOWING Local & reliable. Mullum, Bruns, O. Shores, Byron & Bangalow.........0422 958791 DETAILED CLEANER/GUEST HOUSE MANAGER All natural products 4.8 Stayz rated ..0410 723601

ELECTRICIANS

BOND CLEANING...........................................................................................................0421 360961

COMPUTER SERVICES

0439 624 945

RENT-A-GEEK Mobile PC Repair (Byron Shire) ....................................................................66844335 BETTER CALL SAUL The Mac Doctor. Repairs. Upgrades. Used Macs.............................0411 562111

24 HOUR SERVICE

BRUSHCUTTING Rubbish, Property Maintenance, Lawns.............................................0412 469109

02 66 804 173

RICKâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S PROPERTY MAINTENANCE Mowing, brushcutting, gardening, pool service ...0424 805660

Domestic Commercial

CONCRETING & PAVING

DARYL 0418 234 302

Over 25 yrs local experience. All forms of concreting. Residential â&#x20AC;˘ Civil â&#x20AC;˘ Industrial

Lic.136717c

CONCRETING ALL AROUND

Lic No. 337066C

All Jobs Small or Large

TIP RUNS & RUBBISH REMOVALS 4m3 trailer..............................................................0408 210772

GREEN DINGO for all your mowing and gardening needs. Ph Michael .........................0497 842442 G.W. GARDEN MAINTENANCE. Mowing, whipper snipping, gardening, tip runs ........0408 244820 A1 RUBBISH REMOVAL AND TIP RUNS. 9m3 trailer. Same day service. Best rates .....0413 289443

SALISBURY

CONCRETING

Free Quotes

A GREEN EARTH Garden restoration, maintenance, tree & rubbish removal ................0405 716552

Lic: 154293c

HOLIDAY CLEANERS Avail now! Domestic, AirBnB, last-minute. Local, exp & reliable .0421 360961

Call Daniel

0424 876 155

PLATINUM CRETE CONCRETING Lic 225874C. 20 years exp. Free quotes. Justin .........0458 773788

ELECTRICAL Steve Nicholls ph: 0455 445 343 lic: EC28753

SECURITY, DATA, TV Tim Nicholls ph: 0468 384 203 lic: 000102498

LAWN MOWING rubbish removal, hedge trimming. Mullum, Bruns, Ocean Shores. Mark ..0437 343348

GARDEN DESIGN www.simplybeautifulspaces.com.au FENG SHUI / GARDEN DESIGN .........................Lyn 0428 884329

GAS SUPPLIERS

nichollselectrical@outlook.com

COUGHRAN ELECTRICAL 24 hour service, Lic 154293C .......................... 0439 624945 or 66804173 RONNIE SPINKS Everything electrical. Lic 27673 .........................................................0429 802355 JP ELECTRICAL Level 2 ASP Under-g/O-head lines, Pwr poles, Solar. Lic 133082C ........0432 289705 JIM LABELLE ELECTRICAL O.Shores, Mullum, Byron, Brunswick. Lic 176417C..............0415 126028 SPINKS ELECTRICAL Lic 284939C..................................................................Call Mitch 0421 843477 BLUE BEE ELECTRICAL 25 years experience. Lic 189508C. Call Dave ............................0429 033801 BEN FORSYTH, Electrician. Lic:240691C. Ocean Shores & surrounds. No job too small ...0422 136408 CIRCUITS PLUS. For everything electrical in Byron Shire. Lic 201844c ..........................0422 668582

FENCING

Free Delivery

Locally Owned Est 18 years

No Rental Reliable

www.brunswickvalleygas.com

6680 1575 or 0408 760 609 GRAPHIC DESIGN

FLANAGAN CONCRETING & EXCAVATIONS. Lic 155456C. Ph Andrew.........................0401 968173

DECKS, PATIOS & EXTENSIONS FULL CIRCLE REFINISHING Timber & deck oiling, coating, stripping. Fast free quotes .....0419 789600 THE DECK DOCTOR Sanding & refinishing, cable balustrading. Free quotes. Richard ...0407 821690

DENTISTS

POOLSAFE GLASS FENCING GLASS & ALUMINIUM POOL FENCING PROFESSIONALS 0499 178 297 psgfencingnsw@gmail.com

LITTLE LANE DENTAL, MULLUMBIMBY ...........................................................................66842816 BRUNSWICK HOLISTIC DENTAL CENTRE.......................................................................66851264

DESIGN & DRAFTING

Glass, Colorbond & Pool Fencing. Aluminium Slat Gates & Sliding Gates. FULLY QUALIFIED & INSURED

BAREFOOT BUILDING DESIGN www.barefootbuildingdesign.com..........Bob Acton 0407 787993 DAVID ROBINSON DESIGN DRAFTING All Council & construction requirements ......0419 880048

www.thinkblinkdesign.com

DESIGN Print | Branding | Social Media | Websites | Graphic Design

GUTTERING Gutter guard Gutter cleaning Locally owned Fully insured Free quotes Call Junior for friendly, genuine advice and service.

BYRON & BEYOND FENCING Any fence, any time, prompt quotes....... 66804766 or 0422 207299 BYRON ENERGY EFFICIENT DESIGN & DRAFTING www.beedad.com.au ...............0423 531448 EDL FENCING Installations & repairs. Prompt service. ..................................................0432 107262 FENG SHUI DESIGN CONSULTANT Lizzie Bodenham livingbalancedesigns.com.au Ph .0431 678608 FLOW FENCING Pool fencing, timber/colourbond, local, professional and reliable.......0416 424256

0405 922 839 or AH 6684 1778 ABN 180 623 364 42

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A.S.A.P. All renos, carpentry, plastering, painting, studios & bathrooms .......................0405 625697 HANDY ANDY Carpentry, plastering, welding ......................................... 66884324 or 0476 600956 AWESOME REPAIRS Professional, commercial & domestic. Wayne...............................0423 218417 THE HANDYMAN CAN All home maintenance, repairs, painting, odd jobs etc .............0427 110953

PLUMBERS

QUALITY PAINTING SERVICES

www.duluxaccredited.com.au

X 6680 7573 0415 952 494 X www.yvesdewilde.com.au LIC 114372C

GOOD NEWS HANDYMAN Carpentry, home renovations/repairs etc. Jesse..................0458 968290 ABSOLUTE HANDYMAN. Repairs, renovation, maintenance, painting. Call Mark ........0402 281638

Lic 167371C

HEALTH

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â&#x20AC;˘ OTHER HEALTH RELATED SECTIONS IN THIS SERVICE DIRECTORY: Acupuncture, Chiropractic, Counselling, Dentists, Osteopathy, Physiotherapy

PAINTER

WWW.EASTCOASTPILATES.COM.AU Judy Leane Ex. Phys ...........................................0408 110006 REMEDIAL MASSAGE: Deep tissue, sports, relaxation. HICAPS avail. Aaron Ovens ......0408 707304 COUNSELLING & LIFE COACHING: Anxiety, Depression, Relationships. TracieAnne.com. 0437 174804

HIRE MULLUM HIRE Builders, party and much more ........................www.mullumhire.com.au 66843003

KITCHENS

NEIL A McINTOSH

INTERIOR/EXTERIOR â&#x20AC;˘ PLASTER REPAIRS â&#x20AC;˘ WALLPAPERING CLEAN & TIDY â&#x20AC;˘ ALWAYS ON TIME â&#x20AC;˘ ALL AREAS Mobile: 0421 938 104 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 465 Uralba Road, Uralba

ABN 31 490 733 798 LIC 203196C

Painting & Decorating

24 years experience

Accredited

QUALIFIED â&#x20AC;˘ INSURED â&#x20AC;˘ LOCAL â&#x20AC;˘ FREE QUOTES 7KH Ă&#x20AC; QLVKLQJ WRXFK WR \RXU KRPH

Mob: 0409 451 518

mwoplingpainting@hotmail.com

BEAU JARDIN We design & build beautiful gardens www.beaujardin.com.au Lic 177274C ...0417 054443 AD PAINTING by John Hand. Lic 13246C ................................................ 0413 185399 or 66841249 LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT Garden Design & Property Planning. Andrew Pawsey ..........0478 519804 BYRONBAYPAINTINGSERVICES.COM.AU â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Reliable. Quality work. Ph .....................1300 255 724

PEST CONTROL

LANDSCAPE SUPPLIES

30 years experience Blocked drain specialists Everything plumbing, drainage & gasďŹ tting SHANE

Mark Wopling

D HINGED Kitchens & Joinery. Lic 283553C. www.hinged.com.au .......................Dave 0409 843689

LANDSCAPE DESIGN

ABN 48867459605 Lic 33995C

ACUPUNCTURE & COSMETIC MEDICINE Dr Adam Osborne ...........................................66857366 MULLUMBIMBY HERBALS Naturopathy, Ayurveda, Massage, Herbs. .............................66843002

Chay 0429 805 081 20 YEARS LOCAL SERVICE

HIGHPOINT Repairs & handyman services. Painting, plastering & tiling. Michael ........0421 896796

NEED A PLUMBER? DRAINER? GASFITTER?

Licence No. 207479C

HANDYPERSONS

0400 852 141

energyplumbing@gmail.com WWW.ENERGYJETTING.COM.AU WWW.ENERGYPLUMBING.COM.AU

JARRAH DAVIDSON Plumbing, draining, gas fitting & roofing. Lic 187712C................0438 668025 BILL CONNORS All plumbing/draining. Lic #1051 .................................. 66801403 or 0414 801403 HRH PLUMBING Providing a prompt, reliable & efficient service. Lic 220755C ............0402 652017 MARK STRATTON All plumbing & emergency. Sewer drain camera/locator. Lic 57803C ....0419 019035 ADM PLUMBING SERVICESâ&#x20AC;Ś (NO JOB TOO SMALL)â&#x20AC;Ś Lic 234528C. ....... Call Adam 0466 992483

POOLS MULLUM POOL SHOP Water testing, eco products, mobile service, construction/repairs....0418 666839

REMOVALISTS â&#x20AC;˘ Sand â&#x20AC;˘ Soils â&#x20AC;˘ Gravels â&#x20AC;˘ Pots & statues â&#x20AC;˘ Lots, lots more

Professional Property Protection you can Trust

1176 Myocum Rd, Mullumbimby (just past golf course)

6684 2323 / 0418 663 983

â&#x20AC;˘ Targeted treatments for all pests with â&#x20AC;&#x153;no sprayâ&#x20AC;? cockroach treatments â&#x20AC;˘ If you have found live termites, do not disturb them and call us for advice! No cost for quoting on active termites Relax, when safety, reputation and experience matters, we are the experts

6685 4490 or AH on 0414 769 018

www.sanctuarypest.com.au

Andyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Move & More

Small and Medium Moves, Tip Runs & Deliveries, 1 or 2 Men at Low Prices to Most Areas Based from Byron Bay & Mullumbimby Calls always returned

LANDSCAPING

02 6681 6555 Free quotes on active termites Environmentally safe

YOUR PEST & TERMITE SPECIALISTS www.allpestsolutions.com.au

SHIRE REMOVALS & FREIGHT CO

From Middle Pocket to Middle Earth â&#x20AC;&#x201C; just give us a ring

â&#x20AC;˘ Freight services to Brisbane weekly â&#x20AC;˘ Carriers of ďŹ ne art â&#x20AC;˘ Furniture removal â&#x20AC;˘ E-bay pick up & delivery

0409 917646

THE PEST MAN EXTRAORDINAIRE Second opinion / alternative views. 50 yrs exp .....0418 110714 BRUNSWICK BYRON PEST CONTROL................................................................................66842018

Shaun Savage Landscapes Established 2008 ~ Lic No: 247282c

Specialising in: â&#x20AC;˘ Retaining Walls â&#x20AC;˘ Pool Surrounds â&#x20AC;˘ Block Work â&#x20AC;˘ Paving â&#x20AC;˘ TurďŹ ng â&#x20AC;˘ Stonework 20 Years Experience

0405 594 288

LEMONTREELANDSCAPES.COM.AU Liam. Lic No 277154C .........................................0423 700853

LOCKSMITH

PHOTOGRAPHY

Tree Faerie Fotos Professional â&#x20AC;˘ Commercial â&#x20AC;˘ Personal

0429149 533 Est 2006

LEAPFROG REMOVALS BYRON BAYâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S LOCAL REMOVALIST MOVING THE SHIRE FOR OVER 10 YEARS

0432 334 200 02 6680 8170 leapfrogremovals@yahoo.com.au

30+ years experience in commercial photography and photojournalism

www.treefaeriefotos.com â&#x20AC;˘ 0417 427 518

PHYSIOTHERAPY

Brendan Duggan Locksmith. Automotive car keys and lock installation/repair .......0412 764148 BANGALOW PHYSIOTHERAPY Manual therapies, acupuncture, mat/reformer, clinical exercise classes, laser, shockwave. Kim Snellgrove, Cally Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Hara .......................................................66872330

OSTEOPATHY

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NICK EDMOND Physiotherapy & Acupuncture. Open Tuesday, Wednesday & Friday 466 Main Arm Road, Mullumbimby.....................................................................................66845288 MAN WITH A VAN/TRUCK Reasonable rates. Phone Don ............................................0414 282813 NORTH COAST OSTEOPATHY Jodie Jacobs. Mon/Tues/Thurs/Fri.....................................66857517 ANTHONY Dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ORSOGNA Physiotherapy, acupuncture, hydrotherapy Suffolk Park 1 Bryce St ... 66853511 BENNY CAN MOVE IT! .................................................................................................0402 199999

PAINTING

OCEAN SHORES PHYSIOTHERAPY Manual therapies, dry needling, custom orthotics,

â&#x20AC;˘ DEPARTMENT OF FAIR TRADING INFO: When dealing with home owners, painters are required to quote a licence number only for external work valued over $5000.

0438 784 226 â&#x20AC;˘ 6685 4154

Lic No 189144C

BYRON BAY

shock wave therapy, real time ultrasound. Nigel Pitman, Ilse V Oostenbrugge....................66803499 MAN WITH A TALL VAN Furniture removal services. $60 an hour. Call Evan .................0410 120777 PETRA KARNI PHYSIOTHERAPY & Craniosacral, Manual Therapy, TMJ, Classes.

PICTURE FRAMING

DOMESTIC â&#x20AC;˘ INDUSTRIAL COMMERCIAL

MULLUM PICTURE FRAMERS Stuart St rear lane behind Mitre 10 ............................0403 734791 BILLINUDGEL CUSTOM PICTURE FRAMING. 7/1 Wilfred St, Billinudgel ........................ 6680 3444

PLASTERING

PLASTERING CONTRACTOR DOMESTIC & COMMERCIAL

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ROOFING

Petra Karni & Andrew Weatherstone. Byron and Suffolk. Mâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;F & open Saturdays. Ph ....0403 226858

ALL-WAYS PAINTING â&#x20AC;˘ Domestic & Commercial â&#x20AC;˘ Servicing all areas â&#x20AC;˘ Workmanship guaranteed â&#x20AC;˘ Attention to detail

BIBI BRADBURY FURNITURE REMOVALS, general cargo pickup and delivery ..........0478 104516

MONTYS METAL

ROOFING Licence NSW: 30715C Licence QLD: 1227049

Metal RooďŹ ng Installations â&#x20AC;˘ Guttering Downpipes â&#x20AC;˘ Fascia â&#x20AC;˘ Skylights â&#x20AC;˘ Whirlybird Patios â&#x20AC;˘ Repairs â&#x20AC;˘ Leaf Guard

Craig Montgomery â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 0418 870 362 Email: montysmetalrooďŹ ng@gmail.com www.montysmetalrooďŹ ng.com.au

RESIDENTIAL / COMMERCIAL NEW ROOFS / RE-ROOFS INSULATED ROOF PANELS FASCIA & GUTTERS REPAIRS & MAINTENANCE 0 4 1 1 6 8 3 0 0 3 | Z A C . M A C TA G G A R T @ G M A I L . C O M | L I C 2 2 3 4 8 9 C

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Service Directory

Classifieds

RUBBISH REMOVAL

TREE SERVICES

OCEAN SHORES SKIPS Mini skip specialists ......................................... 0412 161564 or 66841232

CHOPPY CHOP TREE SERVICES

TIP RUNS & RUBBISH REMOVAL 4m3 trailer................................................................0408 210772 A1 RUBBISH REMOVAL AND TIP RUNS. 9m3 trailer. Same day service. Best rates .....0413 289443 MAN WITH UTE. RETHINK REUSE RECYCLE. Ph Mark ................................................0411 113300

SEPTIC SYSTEMS

The Fully Insured Professionals

â&#x20AC;˘ Stump Grinding â&#x20AC;˘ Bobcat â&#x20AC;˘ Cherrypicker â&#x20AC;˘ Crane Truck â&#x20AC;˘ 18â&#x20AC;? Chipper

Home sewage solutions Commercial wastewater treatment Rainwater tanks concrete and plastic

Lic 312643C

Mark Linder QualiďŹ ed Arborist 0408 202 184 choppychoptrees@bigpond.com

OFFICE

NEWT wastewater treatment. Septic design, upgrades, maint & intall. Lic 207479C............... 0429 805081 PRUNING ~ REMOVALS ~ STUMP GRINDING

Serving Northern NSW since 1998

Call us on 6679 7228

Your local, qualiďŹ ed team. m 0428 320 262 Specialists in standalone & e sunbeamsolar@bigpond.com grid interact system designs.

Electric Lic 124600c

â&#x20AC;˘ 20 years local knowledge and experience â&#x20AC;˘ Fully insured / free quotes â&#x20AC;˘ 19 inch chipper â&#x20AC;˘ Bobcat â&#x20AC;˘ Cherry picker â&#x20AC;˘ Crane truck

www.harttreeservices.com.au

0427 347 380

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PETER GRAY Grad. Cert. Arb. AQF8. Consulting arborist................................................0414 186161

A VERY HANDY MAN TREE SERVICES................................... Happy to help. Andrew..0412 558890 PROBLEM CAMPHORS and woody weeds removed. No fuss-green waste, lantana too! ..0478 779650

SUMMERLAND TREE SERVICES ............................................. Call Tim 66813140 or 0417 698227

LEAF IT TO US 4x4 truck/chipper + stump grinding. Local, qualified, insured. Free quotes.0402 487213

0401 208 797

MARTINO TREE SERVICES ..............................................................................Martino 0435 019524

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BYRON TREE SERVICES Qualified, insured. Call Alex ....................................................0402 364852

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TUITION HARMONIUM TUITION, REPAIRS, SALES. Contact Alice.............................................0427 423723

UPHOLSTERY BANGALOW UPHOLSTERY Now at Billinudgel. Re-covering specialists.............................66805255

VALUERS BYRON BAY VALUERS NSW & QLD regâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d. Chartered Valuers ................... 0431 245460 or 66857010

Your Local Solar Experts

SIMPSON PROPERTY GROUP - Valuation, Advisory & Asset M/ment. Specialists in: Residential,

1800 88 68 77 firstsunsolar.com.au 268 Ewingsdale Road, Byron Bay

Rural, Commercial & Industrial. www.simsonproperty.com.au..........0400 134562 or 0427 220976

VETERINARY SURGEONS Lic. 258112C

Publication day is Wednesday, booking deadlines are the day before publication.

Ads can be lodged in person at the Mullum Echo office:

TRINE SOLUTIONS Local sewerage specialists. Plumbers, drainers & gas fitters. Lic 138031C. 0407 439805

Pioneers of the solar industry

PHONE ADS AT THE ECHO HEAD

â&#x20AC;˘ 1300 Taylex â&#x20AC;˘ www.talex.com.au

SOLAR INSTALLATION

DEADLINE TUES 12PM

6684 1777

â&#x20AC;˘ plumbing.td@bigpond.com

0418 754 149 â&#x20AC;˘ 07 5523 9930

CLASSIFIED AD BOOKINGS Ads may be taken by phone on

Sales Installation Service

Northern Rivers Pty Ltd

ECHO CLASSIFIEDS 6684 1777

MULLUM VET CLINIC: Richard Gregory, Bec Willis, Mark Sebastian â&#x20AC;&#x201C; After hours avail ...66843818

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EMAIL ADS

Display classies (box ads):

adcopy@echo.net.au Line classies:

classifieds@echo.net.au Ad bookings only taken during business hours: Monday to Friday, 9amâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;5pm. Ads canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be taken on the weekend. Account enquiries phone 6684 1777.

Solar. OďŹ&#x20AC;-Grid. Electrical.

info@eastpointpower.com.au www.eastpointpower.com.au

WATER FILTERS The Water Filter Experts

CONSIDERING GOING OFF-GRID?

for home, commercial and rural properties

As a provider of top quality installations in the region since 2006, you can trust us with customised power systems, expert knowledge & affordability. 0428 678 513 â&#x20AC;˘ mark@standalonepower.com.au

6680 8200 or 0418 108 181

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TELEVISION SERVICES INSTALL SERVICE: TV, Wi-Fi, AV special phone rate .................................... Damian 0414 741233

TILING FRANCHISE OF THE YEAR!

Far North Coast NSW John & Teresa

0408 232 066

WATER SUPPLIES TRIDENT WATER Remote access delivery, 4WD water truck. Northern Rivers & surrounds ..0412 580 564

WATER TANKS & TANK CLEANING

Servicing the Far North Coast for 20Â years. Free quotes. Experienced local technicians. ChemDryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s patented cleaning systems.

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DISPLAY ADS (with a border): $12.50 per column centimetre These prices include GST.

Cash, cheque, Mastercard or Visa Prepayment is required for all ads.

DISCLAIMER

PROF. SERVICES

Advertisements placed in The Byron Shire Echo do not reďŹ&#x201A;ect the views or opinions of the editorial staff. The Byron Shire Echo does not make any representations as to the accuracy or suitability of any content or information contained in advertising material nor does publication constitute in any way an endorsement by The Byron Shire Echo of the content or representations contained therein. The Byron Shire Echo does not accept any liability for the representations or promises made in paid advertisements or for any loss or damage arising from reliance on such content, representations or promises.

TAX AGENT GRAEME â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;DAXâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; TOOHILL 66874746 admin@saltwateraccountancy.com.au

PUBLIC NOTICES

O Sushi is open! Thursday â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Sunday Thurs to Sat 12.30â&#x20AC;&#x201C;8.30pm Sunday 12.30â&#x20AC;&#x201C;7.30pm Takeaway and home delivery still available. Call for bookings due to number restrictions. Phone: 6685 7103 Address: 90-96 Jonson Street

On sale at The Echo

DENTURES

LOOK GOOD FEEL GOOD Free consultation. SANDRO 66805002

HEALTH

KINESIOLOGY

Clear subconscious sabotages. Reprogram patterns and beliefs. Restore vibrancy and physical health. De-stress. Ph 0403125506 SANDRA DAVEY, Reg. Pract.

HYPNOSIS & EFT

Simple and effective solutions Anxiety, Cravings, Fears & Trauma. Maureen Bracken 0402205352

TWO WINGS PSYCHOLOGY

â&#x20AC;Śfeel the difference

SUZANNE BOURCHIER psychologist 02 6685 5670 Breast Cancer Support GroupÂ is meeting online for now, on Zoom. The thirdÂ Wednesday of the month 12â&#x20AC;&#x201C;2pm, or ďŹ rst WednesdayÂ of theÂ monthÂ 6â&#x20AC;&#x201C;7.30pm,Â for people whoÂ work during the day.Â

For link to meeting or info CALL: 0431207453 or EMAIL: byronbcs@gmail.com

TANK CLEANING Repairs, installation, first flush diverters, pumps, etc ........................0418 662285

HYPNOSIS & NLP

WELDING & FABRICATION Structural, general, repairs & Aluminium. Call Rod ...........0408 410545

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WINDOW CLEANING CLEAN VIEW Prompt, professional, insured. Phone David .............................................0421 906460

WINDOW TINTING SUNRISE W. T. 3/19-21 Centennial Cct, Byron. Cars, homes, offices, etc. High quality ..0412 158478

TILER/STONEMASON/WATERPROOFER Lic 24418C. Phone Karl ...................................66804103 SURFWAGON - Car/Home/Office tint. Lifetime Warranty. W/sale price .........................0434 875009

$17 for two lines is the minimum charge.

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WELDING

TILE & GROUT CLEANING

LINE ADS: $17.00 for the first two lines $5.00 for each extra line

CLASSIFIEDS THAT WORK ALL WEEK!

NORTH COAST VETERINARY SERVICES Dr Lauren Archer .................................................66840735

0435 791 129

RATES & PAYMENT

EXPLORING THE DRUG OF CHESS

Supporting you to create positive changes. Call today 6680 2630

North Coast news daily in Echonetdaily www.echo.net.au

Classifieds COORABELL HALL WEDDINGS, GIGS, CLASSES 66871307 www.coorabellhall.net

GARDEN MAINTENANCE

Yard & Garden Cleanups 0400 920 269

BAMBOO PLANTS: clumping, screening, hedging, ﬂowering gingers, bromeliads. Close to Mullum. 0458535760 DAVID LOVEJOY’S BOOKS Available from The Echo reception: Between Dark and Dark, a memoir; Moral Victories, the biography of a chess player; Heresy, an historical novel. ALL JUST $10 each.

Road base, gravel, blue metal and metal dust. ALL SIZE DELIVERIES. Phone 66845517, 0418481617 GUITARS, RECORDS, HI FI valiantmusic.com.au 66851005

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ARCHIBALD’S CHEAP QUARRY PRODUCTS

BYRON room, short and long term, good area, close to beach, free WiFi, drug-free, $150pw, no bills + bond. 0423353877

WANTED TO RENT FIREWOOD • Fence posts • Poles • Sleepers • Sawn timber

3UMMERLAND %NVIRONMENTAL

Kings Creek, Mullumbimby Mark 0427 490 038

4HE ,IQUID 7ASTE 3PECIALISTS

Mon-Wed, by appointment Thurs/Fri 8am to 4pm | Sat, 8am to 3pm

s 3EPTIC TANK CLEANING s 'REASE TRAP SERVICING s /ILY ,IQUIDS s 0ORTABLE TOILET HIRE s HOUR SERVICE

TREE SERVICES

A VERY HANDY MAN

TREE SERVICES

Covering all aspects of tree work and tree stump removal (stump grinding)

Experienced climber • Insured • Licensed FREE QUOTES HAPPY TO HELP

Call Andrew Wilson 0412 558 890

WANTED LP RECORDS: good condition, no op shop crap! Ph Matt 0401955052

GARAGE SALES

Tip Runs & Rubbish Removal 0408 210 772

After hours & emergency service available

MOTOR VEHICLES • FULLY INSURED • PROFESSIONAL SERVICE • FREE QUOTES

6684 4421 0402 364 852

20 years local experience • 19 inch chipper • Stump grinding • Cherry picker • Crane truck • Bob Cat

Fully insured • Free quotes

0427 347 380

• Arborist • 15” Wood Chipper • Stump Grinder • Fully Insured Byron Bay & Surrounding Areas

6681 3140 Mobile 0417 698 227 FOR SALE

MIELE WASHERS

Dryers and dishwashers available at Bridglands Mullumbimby. 66842511

BYRON BAY FIREWOOD Pickup / Delivery Seasoned Firewood Kindling, bags, trailer, tonnage (up to 30 tonne). Residential | Commercial | Wholesale Prompt and reliable service.

Michael – 0401 739 656 byronbayﬁrewood.com.au

Summerland Storage Bangalow From $105 to $290 mth Call GNF Bangalow 66872833 CABARITA BEACH. Lovely 2 bedroom, light and airy unit located 3 mins walk to beach and shops. Tastefully furnished, or available unfurnished. $495pw plus electricity. Pool in complex. Caba is only 25 mins drive to the Byron Shire and a wonderful place to live. Long term lease available. Email cabarental@gmail.com

TRADEWORK

3EPTIC 7ASTE 2EMOVAL

LOCAL REMOVAL & backloads to Brisbane. Friendly, with 10 years local exp. 0409917646

CASH PAID FOR UNWANTED CARS Local reg’d business 66845296 or 66845403

1995 Suzuki Vitara Soft Top Manual Farm 4wd Sold as-is No rego SN1234 $2250 1997 Mazda 121 Metro 5dr Hatch Manual Rego till September SN6696 .........$1995 Auto 2009 Subaru Forester Premium 114650km Sunroof Leather SN4333 ..............$10990 2011 Ford Transit Jumbo Highroof Lwb 6spd Manual Turbo Diesel 138252km SN4144 ........................................$21950 Auto 2016 Vf Commodore Wagon 130696km 1 Owner Log Books SN4996.........$13450

BARGAINS

ballinacarcentre.com.au

16 ENDEAVOUR CLOSE, BALLINA

Ballina Car Centre

DLN 19950

EXCELLENT TENANT AVAILABLE for affordable s/cont accommodation in New Brighton area. Ph/txt Athena 0456120032

POSITIONS VACANT ASSISTANT NEEDED for busy household with kids, 2–3 days per week, $20–25ph, in Nashua. Driving licence essential. Pls call Kylie 0475242593. CLEANER WANTED, 4 hours per week. Tue/Thu preferred, Nashua. 0475242593 SULLIVAN NICOLAIDES PATHOLOGY is one of the largest pathology practices in Australia, providing comprehensive services to patients and doctors. We now have exciting opportunities for flexible part-time Pathology Specimen Collectors to join our Collection team in the Northern Rivers. Are you a peoplefocused individual interested in providing high-quality patient care and customer services? This is the opportunity for you! Experience in venepuncture desirable, but not essential as the primary task of this role is to take blood samples from patients. You need a current first aid certificate and driver licence, reliable vehicle available for work use, and a commitment to taking care of SNP patients! Enquiries to Zoe Handford, Lismore Collection Supervisor E: zoe_handford@snp.com.au or call 0439 519 718.

WARNING The Department of Fair Trading has warned people to be very careful about responding to advertisements offering work at home. Readers should be wary if asked to pay money upfront for employment opportunities and never send money to a post ofﬁce box CONTRACT DELIVERY DRIVER for timber business. Polite, energetic, reliable. Must have own vehicle. Call between 9–11am, Mon–Fri 0401739656

Are you a Telephone Tiger? Telephone recruitment canvasser in Environmental sector • Min 2 years outbound exp required • Flexible working arrangements • Attractive hourly rate Email CV to jobs@ RainforestRangers.org Closing date Friday 29th May

The National Broadband Network (nbn) is a high speed broadband network designed to reach 100 per cent of Australian premises and provide the communications infrastructure to help us stop falling behind in an increasingly online world. nbn is committed to delivering leading edge broadband services to all Australians by leveraging the three types of technology available – fixed line, fixed wireless, and satellite, depending on location. As part of the fixed radio (wireless) component of the Network, nbn is proposing to expand the existing radio network base stations at the following location: • 37 Cudgera Creek Road, Burringbar, NSW, 2483 (Lot 1 In Deposited Plan 227947) The works are to provide high quality wireless broadband services to customers in the surrounding localities. The proposed works on site will involve the upgrade of existing technology upon the facility including and not limited to the replacement and installation of new antennas, radiocommunication dishes and associated ancillary equipment to enhance transmitting technology. Furthermore the works will involve the replacement and addition of equipment shelters/outdoor units adjacent to the facility. nbn regards the proposed installations as a Low Impact Facility under the Telecommunications (Low-Impact Facilities) Determination 2018. In these circumstances, it does not require planning approval from Council. This notification is undertaken in accordance with the requirements of Section 7 of the Mobile Phone Base Station Deployment Code 2018. Further information on this specific proposal can be obtained by calling Blessing Nhliziyo on (03) 9868 6659 Written submissions can be sent to 1/417 St Kilda Rd, Melbourne VIC 3004 or via E: Feedback@metasite.com.au The closing date for submissions is

June 8th 2020.

room on this earth.

WORK WANTED WORDPRESS SETUP/TRAIN/MAINT Reas rates info@wordpressit.com.au

TUITION FRENCH • ITALIAN • GERMAN Eva 0403224842 www.languagetuitionbyron.com.au

Adobe Tutoring Experienced Professional Trainer • Photoshop • Indesign • Illustrator contact@thinkblinkdesign.com www.thinkblinkdesign.com

MUSICAL NOTES QUALITY PIANOS for sale, and expert piano tuning. Ph Fred Cole 0412216019

LOST & FOUND FOUND: TEDDY BEAR on Yamble Dve, O/S. It wants to go home! 0431335310

For general info on the nbn, email info@nbn.com.au, or visit our website at www.nbnco.com.au.

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DISABILITY SUPPORT WORKER BYRON BAY, BALLINA, KINGSCLIFF Qualiﬁcation and experience preferred. Must be available for a variety of shifts including evening and weekends. First aid certiﬁcate, drivers licence and own vehicle essential.

Shirley Chisholm

6686 5586 / 0418 676 274

WANTED TO LEASE

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ACCESS TO ACREAGE, dwelling or not. Prefer 2x2 or 3x3 or similar. Substantial security deposit OK. Pls call 0423218417

Send resume to info@byronbaycare.com.au

Brunswick Heads 3 bed 1 bth $600 2 bed 1 bth $450 Ocean Shores 2 bed 1 bth $495 4 bed 2 bth $625 Mullumbimby 3 bed 1 bth $480 South Golden Beach 2 bed 1 bth $395 2 bed 1 bth $450 Pottsville 4 bed 2 bth $650 Myocum 2 bed 1 bth $550 L.J. Hooker Brunswick Heads 6685 0177 5/16 The Terrace, Brunswick Heads

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STORAGE 3m x 4m industrial area Mullum $45pw. Ph Arion 0408809528

EX RETROSPECT GALLERY SHORT AND LONG TERM LEASES AVAILABLE 52 Johnson St, Byron Bay

Call owner for further details

0418 983 970 2 x OFFICE SPACES available

IN BILLINUDGEL Kitchenette, W.C., A/C, NBN, all bills included. Newly renovated. Richard 0417 774 517

AUDREY TATE 15th January 1961–13th May 2020. Audrey Tate passed away peacefully on Wednesday 13th May at Byron Bay Hospital with two of her good friends by her side. After a long illness, Audrey left us very quickly. She is survived by her loving son Jacob Tate. A service is being held on 20th May to celebrate her life. Due to current restrictions we have a limit on those who can attend, but we encourage you to mark her wonderful life in a way she would have enjoyed.

PETS Sukie is brand new to the shelter & what a gorgeous girl she is! She’s a dark tortie with mid length hair which will need a daily groom to keep her looking so glamourpuss. She’s very affectionate but unsure of other cats but that could be because she is a little unsettled being the new furkid on the block. To meet Sukie, please make an appointment. Call AWL 0436 845 542. Like us on Facebook! AWL NSW Rehoming Organisation Number: R251000222

Byron Dog Rescue (CAWI) ELLIE is a 10-year-old Kelpie x Labrador. Ellie has been with us for 5 months after we rescued her from a very traumatic situation. She is very healthy, however, fearful of storms – and would like to be an only-dog. It's time she found her loving forever home. Ellie would make a gorgeous and affectionate companion for someone who needs an older, chilled friend. She still loves to play, and adores her offleash walks. Please phone Shell on 0458 461 935. MC: 956000002663543

Ellie

Erzie is a 12 month old desexed female mastiff x. She is a sweet natured girl, good with other dogs and would be good with older kids. If you can give Erzie a permanent, loving home please contact Pam on 0421 017 461. M/c No 900164001859515 - FD1407.

Erzie

Visit friendsofthepound.com to view other dogs and cats looking for a home. ABN 83 126 970 338

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Meanwhile in Mullum, COVID-1984 and 5G comes replete with rainbow chemtrails. Photo supplied Schools are set to return, albeit without any consultation with the unions that represent teachers. It’s a reminder that, no, we are not all in this together. It’s unclear if the governing class have learned anything from this global pandemic. Australia’s collateral risk mitigation experiment has begun. Stay at a safe distance, peeps! Q Q Q Q

Yay – Byron Shire residents have not succumbed to West Byron submission fatigue. Council staff confirmed that 1,760 public submissions were received for the latest ‘locals’ DA, with the for and against subs yet to be determined. The Byron Residents Group said, ‘If the [last DA exhibition] is any indication, the ratio of oppose/support was 2,218 to one’. Q Q Q Q

Respected science journal, The Lancet, have editorialised that the US president should be replaced at November’s election. ‘Americans must put a president in the White House come January, 2021, who will understand that public health should not be guided by partisan politics’. Climate change politics could be

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added into that mix too. Q Q Q Q

Further to the list of shops open during COVID-19, The Shoe Doctor in the the Arts and Industry Estate says business has dropped off because no one knows he is still open. Brent’s shop is located 2/23 Brigantine Street. Q Q Q Q

It will be an action packed Council meeting on Thursday, accessible to the public only online, of course. There are plenty of big issues up for debate, including the Old Byron Hospital planning proposal, The Linnaeus Estate Community Title proposal, an affordable housing contribution scheme/policy, environmental zones, rural events, and the government’s new Low Rise Medium Density Code, which aims to give developers the gift of plonking even larger dwellings in residential areas in under 20 days. Sounds like fun! See page 12 editorial. Q Q Q Q

Tweet of the week by author Andrew P Street: ‘I’m not a religious man, but Scott Morrison has made very clear he is – so I do wonder how he interprets his first year since the election being filled with fire and pestilence?’

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