The Byron Shire Echo – Issue 34.51 – May 27, 2020 by Echo Publications

WE ARE CALLED TO BE ARCHITECTS OF THE FUTURE, NOT ITS VICTIMS – BUCKMINSTER FULLER The Byron Shire Echo • Volume 34 #51 • Wednesday, May 27, 2020 • www.echo.net.au

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At just six weeks of age, baby Sylvi has no idea that 2020 is the World Health Organisation (WHO) International Year of the Nurse and Midwife. Her mum Priscylla says she wouldn’t be without her midwife. ‘Birthing is women’s business’, she says. ‘The support and knowledge they bring to birthing… it just feels so right. As my mum’s not around, maternal support is really important for me’. ‘There’s a lot of nurturing beyond just scientific medical support.’ From home births to hospital surgical units, nurses and midwives play a vital role in providing health services. At the Byron Central Hospital, a small but dedicated team of midwives continue to care for local women and their families, despite our changing and evolving circumstances. This year already, more than 50 babies have been welcomed through the Byron Birth Centre.

Paul Bibby Byron Council has been fined $1,000 over last year’s Tallow Creek fish kill, with the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) finding that it breached its licence to maintain the entrance to the vital waterway. Thousands of mullet, bream, whiting, flathead, and eels died on June 14, 2019 after Council officers elected to artificially open the entrance to the Creek, which had been closed for eight months. This caused an influx of water with low oxygen levels to flow from shallow areas of the creek to deeper areas as the water level in the lagoon area dropped.

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Javier and mum Priscylla, with baby Sylvi, and midwife Michelle. Photo Eve Jeffery

Health boss says region is prepared for virus clusters Mandy Nolan Wayne Jones, chief executive Northern NSW Local Health District, says he is extremely positive about the way our region has adhered to the COVID-19 regulations and how well health services have adapted to be ‘COVID ready’. Part of this readiness is being ready for the upcoming school holidays. ‘We planned for bigger numbers coming here, and have positioned our services to manage COVID in

phase one by the doubling of intensive care, then quadrupling, should the need arise. ‘There are hospital-based and community services if we get a huge wave of cases – if a cluster evolves we can manage it.’ Local people testing COVID positive have decreased to nil. As of 22 May, ‘There hasn’t been a confirmed case for 23 days. ‘That reflects [that] the community are doing social distancing hygiene, and that our time to test following symptoms, is about a day.

How a pandemic reformed a problem gambler ▶ p6

Bluesfest director offers ticket refunds ▶ p8

‘We are anticipating an increase in numbers here, and plans are in place to respond to schools and nursing homes should someone test positive for COVID-19’, said Mr Jones. This would involve closing the facility, doing a thorough cleaning, and following that up with contact tracing to rule out transmission. While police have reported a drop in crime, health authorities have also seen a drop in seasonal admissions for the flu and other contagious illnesses. ‘The irony was, at the height of

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the isolation restrictions, we saw a significant reduction in presentations in emergency and in elective surgery. ‘It allowed us to take our staff and train them in intensive care management – it means we have a workforce to supplement the need, should it arise,’ said Mr Jones. Although with elective surgeries resuming, hospitals are becoming busier, he said. ‘We are back up to 40 per cent of what we call business as usual, and expect that to be up to 75 per cent by the end of June,’ said Mr Jones.

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As a result, more than 12 tonnes of fish died of asphyxiation. Council voluntarily reported the incident to the NPWS for investigation, with the body finding that the mechanical opening of the Creek had been undertaken an hour and 20 minutes after the recommended time for taking such action. It also found that the channel at the point of opening was more than double the recommended width. Both of these actions were in breach of Council’s licence to maintain the opening of the creek. Another independent investigation, commissioned by Council, found that there was a shortfall in the risk planning and management policies for Tallow Creek, and other similar waterways. ‘The mitigation measures for managing fish kills outlined in these documents essentially ▶ Continued on page 2

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The transformation of southern Jonson Street into a medium-density residential and retail hub will shortly be underway, after Byron Shire councillors granted a developer the approval to exceed height and floor space ratio policy for a large-scale mixed-use development. Accepting staff recommendation, a majority of councillors approved the 22-unit development at 139 Jonson Street. Cr Richardson and his fellow Greens councillors, Labor’s Paul Spooner and Nationals Party-aligned Alan Hunter, defeated a motion by independent councillor Cate Coorey, who wanted to defer the application so that further changes could be made that would address neighbours’ concerns. Cr Coorey’s motion sought to ameliorate the loss of privacy and amenity and reappraise of the traffic and pedestrian conflict potential on the proposed Ruskin Lane access. The project, led by local developer Graham Dunn, and his son Jason, involves two levels of underground car parking, retail, commercial and cafe tenancies at ground level, with 28 shop top residential units in two levels above. The first proposal was rejected by the Northern Regional Planning Panel on the grounds that it significantly exceeded floor space and height limits, yet was supported by Council staff. It comes after more than a year of debate, and concerted opposition from a group of impacted residents. The approval decision paves the way for the transformation of Jonson Street, foreshadowed in the Byron Bay Town Centre Masterplan. Page 69 of the plan suggests the Jonson Street south precinct be ‘incrementally transformed into a

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Image from the development application. mixed-use district that supports medium-density living and local business’. Controversially, Mr Dunn was originally a member of the Masterplan group, but quit after conflict of interest pressure around his proposal. The approved development still breaches the rules in both of these areas, though significantly less than in the previous DA. Up to 976 traffic movements a day are expected, which would travel along a narrow back lane that is directly adjacent to homes.

Mayor in support ‘This is an absolutely significant shift compared to the previous [DA],’ Greens Mayor, Simon Richardson, told the chamber. ‘A whole level’s been knocked off – that’s not insignificant. ‘I wish this was a little smaller and I wish it was slightly better designed… But it’s pretty good. ‘In terms of the precedent and people saying that this is going to kill Byron and change us for ever – in 12 years I’ve heard that so many times…’ Cr Richardson said. ‘The reality is that height increases started well before I came on the scene, and will happen well after I jump off. ‘The masterplan is a brilliant document, and part of that is that it gets people to live in town, and this is one of the first [developments] that actually does this’.

Cr Richardson said there was not enough ‘to justify stopping it’, and was fearful of a court case challenge from the developer if refused. He was also satisfied with the traffic management plan. ‘You need to show reasonable reasons why it is not satisfactory,’ he said, adding that planners are ‘allowed to have flexibility’ with their decisions. But Cr Basil Cameron said there were concerns, including potential conflict between cars and pedestrians on the Ruskin Lane access. Cr Cameron also said that Council’s local traffic committee had unresolved concerns, with the May 12 meeting minutes that tabled those concerns being ‘incomplete’.

Unpublished meeting minutes Council staff had not published those meeting minutes online prior to the decision. Cr Coorey said, in support of her motion, ‘We should also support the residents’ amenity and capital values approving developments that minimise the negative effects of an intensive development on their boundary. ‘There was no consideration for neighbours’, she added. Meanwhile, presumptive 2021 Greens mayor candidate, Duncan Dey, told The Echo ‘This looks like classic over-development, not unlike a lot that goes through Council at the moment’.

Mr Dey responded as to whether the approval was acceptable, and said he spoke from his own view, and not that of the other candidates. He said the approved application ‘remained at bang-on 10 per cent over our guidelines on height and floor space. ‘Sadly, once we yield 10 per cent, that becomes the rule. Rules without 10 per cent extra were discussed, and agreed to, by this community and are published in our LEP and DCP. If elected next year, I’ll be proposing ways to claw back the 10 per cent. ‘One way would be to re-write all such rules at 90 per cent in the first place. ‘The local community pleaded their case on this DA so articulately, including on the rear lane. How can we ignore them? ‘Council defended itself and its rules successfully time after time, up to 2012 when the new Council (with me on it, but opposed) made it clear on the first court case reported to it, that it does not defend in court. ‘Reasons given included the high cost, and that the budget was scrapped. It hasn’t been reinstated – the current Council post-dates the era where the court helped Council define its planning boundaries. ‘I hope we’ll change the story in a suite of changes from 2021. ‘No-one wants to line lawyer’s pockets, but defending the odd case closes the gate on extreme attempts at development’. Neighbour Peter OConnor told The Echo, ‘The debate completely lost sight of the fact that the basic design and benefits of the construction were never under threat and could have proceeded without the disturbance to residents with Ruskin Lane boundaries.’

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▶ Continued from page 1 involve timing openings around high tide events to minimise rapid draining,’ a Council report contained in the agenda to this week’s Council meeting states. ‘This mitigation measure alone was ineffective in this case in avoiding fish kills and needs to be combined with other measures like timing

with rainfall.’ As a consequence of this finding, Council has significantly changed its approach to managing Tallow Creek, essentially abandoning the mechanical opening strategy. ‘Council will now exclusively manage the entrance of Tallow Creek by attempting to encourage ‘natural breakout’ events of the creek,’ the

Council report states. ‘Council will encourage this breakout by lowering the beach berm (using an excavator) to allow overtopping during a rainfall event. ‘This mimics natural estuary opening events and aims to decrease the potential for a fish kill.’ In addition to the change in policy, Council staff took

part in a retraining workshop exploring best practice for managing Intermittently Open and Closed Lakes and Lagoons (IOCLL), such as Tallow Creek. There have also been multiple meetings with staff from NPWS, the NSW Department of Primary Industries, as well as the traditional owners and custodians of the land.

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Tickets and promotion manager, Grant Martin, community projects manager, Cherie Bromley, general manager, Louise O’Connell, theatre technician, Hano Kotevski, theatre manager, Tanja Greulich, and technical manager, Jamie Hunter. Photo Jeff Dawson

Paul Bibby Byron Theatre-goers are in for a treat when the prohibition on live events is finally lifted, with the venue having just undergone a major sound and lighting revamp. The theatre has spent $200,000 on a new cinema screen and speaker system, backed by the latest digital audio and visual equipment. Funded by a grant from the NSW government, the installation was undertaken by local company North

Coast Events, a long-term collaborator with the theatre. ‘This grant has given the theatre an urgently needed technical upgrade,’ says Jamie Hunter, Byron Theatre’s new technical manager. ‘I’m very excited about what the future holds for the theatre, now that the standard of our technical production has been so radically improved. ‘This grant has given the Byron Shire community, its visitors, and our performers and artists the modern

theatre experience they deserve, and raises the bar for regional arts,’ he adds. It took Byron Theatre management nearly twoand-a-half years to research, purchase and complete the project owing to the intimate nature of the space and the intricate and delicate sound issues technicians were facing. Theatre manager, Tanja Greulich, said the need to replace the cinema screen with an acoustically transparent one was unexpected, but

had made a huge difference to the sound experience. ‘Byron Theatre is now acceptable for national and international artists and touring companies,’ Ms Greulich said. ‘We hope that the new crystal clear audio and visual experience will result in more bookings in the future to entertain our local audience and generate funds for our community outreach projects. ‘Hopefully, we’ll see the space buzzing with shows again very soon.’

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Wildlife hospital plans to be up by September A ‘dream team’ of wildlife veterinarians have banded together to build and operate Australia’s largest mobile wildlife hospital, to facilitate immediate response to native animals in crisis. Byron Bay Wildlife Hospital Ltd CEO and founder, Dr Stephen van Mil, said, ‘Australia’s bushfire crisis killed one billion native animals, and highlighted the massive gap in facilities to rescue, treat and rehabilitate injured wildlife throughout the country’. He says the fully equipped mobile hospital will operate from a

custom-built semi-trailer, based on Ewingsdale Road, Byron Bay, and will be able travel throughout Australia to go where injured wildlife are in times of crisis. It is planned to be operational by September 2020. A strong education component will also form as part of the core functions of the operation. Dr Van Mil said, ‘Treating traumatised and injured native animals is a specialist field. Without specialist vets, nurses, and the right equipment, rehabilitation and recovery is much less likely, putting

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the individual animal and full species at risk’.

Crowdfunding A crowdfunding campaign aims to raise $520,000 to operate the mobile hospital and facilitate the treatment and rehabilitation of an estimated 10,000 native animals in 2020-21. ‘There are a lot of resources required to do this, which is why we’re calling on the public to help us through a crowdfunding campaign and fundraising activities. The need and timing

have never been greater’. Dr Van Mil said the project has attracted international support through Wild Ark from the United Nations Development Program. The team behind the project are; Dr Stephen Van Mil, Dr Evan Kosack, Dr David Blyde, Dr Larry Vogelnest, Meadow Greenwood, and Gerald Lambert. ‘Locally, Ballina RSL has announced their financial support, while Seven Mile Brewing Co have partnered with Byron Bay Wildlife Hospital on a limited release craft beer called Koala Lager’.

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Forestry Corp face traditional custodians over north coast logging resumption With logging resuming in Nambucca State Forest after devastating fires late last year, conservation groups and the Gumbaynggirr traditional custodians are calling on the NSW governmentowned Forestry Corporation to instead protect ‘the last areas of unburnt forests on the state’s north coast’. NSW Nature Conservation Council (NCC) claims that ‘over 50 per cent of state forests on the north coast burned, and more than 5,000 koalas perished, so we should stop logging until koala populations and their forests have had a chance to rebound’. Its chief executive Chris Gambian said the timber company ‘intends to log 109 hectares of the small 312 hectares of prime wildlife habitat on the doorstep of the township of Nambucca Heads. ‘Trees that are habitat for a wide range of native animals, including the greater glider, sooty owl and koalas, will be cut down to make telegraph poles, pool

Nambucca State Forest. Photo forestrycorporation.com.au decking and pallets’, Mr Gambian said. ‘Based on Forestry Corporation figures, we estimate logging intensity on the north coast has increased 200 per cent since the fires’.

Comments not refuted by FC The Echo asked Forestry Corporation to confirm the accuracy of NCC’s comments, particularly: has ‘logging intensity on the north coast increased 200 per cent since the fires?’

A Forestry Corporation spokesperson replied, ‘Forestry Corporation has greatly reduced the extent and intensity of timber harvesting in native forests in the months since the bushfires. ‘We are also implementing additional precautionary conditions to protect soil, water and wildlife in forests areas that were impacted by fire. ‘Wood supply is being maintained to the local north industry largely through increased hardwood plantation operations, as a short term measure, to ensure that

sustainable timber products continue to be available for local wood processors. ‘Operations to harvest and regrow renewable timber take place in around one per cent of NSW state forests each year. In Nambucca State Forest, more than half of the area is set aside for conservation purposes and will be left untouched. ‘The areas that are selectively harvested are all regrowth forests that will regrow again, and continue to provide renewable timber products for the future’.

No assessment of Ǖſĕ ĶŔżëĈƐƆ Yet the NSW Nature Conservation Council is calling for a ‘full ecological impact assessment, and time for the forests to recover’. ‘We are driving our forest wildlife to extinction to make products that will end up in landfill, or rot in people’s backyards. ‘This is a disgraceful waste and must be stopped’.

Council needs to hear its critics, says former mayor, NSW MLC Former mayor and NSW Greens MLC, Jan Barham, has called upon Byron Shire councillors to make public submissions during their meetings publicly available. She told the chamber last Thursday morning that ‘the omission of the public access submissions from publication leaves huge gaps in the understanding of Council decisions. ‘Councillors often refer to issues raised in public submissions, but for the interested resident listening, we are left wondering what’s been said, and what information beyond the staff reports

and the input of councillors is missing and influenced the outcome.’ She said that Council can vet contributions ‘if there is any belief that the presentation may include comments that cause any concern in relation to the Council publishing those comments. ‘I remind councillors that the courts found in the Ballina Council vs Bill Ringland case that residents have the right to criticise Council without fear of defamation. It may be uncomfortable at times for Council to hear some of the comments made, and

yes, sometimes they might be critical of Council. ‘The decision in Ringland on appeal found that a statutory corporation cannot sue in defamation to protect its ‘governing reputation’. ‘Council’s reputation is not at risk by allowing other views to be heard, in fact Council should be appreciative of differing views as insight to review and ensure that it’s delivering good governance, and explaining its position well to residents. ‘In a democracy, community input should be valued. As a resident, I want to hear

the comments of not only the elected representatives but also that of residents, who are the ones directly impacted by Council decisions. ‘I request that Council review its current practice of not publishing the audio recordings of public submissions, and make the voices of the community and applicants publicly available, to enhance our democracy and provide the openness and transparency that Council states it supports’. Ms Barham’s submission was taken on notice by councillors.

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How a pandemic reformed a problem gambler Eve Jeffery Though the pandemic has created global havoc, for some there is a silver lining. A local woman says she has been able to conquer an addiction to pokies by being kept away from them. Fanny (not her real name), is 75 and a naturally shy woman who has had a series of hard knocks, which have left her isolated and alone. She was so bullied in her job as a medical secretary that she had to leave, and was never able to work in a conventional way again. She had a husband who simply packed up and left without warning. Another partner who was murdered, and another whom she nursed through dementia before his death. Fanny became a member of a sporting club, and though she felt she didn’t fit in with the other players, it was a semblance of companionship – enough to keep her afloat. Before her partner had lost his memory, they had often sat at the pokies together. They’d play and spend a few dollars and have a few drinks. It was simply entertainment. When he died in 2012, she was crushed, and within a year, she also lost a muchloved aunt and her mum. She forced herself to find things

to fill her time – the club, a choir, and a dog called Molly. It was then that she began a slow downward slide. ‘I started going to the club at about lunchtime – almost every day. As soon as I found myself unoccupied, at a loss, I’d go. I’d play for a couple of hours and have a couple of drinks. Back then I had enough sense to say “get out of here’, she said. At that stage, Fanny was putting about $50 in the machine each time she played. This went on for a couple of years, then things got worse. ‘I was getting very depressed, and I was really crying all the time. I felt trapped by the fact that I couldn’t make myself enjoy anything. I didn’t enjoy the lifestyle of others at the club and found that I was becoming really anti-social and isolated.’ The slide got steeper in 2017 when Fanny got very ill. ‘My brother came to visit for a while and we had such a lovely time. Then he left and I fell flat. ‘I couldn’t play sport, so I’d just go to the pokies as soon as they opened. I didn’t feel comfortable talking to others, so I’d stay until I got drunk. ‘This was the beginning of me feeling crazy – I felt really crazy – I felt I needed AA and Gamblers Anonymous, but I didn’t do either. I was worried

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A local woman has found new freedom from gambling after COVID-19 forced her into isolation. Photo supplied

According to www.proudlypokiesfree.com, Australia has 0.3 per cent of the planet’s population, yet we have 20 per cent of the world’s gaming machines. Australians spend $12,000,000,000 a year on the pokies, and around 40 per cent of this comes from problem gamblers. Of the 200 thousand poker machines in pubs and clubs across the country, over half are in New South Wales and 94 per cent of those are found in neighbourhood venues. It is estimated that 300,000 Australians are addicted to pokies, and that 75 per cent of those people have a problem because of pokies in our pubs and clubs. about being preached at and I thought, “you weak little shit, you can do it by yourself”. ‘I was just pouring my money into the machines and I wasn’t getting anything out but self-loathing.’ Fanny got to the point where she really tried to stop. She made several attempts. She excluded herself from the club. Then changed her

mind. ‘I felt like a cripple. I felt like I needed someone to do it for me, and I felt weak and pissed off at myself.’ Alcohol and the pokies went hand-in-hand for Fanny. One day she had a huge win and thought she had found a way to solve her financial problems, so her habits got worse. ‘I bet bigger, and lost bigger, and I always lost more than I won. I deluded

myself into thinking that the problem wasn’t as bad as it was. The big win was the magnet that kept me coming back and it never happened (the big win) again.’ Fanny says the most she spent in a day was probably $500 – a lot for a pensioner. She estimates that she has put about $80,000 into the machines, and probably pulled about $40,000 out. Fanny says one of the worst things is the access to ATMs at the venue. ‘You can’t run out of money. The temptation is too great.’ Fanny says that as soon as COVID-19 hit she knew she had to isolate herself, for her health. ‘I didn’t fret – I was incredibly thankful and grateful. I’m grateful coronavirus happened.’

No more yearning Fanny is thankful she doesn’t have a clue how to gamble online, and says she hasn’t had any yearning to play the pokies since the lockdown began. ‘I’ve been working in the garden all day, then I do housework. I suddenly realised that I could apply myself to things I have been putting off for years. That part of my life is gone and I am really thankful. ‘Pokies are incredibly dangerous. Make yourself think logically about the

money you put in there. The chances of putting money in and winning are nil – it’s really a dead end. Don’t be thinking because you won once or twice you’re a winner – you’re not! ‘Poker machines don’t make you feel good, you only think they do. Do anything else. Find something purposeful. Do something useful – that will make you feel good. My finances are much better – I’ve still got bills, but I am paying off my credit card. That makes me feel good. It’s huge weight gone. I bought 150 koala trees, that’s the sort of thing that makes me feel good’. Fanny doesn’t know whether she will return to the venue. ‘It may sound naive, but it’s a bit like going to prison and then you have paid your dues – I feel liberated. Confident. I am always a little bit anxious, I suppose like anyone who’s had a problem, but I hope it’s going to be alright. I am amazed how it doesn’t disturb me one little bit not going to the club. ‘I wonder what that means – when you are completely out of control, then it stops’. Q If you feel you have a problem there are many places you can get help – here’s a start: Gamblers Anonymous Australia www.gaaustralia.org.au.

Beach car parks to reopen Council tenants hit by virus Mayor Simon Richardson Main Beach car park restrictions may get relief had councillors’ support at would reopen ‘following last Thursday’s meeting to reopen Clarkes Beach car park, subject to consultation with NSW Police and NPWS. Captain Cook car park, Broken Head Reserve car park, The Pass car park and Tallow Beach car park would open on May 29.

completion of planned resurfacing and maintenance’. Scarrabelottis car park and Council car parks within 7 Mile Beach Road will remain closed. Time restrictions at South Beach Road and Brunswick Heads remain unchanged.

Councillors ask for pause on new NSW govt planning rule Council planning staff’s recommendation to accept and progress with a new state government directive that would fast-track manor houses in residential areas was rejected by councillors at last Thursday’s meeting. While other NSW councils have been forced to adopt the new laws, Byron had been granted an extension. Council’s director Sustainable Environment and Economy, Shannon Burt, told councillors that her feeling

is that a deferral ‘won’t be granted’, and that the NSW government want Council to progress on the matter. Any delay, she advised, should come with a time frame. Councillors resolved to request that, ‘Council write to the minister to reiterate its concerns about the Low-rise Medium Density Code and its negative impact on Byron Shire and its community as previously resolved, and to request a further pause to the code’s implementation’.

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scaled rent relief program that waives and/or defers up Byron Council looks set to to 100 per cent of rent and allow dozens of businesses outgoings owed to Council which rent its buildings to by eligible business for a waive or defer rent payments period of up to six months,’ if they have been negatively the author of the report, impacted by COVID-19. Council’s legal counsel, In a report to be voted on Ralph James said. at this week’s meeting, staff ‘All tenants of a Councilhave proposed a scaled rent owned property are eligible relief program for Council’s to seek relief. commercial and non-profit ‘However, the recomtenants. mended waiver/deferral The report and accompa- differs depending on how nying documents, partially the COVID-19 pandemic has published in the agenda impacted the tenant, and on to Thursday’s meeting, the commercial status of the indicate that dozens of tenant.’ tenants have contacted The details of the busiCouncil seeking rent relief nesses and organisations for the period of COVID-19 which have applied for help restrictions. have been kept confidential by the Council to prevent Limited operations details of their financial situMany have been forced to ations from becoming public. close or drastically limit their Tenants in Council-owned operations. buildings who wish to seek ‘The measures proposed rent relief are invited to in this report comprise a contact Council. North Coast news daily in Echonetdaily www.echo.net.au

Local News Getting ‘COVID-19 ready’ for visitors, students Mandy Nolan With national media touting Byron Bay as one of the tourism hot spots for the upcoming July school holidays (July 4 till 19), our region will need to have measures in place to manage the sudden influx of numbers. Detective Chief Inspector Matt Kehoe, officer in charge of Byron Police Station, believes that one of the major challenges for the community and for policing has been the confusion around allowable regulations from state to state, and then within the state when they become more relaxed. ‘We still speak with health and other local emergency service committee members every week’, says Inspector Kehoe. ‘It is very confusing – we have to make sure we brief our staff when the new directions come in, as the community aren’t really on top of the changes.’ Over the weekend, Byron police responded to gatherings that were not compliant with the NSW COVID-19 regulations. ‘A lot of people think

From June 1, people will be able to travel on holidays. Photo Jeff ‘On The Border’ Dawson that when you can have ten people, you can have big parties, they don’t understand that it’s still five visitors at your home.’ From June 1, people will be able to travel on holidays. ‘We have been speaking with Council, and with local accommodation providers, in regard to what we may experience at that time’, said Inspector Kehoe. One of the more confusing aspects has been the closure of the QLD border. QLD permits are required to enter QLD, but Queenslanders are able to cross the

border into NSW without a pass. As such, policing the border is under the jurisdiction of the QLD police. ‘The border hasn’t had a significant impact on us,’ Inspector Kehoe says, ‘although from a policing point of view, it has benefited us crime wise, because we don’t have the offenders coming down from Queensland. We have seen a slight decrease in our crime figures.’ The major concern from a policing point of view across the state has been the influx of local traffic during drop off

and pick up times as school resumes.

Return to school Inspector Kehoe says, ‘I spoke to the school principals in the area. We don’t want to see hundreds of cars turn up at Byron High School because people are fearful of buses’. He added, ‘If buses are available, people need to use buses, but they do need to have safe distancing provisions in place. ‘It’s important this week to be aware there will be more cars on the road at those times, and to be patient’.

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COMMUNITY UPDATE Living through this pandemic is incredibly challenging. Everyone has been affected in some way – whether by illness or death, the loss of a job or an impacted business, risking personal health to provide an essential service, having to stay away from vulnerable loved ones or trying to manage families in isolation. As a country we know we are lucky XS LEZI ƥEXXIRIH XLI GYVZI ERH to have avoided the worst case scenarios but we are recovering from something big and the world may not look like it used to. As we transition out of isolation it is so important that we continue to do the suggested things so that we can safely recover.

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Despite being hit hard by virus, ōƖĕƆĪĕƆƐ şǔ ĕſƆ ƐĶĈŊĕƐ ſĕĪƖŕĎƆ Hans Lovejoy Bluesfest management say ticket holders will now have options and a time frame for refunds, after April’s event was cancelled, three weeks out from the festival, by a Public Health (COVID-19 Public Events) Order. Gatherings of more than 500 people were banned in March, forcing the entertainment industry to close, which continues to impact heavily upon the entire sector. Festival director, Peter Noble OAM, says while he sympathises with stallholders who want their fees refunded, he has offered to roll over the fees they paid for the 2020 event for next year, ‘which gives up a year’s stallholder income for Bluesfest 2021 for our company’. Mr Noble told The Echo, ‘48 Stalls have confirmed their participation in Bluesfest 2021’. A number of stallholders, who wished to remain anonymous, contacted The Echo, frustrated they were not offered a fee refund. ‘I’ve always acted honourably,’ Mr Noble said. ‘As a premier event, we have suffered like all other festivals. We all need support. The

Festival director Peter Noble OAM. Photo supplied offer of a free fee rollover is also beyond what is legally required. ‘We had spent vast sums of money to have a successful trading environment for our 2020 event, from which we all intended to benefit, including our stallholders. Sadly it was not to be’. He says, unlike many other entertainment related businesses impacted by COVID-19, Bluesfest has not made any employees redundant. ‘Bluesfest staff members continue to work, albeit on reduced hours, in order to ensure the future of Bluesfest for when the time comes that the festival is allowed to present again. ‘We spent a large sum to create and provide the conditions for stallholders to trade,’ he said.

Mr Noble added that the stallholder terms and conditions stipulate that Bluesfest has no liability or obligation to refund their deposit or stall fees if a stallholder cannot trade because of a force majeure event, which includes an order to cancel by government. Stallholders also had the option to insure themselves, Mr Noble said. ‘It would seem most didn’t, unfortunately’. With Bluesfest preparations almost complete, and money invested into making a successful event already spent, management were forced to call off the world renowned event just three weeks before it was to be held when the pandemic hit Australian shores. The 31 year festival was touting one of its biggest lineups ever for 2020, including the Dave Matthews Band, George Benson, Kool and the Gang, and John Mayall. By attracting tens of thousands of local, interstate and overseas punters, it is also one of the region’s largest economic drawcards. A 2019 report by Lawrence Consulting claims that last year’s event poured a total of over $159.1 million into the NSW economy. The report estimated a contribution to

gross regional product (GRP) of $49.8 million in Byron Shire, and $95.7 million in the Northern Rivers.

¨ĶĈŊĕƐ ëſſëŕīĕŔĕŕƐƆ A statement on the Bluesfest website says, ‘In the week commencing June 15, ticket holders will be contacted directly with information on your options for 2021, as well as the refund process. ‘Bluesfest will provide refunds to those who select that option, and the process for this will be outlined at that time. At this time, we will offer existing ticket holders an exclusive pre-sale offer to purchase early bird tickets for Bluesfest 2021, before they go on-sale to the general public late June. ‘We will find a way to continue and present in 2021. I am a veteran; having been in this incredible industry since the ’60s, I have never experienced such a dire situation for the performing arts. ‘As a premier event, we need to present another Bluesfest not only for ourselves, but also for the entire entertainment industry to see that there will be a brighter day, and that as an industry we will come back from this’.

!şƖŕĈĶōōşſƆ Ɛş ĈşŕƆĶĎĕſ ƱĶōĎōĶĪĕ ſşëĎ ƆĶīŕƆ Paul Bibby Road signs featuring photographs of native animals are set to go up around the Shire as part of a new trial designed to reduce roadkill. With motor vehicle collision recently revealed to be the second highest cause of koala mortality in the Northern Rivers, Byron Council will vote this Thursday on whether or not to accept Rewilding Australia’s invitation to take part in the trial. The strategy is based on the idea that photographs of native animals are more compelling than other visual representations, and thus a more effective way to

encourage motorists to slow down. Byron Council’s biodoversity officer, Lizabeth Caddick, said in a Council report, ‘While installing more signs alerting drivers to wildlife appears to be an obvious solution, this needs to be balanced with concerns re overuse of signs in the Shire (signage pollution) and the effectiveness of signs in the medium to long-term (signage habituation/fatigue). ‘The effectiveness of different mitigation measures is frequently site and species specific, i.e. what works at one site for one species, may not be effective at a different site’.

LED streetlights rolled out Council staff say they have begun replacing older street lighting with more efficient LED lighting to reduce Byron Shire’s carbon footprint and move a step closer to achieving its zero emissions target. South Golden Beach and Ocean Shores streetlights have been replaced in recent weeks, say Council. Council’s Sustainability and Emissions Reduction officer, Julia Curry, said, ‘Replacing 119 old streetlights with new LEDs is equivalent to taking eight cars off the road. ‘Streetlights are

responsible for around 3.5 per cent of Council’s actual operational emissions profile, so there are significant savings when you start replacing these old, inefficient streetlights with something way more environmentally friendly. ‘If we were to replace all of our old streetlights with new LED streetlights, that 3.5 per cent figure could be halved – and that is what we will be aiming for,’ Ms Curry said. ‘Considering the Shire has almost 2,000 streetlights, we would be looking at saving around $150,000 per year’.

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A young traveller who was forced to have her baby in Byron after being stranded by COVID-19 has received a $1,000 donation from a local philanthropic foundation. And the same foundation has teamed up with another donor to give $20,000 to the Byron Community Centre. Last week The Echo reported on Vicky Lebedeva and her partner Robin, who became stuck in Byron when COVID-19 prevented the heavily pregnant mum from travelling back to Europe. After seeing the article, the co-founder of the L&R Uechtritz Foundation, Lorena Garcia, donated $1,000 to the couple via the Byron Community Centre. ‘My partner Robin came home and said she had made a really generous donation to us,’ Ms Garcia said.

In addition to the $1,000 donation the L&R Uechtritz Foundation also teamed up with another donor to give $20,000 to the Community Centre. The foundation had said that if up to five other local businesses or individuals are willing to pitch in and raise $10,000 between them, it would match that donation dollar for dollar.

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Feeling the love with the new bub: Vicky and Robin. Photo Jeff Dawson ‘It’s really amazing and really lovely. ‘It takes a bit of the pressure off with having a new baby, and it also just

means so much to us to have that support from the community, and from the Centre, especially when you’re so far from home.’

This week, another foundation that wished to remain anonymous stepped in to help, offering $10,000 in a single donation. ‘We’re really grateful for the support from all of our donors,’ general manager of the Centre, Louise O’Connell, said. ‘$20,000 will supply 80 local families in need with groceries for a week.’

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Byron Shire Council Notices PUBLIC EXHIBITION OF DEVELOPMENT APPLICATIONS

DEVELOPMENT CONSENTS

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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.

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.

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Documents on exhibition are available for viewing on Council’s website at www.byron.nsw.gov.au/Public-Notice.

MAKE A SUBMISSION Submissions may be made to Council in the following ways: Online:

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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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BYRON BAY BYPASS CONSTRUCTION OF ACOUSTIC AT-PROPERTY TREATMENTS REQUEST FOR TENDER NO: 2020-0023

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 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

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 10.2020.216.1 – BYRON BAY, 20 Beachcomber Drive 1.8m High Front Fence 10.2020.56.1 – MYOCUM, 84 Myocum Downs Drive Home Industry 10.2020.106.1 – OCEAN SHORES, 1/10 Whitton Court Strata Subdivision Two (2) Lots 10.2019.565.1 – FEDERAL, 330 Federal Drive Agricultural Produce Industry (Meadery) and Shed. 10.2020.73.1 – COOPERS SHOOT, 665 Cooper Shoot Road Farm Building 10.2020.131.1 – MYOCUM, 16-20 Myocum Ridge Road Subdivision of Two (2) Lots into Two (2) Lots 10.2020.151.1 – SUFFOLK PARK, 106 Alcorn Street Tree Removal Two (2) Trees 10.2019.624.1 – MULLUMBIMBY CREEK, 33 Brushbox Drive Dual Occupancy (Detached) and associated Earthworks 10.2020.222.1 – MULLUMBIMBY, 156 Stuart Street Green House Structure in Mullumbimby Community Gardens

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

10.2020.2.1 – BRUNSWICK HEADS, 40 Booyun Street Alterations and Additions to Consolidate Existing Dwellings into One (1) Dwelling House, New Secondary Dwelling and Swimming Pool and Demolition and Replacement of Garage

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

10.2020.36.1 – BYRON BAY, 18 Banksia Drive Light Industry comprising Eighteen (18) Units, Takeaway Food and Drink Premises and Associated Works

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

10.2020.153.1 – SUFFOLK PARK, 1/82 Alcorn Street Swimming Pool

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

9.2020.20.1 – BANGALOW, 6 Palm-Lily Crescent Tree Removal (2) Trees 10.2019.303.2 – BANGALOW, 7/226 Fowlers Lane S4.55 to Modify Approved First Floor Plan

APPLICATIONS REFUSED 10.2020.49.1 – MULLUMBIMBY, 33 Station Street 1.8 Metre High Front Fence

Description: Byron Shire Council (Council) invites tenders for a contract to construct acoustic at-property treatments for affected properties on Butler Street, Byron Bay. Details of the proposed contract and the assessment criteria requirements are set out in the Request for Tender documentation referred to below.

10.2020.221.1 – Upper Wilsons Creek, 251 Upper Wilsons Creek Road (Lot 1 DP 814747) Planners North, Use of Structure as a Shed 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)

10.2020.85.1 – BYRON BAY, 16 Shirley Street Use of Studio

Obtaining Documentation: Request for Tender documents may be obtained by contacting Vendorpanel at www.vendorpanel.com.au/ byron. If you experience difﬁculties accessing the website, please call the Vendorpanel helpdesk on 03 9095 6181.

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)

10.2020.57.1 – BYRON BAY, 35 Cowper Street Use of Alterations and Additions to Existing dwelling House and Change of Use of Garage to Shed.

EXHIBITION CLOSES 17 JUNE 2020

Contact: For further details please contact Daniel Strzina at dstrzina@byron.nsw.gov.au OR Joshua Winter at jwinter@byron.nsw.gov.au.

10.2020.230.1 – Mullumbimby, 156 Stuart Street (Lot 22 DP 1073165) Ms S Y Mainsbridge, Nursery Structure

Mandatory Tender Brieﬁng/Site Inspection: A mandatory tender brieﬁng/site inspection will be held at 1PM on Wednesday 10 June at Butler Street, Byron Bay (meet outside Glen Villa Resort).

COMMUNITY INITIATIVES PROGRAM (SECTION 356)

Deadline: Tenders close at 2PM on Friday 10 July 2020. Invitation: Council invites any person willing to fulﬁl the requirements of the proposed contract to submit a tender to Council by the deadline speciﬁed in this advertisement and in accordance with the Tender Documents referred to above. Please note: The canvassing of Councillors or Council staff in relation to this tender will disqualify tenders from the tender process.

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 • Waste • Biodiversity • 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 sustainability@byron.nsw.gov.au

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DEFERRED APPROVAL APPLICATIONS

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.

COMPLYING DEVELOPMENT CERTIFICATES ISSUED SECTION 4.31 EP&A ACT 1979 AND CLAUSE 137 EP&A REGULATIONS 2000 The following complying development certificates may be inspected free of charge at Council’s Customer Service Counter, Station Street, Mullumbimby during normal office hours 8.30am to 4.30pm weekdays, excluding public holidays. The validity of these certificates cannot be questioned in any legal proceeding except those commenced in the Land & Environment Court by any person within 3 months of this notice. 16.2020.23.1 – OCEAN SHORES 6 Goolara Court Ensuite Addition

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

Applications close: 4pm Friday 3 July 2020

Submissions close: 2 June 2020

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

Enquiries: Paula Telford Leasing Coordinator on 02 6626 7300

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

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.

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Ready for the upright position… … There wasn’t space in other parts of the paper to cover all the important planning decisions that were made last Thursday by our glorious and courageous councillors. And if that wasn’t enough to satisfy, there’s an upcoming Council meeting this Thursday! Contained within that meeting agenda is a new policy suggestion for staff to manage unreasonable customer conduct. Looks like Fast Buck$ has finally had a policy created for him.

Rare and precious coastal rainforest Okay, onto last Thursday’s online planning meeting. A rare, large parcel of precious coastal rainforest just south of Broken Head is moving towards a community title (CT), after councillors voted to proceed with the Linnaeus Estate proposal. This matters of course, because there is diminishing high biodiversity everywhere. It’s all precious, folks. And this is an area where its inhabitants have traditionally placed a high value on keeping it that way. Neighbour Simeon Michaels is keeping a keen eye on the plans, which appear to now be straying a long way from its original intent (and DA) as an educational facility, limited to 72 people. He told councillors, in public access, that since 1998 the landowners have submitted over ten applications, which included ‘increasing occupation to 112 people, tripling their sewage capacity, and replacing primitive campsites with luxury beach houses, and attempting to get out of paying s94E contributions’. He added Council has been taken to court four times, with Council winning the majority of cases. It now could become a tourism facility, he says. Despite the applicant denying that it would, he points to ‘page 28, line 10, of the staff report which shows the two are connected’. Councillors later resolved to ask the proponent to provide a current coastal hazard study ‘that informs the amended planning proposal to Council’s satisfaction’. A community meeting or workshop, facilitated by Council, is also stipulated.

Ɩſëō ĕưĕŕƐƆ şǔ Īşſ ƐëƐĕ īşưƐ ëżżſşưëō Moving on – Taryn McGregor from the Byron Events Industry Association told her members that Council’s draft LEP amendment, to allow Rural Event Sites in RU2 zones as an approved use with consent, was passed by councillors. She said, ‘It’s a huge success story for the Byron Shire and admittedly will not suit everyone, but we see this as the first way forward, allowing properties to achieve what they had not been able to before – get approval specifically for commercial events and weddings. There are requirements for approval, namely traffic and noise reports’. Hans Lovejoy, editor News tips are welcome: editor@echo.net.au

n the end, it was all about saving face. The dodgy compromise resolution to set up an inquiry over the origins of the novel coronavirus left everyone claiming a win. The European Union took credit for moving it and pushing it through. The United Nations showed it could and would take a stand and produce consensus. The World Health Organisation took over the running of the exercise. China got its way about timing, and at least some of the terms of reference. And of course it was all Australia’s idea in the first place. What’s not to like? Well, principally the depressing fact that the bickering indeed delivered an unanimous vote, but in the process made it all but meaningless. China could not bully its way into having the inquiry closed down altogether, but it got the next best outcome: cutting off its balls. This is why China’s bellicose diplomats were able to gloat that Australia’s boasting about delivering a diplomatic triumph was a joke. The proposal, as put forward originally, was for a totally independent tribunal, not bound by the WHO or any other organisation, its timetable and range unconstrained by national politics from any direction. What emerged was a bureaucratic shambles that will not even begin to be considered until, as China insists, the virus is under control – read, until China is bloody well good and ready to allow it to proceed. And what’s more, it is to be scientific and objective – Beijing-speak for absolving them from any blame for their own actions. This is worse than pointless: it is seriously counterproductive. Not only will the inquiry, if it ever takes place, be unable to target the wet market in Wuhan, let alone the biological laboratories near the city; it will make it practically impossible for anyone else to initiate serious examination. China, once again, is showing the world – and particularly Australia – who’s the big kid on the block. It did make concessions, deciding that a Clayton’s inquiry was a better option than straight out opposition. The moment of truth came, probably, when the intense lobbying from the Europeans, the Australians, and their other allies, persuaded a large chunk of the African block to support a resolution.

Africa, like much of the developing world, is hugely important to Beijing – a key part of the clientele it hopes to enlist as part of its Belt and Road policy, by which it will dominate large parts of – not only the international economy, but strategic areas of influence across the board.

The only bully big and ugly enough to give China pause is the ® Ǽ ëŕĎ ĶƐƆ ĕǓ şſƐƆ Ķŕ ƱëīĶŕī ĶƐƆ şƱŕ ƐſëĎĕ Ʊëſ ƱĶƐĲ ƐĲĕ Ďſëīşŕ have not gone too well Ķŕ ſĕĈĕŕƐ ƐĶŔĕƆ Mungo MacCallum A stoush was simply not worth the risk, especially when there was an alternative that could protect its own interests without any serious threat. So China, absurdly, became a cosponsor – the outcome Australia was pretending to urge while working as hard as possible to force its major trading partner into a humiliating backdown. The Chinese, of course, were well aware of the manoeuvring, and promptly applied a touch of the lash: whacking up the tariff on Australian barley. Utterly unrelated – spluttered desperate ministers in Canberra – that dispute had been going on for months, long before COVID -19 had even been named. The timing was a complete coincidence, and for the moment let’s ignore the clear warnings that barley may just be the first move – exports, from wine and seafood to education, are on a current list that could be brought into play at any moment. Trade and politics just don’t mix. What matters more is that coal is not immune, and even iron ore, the great remaining prop to shore up Australia’s faltering economy, could be vulnerable. This is quite literally unthinkable to Scott Morrison and his colleagues – even they admit that during the 2009 GFC crisis, flogging raw materials to China was crucial to keeping the nation out of recession. Now recession is already upon us, and to lose our only chance of avoiding a still worse future would be catastrophic.

And this is why Morrison’s government is determined to pretend that not only will it not happen, it can’t – the Chinese need us just as much as we need them, that is what the great trading relationship has always been all about. We are their friends and allies. We are all in this together. Unfortunately this is delusional, folie de grandeur. China wants our iron ore, indeed, wants all the stuff we can flog, not just to China but to anywhere willing to pay. But China has other markets if it needs them. And if Australia attempts to retaliate, to play a bit of tit for tat, and starts some kind of mini-trade skirmish of its own – and even lands a couple of punches – so what? The government of Xi Jinping does not have to worry about some kind of electoral backlash from its long-suffering citizenry. Equally, it is silly for Morrison to insist that China stick to the rules, to appeal to the World Trade Organisation as an umpire, to assemble a coalition of like-minded nations to come together demanding free and fair trade. For starters it won’t happen; but even if Morrison could bring off another of his miracles, and confront Beijing with an ultimatum, the reply would be treated with precisely the same disdain China evinced last week. The only bully big and ugly enough to give China pause is the USA, and its efforts in waging its own trade war with the dragon have not gone too well in recent times. We have clung to the belief, seldom if ever fulfilled since about 1942, that in the crunch, Washington would come to our side. But our great and powerful friend has other preoccupations, particularly in the age of The Donald, and bailing out ScoMo is not one of them. To his credit, Morrison has made it clear that he is not going to grovel to Trump’s America either, leaving it out of the loop during his push for an inquiry. The USA voted in favour, but was never an active player. So our leader’s sudden assertiveness can be called almost even-handed. Morrison has not only saved one face, but two. The trick now is not to overplay his hand, and avoid the temptation to throw himself too far forward and fall flat on yet a third face.

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Letters Call out Eureka DA Recently, a development application (DA) was lodged that threatens some of the state’s most valuable farmland at 149 Federal Drive, Eureka. The DA, lodged by EGS Investments Pty Ltd, seeks to convert a viable operating macadamia orchard and cattle grazing property to a Community Title (CT) development. Fifteen ‘rural living lots’ are proposed. Most of the living lots will be on land that is not only zoned RU1 Primary Production, but has been repeatedly recognised by NSW Primary Industries as state significant farmland. Such land is required, by law, to be protected for appropriate rural uses, and to be used for competing uses (read: ‘residential areas’) only where it is ‘fully justified in the strategic planning context’. That’s clearly not the case here. The nearby village of Federal has been identified in the Rural Land Use Strategy 2017 as the location for such rural residential development. Why are local residents and neighbouring farmers concerned? It’s because Council last year approved

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Cartoon by Clint Cassell a multiple occupancy (MO) development for the same property. Council’s planners recommended approval, for reasons that continue to puzzle, and councillors were fed a Polyanna story by the developer about how great the MO would be for the environment, housing, and the existing farm business on the property. Only Crs Cameron and Coorey questioned these claims. It’s time to call out development applications that threaten to destroy the long-term future of prime agricultural land and farming enterprises. This is Eureka’s ‘West Byron’ moment. Councillors, please apply the same scrutiny to this DA. Put the wider interests of the community before profit for a few. Future generations will thank you for it. Geoffrey Cotton Eureka

Not human habitat Does Ballina Mayor Wright want the drumlines to stay and shark nets to come back? What we humans must realise is that the ocean is the sea creatures’ habitat. Most surfers know and respect this. The shark nets are devastating to all sea creatures, so I for one hope the nets never come back to Ballina Shire. We swim and surf in the ocean knowing that sharks are out there – that’s the risk we take, and we must accept that. Paul Brecht Evans Head

DĕƆƐĶưëō şĪ !wÈP'ȒǨǰ In the past few days, the NSW government appears to have changed direction on managing the COVID-19 pandemic. Not surprisingly, this has left many who had

praised its performance and its ‘slow and steady’ strategy feeling totally confused. Suddenly, accelerating a ‘snap back’ to the pre-March economy appears to be the new narrative. However, there has been no update by our Premier of what is proposed for the big music festivals scheduled for Byron Shire – Splendour in October, and the Falls Festival over the New Year’s break. I have always been a supporter of the ‘Shire of festivals’ concept. But in this period of COVID-19, and without a vaccine, the question has to be asked: ‘Is our Shire fully prepared for bringing up to 50,000 people together for three days and then letting them loose on the unprotected towns of Byron Bay, Mullumbimby and Brunswick Heads?’ Large intense religious festivals in France and Iran led to uncontrolled COVID-19 outbreaks in these countries. In South Korea, one church gathering affected hundreds. Ditto for the Cheltenham Race Festival in March, where thousands gathered before the lockdown, and then spread the infection into all corners of the UK and Ireland. This event was held days before the UK abandoned its ‘herd immunity without a vaccine’ policy. For the past six weeks, Wategos Beach has been packed out with young surfers, both local and visiting, all taking advantage of the excellent surf and abundant time to spare. Observing the under-30’s it’s patently clear that they practice zero social distancing, with handshakes, kissing and hugging ▶ Continued on next page

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Planet Watch: the great global experiment David Lowe Humans have been suffering from COVID-19, but what about the rest of the planet? Social media is full of stories about pollution dissipating and new opportunities for our fellow creatures to breathe, swim, and exist, but how deep do these changes go? Is anything big rippling beyond this moment? The signs are confusing. We’re in the midst of a great global experiment. One hidden gift of this pandemic is time to reflect. As the meme goes, ‘It’s like the Earth just sent us all to our rooms to think about what we’ve done.’ The numbers are certainly dramatic. According to the International Energy Agency, global CO2 emissions are expected to fall by eight per cent this year due to the effects of COVID-19. This is about six times greater than the effect of the 2008 financial crisis.

A fall of 8 per cent Coincidentally, an eight per cent drop is roughly equivalent to what Carbon Brief (www.carbonbrief.org) has estimated is needed to limit warming to less than 1.5 degrees. To achieve this, people have stopped flying, the cruise industry is out of action (possibly permanently), there are fewer cars and trucks on the road, and many people’s lives have changed beyond recognition. But humans are still eating, and the internet servers of the world have been running hot. Mining, logging and

CHESS by Ian Rogers When in March the national Junior Elite Training Squad (JETS) cancelled their annual camp scheduled for the Gold Coast in July, many were disappointed but one parent decided to do something about it. Perth’s Joli Mendez not only proposed that an online camp could be held via Zoom, but volunteered her services to make sure that it was held. Mendez’s enthusiasm proved contagious and, with the continued support of JETS sponsor Geraldine Johns-Putra, the 2020 camp will be held on its original dates with legend Judit Polgar giving the opening lecture. JETS began on the Gold Coast two decades ago when a Canberra parent, Jenni Oliver, decided that the presence in Australia of top Grandmasters competing at the Parkroyal International should not be wasted. Oliver arranged for the GMs to stay on at the Gold Coast and, with many top juniors also playing in the Parkroyal tournament, organised and funded four days of intensive, small group coaching employing both international

factory farming have all continued unabated. The economic shock associated with this eight per cent drop has been enough to induce panic in most of the world’s leaders, to the point where they’re talking about sacrificing various numbers of their own citizens to keep the economic wheels rolling.

Less smog Less smog also brings the problem of global brightening. Until now, the aerosol effect has mitigated the greenhouse effect. With less particulate pollution, more of the sun’s heat is reaching the Earth’s surface. While this hasn’t yet led to the widespread crop failures some doomsayers have predicted, April 2020 was still the hottest April on record for the globe, according to NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration). The positive side of brightening is that there have been far fewer air pollution related deaths in recent months. According to the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air, 11,000 of these deaths were avoided in the UK and Europe, in April alone. In some countries, more people are estimated to have been saved in this way than have died from COVID-19.

Ocean temps rise But still the heat keeps rising, and most of it is going into the ocean. Last month, the global ocean surface temperature was and local GMs as the coaches. Oliver’s formula has remained almost unchanged for 20 years, with the JETS camp hosted in cities down Australia’s east coast and across to Adelaide in a five year rotation. Over the years the number of participants has expanded from 20 to 30, with a minimum of 10 girls in the squad. The age profile of the participants has also trended younger, as preteen stars have emerged. IT company boss Oliver was the early sponsor, followed by businessman Henry Ergas and, for the past decade, lawyer Geraldine Johns-Putra. Johns-Putra, a former Olympiad captain for Australia, now based in Melbourne, has even had the chance to visit some of the JETS camps. There will be no opportunity to visit the virtual 2020 camp, which will feature five Grandmaster coaches working from around Australia and Budapest. However, both Johns-Putra and Mendez will have ensured that a rare opportunity for Australian youngsters to enjoy Grandmaster coaching is not lost in 2020.

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0.83 degrees above the 20th century average. Rising temperatures are devastating reefs, disrupting the food chain, and changing currents. And heat is just part of the problem. Nitrogen run-off from agriculture is creating massive oceanic dead zones with no oxygen, while acidification is making it impossible for many marine animals to build their shells. Aquatic species are going extinct faster than they can be named. If the oceans die, we die. But for many humans this is all out of sight and out of mind, in spite of the fact that one of every two breaths comes from the ocean, and 15 per cent of global human protein intake comes from the sea.

Fossil fuels no help The more fossil fuels we burn, the more the oceans are imperilled. Just to take one striking example; ten years ago the Deepwater Horizon caught fire in the Gulf of Mexico and caused the largest marine oil spill in history, causing ecological devastation. But as Alanna Mitchell explains in her Grantham Prize winning book, Sea Sick, it would have been even worse for the global climate, and the ocean, if the oil had been captured and burned as intended. Now oil is officially worth less than nothing. There’s nowhere to store what’s been drilled, and tanker ships are unable to unload their cargoes. Gas is in the same situation. But you aren’t going to be paid to fill

up your car any time soon. That’s because powerful people are taking advantage of the current situation to further their destructive agendas. Scott Morrison has appointed Neville Power (Strike Energy, Fortescue Metals) to lead the economic recovery team, and other people with similar backgrounds surround the PM, all of who stand to gain substantially from a fossilfuel led ‘recovery’. This is why the Pilliga gas project is progressing, without proper oversight, behind closed doors, and Peabody Energy has just been given the green light to mine for coal beneath Woronora Reservoir, threatening the water supply of Sydney. Native forest logging is ramping up across NSW, unabated, despite bushfire and virus, and the woodchip export industry has just restarted in Eden. The people who would normally be locking themselves to the bulldozers are stuck at home, under threat of arrest. The student climate strikers have also been forced to move online. It’s the same story from Hong Kong to New York. You don’t need to be a conspiracy theorist to see who is profiting from this situation.

Conspiracy theory? Speaking of conspiracy theories, Michael Moore chose Earth Day to release Planet of the Humans on YouTube. The film has been justly pilloried for its hopelessly outdated attacks on renewable energy,

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but the film does make some valid points too. Can human technology solve the problems that human technology created? Much as we would all love this to be true, it seems unlikely. Clearly we will have to change the way we live, either by choice – now – or by necessity later. Isolation is a great time to plant something! The fact is that we live on a precarious planet in an unfriendly universe. There are many things over which we have no control (asteroids, the solar minimum, shifting poles, Donald Trump) – each of which might push everything wildly out of balance. The least we can do is to use our intelligence to maintain the balance of our life-support

system as best we can. That means listening to scientists, not billionaires. If the great global experiment of 2020 has taught us anything so far, it’s that everyone is connected, and tiny things can have worldchanging effects. Tipping points – from the positive to the terrifying – continue to accelerate towards us at great speed. Where and how they collide will determine the fate of our species and many others with us.

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remaining the norm. They just don’t get it. I understand that, as the feeling of invincibility has always been the essence of youth. As a deteriorating senior, I don’t mind hiding away a bit longer if it helps young people get back to work earlier, and gets local businesses back up and running. I want to see restaurants reopen, chefs employed and music makers fed. If that’s the deal, I’m happy. However, on the other side of the bargain, we look to our State government and Council not to take unnecessary risks in expediting the return to ‘normal’ economic activity. One Ruby Princess is enough. If these festivals do go ahead, the organisers will have a COVID-19 safety plan for their customers. But for the community at large, Council should prepare its own special COVID-19 safety plan to make sure Byron doesn’t become known as the origin of the second wave. So, councillors: if you intend to permit these festivals, let us know very soon about how you propose to protect us. After all, we are all in this together, aren’t we? Oliver Dunne Byron Bay

After enduring the extreme conditions of last summer it seems like an increasingly stupid move by Forestry NSW to continue with plans to log bushfire and droughtdecimated public native forests such as Myrtle State Forest south of Casino. There is overwhelming proof that logging increases bushfire risk. (https://bit. ly/3c1FW9m) In addition, and of equal concern, koala populations in the region have experienced a huge reduction in numbers, and their habitat. They face extinction if we do not act now to preserve what habitat remains. A trip to Myrtle State Forest will show you a forest that is burnt out, degraded with few logs of value. What this forest does contain is valuable as wildlife habitat for koala, owls, and gliders. It’s time that Environment Minister Matt Kean, and Resources Minister, John Barilaro, act to place a moratorium on logging in any public native forest that contains remaining koala habitat. Minister Matt Kean has publicly stated that he wants to see ‘koalas thrive into the future’. These ministers need to Continued on page 16 ▶

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Celebrating 100 years of Labor for Byron Politics is the highest art; all other arts and crafts are subservient to it, for politics aims at the overall wellbeing of a society. – Aristotle Rusty Miller The year 2020 is the one hundredth anniversary of the Byron Bay branch, Australian Labor Party (ALP). When celebrating the Byron branch’s history we must mention a man of all seasons, a person I met when I first came here, half a century ago: Tony Kibblewhite, a lifetime Labor member. He was the first local businessman and real estate agent who accepted me as a fresh naïve Yank immigrant. Tony was an interesting, knowledgeable and fascinating individual, who, to me, exemplified a non-judgemental and civil Australian gentleman. His qualifications and experience were extensive and broad: dealer of social services, Ansett airplane and bus ticket agent, valuer, Justice of the Peace, auctioneer, operator of the Literary Institute (community centre), librarian, film projector operator, and former Byron Shire councillor. He first stepped onto the Byron jetty off a coastal steamer in Byron Bay in 1923. His dad, an English schoolmaster from Sheffield, had offered Tony the opportunity to join the Dreadnaught Scheme, a program designed to promote and assist the migration of British youth willing to be farm workers in

Tony Kibblewhite in conversation at Rusty and Trish Miller’s house in Coorabell in the 1980s. Photo Rusty Miller Australia. Some boys returned to their homeland and others, like Tony, stayed and made a life here. After a short time of milking near Bangalow, Tony went on to work at many jobs around the Shire: clearing the Newrybar swamp drains, Newrybar bakery assistant, and then doing the dairy cream runs, as well as delivering newspapers and bread. In the early days there was a lot of transport on horseback. He said on Saturdays they would often have impromptu horse racing along the unpaved main street of Bangalow where it was a bit of a wild west atmosphere.

Progressive politics During WWII Tony was a member of the Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC). Because he was blind in one eye (owing to a dart accident in his temple when he was ten) he was not eligible to be in the regular army.

Tony never pushed promotion of the Labor party, but extensively spoke on and explained the principles that Labor’s political progressive theory was about. Noteworthy in his personal political history was that his father was a friend to David Lloyd George, a hero, and later British Prime Minister, and one of the most influential English statesmen of the early twentieth century. Lloyd George was a pioneer of social reforms, significant acts relating to workers’ rights, public funding of education, housing planning, social health insurance funding, and unemployment support. These social programs were certainly important to Tony and he worked to implement them throughout his life. Many of these good works were harmonious with what our local Labor party was – and continues to be – concerned with and involved in. Shortly after the election of Gough Whitlam in 1972 the Byron branch of the ALP hired a bus and a group of us travelled to Murwillumbah to attend a thank you ALP dinner. Tony was chosen as the Master of Ceremonies and sat next to Gough and his wife Margaret. Tony Kibblewhite was an eloquent political artist, always aiming to support the overall wellbeing of society. The Byron Bay ALP Branch will be organising celebratory events this year and we ask people to keep a look out and come along to celebrate what has been achieved by social progressives, like Tony and Gough, through the Labor Party.

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FREEDOM OF SPEECH? ABOUT A YEAR AGO THE anti-vax crew wanted to rent a Council-owned hall to hold a public meeting. A Council vote was held, which I addressed to the effect that freedom of speech applies also to those whose views you strongly reject. Mayor Simon Richardson spoke impressively along similar lines. Pity then that Simon is oblivious to his selfcontradictions. In 2013 it was Simon who orchestrated the sneaky deletion of Public Questions from the Council agenda. This I’m sure was done to protect his buddy Ken Gainger, Council’s GM at the time, from scrutiny. In other words, freedom of speech doesn’t exist where it takes the form of questions that annoy one’s mates, apparently. These days Simon does his best to tolerate my questions, knowing that Council’s lawyers will find a way around them. However, as my questions normally relate to governance issues, focussing on staff shenanigans, Simon still resents them because they undermine the credibility

of his administration. The role of his adoring public is, apparently, to just accept his assurances that all is well, that all is as it appears to be, and that the ‘good people’ who constitute the senior staff are beyond reproach, selflessly looking after our interests in ways we cannot hope to understand. Uh-huh.

action, which would allow Cr Sarah Ndiaye to usurp Matthew Reilly’s position on the ballot paper, despite getting a significantly lower vote. I argued that affirmative action is a leg-up, not a permanent bias, that Sarah has already had 4 years to strut her stuff, and that most Greens are women in any case.

Recently a worrying new dimension has emerged: questions on matters that relate to the Greens are off limits. Not only does Simon refuse to provide answers, but also the questions themselves tend to be disallowed, deleted from the public record.

Response: The mayor disallowed the submission as it concerned ‘politics’ rather than ‘Council business’, and had mistakes in it.

A question I put to the 19 March 2020 meeting concerned the suggestion that Sarah Ndiaye at a Greens meeting had accused Paul Jones of costing Council $1.2million, a consequence of his opposition to the Butler St bypass. I asked whether this was true, and if so, how that figure had been arrived at. Response (from the minutes): ‘The mayor advised that the

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Council agitator, Fast Buck$ question will not the permitted, giving reasons that reference by a third party to verbal discussions by a councillor in a private capacity at a private organisation’s meeting is fitting for a letter to the editor rather than a formal question of Council.’ On 21 May I attempted to put a general submission about the recent Greens preselection process. Owing to COVID-19 restrictions I emailed the submission rather than present it in person. My submission concerned the Greens’ policy of affirmative

Note that the above responses are given in the words of a staff member; incredibly public access is not recorded, even though it technically is part of the meeting. Comment: If I were a Greens mayor I would have declared a conflict of interest over the matters raised. This would have avoided any perception that: 1. I am abusing my position to protect the Greens from scrutiny.

On 21 May the mayor also declined to answer my emailed question about where in Greens policy, or in his own previous electoral material, his policy of appeasement to developers is justified or explained. Response (from the minutes): ‘There was no response to this question as the question was not read out upon request by John Anderson.’ This is quite incorrect; what I said in my email was that I’d prefer it not to be read out,

provided the question is still acknowledged by the Chair.

2. I am conducting a personal vendetta against a certain person. 3. The Greens, as a private organisation, are just another secretive political party. 4. I am making up the rules as I go along. Disclosure: I have not communicated with any of the Greens candidates in relation to the matters raised, either directly or indirectly. Unhappy organisations leak. – Fast Buck$

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t was the first anniversary of the Stop Adani convoy on 5 May. We had joined the convoy at Byron – kickstarted with the massive rally at Mullumbimby showgrounds – on Easter Sunday, 21 April 2019. The grand finale for the Stop Adani convoy was the 5,000-strong rally in front of the new parliament house on 5 May. The gathering was huge, collecting people from all over Australia and from Canberra and surrounds, that would join to create an historic momentum for change. It is extraordinary that that was only a year ago. Though politicians were practising ‘political distancing’, we were not distant from each other, but standing as one, with the single proposition of keeping our warming world clean of coal.

Talking to ghosts Parliament was apparently empty; its ministerial content were on a mission to keep Australia full right-wing on an election tour d’Australie. If we, the environmental movement, have got anything wrong, it’s the absence of dialogue with the preoccupied vote-collecting representatives. I have to admit, walking out can be an effective tactic to silence protest. It seems the applicant makes their claim to a ghost. That’s how I experienced my protesting on the green lawn with the modern iciness of Parliament House in front of us. We were applying to a ghost, an invisible barrier to the rescue of our blue planet. The line-up of speakers, and the unity of over 5,000 people holding up signs, clapping hands, and cheering at the speeches that were addressing the serious issues of a global catastrophe made for an unforgettable demonstration of people power. It was a peaceful gathering of people with a sincere interest and honest agenda to bring on the turning of the tide. The distant politicians had better come, watch, and listen, instead of attempting to ignore us. Their absence spoke louder than words.

Direct action? We won’t go away, the problems will not

The Stop Adani convoy on 5 May, 2019 in front of Parliament House. Photo Antoinette Tombrook go away; as long as the problems are present, we will be present. Among the guest speakers were Richard Flanagan; Adrian Burragubba a Wangan and Jagalingou man representing the traditional owners of the land on which the Adani mine is being developed; Blair Palese; and two school strikers, Tess and Taliah, who delivered an impassioned speech that was outstanding and thought provoking. Bob Brown has a gift for rallying people like no other. And Paul Kelly performed the beautiful song My Island Home. Richard Flanagan asked who would be prepared to get jailed for locking-on and blocking access to the mine site, and hands went up everywhere around us. I was in awe of the courage of activists who were able to step out of their comfort zone to commit to such action that hampers the proceedings of mining companies. I am not at that point yet, and I doubt I ever will be. The physical on-site protest is, and must remain, a measure of action that not only reaches the headline news, but delays and stops destruction processes effectively.

Authentic voice The speech by Adrian Burragubba, for me, was the most authentic and deeply convincing: ‘The first law that was here is not the law of the land, the law is in the land. It is our dreaming. The dreaming of the Jagalingou

people... This is why we stand so strong against the Adani project. This part of our dreaming which is being affected... ‘Adani is an environmental terrorist who destroys the whole country… The man is a polluter who destroys everything that’s in the land. With the racist discrimination comes the destruction of our homeland... When they gave the water licence to Adani that was it, that was the declaration of war upon the Jagalingou people and our sovereign rights, and the rights of our ancestors... ‘We don’t want an uncivilised government. We want a respected government that protects us... It’s not over, and we’re gonna win.’ Between the lines I could hear the suppressed anger manifested in the soul by hundreds of years of foreign occupation and dispossession from the land that always was (and always will be) theirs. For the Indigenous nations to forget and adapt is near impossible. The absence of treaties, the continued negative reporting by mainstream media, lost court cases, and stolen land rights – particularly by mining companies – underlie their agony. As does the shunned and ridiculed Uluru Statement from the Heart that requests constitutional reforms.

Irresponsible politicians A few of us sought a spot away from the sun, and our little shelter, where a handful of people met by chance felt like a refuge, not from the rallying mob – but from the

harsh realities that irresponsible politicians in power throw at our communities. The real threats that exploration licence after exploration licence are granted. There are moments of hope, and even euphoria in our collective actions like this rally. But besides the present sensation of being part of a motivated movement for change, there was the nagging thought that if our actions were without consequence, they were without significance. Only time, the thing we haven’t got, will tell. The convoy, the rallies and the final rally in Canberra were our moment to speak up, our time to protest, the expression of our united consensus on the issues of degradation and destruction. Bob Brown committed to his action and with him, thousands of Australians. And Adrian Burrugubba came hurtling down the highway from his homeland in Central Queensland to seize the opportunity to voice his opinion on behalf of his people.

Active resistance I believe that the force of active resistance and public dissent will make an impact. That the call for sanity must put pressure on the government and on the policy makers to stop Adani as a symbol of stopping fossil fuel dependence. I believe this will carve inroads for positive change that may lead to a new definition of human society to be adopted by governments in order to implement the universal law of true prosperity. A law where the health of the natural environment and the health of the people who inhabit this environment would never be put at risk or compromised. The inclusive law would work reciprocally, securing economic and ecological protection of assets in perpetuity. The fight to stop Adani’s mega coal mine continues. The worldwide impact of COVID-19 has brought one hopeful shift – concerning the economic unfeasibility of the project (which we already knew); but unfortunately the clearing of land and construction of the rail corridor are well underway, making the fight that much harder. Find out more at the Adani Watch website (www.adaniwatch.org) put together by wilderness conservationist, Geoff Law.

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Seriously? Has the decision to relocate the picnic gazebo opposite Uncle Tom’s Pies been made by the same committee responsible for the Bayshore Drive roundabout sculpture debacle? It has all the makings. A perfectly good and sound octagonal gazebo structure has for some inexplicable reason been relocated from its concrete slab in the middle of a grassed area to a new concrete slab. The old location

was some 15m from the edge of Gulgan Road and around 25m from Mullumbimby Road. The new location is now barely 5m from the edge of Mullumbimby Road, right on the corner, and 10m from Gulgan Road. This corner is one of the busiest road junctions in the Shire, with approximately 1,500 vehicle movements an hour during daylight hours. The noise and pollution from this number of vehicles is huge. Who is going to want to sit there? What on Earth is Council thinking (again)? The rationale is hard to fathom. The cost is unwarranted. Apart from the new concrete slab, the expenditure will include reroofing the structure, as the crane required to lift it ▶ Continued on page 18

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ecently outside parliament house in Sydney a woman was wrestled into a paddy wagon by half a dozen cops while she and the cops fought for control of her four-year-old child who was screaming for them to leave mummy alone. One of her crimes was carrying a sign that said: ‘If you don’t know your rights, you don’t have any.’ Her other crimes were not maintaining social distance, and refusing to move on. She was in a small group protesting against the State government’s insistence on keeping us all 1.5 metres apart and in our homes (unless we have the right reason), and not in a group of people. We should all be arguing about whether our present social shutdown justifies giving up some forms of protest, and whether the virus-containment rules themselves are justified. These are both good arguments to have, but what this incident spotlighted is the manner in which our state and Federal governments are handling the virus crisis.

There are many ways to contain a virus, but the way Morrison and Co have chosen is for them to issue edicts, and then oblige Australia’s 60,000 cops to enforce them. Most of our politicians and bureaucrats are not good at nimble thinking and on the rare occasions they come up with a new idea, they’re always inclined to back it up with batons and paddy wagons. Instead, how about we hear from a wide range of communities and experts – not just the ones in high corporate and government offices – and let’s convince citizens to go along with decisions because they make sense, as distinct from not making sense, like saying you can play golf, but not sunbathe, even if you’re lying 1.5 metres apart.

Guardians of the Dis-United States of America We are not suffering under the vicious thumbs of a nanny state – we have a bully boy state, led by the Coalition’s Four Horse’s-arses of the Apocalypse: Morrison, Dutton, Porter and Taylor.

Meanwhile, across the Pacific: America’s political life keeps on making no sense unless you understand that there are hundreds of cultures in America so different from each other that it’s astounding they ever reach consensus on anything. There is one fundamental belief shared by most people across the Dis-USA, which is that theirs is the best society ever – even if they have wildly different ideas about what it is, or should be. And of course, as soon as you ask what is it that makes America great, you’ll get hundreds of wildly incompatible answers. Unfortunately, the idea that has dominated most of American history is the creed of the ‘top oneper-cent-ers’, as expressed here by a few elite nitwits in recent times: • ‘Each person seeks mastery over a world of slaves’, according to economist James McGill Buchanan Jr. in his 1975 book The Limits of Liberty. This riff on the maxim that ‘I am NOT my brother’s keeper’ helped make Buchanan the guru of multi-billionaire ‘libertarians’ such as Charles and David Koch, who have spent tens

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of millions over the past 40 years electing rabid Republicans. The Koch bros have also written and funded laws that keep America a semi-slave state of which they and their class-mates are the masters. • ‘Government exists only to protect its citizens’ lives, liberty and property. All other activities of government tend to diminish freedom and hamper progress.’ So said William F Buckley, Jr, in 1955 in his magazine National Review – the fount of wisdom for old white patricians like Buckley since then. In 1963, adviser to President Kennedy and social economist, John Kenneth Galbraith, summed up Buckley’s creed as a ‘moral justification for selfishness’. • ‘America’s abundance was created not by public sacrifices to the common good, but by the productive genius of free men who pursued their own personal interests and the making of their own private fortunes.’ This version of ‘I am NOT my brother’s keeper’ came from novelist Ayn Rand (19051982). Thousands of multimillionaires subscribe to this worldview, and millions of poorer Americans do too. Its essential fallacy is that both ‘abundance’ and the ‘genius’

of its creators are devoid of any value or purpose. Societies with an ‘abundance’ of CO2, concrete, and junk food are killing us all – and the geniuses who create those abundances must pay for them from the profits they reap from the good ones. • ‘I do not recognise anyone’s right to one minute of my life.’ So said Donald Trump, allegedy inspired by the hero of Rand’s The Fountainhead, which one assumes he read in the classic comic version. Morrison and his mates come across somewhat softer than America’s Randists. Our current rulers seems to see life as more like

a game of rugby in which, brute force, a bit of skill, with a topping of aggressive fundraising and marketing, will keep the wins coming. Wins are won for the sake of winning, which is Randism writ small. And anyone who wasn’t built for the game, was never taught the rules, or who can’t afford the many prices of admission, are just not trying hard enough. That’s the extent of the Four Horse’s-arses’ vision; a vision of unnourished minds and withered spirits.

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Social distancing

from one slab to the other has pretty much destroyed the wooden shingles. Another great decision... not. Clive Jeffery Mullumbimby

So apparently the danger has passed, if you believe what you see in and around Mullum. Social distancing seems to have become passé on our streets and in our places of business. People hugging, eschewing the dangers, with words like, ‘I’m over this… it’s all BS anyway… no one’s going to tell me how to be’. These are words I have heard. People jostling in shops, not maintaining a safe space. People being belligerent when called out. The bubonic plague took 50 million over a five-year period, the Spanish flu, somewhere north of 20 million in a two-year period. We are only four months in, and already the death toll is heading towards 400k worldwide. We have a way to go, and a key to survival is the ability to respond. I have no interest in conspiracy theories about who is responsible for this illness. I have a major interest in what’s being done during this time by our own duplicitous government and its corporate overlords. However, I feel that time will come to deal with this,

and if getting out on the street is not a safe option, and people are not prepared to safe distance whilst doing this, then the process is doomed. In an area rich with the feeling of care and concern for our sisters and brothers I find it hard to swallow this attitude of self-entitlement. All it’s going to take is for someone to rock into town, virus positive, hug a long lost friend who then goes home to their family, their workmates, have a coughing fit near others, and the whole thing goes to the dogs. Please consider this the next time you are out on the street. The survival of others depends on your ability to respond. Thank you. Tony Campbell Mullumbimby

Cruelty to refugees The first part of the Miriam Margolyes Almost Australian series on television highlighted the cruelty of Australia’s refugee policy. Her interview with a young man from Afghanistan was heart wrenching. He came to Australia by boat, as an unaccompanied minor, after his parents and siblings were murdered. Despite being here for ten years, he still only has a temporary protection visa. His future in Australia is uncertain. The Minister for Immigration has the power to resolve this, yet seems to lack the will to do so. How is it that in 2020 our government still persists with a policy that can be compared with the 1857 US Supreme Court Dred Scott ruling that no black person, slave or free, could ever become a US citizen? Meg Pickup Ballina

Neville Power Commission Role: Chairman Connection to the fossil fuel industry: Strong Current Position: On board of Strike Energy, a gas exploration and production company which is fracking in South Australia and seeking to exploit gas reserves in WA.

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Q Phillip Frazer sifts through the daily droppings of political life in Oz and in the DisUSA, at coorabellridge.com.

Electric Byron It’s 2022. Byron has launched the Electric Byron tourism campaign; presenting Byron as a zero emissions 2025 contender. A sign on Ewingsdale Road confirms ‘Byron Welcomes Electric Vehicles’. Solar panel awnings and roofs are being installed over several parking areas, and ▶ Continued opposite

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along selected streets. Electric vehicle (EV) charge points under the awnings provide solar charging through most daylight hours. Those EVs can go home with a full charge to boost their household and neighbourhood evening-power demand. No longer do they need to charge overnight from carbon-contaminated baseload. The solar parking option will pay for its infrastructure in three years, as will the electric tourist buggies and ebikes, available for exploring and the rail trail. Excess solar power is directed to the solar train, and Enova’s hydrogen electrolysis plant in the industrial estate. The hydrogen is converted, along with atmospheric CO2, to methane, which is used in the fuel cells powering the tourist drones. Every evening the Tesla high voltage generator on the lighthouse wows the visitors with a world-renowned lighting show. Sapoty Brook Mullumbimby

Public interest In the spirit of public interest I‘m raising questions around the Byron bypass and bus station.

The bus interchange location and development keeps changing, and with the recent discovery of an Aboriginal midden, will Byron Council uphold its stated heritage commitments to First Nations People? The Byron Environment Centre (BEC) was accepted in Court, as a protective party of the Arakwal Native Title Claim, while Arakwal Native Title was nullified by Byron Council to make way for these roadworks. What remedies does Byron Council propose? Furthermore, what remedies does Byron Council have for the Butler Street community to address: 1) Destruction of Heritage zoning? 2) Lack of a clean air policy prior to development of the bypass and bus interchange? Jo Faith Newtown

A land going under Whilst the COVID-19 monster threatens to destroy our wellbeing, our magnificent land ‘down under’ continues to suffer deep and profoundly serious social pressures. This includes high levels of financial stress causing widespread marriage- and family-breakdown, domestic

violence, increased drug and alcohol dependence, and the world’s highest level of gambling addiction. Advertising is stuffed down our throats daily, imploring us to ‘back ourselves – but please gamble responsibly’. Why is this madness allowed to persist? Answer: pathetic pandering to the highly lucrative gambling industry in this country, by a weak and compromised government. Statistics tell us that approximately ten per cent of Australian adults experience significant problems from gambling, so you would think that a responsible government would do the right and proper thing; that they would get the barrage of gambling advertising off our TV screens. But oh no, Iet’s continue to feed the evil beast, and the social damage be damned. Chris Simpson Alstonville

Manufactured crisis In his critique of my take on the global lockdown, Damian Byers (Letters, 6 May) misrepresented my opinion by implying that I said the pandemic wasn’t real. The virus and the response to it are two different things. I clearly referred

to the response as a fraudulent and manufactured crisis, a deliberate deception that wrecks the world economy to benefit big pharma, and finance giants like Black Rock. The virus is of a strain associated with the common cold and causes few or no symptoms in many cases. The most vulnerable are the elderly and those with preexisting respiratory illnesses. The statistical analysis required to ascertain the infection mortality rate needs numbers that are still unavailable, such as the total number of infections. Without this data, fixating on fudged numbers of deaths and reported cases is worse than meaningless, and cannot tell us how the infection compares to other flu-like illnesses. Studies of its lethality are still inconclusive, and there have been no independent cost-benefit analyses of the lockdown policies. But none of that matters to the scaremongering panicmerchants responsible for the media-induced hysteria and social panic that precipitated economic paralysis. This provided the pretext for preplanned measures designed by unelected, unaccountable ‘guardians’ of public safety, and

enthusiastically imposed by lockdown loonies. Considering the social, psychological and economic impacts of the lockdown, the loss of jobs, the destruction of small businesses, the depression due to isolation, the violation of basic freedoms, it’s obvious the response to the virus has done more harm to the

social fabric and economy of the world than a flu-like virus ever could, and it’s concerning that more people don’t realise that. It seems we’re content to let the nanny state micromanage our social lives, despite the apocalyptic consequences. John Scrivener Main Arm

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Good Life Welcome back! Many venues across the nation are breathing a huge sigh of relief as restrictions have eased enough for them to, at the very least, get the wheels back in motion for businesses that have been closed for weeks. Eve Jeffery Stone & Wood Brewing Co has created a whole new concept to set up the ‘Welcome Back’ option. From the brewery’s Community Team, Lizzy Keen says closing had a huge impact on them. ‘We effectively lost 50 per cent of our revenue, with no certain idea of when venues would reopen.’ Lizzy said that within the period of increased isolation and physical distancing, however, came a spike in online shopping – including beer purchases. ‘Our brewers and production team have certainly had their work cut out for them over the last few weeks meeting

this demand!’ Since they closed the doors to their Tasting Room they’ve operated their takeaway window seven days a week 12–5pm. The crew at the brewery kept a close eye on government developments, so the first stage of the ‘Road Map to a COVIDSafe Australia’ was a welcome one, and the idea of ‘Welcome Back’ was born. ‘While there are certain challenges in only opening for 10 people at a time, we’ve been thrilled to welcome people back into the Tasting Room and provide a space to enjoy a beer.’ Lizzy says that the best thing about visiting the Tasting Room in such a small group is the spaciousness

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Lizzy, the marketing manager for Dining at Stone & Wood. and the longer conversations you can enjoy with our crew – it’s a great opportunity to learn more about beer. Taking cleanliness and physical distancing very seriously, the space is thoroughly cleaned and sanitised during, and between, every Welcome Back session. Any additional purchases are card only, and the session

is strictly table service. ‘Our team are specially trained, and the space is set up to avoid all unnecessary contact.’ It’s been a considerable time since venues have been open. Something as normal as enjoying a beer or a meal out with friends has become quite novel. ‘Many people haven’t seen their close

ones in person for weeks. We think meeting up for a fresh, locally brewed beer and a meal is a great way to return to our “normal” way of life, even if it does look a little different in the beginning’. The Welcome Back sessions menu is a relaxed barbecue of Trevor Meade pork and fennel sausage, served with potato salad

and a Bread Social milk bun, there is also a great vegan option served with a vegan sausage. ‘Keeping our crew onboard during COVID was a huge priority for us, and we’re proud to have been able to keep all our local full-time and part-time staff on’, says Lizzy. ‘Meanwhile, JobKeeper enabled our eligible casual staff to remain employed and work across a variety of roles as we adapted to these uncertain times. ‘We look forward to reengaging all our awesome casual team members as business rebuilds in pubs and clubs around Australia, and we gradually open up further in line with government guidelines.’ Bookings can be made for groups of 1–10 people. ‘Whether you’re riding solo, in a pair, or in a group of 10 we look forward to hosting you.’ Q To find out more, or make a booking, visit: www.stoneandwood.com.au.

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SOAPBOX THE GIFT OF CORONA What if covid-19 is the solution we needed? What if the lessons we’ve learned from managing a global pandemic can save us from climate change? I hate to be that person who looks for the positive in a bleak situation, because I’m not meaning to minimalise or trivialise the 350 000 deaths worldwide as some sort of collateral damage in our rehearsal for change, but what if their deaths could mean something? What if we learnt. What if the radical changes we’ve made so quickly around the planet form the template for how to move to a new world order – a clean, green and economically-reformed approach that banishes the stain of our carbon footprint to the ether (speaking metaphorically)? What will this world even look like? In just three months global emissions have decreased by over 26 per cent. If that trend continued for three more quarters, would we be close to being emission-neutral? There were one million planes in the sky around the world every day. That was the case pre-COVID. Right now, one million planes are not in the sky. Sure it’s inconvenient, and disappointing if you were looking forward to a fabulous holiday. No skiing trips to Japan, no summer holiday in the Greek islands, no bike riding in the lavender fields in the South of France. Just you, where you are, right now. We have all been forced to make the changes that none of us wanted to. We have always wanted behaviour change to be someone else’s currency. Maybe it’s time to stop and smell the serenity! Let’s look at air travel as just one major change in human behaviour globally. In 2018, CO2 emissions from aviation passenger travel totalled 747 million tonnes. Considering that total carbon emissions from all human activity around the world, including agriculture and land use, is 43 billion tons annually, that’s a significant reduction. Couple this with a generalised reduction in car travel and industry, and cities like New Delhi and Seoul are experiencing more than a 60 per cent drop in PM 2.5 – the world’s deadliest air pollutant. Wuhan, where the virus originated, experienced its cleanest air quality on record through February and March, and LA had its longest ever stretch of clean air, finally meeting the UN’s air quality guidelines. You see, before the virus came along, corporations had been routinely killing people and our planet with the poisons of industry. Sanctioned by the need for endless economic growth, there has been little, if any, accountability. Forget worrying about the alleged impacts of 5G. Climate change continues to be the greatest threat to human and planetary health. The same emissions that are killing our planet are also killing us. Ambient air pollution (outdoor) kills over 4.2 million people each year. The World Health Organisation has data that shows nine out of ten people breathe air containing high levels of pollutants that lead to premature death. While I applaud the global response to the pandemic, I wonder, when it comes to climate change, why hasn’t this change come sooner? Every day that the pandemic restricts industries like travel we move close to economic crisis. The system is not robust. In fact, if the coronavirus has shown us one thing it’s that we live in an uncertain world, underwritten by an economy that at its foundations, and by its very nature, is characterised by fragility, not strength.

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The Echo caught up with Marissa from The Cassettes to find out what’s been happening with these dynamic dancers! The Cassettes are taking Term Two off but are going to be back with a vengeance in Term Three. Marissa says, ‘I decided early to put The Cassettes on hold during COVID. We had a show ready for Brunswick Picture House, which cancelled, and in-person sweating and smiling together just isn’t the same online. But I’ve sent Cassettes Care Packages to our online community in the meantime – lounge room ‘80s dancing videos with myself and a fellow Cassettes teacher.’ Marissa has been spending the time working on her online 10 week self-discovery and -recovery course for creative, sensitive women. The first module just finished, and the next is due to start in a few weeks. ‘The first group has been a full class of 25 students from Australia, the US, and NZ – incredible, intelligent women aged 30–60yrs. In the live classes each week, there’s been almost 100% attendance – that’s unusual for an online course. It’s a fun and nourishing course and is properly helpful, bringing sparkles and confidence into real life. The course supports women to trust their own judgement and insights. That’s really important – the world needs to make room for more empowered women.’ To find out about Cassettes classes or shows, email riss@thecassettes.com.au And you can download a four steps to win the day like a She-Ra, morning routine – including a downloadable pdf with yoga affirmation video at www.radselfcare.me

STARS BY LILITH

ARIES: With Mars in Pisces behaving like a fog machine and Venus retrograde, arguments and misunderstandings could appear on this week’s menu. Good news? Mercury’s move into extra-sensitive Cancer makes it easier to negotiate touchy topics diplomatically. Which will work best by keeping communications simple and avoiding complicated arrangements or over-explaining. TAURUS: Mental Mercury’s in full fertile flow, but this week calls for empathy, so tread gently, because a heavy-hoofed approach could unintentionally offend. Remember that old habits – yours included – take time to break. This difficult cycle’s also rife with opportunity; though it may take reaching out to people you usually wouldn’t, before you find them. GEMINI: Two things about Venus retrograde in your sign: 1) She’s even more likely than usual to change her mind. 2) This isn’t an auspicious time for a style makeover. Better to focus on analytical Mercury bringing its expertise to bear on your local activities and finances for the coming couple of months. CANCER: Communicator planet Mercury arrives in your sign this week for an unusually long two and a half month sojourn, with the primary message of don’t rush it: in speaking, responding, or text. Because timing is everything, and right now with conditions in flux, information’s changing daily. Stay tuned…

SOUND CONNECTIONS: KIDS IN ISO Spending time with family, missing friends, a time for reflection, and ‘staying home with my new unicorn’ are just some of the pros and cons of COVID isolation that school students have shared with sound artist and composer, Brett Canning, for Lismore Quad and Lismore Regional Gallery’s Together/Alone project. Brett Canning asked 15 students, based in Northern NSW, ranging from kindergarten to Year 12, to make audio recordings responding to questions about how they are feeling, how they are connecting with family and the outside world, what community looks like for them at the moment, and what they are looking forward to doing, once restrictions ease. Brett combined their responses with sounds recorded in the Northern Rivers natural environment to create a delightful and insightful audio work called Sound Connections. ‘I wanted to give a voice to school students and encourage meaningful connection in this time of social distancing. I hope the students listening to the finished work can know that they are not alone in the way that they may feel at the moment,’ said Brett. You can listen to the work on www.lismorequad.org.au

GEMINI THE TWINS

Venus, Jupiter, Saturn and Pluto all in retrograde make this a week for reconsidering what love, money, workable strategies and karmic comeuppance mean to us… LEO: Mercury’s move into your soul territory of reflection and transition signals the start of a winter-long stretch of creativity and healing – a hibernatory time of taking a look, along with the rest of humanity, at what past patterns need deleting, what imbalances need correcting, what new opportunities are possible. VIRGO: In this week’s celestial chess moves, Virgo’s ruling planet Mercury heads into the position most likely to attract the people and resources, networks, and connections you need for forward motion. So reach out and get what you can in place during the next fortnight – before Mercury joins the rest of the retrograde brigade. LIBRA: There’s been an overload of mixed messages, conflicting data and polarising ideas doing the rounds recently. This week’s Mercury in the sign of gut instincts heralds a welcome change from being battered by questionable stats, bringing a pause – to revise and rethink – with the proviso of always checking sources before sharing or acting on them. SCORPIO: Mercury’s expansive move stretches your thinking like elastic, out of the box, into the bigger picture – though don’t expect others to immediately get on board with your visionary ideas. Give them time. And set aside the figures, graphs and fact checkers; Mercury in this position operates through instinct, intuition and body knowledge.

SAGITTARIUS: With cosmic communicator Mercury’s extended staycation organising your joint ventures, look who’s this week’s suave talker, smooth negotiator and sweet-deal maker. Keep up the momentum for the next fortnight, and by the time the quicksilver planet joins the retrograde parade you’ll have achieved something real. CAPRICORN: Mercury’s making it easier to speak from the heart this week, which has astral support for friendship repairs, partnership resets and/or relationship reboots. Also for negotiating win-win compromises, teaming up with compassionate, caring people, and perhaps sometime during the social planet’s extended visit, even collaborating with an old antagonist. AQUARIUS: After Mercury’s recent liploosening alignment, this week the messenger planet asks some pertinent questions concerning communication. Have yours been more heady, and less heartfelt lately? Have you been respectful? Could you be more kind? Are there any styles of expression you’ve graduated from and might be ready to release? PISCES: A brace of retrograde planets are supporting an overhaul of your tech sector, and Team Pisces would probably also be grateful for some extra appreciation. With Mercury speaking up and out through Pisceans, it’s a good week to upgrade your online presence,

This is something many have known for some time – that the current global economic system is unstable, unsustainable, and at odds with human and planetary health. It’s long been clear that the kind of change required to bring a halt to climate impacts can’t be achieved without a total implosion of our current economic system. It has to break. And this coronavirus might just be the thing to do it. It’s not just the virus that makes us sick. A thriving economy makes us sick. The economy has been seen as a given. There is a sense that the way it is, is the way it has to be. We’ve seen that governments can change. That industry can change. That people can change. In this bleak time of little or no certainty, when I think about the opportunities created by this pandemic moving forward, it gives me hope. Governments have been forced to take advice from scientists, not corporations, or vested interests. Perhaps, if this trend continues after the pandemic is over, then true systemic change is on the horizon. And the good news is, the world is already half-way there. Perhaps in some strange way, that is the gift of COVID-19?

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Making space for business S Haslam The Byron Shire economy’s strengths are tourism, lifestyle, food and produce, and health and well-being. Four nationally-recognised ‘Byron’ brands singled out by Council for special mention are Brookfarm, Trip-a-deal, Spell & the Gypsy Collective, and Stone & Wood. But as the overnight shutdown of the accommodation, wedding, restaurant and healing sectors has shown, more diverse economies are more resilient, and stand the best chance of retaining local people in local jobs. One key consideration for businesses with a large local workforce is relatively cheap, accessible land. Brookfarm’s maker of healthy cereals, Pam Brook, made this point in support of a controversial DA (since rejected) for a food hub outside Bangalow. Stone & Wood became too large for their Byron premises and moved their main brewery and bottling operation to the abandoned Bunnings site in Murwillumbah, opting to retain their pilot batch plant

and more visitor-friendly experience centre in central Byron. The commercially-successful Ballina Council is currently completing a massive industrial zone, adjacent to its airport, and the Byron Council has completed a Business and Industrial Lands Strategy to try to expand available lands whilst retaining the integrity of our unique natural setting, productive farmland, and distinctive towns, villages and industrial areas. Apart from geographical constraints, one factor arguably unique to Byron is the high price of residential housing, meaning that there is often an incentive for developers to build houses rather than industrial buildings. The problem with residential development, however, is that apart from the initial construction phase, residential development does not create jobs, and often merely houses visitors, or people who work in those sectors in which Byron is already strong. ‘Entrepreneurial’ businesses are the new category being targeted by

Council, and Council framed the question of providing land this way; ‘How do we accommodate new entrepreneurs in search of creative influences and lifestyle choice?’ Wicked Weasel, the swimwear company that was once owned by ex-Midnight Oil bassist, Peter Gifford, is one of those companies who have decided to relocate out of central Byron given two distinct factors: 1) potential development of current site and 2) increasing property prices, which mean higher rental prices. After considering, in the 2000s, whether

they could afford to stay in Byron at all, the company eventually found a home near Mitre 10 in a +3,000m2 property last traded in 2015 for $6m, which is now set to front the new bypass. COO Martin Greig said the development of their site and subsequent lifts in market review rental prices being asked were the key factor in their relocation to Mullumbimby earlier this month. ‘Byron is where the brand has called home for many many years’, said Martin, ‘and we still think of ourselves as a Byron-based company, we just needed certainty, and couldn’t

justify the prices in the middle of town. So, we looked around with a view to remaining within the Byron Shire for the next option, and we’re very happy that we have been successful in relocating within the Shire’. The company employs 20 people within its new office and retail space, mainly in the fields of design, retail and e-commerce. ‘We are impressed with what is happening within the Mullumbimby industrial estate, and can see this area becoming a hub for many businesses’, said Mr Greig. As for the recently vacated Wicked Weasel site at 156 Jonson St, the 2017 prediction of property consultant Michael Murray was that this should be developed into a mixed use, retail and food precinct, to take advantage of its proposed bypass frontage. The area is targeted in the Byron Town Centre Masterplan for medium density residential. Across the corner at 139 Jonson St, a large development by JGD Consultants, very close to final approval, has a substantial residential component, with retail and food at street level, and opposite that are the Byron Butter Factory apartments with retail at street level.

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HOUSE 3, 34 BANGALOW ROAD, BYRON BAY

$890,000

$2.9M TO $3.19M

CONTACT AGENT

GREG PRICE - 0412 871 500

506M2

DENZIL LLOYD - 0481 864 049 TA R A T O R K KO L A - 0 4 2 3 5 1 9 6 9 8

737M2

JAMES YOUNG - 0419 856 840 PA U L B A N I S T E R - 0 4 3 8 8 5 6 5 5 2

840M2

HELENE ADAMS - 0412 139 807 VA N E S S A C O L E S - 0 4 3 3 8 3 6 7 5 5

LOT 6, 105 KEYS ROAD, COORABELL

8100M2

1141 m2

SU REYNOLDS - 0428 888 660 L U K E E LW I N - 0 4 2 1 3 7 5 6 3 5

24 SHIRLEY LANE, BYRON BAY

38 PATERSON LANE, BYRON BAY

135 ROCKY CREEK DAM ROAD, DUNOON

1035C HINTERLAND WAY, BANGALOW

$3.15M TO $3.35M

$4.3M

$685,000 TO $740,000

$5M TO $5.5M WIWO

1012M2

HELEN HUNTLY-BARRATT - 0412 332 232

692M2

SU REYNOLDS - 0428 888 660 L U K E E LW I N - 0 4 2 1 3 7 5 6 3 5

4017M2

OLIVER ALDRIDGE - 0421 171 499 PA U L P R I O R - 0 4 1 8 3 2 4 2 9 7

156AC

HELENE ADAMS - 0412 139 807

39 LILLI PILLI DRIVE, BYRON BAY

CLOVER HILL ESTATE, BANGALOW - LOT 22

38 CITRIADORA DRIVE, EWINGSDALE

4 TYAGARAH STREET, MULLUMBIMBY

CONTACT AGENT

$495,000

$2.1M TO $2.3M

CONTACT AGENT

814M2

OLIVER ALDRIDGE - 0421 171 499

600M2

GREG PRICE - 0412 871 500

2.47AC

TA R A T O R K KO L A - 0 4 2 3 5 1 9 6 9 8 DENZIL LLOYD - 0481 864 049

1568M2

VA N E S S A C O L E S - 0 4 3 3 8 3 6 7 5 5

UNIT 5/64-70 BROKEN HEAD ROAD, BYRON BAY

48 PARROT TREE PLACE, BANGALOW

212 THE MANSE ROAD, MYOCUM

29 PATERSON STREET, BYRON BAY

$780,000 TO $800,000

$1M TO $1.1M

$1.895M TO $2.075M

$2.95M TO $3.245M

PA U L P R I O R - 0 4 1 8 3 2 4 2 9 7

735M2

TA R A T O R K KO L A - 0 4 2 3 5 1 9 6 9 8 OLIVER ALDRIDGE - 0421 171 499

PH: 02 6685 8466 www.echo.net.au/byron-echo Byron Shire Echo archives

193AC

HELEN HUNTLY-BARRATT - 0412 332 232 JAMES YOUNG - 0419 856 840

558M2

TA R A T O R K KO L A - 0 4 2 3 5 1 9 6 9 8 DENZIL LLOYD - 0481 864 049

W W W. BY R O N B AY F N . C O M . A U

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Property

For North Coast news online visit

ONLY 2 LEFT

20 Towers Drive, Mullumbimby

AVAILABLE NOW FOR LEASE • Two premium tenants already in place – Wicked Weasel and Pirlos Bros • New state-of-the-art industrial warehouses • Units to be finished to tenant’s specific requirements • Unit 2 – 154.1m2 – floor area 110m2 / mezzanine 43.8m2 • Unit 3 – 151m2 – floor area 109.72m2 / mezzanine 41.0m2 • Unit 5 – 134m2 – floor area 88.5m2 / mezzanine 45.5m2

It’s in the bag

Price: View: Contact:

Contact Agent Contact Agent Paddy Wallington 0413 933 338

LJ Hooker Byron Bay 6685 7300

ljhooker.com.au All information contained herein is gathered from sources we consider to be reliable. However we cannot guarantee or give any warranty about the information provided and interested parties must solely rely on their own enquiries.

Large Family Home + Studio

Palm Lake Resort - Banora Point

35 Lilli Pilli Drive, Byron Bay

Site: 62

$1,500,000

$360,000

Perfectly positioned in popular Lilli Pilli, this attractive home plus freestanding studio is on a huge 1141m2 block backing a reserve that is home to koalas. It is an ideal lifestyle for those seeking space, privacy and an indoor/outdoor lifestyle amidst nature. Spacious and full of light, the main home features an open plan kitchen, dining and living area with solid timber flooring that flows through to an undercover alfresco, overlooking the 13m saltwater lap pool and gardens. This is a beautiful location only a short drive to Byron township. A walk to town takes about 45 minutes, Tallow Beach takes about 20 minutes, and the Roadhouse cafe is a 10 minute stroll.

The over 50’s Palm Lake Resort is situated at a prestigious location close to shopping centres and sports clubs which include some of Australia’s top bowling and golf venues. Resort amenities include swimming pool, spa, indoor & outdoor bowls, croquet, snooker/pool & billiard tables, massage therapist, library and community hall. This immaculately presented, light and airy manufactured home has recently been redecorated throughout, nothing remaining, simply move in and enjoy! The home has an entrance porch, spacious open plan living areas with high raked cathedral ceilings. At the rear of the home is a low maintenance, fully fenced courtyard making it ideal for your fourlegged companion. The two good-sized, newly carpeted bedrooms have built-in robes and ceiling fans; master bedroom robe has mirror doors. The kitchen has a built-in Integra fan-forced oven/grill and ceramic cook-top with plenty of storage and bench space. The renovated bathroom comprises of a large shower cabinet, a new vanity unit and a new toilet. Plus, there is a separate guest toilet with wash basin. A garage with space for two vehicles and a remote operated roller door adjoins the home.

Open: Saturday 30 May 11–11.30am Contact: Paul Banister 0438 856 552 First National Byron

Inspect: By appointment Contact: Kelvin Price 0423 028 468 Mr Property Services

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Open for inspection Byron Bay First National Real Estate • 4/2 Condon Drive, Ballina. Thu 2–2.30pm • 2070 Coolamon Scenic Drive, Mullumbimby. Thu 3–3.30pm • 5/64–70 Broken Head Road, Byron Bay. Sat 9–9.30am • 1/14 Beachcomber Drive, Byron Bay. Sat 9.30–10am • 4/2 Condon Drive, Ballina. Sat 10–10.30am • 10/3 Sallywattle Drive, Suffolk Park. Sat 10–10.30am • 4 Newes Road, Coorabell. Sat 10–10.30am • 48 Parrot Tree Place, Bangalow. Sat 10–10.30am • 21 Watsons Lane, Newrybar. Sat 10–10.30am • 8 Oakland Court, Byron Bay. Sat 10–10.30am • House 3, 34 Bangalow Road, Byron Bay. Sat 11–11.30am • 35 Lilli Pilli Drive, Byron Bay. Sat 11–11.30am • 135 Rocky Creek Dam Road, Dunoon. Sat 11–11.30am • 1107 Coolamon Scenic Drive, Montecollum. Sat 11–11.30am • 2070 Coolamon Scenic Drive, Mullumbimby. Sat 11–11.30am • 44 Helen Street, South Golden Beach. Sat 12–12.30pm • 38 Citriadora Drive, Ewingsdale. Sat 12–12.30pm • 2/11 Constellation Close, Byron Bay. Sat 12–12.30pm • 19 Blackbean Lane, Federal. Sat 12–12.30pm • 485 Bangalow Road, Talofa. Sat 1–1.30pm • 549 Booyong Road, Booyong. Sat 1–1.30pm • 24 Bulgoon Crescent, Ocean Shores. Sat 1–1.30pm • 832 Main Arm Road. Main Arm. Sat 1–1.30pm • 2E Pacific Vista Drive, Byron Bay. Sat 1–1.30pm Elders Brunswick Heads • 2/28 South Beach Road, Brunswick Heads. Sat 10–10.30am • 10 Newberry parade,Brunswick Heads. Sat 10.30–11am • 40 Tweed street, Brunswick Heads. Sat 11–11.30am • 2/20 Fingal street, Brunswick Heads. Sat 11.30am–12pm

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

Property

Property Business Directory AGENTS

Open for inspection

NPC

... Continued Janice Maple @Realty • 43 Rankin Drive, Bangalow. Sat 10am–10.30am • 19 Parrot Tree Place, Bangalow. Thu 1–1.30pm LJ Hooker Brunswick Heads • 26 Fawcett Street, Brunswick Heads. Thu 11–11.30am • 26 Fawcett Street, Brunswick Heads. Sat 11–11.30am • 30 Pandanus Court, Brunswick Heads. Sat 10–10.30am • 1 Oba Place, Ocean Shores. Sat 10–10.30am • 136 Balemo Drive, Ocean Shores. Sat 11–11.30am • 23 Fingal Street, Brunswick Heads. Sat 12–12.30pm • 29 Gloria Street, South Golden Beach. Sat 12–12.30pm • 35 Crabbes Creek Road, Crabbes Creek. Sat 1–1.30pm Raine & Horne Ocean Shores/Brunswick Heads/ Murwillumbah • 11 Flinders Way, Ocean Shores. Sat 10–10.30am • 10 Mcpherson Court, Murwillumbah. Sat 10–10.30am • 5 Whian Street, Mullumbimby. Sat 10–10.30am • 6 The Plateau, Murwillumbah. Sat 11–11.30am • 2 Barkala Court, Ocean Shores. Sat 11am–12pm • 16 Muli Muli Court, Ocean Shores. Sat 11am–12pm • 10 Gardner Avenue, Lismore. Sat 12.30–1pm • Pinnacle Estate, Ramsay Close, Goonellabah. Sat 1–2pm • 40 Wahlooga Way, Ocean Shores. Sat 1–2pm

CONVEYANCING BUYING and SELLING REAL ESTATE You need an alternative legal specialist

NP CONVEYANCING We are here to help AND we’ll save you money PHONE 6685 7436 NP CONVEYANCING FOR A QUOTE 2/75 Jonson Street Byron Bay 2481 Ph: (02) 6685 7436 Fax: (02) 6685 7221

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THE BEST WAY TO SELL OR BUY!

“My wife and I have had fantastic experiences with Byron First National and Tara. We have been on both sides, having bought and sold property with the help of Tara.” Bangalow vendor Contact Tara to discuss your property or career at First National Byron M: 0423 519 698 E: TARA@BYRONBAYFN.COM

PROPERTY ADVICE ESTATE PLANNING WILLS

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Byron Arcade 13 Lawson St Byron Bay

SOLICITORS ATTORNEYS

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Scott Harvey Real Estate • 957 Fernleigh Road, Brooklet. Sat 10–10.30am • 224 Leadbeatters Lane, Alstonville. Sat 11.30am–12pm • 418 Friday Hut Road, Booklet. Sat 2–2.30pm

paulprior@byronbayfn.com 6685 8466 | byronbayfn.com.au

New Listings Byron Bay First National Real Estate • 6 Coachwood Court, Federal • 2/11 Constellation Close, Byron Bay • 35 Lilli Pilli Drive, Byron Bay • 4 Newes Road, Coorabell • 21 Watsons Lane, Newrybar

0411 757 425 tim@millerrealestate.com.au millerrealestate.com.au @timmiller_realestate

Raine & Horne Ocean Shores/Brunswick Heads/ Murwillumbah • 25/67 Winders Place, Banora Point • 40 Wahlooga Way, Ocean Shores • 7 Yackatoon Court, Ocean Shores

INVESTMENTS

Auctions Byron Bay First National Real Estate • 21 Watsons Lane, Newrybar. Auction 20 June

PROPERTY MANAGEMENT

I Sell Property Not False Promises

Property Management Melissa Phillips 02 6685 0177 rentals@ljhbrunswickheads.com Save yourself thousands, call the expert property management team.

Investment Management Team LJ Hooker Brunswick Headsª

MASTER OF PROPERTY SALES

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ONLY 1.5% COMMISSION Last Saturday’s sunset blues Purple sky over suburban streets © Patrick Gardiner PatGardinerPhotography www.echo.net.au/byron-echo Byron Shire Echo archives

call REZ today on

0405 350 682

or email rez@byronproperty.com.au

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Service Directory

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SERVICE DIRECTORY RATES, PAYMENT & DEADLINE

IWIRE

ANTENNAS

â&#x20AC;˘ New digital antennas * â&#x20AC;˘ Reception NO FIX NO CHARGE problems For fast service call â&#x20AC;˘ Extra TV outlets

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DEADLINE: For additions and changes to the Service Directory is 12pm Friday. FULLY INSURED LINE ADS: $99 for 3 months or $340 for 1 year prepaid. ALL ASPECTS OF CARPENTRY WORK For line Service Directory ads email classifieds@echo.net.au. matt.rowan.wardle@gmail.com â&#x20AC;˘ Floor installations DISPLAY ADS: $66 per week for colour display ad. Minimum 8 week booking 4 weeks prepaid. â&#x20AC;˘ Door & Window installations Please supply display ads 85mm wide, 28mm high. New display ads will be placed at end of section. David Levine iwireantennas.com.au â&#x20AC;˘ Decks & Pergolas â&#x20AC;˘ Alterations *conditions apply For display Service Directory ads email adcopy@echo.net.au. The Echo Service Directory is online in Echonetdaily â&#x20AC;&#x201C; www.echo.net.au/service-directory JP DIGITAL ANTENNAS Reception problems, new antennas, extra TV points, all areas .....0432 289705 DINGO DEMOLITIONS & ASBESTOS REMOVAL ................................. 66834008 or 0407 728998

0402 022 111

ACCOUNTS & BOOKINGS: 6684 1777

ANTENNAS PLUS. TV, WiFi, Electrical. Reliable. Call Norm ............................................0422 668582 BUILDER â&#x20AC;&#x201C; JOHN McGAURAN Personalised Service. 20 yrs exp. Lic 170208C .............0415 793242

INDEX Accountants & Bookkeepers ..........26 Acupuncture .................................26 Air Conditioning & Refrigeration....26 Antennas & Installation.................26 Antiques/Restoration ....................26 Appliance Repair ...........................26 Architects .....................................26 Automotive...................................26 Bathroom Renovations..................26 Blinds, Awnings, Curtains, Shutters...26 Bricklaying....................................26 Building Trades .............................26 Bush Regen & Weed Control ..........26 Carpet Cleaning ............................26 Chimney Sweeps ...........................26 Chiropractic ..................................26 Cleaning .......................................26 Computer Services ........................27 Concreting & Paving ......................27 Decks, Patios & Extensions.............27 Dentists ........................................27 Design & Drafting..........................27 Driveway Maintenance ..................27 Earthmoving & Excavation.............27 Electricians ...................................27 Fencing .........................................27 Floor Sanding & Polishing..............27 Garden & Property Maintenance....27 Garden Design ..............................27 Gas Suppliers ................................27 Graphic Design ..............................27 Handypersons ...............................27 Health ..........................................27

0488 950 638

BUILDER Renovations, maintenance, 30yrs exp. mchughdesign.com.au Lic 29792C....0408 663420

ANTIQUES/RESTORATION

Hire ..............................................27 Kitchens........................................27 Landscape Design .........................27 Landscape Supplies .......................27 Landscaping .................................27 Locksmith .....................................27 Osteopathy ...................................27 Painting........................................28 Pest Control ..................................28 Photography .................................28 Physiotherapy ...............................28 Picture Framing ............................28 Plastering .....................................28 Plumbers ......................................28 Pools ............................................28 Removalists ..................................28 Roofing.........................................28 Rubbish Removal ..........................28 Septic Systems ..............................28 Solar Installation ..........................28 Television Services ........................29 Tiling ............................................29 Tree Services .................................29 Tuition ..........................................29 Upholstery ....................................29 Valuers .........................................29 Veterinary Surgeons......................29 Water Filters .................................29 Water Supplies ..............................29 Water Tanks & Tank Cleaning .........29 Welding ........................................29 Window Cleaning ..........................29 Window Tinting ............................29

ACCOUNTANTS & BOOKKEEPERS

HAVEN BUILDING All aspects of building. Lic 326616C ...............................................0432 565060

FURNITURE RESTORATION Old/antique. 40+ yrs exp. erwinfurniturerestoration.com 0412 528454 RENOVATION SPECIALIST Customised Service. Builder: Levi Alexander Lic 189611C ..0402 434154 FABRICA JOINERY Quality kitchens/timber doors/windows. Lic 244652C .........................66808162

APPLIANCE REPAIR

CARPENTER HANDYMAN FB Gregâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Handyman Services Byron Bay Lic No 1039897....0414 109595

DIGITAL ELECTRONICS REPAIR & SERVICE TV. Audio. Antennas .......... 66843575 or 0414 922786

ARCHITECTS

BUSH REGENERATION & WEED CONTROL WEED CONTROL SPECIALIST Lawns â&#x20AC;&#x201C; bindii weeds â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Army worms â&#x20AC;&#x201C; grass grubs .....0418 110714

OCEANARC ARCHITECTS Reg. 6042 www.oceanarc.com.au ..............................................66855001 EAST COAST BUSH REGENERATION Tree planting, weed control. Call Rossco Faithfull.0409 157695 ATELIER LUKE â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Luke Hayward architect, Reg. 10438 www.atelierluke.com ...............0401 875535

AUTOMOTIVE

CARPET CLEANING FRANCHISE OF THE YEAR!

Green & Clean

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

â&#x20AC;˘ Tyres â&#x20AC;˘ Batteries â&#x20AC;˘ Wheel Alignments MULLUMBIMBY TYRE SERVICE Dalley Street, Mullumbimby 6684 2016

LEGENDARY OFFROAD TYRES

Cleans deeply, dries in 1-2 hours

Far North Coast NSW John & Teresa

0408 232 066

Commercial / Domestic / Insurance

CHIMNEY SWEEPING

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

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

BATHROOM RENOVATIONS

CHIROPRACTIC

REVAMP BATHROOMS

BAY FAMILY CHIROPRACTIC Peter Wuehr 17 Bangalow Rd Byron Bay ..............................66855282

Bathroom Renovations and Tiling Repairs

WAVE OF LIFE NETWORK CHIRO (lowforce) 8/9 Fletcher St, Byron Bay. Andrew Badman...66858553

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CLEANING

Call Jason 0434 177 594

ACTION WINDOW & PRESSURE CLEANING

BLINDS, AWNINGS, CURTAINS, SHUTTERS LOCAL

SHOWCASE DEALER SHOWROOM

SUNSCREENS

ACCOUNTANT Paul Mayberry..............................................................................................66847415

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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

BOOKKEEPER Local and reliable .................................. barbarasbookkeeping.com.au 0402 118649 BOOKKEEPING, BAS, payroll, hubdoc, etc. Serving N. Rivers since 2007. D Evans .......0432 176091

ACUPUNCTURE

1/84 Centennial Circuit Byron Bay

ACUPUNCTURE CHINESE HERBAL MEDICINE M Collis..................................................66842559

66 680 886 62

MARLENE FARRY Acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine marlenefarry.com ..............66842400

FREE E MEASURE E QUOTE E

ACUPUNCTURE & acupressure massage. Ph Dr. Derek Doran .......................................0414 478787

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AIR CONDITIONING & REFRIGERATION

CURTAINS

Call PLANTATION SHUTTERS

PLEASE CALL

AIR CONDITIONING & REFRIGERATION

6680 9394 AU 37088

Mullumbimby Refrigeration & Airconditioning Services

Lic 246545C

23 years and going strong!

Phone Oliver 0419 789 600

Custom made curtains, blinds and decor items

fullcirclerefinishing.com

We come to you, wherever you are: Byron, Lismore, TheÂ Clarence and beyondâ&#x20AC;Ś

Barbara Wilson

0435 954 212

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

6684 2783

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

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

Digital TV ALL Antenna Installations & Repairs ALL Electrical Work

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CLEANING SERVICE

CLEANS: Holiday, Residential, Bond, Commercial, Spring

Phone Mick 0409 009 024

BRICKLAYING

Email: mickbhl@gmail.com

BUILDING TRADES â&#x20AC;˘ 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).

02 66 804 173

Roof & Pressure Cleaning Roof Painting Deck Oiling

ROLL BLINDS

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45 Manns Road, Mullumbimby

0439 624 945

COMPASS CURTAINS

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Quality Exterior Refinishing

AWNINGS

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0434 539 979

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â&#x20AC;˘ RELIABLE TRADESMAN â&#x20AC;˘ DECKS & PERGOLAS â&#x20AC;˘ TIMBER SCREENS & DOORS â&#x20AC;˘ GARAGE CONVERSIONS LICENCE NUMBER 344531C

SERVICING THE BYRON SHIRE

CALL BRETT 0414 542 019

Blue Sky

Professional Cleaning Services BOND CLEAN AND BUILDERS CLEAN SPECIALIST Friendly reliable and trustworthy service.

| DETAILED CLEANER/GUEST HOUSE MANAGER All natural products 4.8 Stayz rated ..0410 723601 BEYOND CLEANING GROUP Quality focused. Brunswick to Ballina from $39.60ph .....0451 102239 PROFESSIONAL LOCAL CLEANER excellent references, good rates. Shire wide. Ph Krissy ..0410 860330 HOLIDAY CLEANERS Avail now! Domestic, AirBnB, last-minute. Local, exp & reliable .0421 360961 BOND CLEANING...........................................................................................................0421 360961

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Service Directory ELECTRICIANS

RENT-A-GEEK Mobile PC Repair (Byron Shire) ....................................................................66844335

24 HOUR SERVICE

BETTER CALL SAUL The Mac Doctor. Repairs. Upgrades. Used Macs.............................0411 562111

0439 624 945

CONCRETING & PAVING

DARYL 0418 234 302

Over 25 yrs local experience. All forms of concreting. Residential • Civil • Industrial

Lic.136717c

CONCRETING

Lic No. 337066C

ALL AROUND

CONCRETING

Free Quotes

02 66 804 173 All Jobs Small or Large

Domestic Commercial

SALISBURY

Call Daniel

0424 876 155

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

GAS SUPPLIERS

ELECTRICAL Steve Nicholls ph: 0455 445 343 lic: EC28753

Lic: 154293c

COMPUTER SERVICES

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

Free Delivery

Locally Owned Est 18 years

No Rental Reliable

www.brunswickvalleygas.com

6680 1575 or 0408 760 609 GRAPHIC DESIGN www.thinkblinkdesign.com

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

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

HANDYPERSONS

SPINKS ELECTRICAL Lic 284939C..................................................................Call Mitch 0421 843477 A.S.A.P. All renos, carpentry, plastering, painting, studios & bathrooms .......................0405 625697 BLUE BEE ELECTRICAL 25 years experience. Lic 189508C. Call Dave ............................0429 033801 HANDY ANDY Carpentry, plastering, welding ......................................... 66884324 or 0476 600956 BEN FORSYTH, Electrician. Lic:240691C. Ocean Shores & surrounds. No job too small ...0422 136408 AWESOME REPAIRS Professional, commercial & domestic. Wayne...............................0423 218417 CIRCUITS PLUS. For everything electrical in Byron Shire. Lic 201844c ..........................0422 668582 THE HANDYMAN CAN All home maintenance, repairs, painting, odd jobs etc .............0427 110953

FENCING

GOOD NEWS HANDYMAN Carpentry, home renovations/repairs etc. Jesse..................0458 968290

ABSOLUTE HANDYMAN. Repairs, renovation, maintenance, painting. Call Mark ........0402 281638 THE DECK DOCTOR Sanding & refinishing, cable balustrading. Free quotes. Richard ...0407 821690 BYRON & BEYOND FENCING Any fence, any time, prompt quotes....... 66804766 or 0422 207299 HIGHPOINT Repairs & handyman services. Painting, plastering & tiling. Michael ........0421 896796 EDL FENCING Installations & repairs. Prompt service. ..................................................0432 107262

DENTISTS

HEALTH

FLOW FENCING Pool fencing, timber/colourbond, local, professional and reliable.......0416 424256

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

DESIGN & DRAFTING BAREFOOT BUILDING DESIGN www.barefootbuildingdesign.com..........Bob Acton 0407 787993

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

GARDEN & PROPERTY MAINTENANCE

• OTHER HEALTH RELATED SECTIONS IN THIS SERVICE DIRECTORY: Acupuncture, Chiropractic, Counselling, Dentists, Osteopathy, Physiotherapy ACUPUNCTURE & COSMETIC MEDICINE Dr Adam Osborne ...........................................66857366 MULLUMBIMBY HERBALS Naturopathy, Ayurveda, Massage, Herbs. .............................66843002 WWW.EASTCOASTPILATES.COM.AU Judy Leane Ex. Phys ...........................................0408 110006

DAVID ROBINSON DESIGN DRAFTING All Council & construction requirements ......0419 880048

REMEDIAL MASSAGE: Deep tissue, sports, relaxation. HICAPS avail. Aaron Ovens ......0408 707304

BYRON ENERGY EFFICIENT DESIGN & DRAFTING www.beedad.com.au ...............0423 531448

COUNSELLING & LIFE COACHING: Anxiety, Depression, Relationships. TracieAnne.com. 0437 174804

FENG SHUI DESIGN CONSULTANT Lizzie Bodenham livingbalancedesigns.com.au Ph .0431 678608

DRIVEWAY MAINTENANCE

Coast to Country Asphalt Specialising in

• Asphalt Driveways • Sub-divisions • Earthworks • Carparks • and all Maintenance! For a Free Quote Call Now

oast Asph alt st C a E

0467 482 948

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

Contact Vadi: 0404

978 383

0430 297 101 / 6684 5437 livingearthgardens.com.au

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

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

LANDSCAPE DESIGN BEAU JARDIN We design & build beautiful gardens www.beaujardin.com.au Lic 177274C ...0417 054443 LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT Garden Design & Property Planning. Andrew Pawsey ..........0478 519804

LANDSCAPE SUPPLIES

ALL ASPECTS OF ASPHALT & BITUMEN SERVICES

6677 1859

CON

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SERVICING THE EAST COAST OF THE NSW NORTHERN RIVERS

• Sand • Soils • Gravels • Pots & statues • Lots, lots more

Burringbar

EARTHMOVING & EXCAVATION

TINY EARTHWOR Philip Toovey

0409 799 909

various implements available for limited access projects

1176 Myocum Rd, Mullumbimby (just past golf course)

THE BYRON BAY GARDEN & LANDSCAPING COMPANY Structural Landscaping

6684 2323 / 0418 663 983

LANDSCAPING

• Paving • Stonework • Timber work • Retaining wall • Garden maintenance • Planting • Turﬁng • Mulching • Hedging • Lawns

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

EARTHMOVING & PLANT HIRE Specialising in driveway construction & maintenance

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

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

LEAF IT TO US Specialists in acreage mowing, garden, tree maintenance.....................0402 487213

Training & assessment: earthmoving plant & forklift

PAUL’S MOWING Local & reliable. Mullum, Bruns, O. Shores, Byron & Bangalow.........0422 958791

– nationally recognised qualiﬁcations

0427 663 678 / 0410 056 228

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

5.5 TONNE EXCAVATOR, POSITRACK & TIPPER HIRE

TIP RUNS & RUBBISH REMOVALS 4m3 trailer..............................................................0408 210772 BRUSHCUTTING Rubbish, Property Maintenance, Lawns.............................................0412 469109 RICK’S PROPERTY MAINTENANCE Mowing, brushcutting, gardening, pool service ...0424 805660

Shaun Savage Landscapes Established 2008 ~ Lic No: 247282c

Specialising in: • Retaining Walls • Pool Surrounds • Block Work • Paving • Turﬁng • Stonework 20 Years Experience

0405 594 288

Specialising in road works, land clearing, retaining walls and general earthworks. Augers and rock grab available.

GREEN DINGO for all your mowing and gardening needs. Ph Michael .........................0497 842442 LEMONTREELANDSCAPES.COM.AU Liam. Lic No 277154C .........................................0423 700853

EXPERIENCED OPERATORS | FREE QUOTES 0432 299 283

LAWN MOWING rubbish removal, hedge trimming. Mullum, Bruns, Ocean Shores. Mark ..0437 343348 Brendan Duggan Locksmith. Automotive car keys and lock installation/repair .......0412 764148

NORTHERN RIVERS TRENCHING 65hp chain trencher, mini excavator, cable locating.0402 716857

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

GARDEN DESIGN

LOCKSMITH OSTEOPATHY

ALEX EXCAVATION 3.5T Zero Swing excavator & bobcat loader & 5T Tipper Rock Grab 0417 920300 www.simplybeautifulspaces.com.au FENG SHUI / GARDEN DESIGN .........................Lyn 0428 884329 NORTH COAST OSTEOPATHY Jodie Jacobs. Mon/Tues/Thurs/Fri.....................................66857517

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For North Coast news online visit OCEAN SHORES PHYSIOTHERAPY Manual therapies, dry needling, custom orthotics,

ROOFING

shock wave therapy, real time ultrasound. Nigel Pitman, Ilse V Oostenbrugge....................66803499

â&#x20AC;˘ DEPARTMENT OF FAIR TRADING INFO: When dealing with home owners, painters are required PETRA KARNI PHYSIOTHERAPY & Craniosacral, Manual Therapy, TMJ, Classes. to quote a licence number only for external work valued over $5000. Petra Karni & Andrew Weatherstone. Byron and Suffolk. Mâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;F & open Saturdays. Ph ....0403 226858

BYRON BAY

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

0438 784 226 â&#x20AC;˘ 6685 4154

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ALL-WAYS PAINTING

PICTURE FRAMING

DOMESTIC â&#x20AC;˘ INDUSTRIAL COMMERCIAL 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

MONTYS METAL

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

PLASTERING

ROOFING

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

Licence NSW: 30715C Licence QLD: 1227049

PLASTERING CONTRACTOR

RESIDENTIAL / COMMERCIAL NEW ROOFS / RE-ROOFS INSULATED ROOF PANELS FASCIA & GUTTERS REPAIRS & MAINTENANCE

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SUNRISE PLASTERING. No job too small. Renovations + patchworks. Gtd sat. Free quote ....0418 992001

PLUMBERS

QUALITY PAINTING SERVICES

X FINALIST OF THE MASTER PAINTERS OF AUSTRALIA AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE X ENVIRO FRIENDLY PAINTING www.duluxaccredited.com.au

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

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0400 852 141

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www.sanctuarypest.com.au

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

PHOTOGRAPHY

Tree Faerie Fotos Professional â&#x20AC;˘ Commercial â&#x20AC;˘ Personal 30+ years experience in commercial photography and photojournalism

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

PHYSIOTHERAPY BANGALOW PHYSIOTHERAPY Manual therapies, acupuncture, mat/reformer, clinical exercise classes, laser, shockwave. Kim Snellgrove, Cally Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Hara .......................................................66872330 NICK EDMOND Physiotherapy & Acupuncture. Open Tuesday, Wednesday & Friday

Pioneers of the solar industry

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

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

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SHIRE REMOVALS & FREIGHT CO

Patrick - 0425 256 802

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

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

Juno Energy is your local authorised LG energy specialist offering solar and battery solutions for yourÂ business & home

www.junoenergy.com.au licence number: 255292C

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

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

SOLAR INSTALLATION

BILL CONNORS All plumbing/draining. Lic #1051 .................................. 66801403 or 0414 801403

Calls always returned

02 6681 6555

NEWT wastewater treatment. Septic design, upgrades, maint & intall. Lic 207479C............... 0429 805081

JARRAH DAVIDSON Plumbing, draining, gas fitting & roofing. Lic 187712C................0438 668025

BYRONBAYPAINTINGSERVICES.COM.AU â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Reliable. Quality work. Ph .....................1300 255 724

Professional Property Protection you can Trust

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

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

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

AD PAINTING by John Hand. Lic 13246C ................................................ 0413 185399 or 66841249

PEST CONTROL

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0418 754 149 â&#x20AC;˘ 07 5523 9930

SHANE ABN 31 490 733 798 LIC 203196C

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Your Local Solar Experts

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0435 791 129

MAN WITH A VAN/TRUCK Reasonable rates. Phone Don ............................................0414 282813

466 Main Arm Road, Mullumbimby.....................................................................................66845288 BENNY CAN MOVE IT! .................................................................................................0402 199999 ANTHONY Dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ORSOGNA Physiotherapy, acupuncture, hydrotherapy Suffolk Park 1 Bryce St ... 66853511 MAN WITH A TALL VAN Furniture removal services. $60 an hour. Call Evan .................0410 120777

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Northern Rivers Pty Ltd

QUALIFIED â&#x20AC;˘ INSURED â&#x20AC;˘ LOCAL â&#x20AC;˘ FREE QUOTES

6685 4490 or AH on 0414 769 018

MAN WITH UTE. RETHINK REUSE RECYCLE. Ph Mark ................................................0411 113300

Home sewage solutions Commercial wastewater treatment Rainwater tanks concrete and plastic

ABN 48867459605 Lic 33995C

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

Painting & Decorating

A1 RUBBISH REMOVAL AND TIP RUNS. 9m3 trailer. Same day service. Best rates .....0413 289443

Sales Installation Service

PAINTER

Mob: 0409 451 518

Chay 0429 805 081

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

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NEED A PLUMBER? DRAINER? GASFITTER? 20 YEARS LOCAL SERVICE

Mark Wopling

OCEAN SHORES SKIPS Mini skip specialists ......................................... 0412 161564 or 66841232 Licence No. 207479C

YVES DE WILDE

Lic 312643C

PAINTING

Solar. OďŹ&#x20AC;-Grid. Electrical.

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

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

Service Directory VALUERS

CONSIDERING GOING OFF-GRID? 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

www.standalonepower.com.au

TELEVISION SERVICES

PRUNING ~ REMOVALS ~ STUMP GRINDING 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

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

TILER/STONEMASON/WATERPROOFER Lic 24418C. Phone Karl ...................................66804103

TREE SERVICES

CHOPPY CHOP TREE SERVICES

ALL AREAS OF THE NORTHERN RIVERS & SOUTH EAST QUEENSLAND

0401 208 797

VETERINARY SURGEONS MULLUM VET CLINIC: Richard Gregory, Bec Willis, Mark Sebastian â&#x20AC;&#x201C; After hours avail ...66843818 NORTH COAST VETERINARY SERVICES Dr Lauren Archer .................................................66840735

WATER FILTERS The Water Filter Experts for home, commercial and rural properties

6680 8200 or 0418 108 181

WATER SUPPLIES

SUMMERLAND TREE SERVICES ............................................. Call Tim 66813140 or 0417 698227 TRIDENT WATER Remote access delivery, 4WD water truck. Northern Rivers & surrounds ..0412 580 564 PETER GRAY Grad. Cert. Arb. AQF8. Consulting arborist................................................0414 186161

The Fully Insured Professionals

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

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

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

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

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

â&#x20AC;˘ Professional Tree Removal, Surgery & Maintenance â&#x20AC;˘ Stump Grinding â&#x20AC;˘ Weed Control â&#x20AC;˘ Arborist Reporting & Consultancy â&#x20AC;˘ EWP Cherry Picker Hire â&#x20AC;˘ Mulching of Green Waste â&#x20AC;˘ 24 Hour Emergency Call-Out â&#x20AC;˘ Professional, Reliable Service

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

WINTER SPECIAL:

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

TILE & GROUT CLEANING Every 5th m2 FREE

0427 347 380

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

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

WELDING

LEAF IT TO US 4x4 truck/chipper + stump grinding. Local, qualified, insured. Free quotes.0402 487213 A VERY HANDY MAN TREE SERVICES................................... Happy to help. Andrew..0412 558890

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

PROBLEM CAMPHORS and woody weeds removed. No fuss-green waste, lantana too! ..0478 779650

TUITION

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

WINDOW TINTING

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

UPHOLSTERY

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

BANGALOW UPHOLSTERY Now at Billinudgel. Re-covering specialists.............................66805255 SURFWAGON - Car/Home/Office tint. Lifetime Warranty. W/sale price .........................0434 875009

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INDEX Annual General Meetings ..... 29 Birthdays ................................ 30

Garage Sales......................... 30 Halls For Hire......................... 30

Motor Vehicles ....................... 30 Musical Notes ........................ 30

Professional Services ............ 29

Mullumbimby & District Neighbourhood Centre

Public Notices ........................ 29

Connecting the Byron Shire Community

Share Accommodation .......... 30

HELP OUR COMMUNITY

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HEALTH

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HYPNOSIS & EFT

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Lost & Found ......................... 30

Tree Services ......................... 30

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FEDERAL COMMUNITY CTR AGM Wed 10 June 7pm, at Ants Shed 3 Federal Drive. All welcome

DENTURES

Health Notices ....................... 29

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HYPNOSIS & NLP

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

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AGMs

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PUBLIC NOTICES

Mullumbimby and District Neighbourhood Centre are looking for a crew of volunteer food recovery van drivers. Requirements for the job are that you must be ďŹ t and able to lift sometimes heavy boxes of food, you must have an unencumbered Drivers Licence. If you like driving and you feel you could contribute to your community and environment please enquire by giving the centre a call on 02 6684 1286 or drop in at 55 Dalley Street, Mullumbimby.

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

Simple and effective solutions Anxiety, Cravings, Fears & Trauma. Maureen Bracken 0402205352 MASSAGE AWAKENING, REMEDIAL, THERAPEUTIC. Joshua 0422578090 â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;It is health that is real wealth and not pieces of gold and silver.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Mahatma Gandhi

GARDEN MAINTENANCE

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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

Yard & Garden Cleanups

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

0400 920 269

Body Based

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Book fair cancelled Friends of Libraries Byron Shire (FOL) have reluctantly cancelled the annual Byron Book Fair, normally held in July. But, fear not, the thousands of books are safely stored (thanks to Byron Bay Self Storage) and the Book Fair will be bigger and better in 2021. Even though FOL’s major fundraiser will not go ahead this year, they are still supporting the Shire’s libraries. Byron Bay library is using the shutdown to repair some worn out furniture. FOL is providing $4,000 to re-cover a number of the well-used armchairs in the library. And this financial year, they have already provided $11,400 for new books. Online author events have also become popular. FOL is planning

two online book launches in the near future: Georgie Brooks’ A Year in the Mud and The Toast and the Tears, and Alice Achan and Philippa Tyndale’s The School of Restoration.

Cancer transport Cancer Council NSW’s Transport to Treatment (T2T) is made up of a volunteer driving force. Many of those drivers were over 60, and T2T had to stand down 91 per cent of their drivers as COVID-19 struck. Putting a call out across the Northern Rivers for drivers that are not in a risk category they have been able to train 19 new drivers, and keep their service going. ‘Cancer never stops, not even for a global pandemic. We needed drivers desperately, or put simply; some

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Byron Community Centre continuing to run services These programs include: Homeless Breakfast: 7.30–9am Wednesday and Friday. Homeless Showers: Monday and Wednesday 10–12.30pm (book in at breakfast).

cancer patients would not be able to access their life-saving treatment,’ said Northern NSW Community Lead, Caitlyn Feldmann. ‘We still have a need for three to five drivers in Ballina/Lismore, and five drivers in Tamworth, so if you’re in these areas, under the age of 60 and have some spare time you’d like to spend helping people in need, please reach out to your local Cancer Council office.’ If you would like to volunteer for, or donate to, Cancer Council NSW go to their website: cancercouncil.com.au.

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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Men’s Shed

We are returning to play. Our starting dates are: Tuesday, 2 June and Thursday, 4 June at 9.30am. New guidelines: please bring your own mallet (mallets are still available to purchase), cup, thermos flask of tea or coffee, water, correct money ($3) to play. Social distancing requires that you keep 1.5 meters between yourself and others. Hand sanitiser and wipes will be available in the shed and the trolleys. There will be chairs set out under the shelter to use whilst waiting to play, or having a break. Looking forward to starting to play again. Any questions please ring Jenny on 0413 335941.

To combat social isolation during the COVID-19 crisis, The Australian Men’s Shed Association (AMSA) has launched online to help Shedders stay connected.

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.

Mullumbimby and District Neighbourhood Centre services are operational

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

MDNC services that are running include:

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

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Staying Home, Leaving Violence program.

Integrated Domestic & Family Violence program.

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Food Recovery.

Information, referral and advocacy.

Free Phone Counselling for Byron Residents: Call 0414 322 064, 10am–2pm weekdays to make an appointment.

‘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.

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‘We are doing everything we can to ensure people feel valued and have dignity as they access support.

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While all NORPA season shows and other performances scheduled to take place up until September have been cancelled or postponed, Lismore City Hall is lighting up as part of the final stages of a two-year project. They are also exploring the making and creating of new works – with a number of exciting creative projects in the early stages of development – that they look forward to sharing behind-the-scenes sneak peeks and announcements about in the very near future. For shows that have been cancelled or postponed, the box office team are working through contacting all subscribers and ticket holders. They will keep you updated on any changes, you can also check the current status of upcoming shows on our website.

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‘We are seeing people who have never had to access a service like ours before’, says the MDNC.

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

Lighting up Lismore

Community transport

Women’s Support Group: Fridays (women only) 1–3pm at Community Cabins.

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.

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.

Full moon 6 June Third quarter 13 June New moon 21 June First quarter 28 June Day of Sun Sun Moon month rise set rise 1 M 0630 1656 1347 2 T 0631 1656 1424 3 W 0631 1656 1503 4 T 0632 1656 1545 5 F 0632 1656 1630 6 S 0633 1656 1721 7 S 0633 1656 1817 8 M 0634 1656 1915 9 T 0634 1656 2015 10 W 0635 1656 2114 11 T 0635 1656 2211 12 F 0635 1656 2306 13 S 0636 1656 2359 14 S 0636 1656 15 M 0636 1656 0050 16 T 0637 1656 0142 17 W 0637 1656 0234 18 T 0637 1656 0328 19 F 0637 1656 0423 20 S 0638 1657 0520 21 S 0638 1657 0619 22 M 0638 1657 0716 23 T 0638 1657 0812 24 W 0638 1658 0903 25 T 0639 1658 0949 26 F 0639 1658 1032 27 S 0639 1659 1111 28 S 0639 1659 1148 29 M 0639 1659 1224 30 T 0639 1700 1301

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5.12am 4.23pm Astronomical data 4.41pm and tides 6.15pm Moon High tide, Low tide, set height (m) height (m) 0105 0358 1.61; 1658 1.48 1029 0.35; 2245 0.53 0210 0458 1.59; 1753 1.63 1116 0.29; 2351 0.46 1200 0.24 0315 0554 1.55; 1845 1.77 0422 0646 1.50; 1934 1.87 0051 0.40; 1244 0.21 0530 0737 1.43; 2022 1.93 0147 0.36; 1326 0.21 0637 0826 1.36; 2108 1.95 0242 0.34; 1408 0.24 0742 0914 1.29; 2154 1.93 0334 0.35; 1449 0.29 0842 1000 1.23; 2238 1.86 0426 0.37; 1532 0.36 0935 1048 1.17; 2321 1.77 0516 0.42; 1615 0.44 1022 1138 1.14 0605 0.47; 1701 0.53 1102 0005 1.67; 1232 1.12 0653 0.51; 1754 0.62 1138 0050 1.57; 1335 1.13 0742 0.53; 1854 0.69 1210 0140 1.48; 1442 1.17 0831 0.54; 2005 0.74 1241 0234 1.41; 1546 1.24 0919 0.52; 2122 0.75 1310 0331 1.36; 1641 1.34 1004 0.49; 2232 0.73 1340 0426 1.33; 1728 1.45 1046 0.45; 2332 0.68 1411 0515 1.31; 1810 1.55 1124 0.41 1444 0601 1.29; 1849 1.64 0023 0.62; 1200 0.38 1522 0645 1.28; 1929 1.72 0108 0.56; 1234 0.35 1604 0727 1.26; 2008 1.78 0150 0.50; 1310 0.32 1652 0808 1.25; 2048 1.82 0231 0.46; 1347 0.31 1746 0850 1.24; 2129 1.84 0314 0.43; 1427 0.31 1845 0935 1.22; 2212 1.84 0358 0.41; 1508 0.33 1947 1022 1.21; 2256 1.82 0443 0.40; 1554 0.36 2051 1113 1.21; 2342 1.78 0530 0.40; 1645 0.41 2155 1210 1.22 0621 0.41; 1741 0.47 2259 0031 1.72; 1313 1.25 0714 0.40; 1845 0.53 0125 1.64; 1422 1.31 0806 0.39; 2000 0.58 0002 0223 1.55; 1531 1.41 0859 0.37; 2118 0.60 0105 0325 1.47; 1636 1.54 0951 0.34; 2236 0.57

Times are Eastern Standard Daylight Savings Time. Time lags: Ballina Boat Dock: 15 min; Byron Bay: nil; Brunswick River Hwy Bridge: high 30 min, low 1 hr; Mullumbimby: 1 hr 10 min; Billinudgel: 3 hr 55 min; Chinderah: high 1 hr 15 min, low 2 hr; Terranora Inlet: high 2 hr 10 min, low 2 hr 25 min; Murwillumbah: high 2 hr 30 min, low 2 hr 50 min. Tides in bold indicate high tide of 1.7m or more and low tide of 0.3m or less. Data from Bureau of Meteorology.

Cryptic Clues

Quick Clues

1. No-result game – it goes up and down (10) 7. Bookie, popular – give it a whirl! (4) 9. Malicious, but I put self aside (8) 10. Slip on the Spanish church recess (6) 11. Armies in favour of churches (6) 13. Mother pig, with any nice wood (8) 14. One inclination to get up information tech – but it’s unendurable (1,4,5,2) 17. A burrito won’t work with fish! (7,5) 20. American Republicans with ties will get ahead (2,6) 21. Shelves – if they’re small, they’re insulting! (6) 22. Ax this clue (6) 23. Navel disorder to turn red and mauve (8) 25. A cat, but it’s very tiny (4) 26. Resist mad Robin – it’s solidarity for women! (10)

1. Movable entrance to fortress (10) 7. Whirl, revolve (4) 9. Malicious, vengeful (8) 10. Pass over (6) 11. Activators, army troops (6) 13. Cabinet timber sourced from South America (8) 14. I won’t put up with it! (1,4,5,2) 17. Freshwater game fish (7,5) 20. Get ahead, succeed (2,6) 21. Shelves (6) 22. Over, above (6) 23. Fragrant small plant or herb (8) 25. Basic particle (4) 26. Camaraderie for women (10)

ACROSS

DOWN 2. Chide agent – a pest (8) 3. We need time – not a neo-conservative! (3) 4. Hair raising over America – they call say it’s Red! (5) 5. Puzzle for 549, a novel by Jane Austen (7) 6. They say stalk cosmetic (3,6) 7. Little journalist around merriment – killed them (11) 8. Popular state with new English? That’s mad (6) 12. Crazy clot or moron – it’s where they manage radio! (7,4) 15. Ports – they go with legal proceedings (9) 16. Conscience for small university for each – for example, a band (8) 18. Commotions to break the French (7) 18. Robert and Catherine have a commercial vehicle (6) 21. Shelter over famous military victory – it’s a method of protection (5) 24. Traditional drama throws up small ennoblement (3)

DOWN 2. Chide, rebuke (8) 3. Not dry (3) 4. Red, also a boy’s name (5) 5. Puzzle, impasse (7) 6. Item of make-up (3,6) 7. Massacred (11) 8. Crazy, lunatic (6) 12. Chamber for management, especially in radio (7,4) 15. Luggage containers (9) 16. Consciousness and intelligence, as opposed to id (8) 17. Is busy and hurried (7) 18. Small commercial moving vehicle (6) 21. Protective bank beside a river (5) 24. Style of Japanese drama (3)

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