The Byron Shire Echo – Issue 36.37 – February 23, 2022 by Echo Publications

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Peer review questions holiday letting impacts

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Council’s planners are calling on councillors not to include an unfavourable Economic Impact Assessment (EIA) with their submission to the State government that seeks to cap holiday letting to 90 days for most of the Shire. ‘Anomalies’ and ‘questionable methodology’ are among the EIA’s claimed deficienceies. In the upcoming report for the February 24 meeting, report authors Ben Grant, Shannon Burt and Natalie Hancock present the long-awaited report, Economic Impact Assessment of Planning Proposal for Short-Term Rental Accommodation. In February 2019, Byron Shire received a temporary exemption from implementing the NSW government’s holiday letting rules, which recently came into effect across the State. Staff say, in the report, the delay gave Council the opportunity to lodge a Planning Proposal that would ‘cap’ non-hosted short-term rental accommodation (STRA) to 90 days per year in most of the Byron LGA, except for certain precincts in Byron Bay, Suffolk Park and Brunswick Heads, where it would be permitted 365 days per year. They say, ‘A conditional Gateway determination for the Planning Proposal was issued by DPIE (the department of planning and environment) on 24 June 2021’. As part of the planning proposal, Council were also required to submit an Economic Impact Assessment (EIA); the results of which are presented in the staff report. ▶ Continued on page 2

As part of Clean Up Australia Day on March 6, residents will be out to tackle rubbish and waste in Mullumbimby. Event co-ordinator, Bronwyn Morris, told The Echo vollies will meet at Mullum Co-op from 8am. ‘From here, we will collect our bags, register and be briefed. You can then choose an area you would like to clean up. You must consider the safety aspects of collecting litter, and think carefully about bringing young children along. You are responsible for anyone under 18 in your care,’ she says. ‘Another important reason to participate is that the day provides an opportunity to meet other locals who are also concerned about waste and litter reduction’. NE Waste will also be there on the day to answer questions. Photo Eve Jeffery

Byron to provide crisis accom again Paul Bibby Tucked away in a quiet corner of a local caravan park, a small, bright cabin sits beside the sea. It’s the kind of dwelling that would normally fetch a high price on the short-term holiday rental market. But this particular home will be occupied for free.

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After nearly a year of negotiations between the Byron Community Centre and Byron Council, the cabin will, next month, become one of the Shire’s first temporary dwellings for vulnerable community members.

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With the local housing crisis worsening, the need for temporary crisis accommodation has grown exponentially. ‘Every day, we work with people who are experiencing homelessness and those at risk,’ says Dayna Suchoparek, Community Support Worker at Byron Community Centre. ‘When people don’t have ▶ Continued on page 2

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Peer review commissioned over holiday letting impacts ▶ Continued from page 1 Staff say the ‘EIA ultimately concluded that a 180-day per year cap across the entire Byron LGA was the preferred policy option from an economic perspective, as it will provide the most substantial benefits across the relevant stakeholder groups, while minimising detrimental impacts on the visitor market’. Staff questioned the methodology used in the EIA, and referred to a peer review of the EIA, ‘which calls into question the validity of the report’s final recommendation’.

‘For example, the report has limited social impact assessment and there appear to be anomalies in the ratings applied to certain impacts and stakeholder groups’. ‘To address these concerns, and to gain a second opinion, Council commissioned Dr Peter Phibbs to undertake a peer review of the EIA. Dr Phibbs’ review concluded that while the EIA offers some useful material, the rating system used to produce the reports recommendation is fundamentally flawed and does not allow a Advertising now open for

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fair or balanced comparison of each policy. He noted that although economic impact analysis can be a useful aid in decision making, it is not intended to be used as an evaluative tool by itself. ‘He also commented that the method used to compare each option is unreliable because no attempt is made to weigh the importance of the impacts on different stakeholder groups. ‘This means that benefits to the local community of less STRA is more than outweighed by the negative impacts to visitors of having to pay more for their accommodation’. Staff say that given that the EIA forms part of the underpinning for the government’s decision making, it ‘will be decided on fairly narrow economic grounds by an external consultant’. As such, staff recommend that councillors not update the EIA recommendations with the planning proposal at this stage. ‘Instead, it is recommended that the existing Planning Proposal, together with the peer review of the EIA, be forwarded to DPIE for further consideration’.

Crisis accom returns to Byron

Dayna Suchoparek, Community Support Worker at Byron Community Centre. Photo Jeff Dawson

▶ Continued from page 1 somewhere to rest and feel safe, they experience heightened emotions as they are always on high alert’. ‘We know that when people are living in this state and in survival mode, it has a detrimental impact on their health and wellbeing. ‘People need the opportunity to have somewhere they can rest and recuperate to help them regain the capacity to work on the many challenges they face.’ The idea of using dwellings in local caravan parks for badly-needed crisis accommodation was first floated by Byron Community Centre in late 2020. But finding an operator who was willing and able to take part proved to be a tough ask. Eventually, having been

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Work is taking place in Mullumbimby’s CBD this week to clean and re-line damaged gravity sewer mains to improve sewer infrastructure in the Byron Shire. There will be temporary disruptions to traffic from Wednesday 23 February to Friday 4 March during standard work hours (7am to 6pm Monday to Friday, and 8am to 1pm Saturday). Council’s Capital Works Engineer, Joshua Winter, said the work was part of Council’s ongoing inflow and infiltration project to reduce stormwater and groundwater entering the sewer during rain events, which can cause sewage overflow and damage to infrastructure and the environment.

turned away by every caravan park they spoke to, the centre approached Byron Council, which owns two such parks in the Shire, in the hope that it could encourage at least one of them to take part. Finally, one of the Council-owned parks agreed, and the Council is now renting the cabin to the Byron Community Centre with the help of the Vasudhara Foundation, which has agreed to foot the bill via the WildWomen Fund.

Donors pitch in Other donors have also pitched in with furnishings to help turn the cabin into a comfortable, safe and welcoming space. ‘We’ve already got someone in mind to move into the cabin who we’ve been working with,’ said the

Community Centre’s Homelessness Projects Manager, Jenny Ryan. ‘Other possible cabin users will be identified through Fletcher Street Cottage, at the breakfasts, showers, engagement with the community workers, and also through collaboration with the key stakeholders who form the End Rough Sleeping Byron Shire Collaboration.’ ‘We need more cabins like this – there is a lot of need out there.’ ‘But this is a good start and hopefully it will be the catalyst for other similar projects.’ The exact location of the cottage is not being disclosed publicly, because some of those making use of the space may be at risk of ongoing family violence.

Mandy hits the campaign trail

Greens candidate for Richmond, Mandy Nolan. Photo Tree Faerie Comedian/author/artist Mandy Nolan spent Sunday evening at the Mullum Leagues Club with supporters for the Mullum launch of her upcoming Federal election campaign. Ms Nolan is organising a March 4 Justice rally this Sunday, kicking off at the Mullumbimby Civic Hall from

12pm. See page 16 for more info. Ms Nolan says, ‘When we march for justice, we march to acknowledge the lack of justice for so many women and children, and most importantly it is time for real change’. Participants are encouraged to wear black and paint their own placard that says why they march. www.echo.net.au

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State govt squeezes Council over its ethical investments Council’s investments in ‘Environmental and Socially Responsible outcomes’ are under pressure, with the State government directing Council to reject them, owing to their poor status with ratings agencies. The advice comes from a report on Council investments by finance manager, James Brickley, for the upcoming February 24 meeting. All local councils hold investment portfolios, that include bonds and term deposits held in banks and credit unions. After a review of Council’s investment portfolio by NSW

Treasury Corporation, Mr Brickley says some of Council’s investments fall outside ‘parameters outlined in accepted loan agreements’. According to his report, Council has 53.34 per cent investment in the most highly rated sector, AAA, and then has 18.87 per cent in A+ to A-, and then 25.13 per cent in BBB. That last percentage of investments is not associated with fossil fuels. Financial institutions that offer ‘ethical’ investments, Mr Brickley says, ‘are still mainly those with lower credit ratings (being either BBB or not rated at all i.e.,

credit unions)’. Mr Brickley adds that Council has borrowed through NSW Treasury Corporation under the Local Government Low Cost Loans Initiative, and as such, NSW Treasury Corporation have placed restrictions on Council’s investments ‘in terms of where Council can invest, based on the credit rating of the financial institution, the term of the investment and counterparty limit’. Mr Brickley says, ‘Council is able to hold existing investments not in compliance, until maturity, but must ensure new

investments meet the compliance requirements’. ‘Meeting the NSW Treasury Corporation compliance means Council will be limited in taking up investments that may be for purposes associated with Environmental and Socially Responsible outcomes. ‘Where investments do not comply with NSW Treasury Corporation requirements, and investments with financial institutions that do not support fossil fuels, will have to be decreased, owing to their credit rating status or lack of credit rating’.

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Council planning staff have sought to address what they say are incorrect assumptions regarding an attempt to improve DA processing by two councillors. An upcoming notice of motion (NoM) for the February 24 meeting by Crs Duncan Dey (Greens) and Asren Pugh (Labor) notes the pressures that Council’s planning department is under, and follows a staff report and councillor support from the February 3 meeting. Crs Dey and Pugh are also seeking public feedback as to how to improve the system. But Shannon Burt, Director, Sustainable Environment and Economy, replied in the agenda, ‘What the NoM fails to recognise is that the planning system is set by the State Government, via their legislation, and their Planning Portal, and in its current

form, neither allows Council to reject applications that are poorly made, without merit and or ambit claims against planning controls’. She says that ‘Byron Shire Council is one of three Councils that has been selected by the Audit Office of NSW to participate in an audit in 2021–22 into the development assessment (DA) process in local councils’. ‘The audit will assess the extent to which the assessment of DAs by selected councils aligns with relevant legislation and relevant guidance from the Department of Planning, Industry and Environment and the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC)’. Ms Burt says the audit has already commenced; its ‘objectives and outcomes correlate with the NoM’, and it’s expected to take 12 months.

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Joe Dawson and former Labor MP, Neville Newell, presented the Mullum Chamber with $1,250 last week, which will go towards the cost of the next defibrillator. Defibrillator fundraisers were kicked off last year, after the death of local surfer, Phil Jones. Neville told The Echo the funds were raised by Labor supporters through various fundraisers. Photo supplied

ŕşŕ ōĕëǖĕƐ ƐëſīĕƐƆ ëĎĎōĕ Ď ëǔşſĎëćōĕ ĲşƖƆĶŕī żōëŕ Paul Bibby An anonymous leaflet has been placed in local letterboxes alleging that the proposal to build group homes for single mums and their kids in Saddle Road, Brunswick Heads is a ‘plan for a drug and alcohol rehab’. But the claims have been dismissed by the organisers of the project, and an examination shows that they are based on a selective and inaccurate representation of the housing laws. The distribution of the leaflet comes as several of the region’s largest not-for-profit and philanthropic organisations throw their support behind the proposal, which would see three group homes, each with 10 bedrooms, built on the old Bruns Eco Village site at Saddle Road. Those now supporting, or directly involved with, the project and the associated Byron Community Housing Trust include the Byron Community Centre, Social Futures, the Northern Rivers Community Foundation, and the Momentum

Collective. Local developer, Brandon Saul, is also a key player in the project having donated the land and proposed the broader community housing trust model. The leaflet, which provides no clues as to the author’s identity, claims that the group homes project is ‘actually a plan to develop a drug and alcohol rehab, not a plan to tackle Byron’s Housing crisis’. The author states, without supporting evidence, that ‘Brandon Saul and his developer partners have an interest in drug and alcohol owing to the money that can be made from such a venture’. The leaflet goes on to state that, under the relevant planning laws, the land ‘can be used as a rehabilitation facility’. The author quotes selectively from the State Environmental Planning Policy (SEPP) 9 – Group Homes (1983). This is an outdated version of the laws applying to group homes, with limited relevance to the current development.

Referring to the section of the legislation covering ‘transitional group homes’, the author points out that, among the different categories of people who a group home provides for, are those who are ‘disadvantaged for reasons of alcohol or other drug dependence’. On this basis, the author claims that ‘this development is suitable for a drug and alcohol rehab’. This is a misrepresentation of the planning laws in relation to group homes, which do not state that they can be used as a ‘drug and alcohol rehabilitation facility’. Further, the author has omitted the fact that there is a second type of group home in the legislation, namely, a ‘permanent group home’. While people who are disadvantaged for reasons of alcohol or other drug dependence can also live in these permanent homes, they are even further from a drug rehabilitation facility than a transitional home. Instead, these homes provide ‘a household environment for disabled

persons or socially disadvantaged persons…’ Mr Saul has previously stated that the group homes development at Saddle Road will be a permanent group home, for working single mums who have been priced out of the rental market. In response to the flyer, the CEO of the Northern Rivers Community Foundation, Emily Berry, said that her organisation understood that a new development could raise concerns for some people.

mşƐ ë ſĕĲëć ĈĕŕƐſĕ ‘However, this new housing project with the Byron Shire Community Land Trust is not a drug and alcohol rehabilitation centre, as some members of the community are being led to believe,’ Ms Berry said. Mr Saul and others involved in the pilot project hope that it will provide a scalable model that can be replicated across the Shire with different types of housing for different groups, such as young people and older women.

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Story & photo Ross Kendall Mullumbimby’s lilac-coloured house been sold, but Byron Shire Council compliance staff’s demand that its colour be approved or changed remains in place. ‘The return to work orders will be transferred to the new owners along with the house,’ embattled vendor, Nicole Haberecht, told The Echo. After Nicole painted her house a lilac colour last year, compliance staff demanded that she submit a development application or change the colour. According Council, the house is in a heritage conservation area, and that means colour controls need to be followed. While grateful that she was able to sell her house in a strong market, the price tag still had to be significantly reduced to compensate the new owners for dealing with the Council orders. Despite requests to have the return to work orders overturned on the grounds that there are many varied and different coloured houses in Mullumbimby, as well as an online petition with over 2,000 signatories supporting her choice of colour, compliance staff won’t budge. The saga all started with one complaint, she said, and the original $3,000 fine for failing to comply with the order is still pending, Nicole says. She claims she has tried unsuccessfully on several occasions to challenge the fine, but has been hampered by the administration requirements and the complexity of the process.

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Mullumbimby’s lilac house has been sold, but the contentious colour remains for now. The debt is now being chased by Service NSW, and they are threatening to cancel Nicole’s drivers licence if she doesn’t pay the fine. ‘They plan to stop me driving because of the colour I painted my house,’ she says, adding that the stress of dealing with the fine and with Council has magnified her health issues. ‘I just can’t deal with it, they should just let me walk away,’ she says. ‘The approach taken by Council in this case was ‘heavy handed’, and they should promote the rules for home improvements in heritage areas more effectively’, Sonia Laverty from the Mullumbimby Residents Association said. Council staff were contacted, but no reply was given by deadline.

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At the very first meeting of the new Council, staff again managed to effortlessly pull the wool over the eyes of the councillors. As they say in the classics: ‘If voters knew what they were doing, they wouldn’t be allowed to vote’. And if elected councillors were personally liable for their stuff-ups, they’d be a lot more attentive and much less trusting.

trying always to shape their decisions by means fair, foul and extremely foul and always to the benefit of the development lobby. The elected councillors either failed to notice or lacked the courage to speak up.

Broadly speaking, the staff make the operational decisions (such as which road to repair) while the councillors are responsible for policy. It is important to note that both the Code of Meeting Practice and the Code of Conduct are policy documents; indeed, it says as much on their covers. Equally important is that in any review or alteration of policy, the proposal must be put on public exhibition, ie; advertised for public comment for 28 days at least.

The two issues to which I refer are the Code of Meeting Practice and the Code of Conduct. These are important documents that govern how councillors, Council staff and members of the public are meant to conduct themselves at meetings. Staff obviously thought it convenient to dispose of them at the very first meeting, In the case of the Code of before the new councillors had Conduct, the staff failed to advise time to find their feet. the councillors of this legal I should point out that western requirement. The councillors democracies are (allegedly) as a result summarily voted it bound by the doctrine of the through – in effect their first ‘separation of powers’. Put illegal vote. True, there were no simply, this ideal states that submissions put to the meeting bureaucracies, elected bodies and and the staff themselves were judges should stay out of each apparently happy with the other’s hair, ie; not interfere in existing document. But how each other’s responsibilities. do you do public consultation During the previous Council without consulting the public? the Council’s bureaucracy I personally have a few changes constantly intruded upon the I’d like to make, and if it takes functions of the elected Council, a legal challenge to secure that

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opportunity then that’s what I’ll do. [Are you listening, Ralph, this is no idle threat; enough yodelling in the canyon]. The staff handled the Code of Meeting Practice differently because they themselves wanted changes to this document; in particular the public’s right to ask questions was not something they were fond of. So, they did the legal thing by recommending that their proposed changes be put up for public exhibition. However they loaded the process by putting up a ‘draft’ document which incorporated the changes they themselves wanted. Given that the staff are clearly not meant to intrude in any way upon policy matters unless they are explicitly asked, where did these proposed changes actually come from?

In the good old days any proposed changes would be considered and voted upon by an appropriate committee, which was open to the public. Any preliminary decision would then be referred to the full Council for ratification, alteration or rejection. Such committees seem to have, in recent years, disappeared, to be replaced by the hilariously-named Strategic Planning Workshop.

The name is hilarious because said ‘workshop’ in reality considers almost any issue except strategic planning. The public is not allowed in, no agenda is published or minutes kept, nor is there a record of attendees. What happens is that staff “take notes” from the discussion, a kind of straw poll. Said workshop is explicitly forbidden by law from making decisions, even preliminary decisions, but it seems that staff have got around this limitation by incorporating selected elements of said group discussion into their next staff report, as though the ‘draft’ changes have mysteriously descended from heaven. There are a number of serious implications here: (1) The ‘staff report’ relies on notes from a staff member, not a councillor; (2) the notes rely on comments from people who may no longer be around, or who do not remember what took place; and (3) the notes assume that councillors present had already made up their minds. What then is the point of later public consultation?

subverts the prerogatives of the democratically elected Council. I note that when I asked for a copy of previous discussion lists I was told that as these are not public sessions, the relevant documents are ‘internal briefing papers’, ie; not available.

• • • • • • • • • • • At the last meeting of Council I put the following question: ‘Do Council’s lawyers now concede that under section 10 & 11 of the Local Government Act and Regulation 233, the Council only has the power to eject a member of the public from one meeting at a time for reasons of disorderly conduct at the same meeting?’ Here is the relevant part of Ralph James’ non-answer: ‘The provisions of Section 10 and Regulation 233 provide for an entitlement to attend Council meetings and for expulsion from those meetings for disorderly conduct.’

Such deliberate evasions are disrespectful of the person asking the question and deny the public’s right to information. At As I see it the so-called least Ralph had the honesty to ‘Strategic Planning Workshop’ describe his words as a ‘response’ as presently operated by this rather than an ‘answer’. Council constitutes an abuse of process and power, which Advertisement placed by Fast Buck$.

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Aslan Shand A late, urgent Mayoral Minute at last week’s Tweed Council meeting sought the Planning Minister’s support in relation to the controversial $250m health and education precinct currently being proposed on State Significant Farmland (SSF) near Kingscliff, on the Cudgen Plateau. The site is at 741 Cudgen Road, Cudgen, next to the new Tweed Valley Hospital (under construction), and it proposes building on SSF. At the time that the hospital site was rezoned from SSF to allow the hospital to be built, the community were promised by local Nationals MP, Geoff Provest, that ‘locating the new hospital on SSF would not open

Lands surrounding the new Tweed Valley Hospital near Kingscliff, will be protected from development, say Liberal and National Party MPs. Photo Jeff Dawson the floodgates to further development.’ The developer for the ‘Cudgen Connection’ development, represented

by Allan Larkin, Digital Infratech Director, presented their position to Tweed councillors for the development recently, based on

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Cr Rob. Photo bigrob.com.au community clients across Australia and internationally. The Echo spoke to Professor White who made a video submission to Rous that missed the deadline. A representative of Rous said it was too late to be screened in public access and was ‘forwarded to all Councillors on the morning of the Council

meeting for their info’. The Rous rep also, mistakenly, thought the video was a submission from the Northern Rivers Water Alliance, who already had a space in Public Access. During the meeting, Cr Rob did not give councillors all of the information he received from Professor White. At the meeting, Cr Rob said: ‘I circulated an email overnight relating to the experts that have been relied on – Professor Stuart White for example. You know, his position was the cost and when I made inquiries with Professor White, he finally agreed that yes, that dam should be considered. So if you take the cost out of

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the argument that the site should not have been included in the original 600 hectares that were designated SSF in 2005.

The Mayoral Minute seeks the planning minister’s support to work with the developers ‘to identify a suitable site on appropriately zoned and categorised land that would see an ability for the vision to be realised in way that does not encroach upon State Significant Farmland’. Responding to questions from The Echo, both the NSW Planning Minister, Anthony Roberts, and Minister for Agriculture, Dugald Saunders, have both confirmed that they support local member Geoff Provest’s position to protect the land. The motion was supported by all councillors present. Councillor Warren Polglase was absent from the meeting.

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it, then his position [is] all options on the table, the dam must be considered because that is one of the options.’ The Echo asked Professor White about his contact with Cr Rob, because Cr Rob’s comments seemed to be at odds with the information Professor White had been giving to other interested parties. Professor White replied, ‘My position on the Dunoon Dam is clear, and I’ve been public about it: it is too expensive, too risky, not useful for the purpose it is intended for, and not

needed within the planning horizon’. ‘This is before considering the environmental and Aboriginal heritage risks.’ Professor White said that this does not mean the Dunoon Dam, or any supply option, should not be considered and investigated alongside other options. ‘Under any reasonable analysis, it would be rejected. The proponents have already had a chance to make their case, at great public expense, and my view is that this case has not been made’.

¨Ĳſĕĕ ŕĕƱ ƆĲşƱƆ ĪſşŔ mw NORPA (Northern Rivers Performing Arts) has announced additions to their 2022 season, which includes a First Nations program and a new original work to be performed at The Eltham Hotel. According NORPA’s media team, Love for One Night, directed by Julian Louis, ‘weaves a tale of intersecting love stories, told in the playful and theatrical style of NORPA’s much-loved works Railway Wonderland and Dreamland’. ‘A series of brief encounters will be told through dialogue, movement, dance and song, using the iconic and historic Eltham Hotel as an atmospheric backdrop and stage’. NORPA will also present two events in its First Nations program, River Walks and Bundjalung Nghari-Indigenise, devised by Rhoda Roberts as Creative Director First Nations. River Walks, is a monthly

guided walk on Widjabul Wia-bal country that begins at NORPA, before exploring the banks of the Wilsons River in Lismore. Cultural guides invite participants to hear the stories of the river and water, learn the history and discover the old ways of mapping land, water and sky country. Bundjalung Nghari (meaning: story) is a collection of performed stories, poems and essays, penned by First Nations writers. The stories will lift the curtain on how we view homelands and estates, clan and kinship, and the legacy that lives on in the everyday. River Walks will be held on the last Saturday of each month, commencing Saturday, March 26, Bundjalung Nghari – Indigenise: is on August 5–7 and Love for One Night will play from September 4 to 27. For more information visit: www.norpa.org.au. www.echo.net.au

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Mountain charge is back, April 9 Aslan Shand The Chinny Charge, a yearly run up Mullumbimby’s local mountain, Mt Chincogan, was put off for two years as the COVID-19 pandemic swept the world. To make up for the loss of the last two years, 2022 will now see two charges up the mountain. On Saturday, April 9, the mountain will open to walkers from 2 to 5pm, with this being the first time that primary school children can take the opportunity to walk up the mountain as well. Prior to the walk opening, there will be an Easter egg hunt for the children at the Mullumbimby Sculpture Garden from 1pm. ‘We’ve had lots of requests for children under 12 to be able to walk up the mountain since we started the Chinny Charge back up again in

Mt Chincogan seen up close from a hot air balloon. Photo Ziggi Browning 2017, after a 16 year hiatus,’ Mullumbimby Chamber of Commerce president, Jenelle Stanford, told The Echo. ‘This seemed like the perfect opportunity for families with younger children to have the opportunity to take a walk up the mountain, as the event is normally limited to 12 years and above.’ Children from five and up

can walk up the mountain with adult supervision, however, anyone under 12 can’t do the final rocky climb to the top.

Registration open The Chinny Charge is also a fundraiser for the Chamber, with fundraising going towards a range of community events and

improvements. All walkers must be registered prior to starting, and online registration is now open at www.eventwizards. com.au. The cost is $20 per adult (18 years and over); children 12 and over $10; family of two adults plus two children $50; family of two adults, plus three children $55; and a family of two adults plus four children $60. Children aged five to 12 are free. ‘We do need to make it clear to everyone who is doing the walk that they must be off the mountain by 5pm, at the request of the landowners, who have generously opened up their properties for the community to access the mountain,’ said Ms Stanford. The normal Chinny Charge will take place in September this year, with a range of prizes for runners 12 years and up.

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Grants – what is Council applying for? Whether building new infrastructure, maintaining it, or commissioning reports and studies for infrastructure projects, councils often require financial assistance from the State and federal government. A report in the upcoming Feburary 24 Council agenda outlines what projects are on the radar, what grant applications were successful, or were rejected. ARENA (Australian Renewable Energy Agency) have been asked to contribute $4m to the proposed Bioenergy Facility at the West Byron STP. Council will contribute $16m, says the report, with the total of the project

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estimated to be $20m. Various road improvement projects are also listed, with a Gulgan Road Roundabout proposal, estimated to be $2.7m; Transport for NSW is being asked to contribute the majority of funds.

Road projects Other road projects on the list include Midgen Flat Rd, Mullum Road and McAuleys Lane intersection, The Pocket Road, Coorabell Road, and Wilsons Creek Road. Funding of $1.5m for the Byron Community Hub is being sought through the Bushfire Resilience Recovery Grant (federal government). An unnamed ‘Interchange Upgrade’ is also listed, which

is $78,760,000 in value. If successful, it would come from Infrastructure Australia (federal), with no funding from Council. The Echo previously reported that a grant was sought for a Ewingsdale Road upgrade, driven by executive staff, and without any councillor knowledge. Staff say in the report, ‘Currently Council has 18 grant submissions awaiting determination and announcement’. Recent successful applications include a Public Spaces Legacy Program for Sandhills Wetlands ($3m provided by DPIE of a $6.3m total); National Australia Day Council

provided $34,000 to host the Australia Day – Citizenship and Awards Ceremony; a Regional Sports Facility at the Suffolk Park Football Club received $389,483 from the State government (total project estimated at $489,483); and additional funding of Rifle Range Road works, valued at $597,015. Unsuccessful applications include National Landcare Program – Smart Farms Small Grants, a Byron Recreation Grounds Amenities block, improvements to Byron Street (Bangalow) footpath, Cavanbah Centre, Bangalow Pathway, Mullumbimby Netball Club and Byron Street (Bangalow) footpath.

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Local News Paul Bibby Byron Community Centre management were more than a little surprised when they were asked to pay more than $225,000 in development levies for a renovation. The organisation had, for some time, been planning a much-needed upgrade to the bar at the Byron Theatre in order to offset the costs of running the much-loved entertainment venue. It had also been looking to expand the use of its iconic second storey verandah as a small bar to generate revenue for community programs. The verandah was already being used for this purpose during events such as the Byron Film Festival. Little did Centre management know that building anything does not come cheap in the Byron Shire, no matter how well-intentioned. In a move that highlights the cost of trying to launch new projects in the Shire, Byron Council informed the Centre that it would need to pay sewerage fees

Upgrades planned for the Byron Community Centre have hit a snag with massive charges from Council and water utility Rous. Photo www.byronbusinesseventsbureau.com.au of $146,000, and $6,698 in water fees. Rous County Council then joined in the fun, slapping the Centre with a levy of $72,000 for ‘bulk water fees’. ‘The levy will be a huge cost for Byron Community Centre; drawing from funds that could instead go directly to support community programs,’ General Manager Louise O’Connell said in a letter to Byron Council. ‘This levy may even prevent the viability of the upgrade of

the Theatre Bar and Verandah Bar; preventing the creation of funds in the future to provide crucial community services to Byron Shire’.

Waiver request Ms O’Connell has formally applied to Council for a waiver of its share of the levies, a request that will be considered at this week’s full Council meeting. Council can waive developer contributions where an organisation demonstrates

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that ‘it is a non-profit and charitable organisation, which by virtue of carrying out such development, is considered to be making a significant and positive contribution to the community…’ In their report on the matter, Council staff have recommended that Council’s General Manager, Mark Arnold, be given the authority to waive all but $5,622 of its fees. Councillors will vote on this recommendation at Thursday’s meeting. The Community Centre is also seeking exemption from Rous County Council for the $72,000 in bulk water fees. The Community Centre’s experience is one that many organisations and small businesses face in the Shire, and across the State more broadly. The high cost of government fees and charges makes starting a small project nearly impossible without significant start-up capital. Over time this has contributed to the loss of small, vibrant venues, encouraging large commercial ventures that cater to mainstream tastes and interests.

Train memberships for locals Owners of the Byron Solar Train, which runs daily between Belongil and Byron’s CBD, say they have reduced the pricing on their annual memberships. Operations Manager, Robert Jarvis, says they are ‘very keen to make travel

easier for more locals’. Mr Jarvis adds, ‘Parking is free on Bayshore Drive, which means people can park and ride and not have to deal with traffic delays, parking fees and fines’. For more info, visit www. byronsolartrain.com.au.

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Community strategic blah blah A largely meaningless document, called the Community Strategic Plan (CSP), is up for adoption by councillors this Thursday. Staff say, in the upcoming February 24 Council agenda, the existing document will be further developed and implemented over the the next four years, and ‘sets the collective vision for the next ten years and highlights the community’s priorities’. While there are many, many aspirations and motherhood statements contained within the document, longtime residents will be aware of how little any of it matters when applied against court cases and accountability of the organisation. The CSP can conveniently be disregarded with the ‘flexibility’ afforded to Council staff with their decision making, for example. Is there anything in this document that is legally binding in terms of accountability and performance by Council? Should the public consider this document has any value, given it is not underpinned by legal consequences? Those questions were put the the NSW Office of Local Government, given all NSW councils are required to adopt a CSP. A ‘response’ by a OLG spokesperson did not answer these questions, and instead, they outlined the purpose of the Community Strategic Plan. That basic information is readily available, which raises the question of whether media spokespeople really exist. Perhaps they are they bots programmed to not answer questions and only regurgitate the bleeding obvious?

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Further to page 3 story, State govt squeezes Council over its ethical investments, it’s worth pointing out how corrupt and unstable the global financial market is. If you haven’t watched the 2015 movie The Big Short, do it. It explains this all simply, with gags and celebrity cameos. Anyway, a push for more sustainable investments was made years ago by a previous Council. Now, it appears those ethical investments, or anything with ‘Environmental and Socially Responsible outcomes’, does not meet the benchmark for the ratings agencies. And the NSW government want to maintain their ratings, right? But who are the ratings agencies? Credit rating agencies are private corporations that charge their clients for ratings. Both countries and corporations, such as financial institutes, are rated on a scale from AAA to D, depending on their economic and financial strength. The main rating agencies are private US and UK based companies: Standard & Poor’s (S&P), Moody’s and Fitch. After the 2008 global financial crash, it emerged that rating agencies failed to identify bundled debt mortgages that were a risk. Whatever regulation that was in place didn’t work. It could be argued that the close relationship between governments (who regulate) and financial institutions is the real risk for stability, not sustainable investments. There’s plenty of examples where former politicians are snapped up by large financial institutions. Former NSW Premier, Mike Baird, and former Qld Premier, Anna Bligh, are just two examples. How can Council invest in ethical products and not investments aligned with fossil fuels? This question is now in the hands of the newly elected councillors on Thursday. Hans Lovejoy, editor

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unday May 2022, 0900 hours: Cleaning up after an election party can be either a lark or a chore, depending on who won. This clean-up is just disgusting. Every lipsticked bottle and ashtray and discarded packet fills me with bile – a symbol of another term with Scott Morrison at the helm. I vacuum, with hatred and resentment sweating out of me, only to be replaced by more sickening gutwrenching hatred and resentment. I sit to watch the morning postmortem news TV, hiding childishly and churlishly under the blanket peeking at the smirking right-wing commentators, and unblocking my ears to listen to the bloodshot-eyed lefties. The rout is complete – Greens vote halved, swing from ALP, and the sole beneficiary is the conglomerate Clive Palmer/United Australia/Reignite Australia/Craig Kelly extravaganza. Clive’s mob have 11 senators, and their preferences easily supported enough on the right to return the Liberal National coalition. It is clear what has happened. A whole mob of people who previously voted Green or left or green/left Independent voted for ‘Freedom’, which means that for them, the mandates and vaccination had become the determinative issue at the ballot box. Almost every commentator grossly underestimated this, assuming that it was only the unvaxed by choice that were affected. In fact, there were hordes of voters who had not wanted to be vaccinated, but did, to save their jobs and their nightlife and cafe lattes. They were resentful, and voted with their feet (and arms). And of course, there were the thousands who actually lost their jobs over mandates, many in the ‘waiting for Novavax’ camp. It also appeared that thousands who had not voted for years had enrolled just for this purpose. Previously Green voters in particular had abandoned the party owing to its support of the mainstream medical advice. The federal election was always going to be decided on less than five per cent of the vote, and they clearly swung to Clive.

‘Did they not realise that a vote for Clive was a vote for coal? What did his slogan of ‘Freedom Freedom Freedom’ mean – the right to pollute?’ David Heilpern Maybe it was his $100 million spend, or maybe he just got his messaging right to the pendulous ‘wellness’ voters. Federal Liberal ‘pro-choice’ voters stuck to their guns. They knew from the dog-whistle state-premier-bashing that Scotty was secretly nudge-nudge wink-wink on their side. ‘I understand your frustration blah blah’. An ALP luminary comes on TV saying that they should have realised that a proportion of their base was angry at them for supporting mandates and vaccinations, and that they could have listened more clearly to their polling. The leader of the Greens is crestfallen and disappointed. He says that the party ought to have messaged that whatever your view on vaccination, climate change is the most important issue. He could not believe his eyes that there had been leakage from the Greens to United Australia. Did they not realise that a vote for Clive was a vote for coal? What did his slogan of ‘Freedom Freedom Freedom’ mean – the right to pollute? Clive Palmer is jowl-shakingly crowing that he read the electorate better than all the press and pollsters, and that people wanted their ‘freedom’ more than anything, that this is what veterans had fought wars for, had died with real Aussie red blood for and that now he would be able to build many more coal mines than before. His balance of power in the Senate would be used to quash any nonmining-friendly legislation. He didn’t even blush. Lucy from Byron Bay is interviewed: ‘I have been a Greens voter all my life, but I could not vote for them this time’. ‘Our whole way of life is at stake with these mandates, and I had to vote for someone who was going to stand up for my rights; my body, my choice’.

I vomit into an empty nachos bowl. And I curse myself too. Who did I think the tens of thousands of protesters were going to vote for – Adam ‘get vaccinated’ Bandt? Why did I conveniently ignore the fact that Trump actually increased his vote? Why didn’t I spend more time talking to my lovely unvaccinated friends about the big picture? I should have argued that Clive Palmer really didn’t care about mandates and vaccines one tit, he was just riding on the coat tails of anger and trauma. For him, it was only ever about ego and mining. Maybe I could have changed some minds with my widely syndicated viral Echo column. Why didn’t I write that article on ‘ugly freedom’ theory, about the meaninglessness of the concept/word in the context of climate change. That idiot who called me a sheep at the IGA for wearing a mask (incidentally the day before I tested positive to covid) – I knew him from the blockades way back. I should have taken the time to sit with him, listen to his story, and reinforce that no matter what, he should not vote for minerology. But here we are. I smash the bottles into the recycling bin, partly so they can all fit, but mostly as a release of anger. I wonder if that powder on the table is ecstasy, cocaine or talc and whether it would ease my pain? Damn the Murdoch press! A curse on you Craig Kelly! I’m not watching the news any more, and I’m hiding from Facebook. Isolation and insulation might not save the planet, but it could just save my sanity. I’m not having any more election parties either. The clean-up is just too painful.

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Letters Vagina gratitude To the women who rose up last week in Byron Bay for The Vagina Conversations, I am incredibly grateful. We were entertained, amazed, captivated and always in awe of these courageous women who stepped into the spotlight to share their life journeys and reflections. Each one planted a seed of hope as their stories connected us through threads of compassion. I was changed. I carry each of them in my heart as well as a renewed determination to stand up and be heard when it counts. And to stand for those who are unable to raise their voices. To Zenith, Mandy and all the women who stood bravely before us; exposed and raw – sometimes literally – your energy, your words and the reclaiming of your power were gifts that sprinkled over your audience and grew our courage. Thank you. Lynne West Byron Bay

Toot, Toot Thank you to everyone who tooted, waved and gave me thumbs up in support as I held my sign ‘NURSES NEED PROPER STAFF LEVELS’ at Ewingsdale last Tuesday. That was my simple way

Cartoon by Gary Cavanagh. Instagram: @gary_cavanagh of showing my support for our nurses; and by extension, for all our cleaners, admin and clerical, security, physios, radiographers, allied health and all of the staff who have jobs that don’t easily fit any tag. We have persevered through the COVID times, is there a light at the end of the rainbow? Thanks also to Brunswick Picture House for your support by providing Cheeky Cabaret tickets for our staff. Frank (I think I’ve done your x-ray) Harkness Brunswick Heads

Religious freedom? In his blistering book 1984 which castigates Stalin’s Russia, Orwell introduces the language ‘Newspeak’ in which words contain a concept and its opposite: The Ministry of Love is a prison, the Ministry of Truth produces propaganda, the Ministry of Peace is concerned with war. With regard to the Religious Discrimination Bill, the term ‘religious freedom’ is a classic example of Newspeak. It utilises the word freedom, but in reality aims to do the opposite, to restrict

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Speaking from the conservative side, I can’t stand Morrison’s general approach or his credibility. Unfortunately, as a Ballina resident, I have no other choices. I cannot support the Labor Party when the views of the local vicepresident, a truly biased individual, are so negative. Also, any chance they had went out the window when they said they would govern with the Greens’ support, if needed. The Greens cannot be described in any other manner than ‘useless shit’. A vote for them is a wasted vote. If Labor are serious they should publicly declare that NO deals will be done with the Greens. Bill Ashford East Ballina

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Q The recent local council elections have resulted in the appointment of new councillors to Rous County Council (RCC), and these councillors just voted to revive the option of building a new dam at Dunoon to add to our region’s water supply. As a member of the public I served for two years in RCC’s consultation group with regard to its Future Water Strategy. The decision to shelve the Dunoon Dam proposal was based on the research and evidence that was put into the various options under consideration. Now I feel obliged to ask; ‘What credibility do the new Rous Councillors give Rous Water when they are ignoring and discounting the years of consultation and work that went into the Future Water Strategy – in good faith – that it would produce the best outcomes for the region?’ The Dunoon Dam is, in the long term, the most expensive option for ratepayers, the means of destroying a precious environment that supports one of the State’s few healthy koala populations; the cause of further destruction to First Nations’ heritage and

well-being, and; being on the same waterway as the Rocky Creek Dam, it limits the diversity, sustainability and resilience of the region’s ability to supply water well into the future. Yet it would appear that the new Councillors are unwilling to see the flaws in building this dam [a conclusion] that was arrived at after the years of consultation with many experts and the public, that came before their appointment. What is the point of having a body such as RCC, and all the past work done, if their decisions bend or break according to the changing political whims of its councillors every few years? Surely the region’s water strategy should be above politics, and should be decided on the basis of all the work that was done in the past! Jill Garsden Goonellabah Q Six of the eight Rous County Council (RCC) water authority councillors – Mustow, Cadwallader, Humphrys, Gordon, Rob and Bruem (who are reps drawn from Ballina, Lismore and Richmond Valley Councils) – have voted to progress a new dam over the religious site, and 25 grave cemetery of Lismore’s Widjabul Wiabul residents. Their vote has also stopped RCC rolling out its already adopted Water Strategy for at least two years while RCC now reinvestigates the dam. Any dam will then take a further five years to build. As such, these six councillors are sabotaging rolling out water supply for our growing population. There is a long way to go

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This is an open letter to all those proud parents of the children/teenagers who allow their youngsters to jump off the bridge connecting to Friday Island. Do you have any idea what they are up to? On arrival, their massive noise level starts, to a point that the nearby houses can’t hear their radios or televisions. This noise level affects about 12 dwellings. The noise includes some of the foulest language you have ever heard including ‘fs’ and ‘cs’. This is coming from some as young as ten, male and female. When we speak to them to try to try to get some reasonableness we are

to see if these six people get their way for RCC to store our drinking water over the dead bodies of Aboriginals. The good people, Council staff and other councillors of the Ballina, Lismore and Richmond Valley Shires, now have to live with the ugly decision that this minority of their Councillors have brought to their respective Council Shires. Cultural genocide is alive and well in the Northern Rivers, and our Aboriginal residents will need the broad communities’ support to stop this disgrace, and to stand up to these Rous Councillors with their fake representation of their respective Shire residents, that is supposed to require equitable representation of all residents. Ballina, Lismore and Richmond Valley need new public information signs – as these councillors are all a part of the RCC; perhaps they could create a generic sign for their various Shires boundaries, i.e. ‘Public Notice: If entering this shire BE WARNED – the shire stinks.’ John Lazarus Byron Bay Q I am 99 per cent sure that

the Dunoon Dam will never be built. I made this prediction to a Ballina Councillor when it was obvious that Ballina would elect both councillors who were prodam to Rous County Council (RCC), the body responsible for water security and flood mitigation. Two prodammers already had seats for each of Richmond Valley and Lismore Councils. But, importantly, I predicted that before the dam proposal is again defeated, abused with the foulest language, amidst them quoting the law to us. They defecate and urinate quite openly and leave behind junk on the footpath and roadway, which we then have to clean up. Their bikes block the footpath access to Friday Island and they run around on the bridge as if it is their playground. It is an accident waiting to happen. The kids come from Pottsville, and Casuarina, as well as Bogangar. When we inform some parents what is happening they are shocked and have now banned their children from the activity. If these were my children, I would not be proud. The affected owners are now talking to the

there will be a massive waste of time, money, angst, fear and community division on the way given the premature convictions of the majority of RCC’s 2022 Councillors. No, I’m not a seer. Evidence against the dam from the data, when serious investigation began in 1995 until 2022, is conclusive. Thumbs down from the 2013 expert environment and cultural heritage investigations the EIA (environmental impact assessment) and the CHIA (Cultural/Heritage impact assessment). Thumbs down that the dam could deliver water security in times of climate change; particularly being built below an existing dam. Modern studies by NSW Department of Water Policy, reject dependence on rainfall and a single source of potable water. Sensationalist, misleading, advertising and petitions prior to the recent LGA elections show that pro-dam Council candidates were just not prepared to be accurate about water security, and seemingly lacked scientific understanding. So I smiled, grimly, when one newly minted Lismore Councillor, on his very first day at his first Council meeting, launched straight into a motion against handing back some land to its traditional owners. He came a cropper. He just didn’t investigate properly what had gone before. Expect more such from RCC for some time because there is just so much for those dam councillors to unlearn. Here is my challenge to RCC. Prove me wrong. Lyn Walker Lennox Head authorities to get [their activities] banned. We have no problem with the bridge jumping… it is the associated activities that we object too. K Smyth Bogangar

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he other day in a Mullumbimby street I was wearing a mask. This was not on account of Halloween, or because I had finally succumbed to my friends’ entreaties not to frighten the passers-by, it was because I had just left one shop and was on my way to another, both of which required their customers to observe the (then) current anti-covid measures. ‘Hey you! Take that mask off, it will give you pneumonia, you idiot.’ The speaker, or rather shouter, was red in the face and clearly annoyed with me, though I had no idea who he was. I asked him why he was so angry, but all he did was repeat his medical conviction, several times: ‘Idiots who wear masks get pneumonia’, and lurch away. The joke was on him, because being over 65 I have had the pneumonia shot (although I suspect that would just have made him angrier), but this random encounter made me wonder how many other people have irrational attitudes towards public health issues.

Alternative facts There have been big protests by anti-vaxxers in the news, but they represent a tiny minority of the population. Even in Byron Shire, I thought, although the national press delights in calling us the ‘anti-vax capital of the country’ the alternative-facts lobby is confined to the weirder corners of the community. Therefore, as a public service and so you don’t have to, I have spent some time trawling through online comments on covid stories, reckoning that such comments form a readymade vox populi resource. I was also inspired by the delicious meme of a man in a stretcher asking a paramedic, ‘Are you taking me to hospital?’ and getting the reply, ‘No, mate. You need serious medical advice, so we’re taking you straight to the comments section.’ The anti-vax movement is a very broad church. The following summary reflects only the most common ideas, and not the utterly depraved ones appended to covid articles that might get their writers prosecuted under the government’s new, controversial and largely ineffective anti-trolling laws. Some people quote the bible to justify opposition to vaccination. The Mark of the Beast is popular because it can mean anything, and the ‘fetal line’ issue (fetal cells used in testing, not production, of vaccines) is also one of the religious objections. There is nothing about abortion in the bible, but there are prohibitions on drinking blood, and these are pressed into service, much as old-school Jehovah’s Witnesses twist the references in Genesis and Leviticus to justify letting themselves die rather than have blood transfusions. Others rely on the 5G conspiracy, ‘something something Bill Gates’, or that old chestnut ‘chemtrails’, which are one of the means used to spread covid;, so much more dramatic than having idiots breathe on you. Some people are ‘Sovereign Citizens’, who think of themselves as courageous freedom fighters in the jungle of the law. They don’t recognise any government, let alone allowing it to tell us

what to do. On the other end of the scale there are those who get the vapours simply by reading a list of vaccine ingredients. Political conspiracists think a capitalist/communist/lizard elite is softening us up for a global takeover, while others think covid is a plot by China and Anthony Fauci to destroy the economy. Some think it’s a hoax, others believe it’s just the flu, while others admit it’s real, but just don’t want to do anything about it because, well, reasons. Some wouldn’t take the vaccine because it was ‘unapproved and experimental’, but now they won’t take it because they say the approval was rushed. There’s a crowd who think the vaccine is literally killing thousands of people in Australia, but the media won’t report it. This is a psychotic belief, and we know that because it is promoted by several members of the federal coalition.

Do your own research? The phrase ‘do your own research’ appears less often than I expected, probably because it has been so widely ridiculed. Nevertheless, there are still some who reference the University of Facebook as their knowledge base, along with random anecdotes gleaned from the wellness industry and confidently presented as if they were extracts from scientific papers. These folk say their immune systems don’t need the help of artificial vaccines because of all the (presumably natural) vitamins and supplements they take, including in some cases hydroxychloroquine and ivermectin. It is a well-known fact that podcasters on this topic have to spend five years studying medicine before they are allowed to broadcast. There’s also a big cohort of vaccine critics who are motivated by the fact that ‘Big Pharma’ overcharges (hard to disagree on that one), and a smaller group who actually claim that hospitals make big money from killing covid patients. To be honest, I have only skimmed the surface of this turgid pool; the depths are beyond the point of nausea. Ignorance is not bliss. Ignorance is poison when it’s pushed forward so aggressively that it displaces knowledge. Orwell saw the future as one of increasing repression, a boot stamping on your face forever. Let’s not allow a future of increasing ignorance, a voice forever screaming nonsense in your face. How do we oppose the slide into darkness when, for example, the prime minister himself believes in an absurd cosmology and is constantly purveying lies. Can we trust the government? We emphatically cannot trust this government, which is the worst in living memory. But the habit of mistrust is corrosive to our collective wellbeing. Social life is not just the collision of equally valid opinions. There are tools for sorting truth from falsehood, the scientific method for one. The truth is out there, and we can value it or surrender to chaos.

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CHESS by Ian Rogers Within a week of Yuri Averbach’s 100th birthday, the Russian Grandmaster lost two of his colleagues, leaving Averbach, Boris Spassky and Serbia’s Aleksandar Matanovic as the last remaining members of the legendary post-war generation of players. Abram Khasin, who died in Essen, Germany, just short of his 99th birthday, was one of the top Soviets in the 1950s and ’60s, winning many tournaments but never starring in the USSR Championship. Khasin did, however, finish fourth in both a World Correspondence Championship and, in 1995, the World Senior Championship. His achievements were all the more remarkable as Khasin fought in the Battle of Stalingrad and was so severely injured that both his legs required amputation. This week also saw the death of Grandmaster Borislav Ivkov, famous for defeating five World Champions including Bobby Fischer and Anatoly Karpov. Ivkov played 12 Chess Olympiads for Yugoslavia, winning two individual golds, plus six silver and four bronze team medals. In 1951 Ivkov was the first World Junior Champion and, after two big wins in Argentina, in 1955 became one of first players to earn the Grandmaster title. However, Ivkov is also famous

for an heroic failure. At the 1965 Capablanca Memorial tournament in Havana, in a field featuring past and future World Champions Fischer and Vassily Smyslov, Ivkov was set to win the event with a round to spare. Instead Ivkov created a checkmating net for himself, losing to his tailender opponent and then collapsed in the final round. (Ivkov did go back to Havana to win the same event 20 years later.) Ivkov’s smooth style can be seen in the following game. Nuoro 1984 White: B Ivkov Black: D Johansen Opening: Queen’s Indian 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.e3 b6 5.Bd3 Bb7 6.0-0 Be7 7.Nc3 d5 8.cxd5 exd5 9.b3 Modest play, which causes Johansen to become ambitious. 9...0-0 10.Bb2 Na6?! 11.Rc1 Nc7?! 12.dxc5! bxc5 13.Na4! Ne6!? Not liking 13...Nd7 14.Bf5! Johansen sacrifices a pawn, but Ivkov retains total control. 14.Bxf6 Bxf6 15.Nxc5 Qe7 16.Nxb7 Qxb7 17.Qc2 g6 18.Qc6 Qxc6 19.Rxc6 Rfd8 20.Rfc1 a5 Against many players Johansen would have steered this to a draw, but Ivkov’s technique proves impeccable. 21.g3 Kg7 22.h4 h5 23.Bf1 Bb2 24.R1c2 Ba3 25.Bh3 Re8 26.Rb6 Ra7 27.Bxe6 Rxe6 28.Rb5 Rd6 29.Nd4 a4 30.b4 Rdd7 31.Rcc5 Rac7 32.Kf1 Bb2 33.Ke2 Rxc5 34.bxc5 a3 35.c6 Rc7 36.Rc5 Bxd4 37.exd4 Kf6 38.Kd3 Ke6 39.Kc3 1-0 ‘My whole playing life,’ said Ivkov in 2017, ‘I did not understand chess.’ Johansen might disagree.

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The virus, propaganda, reality and paranoia Q As of today (16/02/2022), 4,726 people have died of covid in Australia. This is my response to the protesters in Canberra: NOBODY is being held down and vaccinated against their will – mandates only apply in critical occupations. Death and suffering is particularly evident in aged care, for example, and it’s common sense to require aged care workers to be vaccinated to reduce the spread of the virus in that environment. Older peoples’ lives are as valuable as anybody else’s. If you don’t agree with that, you’re a eugenicist. The government has failed to support people who have lost their jobs or suffered bad health outcomes from the virus. So, many people are now really pissed off. There are many willing to follow a disparate bunch of charlatans and grifters to gather in Canberra, with a minority of them calling for the unlawful overthrow of said government, and even for executing people. These tough talkers are afraid of a little jab and a little mask in enclosed spaces like retail and hospitality. And they’re not hesitant in asking for donations that are sucked up and used without a shred of accountability. All this, despite an election being only a couple of months away. The despised government can be legitimately and peacefully voted out. Sadly, the disaffected will be easily led to vote against their own interests – voting for the UAP of fossil fuel baron, Clive Palmer, and his acolyte, Craig Kelly, or Pauline Hanson’s One Nation, and other outright fascist fringe elements. Preferences will be channelled by these parties back to the LNP, the very same party responsible for years of corruption and for funnelling

the nation’s wealth to billionaires. The billionaires are the people most likely to benefit from opportunist exploitation of this humanitarian crisis, all while sipping cocktails on their mega-yachts. You can be sure their staff are all vaxxed and RATted. That’s my rave. Eve Sinton Main Arm

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Is war inevitable?

We have Stan Grant giving us the latest ASPI fantasy on Putin’s dreams of global domination via the ABC, we have the CEOs of weapons manufacturers openly, publicly salivating, over the prospects of a war with Russia. I ask; Where is the anti-war voice of Australia? Was there ever one to begin with? Or are we, as a nation, resigned to committing our sons and now daughters too, to whatever Washington points Australia at? Dennis Pickford North Lismore

Every day in the MSM we hear claim and counter claim about an invasion of Ukraine. The West (our side) claim an invasion is imminent. The East (their side) deny they are about to invade. Once again it gets down to them or us. People are confused, the propaganda machines get more shrill. What is true and what is false becomes ever more blurred. A lie told often enough, after a time, comes to be accepted as the truth. This applies to both sides. If we are not careful a

Q Intensifying demonstrations around the world illustrate the accelerating angst over the truth around the virus. Let the silent majority of vaccinated Australians vent their collective spleen over political exploitation of the issues, in the manner of Grace Tame and Brittany Higgins. Let’s unite the national family, by returning to that caring spirit from the early days of the pandemic. The time is ripe for electoral pressure on our dysfunctional politicians; to achieve the health and economic outcomes they profess to want for us. The immediate action must be for the government (via the ABC) to stage discussions about all the science and data. The most effective path is to invite the most senior of US regulators, dissenting scientists, and frontline health workers, since they are the primary source of global information. Our chance to become world leaders is by showcasing full and transparent information accessible to all. Optimal health and economic outcomes must surely follow by the shortest path. Hayo van der Woude Mullumbimby Q The ABC’s Background Briefing (13/2/22) on the Omicronrelated impact on hospital staff, detailed health workers’ cris de coeur during January.

Briefly and respectfully, just a couple of comments: an emergency department (ED) nurse, ‘We’ve had a tsunami of cases, 19 patients in a space for six’; ane ED doctor, ‘We’re overwhelmed, ‘resus’ room’s full, patients drowning from covid, and you’re gagged from speaking out’; ED nurse, ‘I was screamed at by an unvaccinated patient who needed adrenaline to breathe’… There are many more examples. NSW Health’s response: Statistics and more statistics. Statistics for new builds, new staff, (going back to ? 2011) and supposedly ‘forward planning’ to ‘manage the impacts of COVID’. Not a single attempt to address the above concerns of ED staff. Dismissive and anaesthetising. There was overseas clinical evidence of Omicron’s virulence well before the 15 December easing of restrictions, but the premier and NSW Health were determined… apparently in a desperate attempt to harvest as much political capital as possible. The premier has apparently fallen short, judging by the recent by-election results. With such a mistimed lifting of the rules, the population, which was largely adhering to ‘best practice’, became more relaxed, some possibly feeling the pandemic was finishing; and so the general laxity and surge in cases. As the ED doctor (masked-up no doubt) quoted above said: ‘I went to a mall to buy Xmas presents on 22/12 and nobody was masked’. Xmas was indeed a super-spreader event. Frank Lynch Wilsons Creek Q The Echo has clearly thrown in its lot with the clot shot, avidly promoting Big Pharma’s mass vax agenda.

provocation can happen, then the other side replies in kind – as happened in the Balkans, 1914. From there the madness spread all over Europe and lasted four years, resulting in millions of deaths, massive destruction, and eventually led to WWII and a further 70 million dead. A third WW would most likely end up a nuclear war, after which it is said, ‘The living would envy the dead’ such would be the carnage and destruction. To ascertain what is truth and what is lies we need whistleblowers to come forward, this is the

They certainly don’t provide fair and balanced reporting on the issues involved, nor any acknowledgement of the appalling harm done to youngsters by mask mandates, social isolation and mass vaccination with gene-based pharmaceuticals. Instead they offer up transparent provax propaganda, like the risible bit of pop psychology they featured recently under the heading, ‘How depression makes people vulnerable to misinformation’ (Echo, 2 February). The Echo regularly publishes articles that deride any who dare question Big Pharma’s covid narrative by labelling them ‘antivax’, but they won’t even admit, let alone examine, the reasons for their own provax activism. There’s little room for reflection in the pages of our local rag. With the exception of an occasional letter from concerned individuals, scrutiny of the official narrative has been absent. The Echo’s performance on this issue has been indistinguishable from the mainstream media. I can’t help but wonder why The Echo would side with authoritarian compulsion and contempt for informed consent. Do they have a vested interest in the vaccine industry? John Scrivener Main Arm Q Ed note: No, John, despite the occasional commitment of some staff to strategic investments in the drug industry, we still don’t have a single share. Unfortunately, when some people spread misinformation, others use that as the basis for their decisions. Normally, we’re happy to print views that we disagree with, but on this issue The Echo thinks it’s irresponsible to be part of that.

great value of Wikileaks, which allows whistleblowers to keep their identity secret to avoid vindictive government punishment while exposing their lies and deceit. This was the ‘crime’ of Julian Assange. He exposed the lies of the warmongers, the Merchants of Death. If we allow this crisis to get out of hand we will have no one to blame but ourselves; the result of apathy and inaction on our part is not worth considering. Frank Ball Tweed Heads

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n a system dominated by straight white men, how do we get truly representative government? Can Patriarchy ever deliver the equity so many of us desire? I can’t see systemic change ever happening without an end to the big P. And before some of you start getting angry and shouting at The Echo that Mandy Nolan has gone on another man-hating rampage. I’m not. Calling for an end to Patriarchy is not saying you hate men. It’s saying you hate a system that gives privilege and purpose to one particular group at the cost of others. It’s saying that there has to be a better way. Patriarchy demands a particular style of masculinity. It postures. It dominates. It invades. It controls. It marginalises. It’s violent. It creates war. It is the architect of so much of the world’s suffering. It’s not just women and the non-binary community, so many men are injured by a system that demands their brutality. The cost of passage to the Gentlemen’s Club is their heart. It’s their kindness. It’s their silence when men they know behave badly, or tell sexist or racist or homophobic jokes when they’re drunk, or

Calling for an end to Patriarchy is not saying you hate men. It’s saying you hate a system that gives privilege and purpose to one particular group at the cost of others. PƐțƆȝƆëƷĶŕī ƐĲëƐ ƐĲĕſĕ ĲëƆ Ɛş ćĕ ë ćĕƐƐĕſ ƱëƷȁ

bash their wife or partner. It’s the compromises they’ve made to survive in a system that crushes men who don’t ‘measure up’. Patriarchy is the secret handshake. It’s the envelope full of cash. It’s the pat on the back. It’s the secret deal, the pay off. It’s the fucking disgusting privilege. Privilege that always comes at the expense of everyone else; the liberty, the equity, and the safety of everyone and everything else. It’s a mindset that says that everything is mine. It’s there for the taking. It’s the coloniser’s wet dream, bending Mother Nature over and raping every resource out of her. Patriarchy is the man in the

shadows. The drunk boy who drags a drunk girl to the couch of his boss and rapes her – because he can. Patriarchy is the silent hand on the shoulder that says ‘We’ve got this my boy. We wrote the legal system. Rape has a conviction rate of just over three per cent.’ My 21-year-old son grew up in a household full of women. Inside the home there was no patriarchy. With a feminist mother, a feminist grandmother and four empowered sisters he had the opportunity of finding a different masculinity. A masculinity that was informed by the feminine. That meant he could cry, that he could talk about his feelings, that he could be himself. He could also kick a ball and go to the gym. There’s something terrifying about sending your son into the world of men. I remember when he

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Let us have at least one day each year where we acknowledge and appreciate all the positive things men do in our homes and our communities. They build our houses, put out our bushfires, teach our children, grow our food, coach our kids’ sporting teams, help our businesses grow, take us camping, fix

left home I told him to be careful. It wasn’t the conversation I gave my girls about locking doors, dark streets and men who rape and kill. It was about being careful not to show too much of himself; to know when to be quiet and sneak past the gatekeepers of Patriarchy who sniff out ‘deviance’. Who hurt beautiful boys who don’t prescribe to the tenets of their club by ‘teaching them a lesson’. One of my favourite sayings is: Nothing changes if nothing changes. And if Patriarchy isn’t dismantled, then we will never end domestic violence. We will never end the rape and murder of women and children. We will continue to live in a world of violence and war. It isn’t peace if it’s a pause, just a tiny gap where we congratulate ourselves for our astounding humanity, and wear a white

our cars, mow our lawns, get us bicycles and teach our children to ride, give us legal advice, provide health services, get down on their knees in the mud and muck to fix our plumbing, and bear the majority of the burden to provide for us financially, often subjecting themselves to sustained, degrading, and soul-destroyingly monotonous employment in order to do so. Society is a better place when we all grow up with a sense of self-esteem and are reminded of the positive light within. Let’s not fail to show our young boys the positive sides of masculinity also. Rohan Smith Upper Wilsons Creek

Land degradation Are you building a residential home? Are you a council constructing playgrounds, or a construction company building a major motorway? All are subject to legislation managing water and sedimentation leaving your site. Look at our Richmond River. Who is responsible [for the sedimentation]? Mainly farmers and the Department of Primary Industries. Time and again we have studies and token projects to appease the concerned

ribbon and run an awareness campaign and raise money for the traumatised… before we face the next atrocity. We don’t need any more awareness campaigns. We are aware. The perpetrator is Patriarchy. So I suggest a quota system, where we set a limit on straight white men that we are prepared to accept as CEOs, on boards, in courts, in governments. Then we open the doors to everyone else: The people who have been marginalised, First Nations, the disabled, the LBGTQI community, people of colour… and women. Then, and only then, systemic change will occur, when leadership isn’t from the pointy end of the trickle down triangle of neoliberalism, but from beside it. What does that even look like? I don’t know about you, but I want to find out. And I think most men do too. Q Please join us at March 4 Justice this Sunday at 12pm at the Mullumbimby Civic Hall. Wear black.

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population,but nothing of significance is achieved. Why is this section of our community allowed to flout the rules, and yet the rest of us must abide by them, or face penalties of tens- and even hundreds-of-thousands of dollars? Many farmers do not restrict cattle from river banks, macadamia farms are not planting ground covers and continue with soil disturbing practices, and the sugar cane areas are still using drainage schemes developed in the 1950s! Farmers must look at their current farming practices, and if they are contributing to the gigantic soil loss we see flowing out to sea for weeks, they must be forced to put into place systems to arrest this loss of soil, or to change to another type of farming. Contact the NSW Soil Conservation Service: www.scs. nsw.gov.au (soil and erosion) for starters, and do your part in being a responsible landowner, because as I watch, tonnes of soil wash out to sea after every heavy rain. The farmers in the Richmond catchment are NOT land carers! Richard White East Ballina

Save our ABC Now here’s some really bad news for the rightist anti-ABC knuckleheads with their constant bleating about ABC bias and taxpayer funding. Upon coming to government, the Labor Party has pledged to restore [what was taken by] punitive Coalition funding cuts and to protect both the ABC and SBS against any future ideologically motived cuts, or any political interference, by granting the public broadcasters funding in five year cycles. Recent polling by the Australia Institute found that a majority (two thirds of those surveyed) want the $84 million cut of the last three years restored. A massive 61 per cent of respondents also agreed that a strong, independent ABC is critical to a healthy democracy with only 19 per cent disagreeing. There have been $526 million in cuts to the ABC budget since 2014, with an ongoing reduction to base funding of $106 million per year by 2021–22, the ABC has told Senate Estimates. In a world of right-wing misinformation and outright lies, Australians are relying on honest and quality news reporting Keith Duncan Pimlico www.echo.net.au

What does the current federal government solar discount mean for you? The Federal Government provides a solar discount to home owners and businesses in Australia that install a small scale renewable energy system (solar, wind or hydro under the Small-scale Renewable Energy Scheme (SRES) to help with the purchase cost. Installing an eligible system allows the creation of Small-scale Technology Certiﬁcates (STCs). The number of STCs created is based on: • the amount of renewable electricity the system produces or the amount of electricity consumption it reduces • the climate region where it’s installed. Under the package, the Federal Government will pay around $300 per kilowatt towards cost of a solar system.

Let’s break it down Pamela and Daniel are considering a 5.85kW solar system, supplied and installed by ProSolar for $7,900. The federal government discount for this system is $2,592 (at time of publishing). This brings their system cost down to $5,308 saving them $1,750 per year enabling them to pay back their investment in 3.03 years! ProSolar provides advice and guidance in a simple and easy way, to ensure you select the optimal solution for your home and budget. This is the best opportunity Northern Rivers families and business owners have ever had to generate our own power. For more information, call ProSolar on 0418 240 282.

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Sa sbury Cоcreting Salisbury Concreting has been operating within the Shire and its surrounds for over thirty years, and have mastered everything concrete.

been added to the ever-growing skillset at Salisbury Concreting. Since its foundation the business has apprenticed many young, locally born tradespeople.

With experience in civil, industrial, residential and all things decorative, Salisbury Concrete is the right choice for all of your needs.

For all your concreting, formwork and steel-fixing needs please feel free to contact Daryl and his experienced team for what you’ll know to be a professionally finished job, carried out by a truly local crew.

The last thirty years have seen a lot of changes in the building industry and as a result many new creative styles of both indoor and outdoor concrete works have

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Bodhi Li ng Bodhi Living is a concept furniture store that strives to bring home the magic of rich and vibrant cultures, looking for character, beauty and quality in everything they source. Bodhi showcases unique, antique pieces from around the world, combined with a range of contemporary furniture, rugs, lighting, décor and art. They also offer unique and personalised design experience, guiding their clients through residential, commercial and contract projects. At Bodhi they believe

a home is an extension of one’s self and they work with you to draw on your personal style, creating considered spaces that enrich the soul and are imbued with character and meaning.

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Australia has over 24,000 species of native plants, compared with just 1,200 species native to England. Australian native plants are a diverse group, thanks to the extraordinary range of climatic conditions and soil types in this country. Plants have adapted to survive in environments ranging from coastal heath, through rainforest to the arid outback. Wherever you are, there are many native plants that will happily grow in your garden. Plant growers have continued to propagate and trial different species, making a wider range available to the home gardener.

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Native plants are not only beautiful and productive, but they are essential for the survival of our native animals. Visit Eden at Byron to explore the great range of native plants suitable for our climate. 140 Bangalow Road, Byron Bay 02 66856874 0413929171

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The site will consist of seven cabins ranging in size and design, including a pool house and wheelchair accessible dwelling.

Check out byronbuilt.com for an extensive range of architecturally designed models or be guided by the team to customise a design to reflect your individual concept, budget and style. Keep your construction local and sustainable. Contact them for more information. hello@byronbuilt.com www.byronbuilt.com FB/Insta: @byronbuilt

Enspire Furn ure d H ew es Are you looking to update your home office or outdoor? Visit Enspire's huge Ballina showroom, where their friendly, knowledgeable and professional staff can assist you in creating a fresh and stylish space you will adore. They have an extensive range of indoor and outdoor furniture, artwork, rugs, lighting and homewares in many styles to suit your personal taste, including modern, industrial, Hampton, coastal, chic, oriental, contemporary, Scandinavian or minimalist and more.

Their Australian and imported lounges are made from the highest quality materials. They have a large selection of A-grade full grain leather or commercial grade fabrics and they can customise the lounge configuration to suit any room. Their furniture is quality tested and approved to ensure customer satisfaction. Instagram @ enspirefurniture 15 Sheather St Ballina,2478,NSW enspirefurniture.com.au

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Evergreen Decor offer an exceptional range of artificial plants and fibre cement pots at great prices. Available in many different shapes, sizes and colours, they’ll complement any garden, home, show room or office space.

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Byron Built’s latest project showcases an architecturally designed multi-dwelling tourist facility in the picturesque Byron hinterland.

Pictured is the first cabin, a standalone dwelling, designed to blend in seamlessly with the landscape through the clever use of windows, allowing natural light in and creating an airy atmosphere.

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The Evergreen Decor team can offer many different design ideas to suit your individual space.

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If your bedroom is on the small side and feeling a little cramped, Beds R Us Byron Bay has a range of mattresses, bed frames and storage options to help make the most of your space. Positioning your bed in the centre of the wall, if space allows, creates symmetry and also allows access to each side of the bed. A modern and sleek bed design like the Kimberley (pictured) can visually add more space and there's plenty of room under the bed to utilise for extra storage. Let the team at Beds R Us Byron Bay help you to create your sanctuary of rest and relaxation. 16 Brigantine Street, Byron Arts & lndustry Estate.

Byrо College Want to create beautiful and functional spaces within your home and garden, but be sustainable at the same time? Come and learn new skills at Byron Community College, they offer a range of courses to enhance the spaces within your home and garden. Look out for the upcoming Low Tox Green Cleaning workshop to discover

how you can use everyday household items to clean inside your home. For your outdoor spaces, options include Composting and Worm Farming workshop or Beekeeping to name a few. To enrol visit www.byroncollege.org.au or call to speak to our friendly staff on 6684 3374.

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Wharf Bar & Restaurant Ballina 12–24 Fawcett St, Ballina 6686 5259 wharfbarballina

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Enjoy Riverfront Dining at Wharf Bar & Restaurant Dine in and takeaway at our beautiful Riverside Restaurant & Bar. Serving delicious, Italian wood-fired pizzas, local seafood and our region’s best beers and liquors.

Native Indigenous Restaurant

Cnr of Bay Lane & Fletcher St, Byron Bay

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Enjoy some delicious local seafood on a beachfront table

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Swaay Open 7 days Mon–Wed 7am–2.30pm Thurs–Sun 7am–10pm 11 Marvell Street, Byron Bay swaay.com.au

No Bones Vegan Bar and Kitchen. 11 Fletcher Street 0481 148 007

The Italian Byron Bay

1 Jonson Street, Byron Bay 6680 7632

Barrio

Incredible cocktails, locals beers & all-day snacks and food to share, with ocean views.

4 Jonson Street, Byron Bay 6680 9183

Happy Hour | Every day 4–5pm $6 Loft lager or wine, $10 Aperol Spritz, $14 Margarita

Book online: www.loftbyronbay.com.au

91 Jonson Street, Byron Bay. Ph 5628 7021

Yaman Mullumbimby 62 Stuart St, Mullumbimby 6684 3778 www.yamanmullumbimby.com.au

Open 7 days from 9am–8pm Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

Open every day from 4pm till late.

Main Street Open for takeaway daily, 12 midday until dinner. Menu, Phone and more details @mainstreet_burgerbar 18 Jonson Street 6680 8832

Success Thai Mon–Fri lunch & dinner, closed Sundays. Lunch 12 noon–3pm. Dinner from 5–8.30pm. 3/31 Lawson St, Byron Bay www.facebook.com/ pages/Success-ThaiFood/237359826303469

The Rocks Brunch 7am–12 noon, Mon–Sun. 16 Lawson St, Byron Bay 6685 7663 Menus at therocksbyronbay.com.au @therocksbyronbay

Order online and join our loyalty program. Catering for up to 100 people lunch and dinner. BYO Locally owned and operated. Scan code for menu.

Sneaky Eats Co 5/15 Towers Drive, Mullum Industrial Estate admin@sneakyeats.co www.sneakyeats.co

‘Make a meal of it’ Add chips and a drink, just $5.

Frida’s Field 76 Booyong Road, Nashua. Open 12–4pm Fri–Sun. Bookings via our website www.fridasfield.com

Catering available.

Coffee, malawach rolls, pita pockets, falafel, traditional Yemenite spices and all your favourites, always freshly made. Drop in for an authentic atmosphere. Dine in or Takeaway. Healthy, Nutritious and Delicious, Vegetarian/ vegan prepared meals & sides. Made with market fresh local and organic produce. We provide curries, dhals, patties, salads, sauces, dips and GF sourdough breads, treats & sweets. Order by Monday 8pm for Wednesday collection, order by Thursday 8pm for Sunday collection. We offer a safe click & collect service.

Long Lunches Contemporary country dining from award-winning chef. Seasonal produce-driven set menus with multiple dishes shared amongst your booking. Beautiful eco-farm location, just 10 minutes from Bangalow. BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL.

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All your favourites, every lunch and dinner. Experienced Thai chefs cooking fresh, delicious Thai food for you. BYO only. Welcome for lunch, dinner and takeaway. Menus available on Facebook.

salads and hot vegetables to go.

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Open for takeaway daily, 12 midday until dinner. Menu and more details @mainstreet_burgerbar

Serving succulent local free range chicken,

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Espresso Martini Nights | Every day 9–11pm 2 for $20 Classic Espresso Martini.

Byron’s Freshest Pizza

Keep an eye on our socials for daily specials.

Open Sunday to Friday, 11am to 7pm.

Fresh authentic Mexican in a relaxed atmosphere. This is food made with love, all produce sourced locally. Eat in or take out. Margaritas and tacos all night long! Shop 12A, 3 Clifford St, Family friendly totally GF menu. Suffolk Park Dinner 5–9pm 6685 3059 Wed–Sat www.chupacabra.com.au Book via Resy @chupabyron

Serving Byron Bay for 30 years. Open 7 days and nights. Delivery from Suffolk to Ewingsdale. 90-96 Jonson Street 6685 5700 www.legendpizza.com.au

Offering daily bakes, breakfast cakes, classic sandwiches, vibrant salads, smoked fish, woodfired meats and cocktails.

The Coop Rotisserie and Larder

Chupacabra

Legend Pizza

Barrio takes its inspiration from locally sourced produce and Middle Eastern cuisine.

1 Porter St, North Byron Opening Hours Mon–Sat: Breakfast 7am– 11pm; Lunch 11am–3pm Thu–Sat: Aperitif Hour 3pm–5pm; Dinner 5pm–late @barriobyronbay

The Italian, Byron Bay, provides a bustling, atmospheric restaurant, dishing up contemporary inspired Italian cuisine and some of Byron’s finest cocktails and wines.

Loft Byron Bay

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OPEN 7 NIGHTS FROM 5PM Happy Hour from 5–6pm $12 cocktails / $5 beers / $7 wines Live music every Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

21, 108 Jonson St, Byron Bay Open Wednesday to Saturday - please check website or call us before dining with us OPEN WEDNESDAY TO SATURDAY – PLEASE CHECK WEBSITE OR CALL US BEFORE DINING WITH US. 5633 1216 www.theitalianbyronbay.com

Enjoy our fresh, local Seafood and our region’s best Beers and Liquors at a Beachfront table on Byron’s famous Main Beach. Extensive takeaway menu available. Accepting Dine & Discover Vouchers.

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SWAAY is a new cafe / bar / restaurant offering an experience of great food & drinks, quality service and good music. Come dine inside on one of our leather banquettes, hang amongst the plants at the bar, or chill outside and enjoy afternoon happy hours with one of our signature cocktails. Our ever evolving menu is focused on modern cuisine using only the best seasonal local produce.

Changing the earth one Brussels sprout at a time. Book online: www.nobonesbyronbay.com.au #BRUSSELSNOTBEEF

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Food with history, story & connection DINNER, THURSDAY–MONDAY Early sitting from 5pm Second sitting from 7.30pm Bookings highly recommended, via our website www.karkalla.com.au | @karkallabyronbay Team Karkalla thank you for your support and kindness during this challenging time.

KARKALLA Byron Bay

www.harvest.com.au @harvestnewrybar

HARVEST RESTAURANT, DELI + BAKERY Culinary creativity that harnesses the connection between food and nature. Restaurant Lunch: 7 days 12–3pm Dinner: Wed–Sat from 5.30pm Baked goods at Sourdough Weekends: Sat + Sun 8am until sold out Deli 8am–3pm daily

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The Rocks is back in business! Brand new summer menu! We have a range of freshly sourced dishes, Byron Bay coffee, and hand-made juices and smoothies at locals prices. Fully licensed, and offering $7 mimosa’s all day, and $6 schooners during happy hour! Check out our new dishes on Instagram! We are registered as COVID Safe, and complying with all NSW health legislation.

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Sunday at The Roadhouse by mixologist Dylan Leacey. Dylan’s primary focus is on how good the cocktails taste, but he’s also given a great deal

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of thought to ensuring the ‘good feeling’ vibes extend to health and sustainability. ‘The Roadhouse Bar menu focuses on sustainability,’ says Dylan, ‘and we are trying to approach a zero-waste cocktail program. Feels Botanicals is in line with our ethos of supporting local, quality, craft produce – it uses a unique combination of native botanicals and this adds a level of complexity and sensorial journey in the drinks, while delivering more mouthfeel, but without the need for additional sugar.’ Every Sunday in February and March, you can visit the Roadhouse for Feels Botanical eau de vie cocktails, delicious food, and changing weekly live music – which kicked off last Sunday with Franki Music and Friends. While you’re soaking up the beats, treat yourself to a Basking Tommy’s Margarita with Dylan’s zero waste orange liqueur, made from left-over bar scraps (orange peel and

flesh) which is fermented in alcohol. It’s packed with flavour and pairs beautifully with the hemp, quandong and kakadu plum botanicals in Feels Botanical Bask eau de vie grape spirit. Stir together with agave and lime juice, and

you have the perfect Tommy’s Margarita. Small batch spirits in the Feels Botanicals range, such as ‘Bask’ and ‘Vivify’, are distilled from 100 per cent Australian grapes. The range is 100 per cent Australian owned, and

free from grains, gluten, preservatives and added sugars. The eau de vie grape spirit Feels Botanical can be purchased directly from their website, or at the Suffolk Park bottle shop, Sunrise Cellars, and The Little General Store in Newrybar. Cocktails can also be enjoyed at local venues, including Bang Bang, Raes on Wategos, Harvest Newrybar, Super Natural, Daughter in Law, and Mez Club. www.feelsbotanical.com.au @feelsbotanical The Roadhouse: 142 Bangalow Rd, Byron Bay

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You know the real estate market’s crazy when even Byron’s pigs have million-dollar views. But the Berkshires raised by Byron Bay Pork and Meats have always been special, especially to John Singh, a third-generation local farmer whose grandfather first came from India in the 1890s. John’s father sold vegetables from a horse and cart in the 1930s, and now the three Singh brothers have divided the land, with one growing bananas, another cattle, while John sells his pork and other meats through his Mullumbimby butcher shop, and at their new Byron store (formerly the Wholly Smoked premises). Unfortunately, only the pregnant sows and piglets get the view across the Cape – they’re kept near to the house so that John can keep an eye on them. The other pigs live at John’s farm in Tenterfield where, owing to a diet of carefully selected grains and an emphasis on slow growth, they produce marbled meat, more like Wagyu beef, which does not dry out during cooking. By the way, if you like buying your pork from a big supermarket, this is not how your pigs are raised. Chef

Matthew Evans’ book On Eating Meat describes not only how supermarket pork is made more moist by saline injections, but also the hideous piglet-raising methods that are a world away from the Byron Pork methods. Ray Hambly (himself from an old Byron family, whose father grew up in Newrybar) has been the manager at the butcher’s shops for the past eight years, and says that people are increasingly looking for healthier meats and alternative cuts. ‘One thing I’ve noticed about the customers in the new Byron store,’ he says, ‘is that they know their meat, and they’ll often ask for something special, which we’re happy to get in for them.’ ‘In Byron we specialise in organic meat,’ he adds. ‘This wasn’t on the sign initially, and as the premises used to be Wholly Smoked, everyone wants to know whether it’s still organic, and the answer is: Yes! Our meats are all organic, and antibiotic and hormone free’. Byron Bay Pork and Meats is a local, family-owned business that sources pork, beef, lamb and goat from their family farms (about 60 per cent of their meat comes from their own farms, and the remainder from other local farms). They

Berkshire Hathaway’s taking time out from her job managing a $700 billion investment fund to raise piglets on her property overlooking Cape Byron.

focus on quality, locally-produced meats and smallgoods. Whilst they are the place for smoked leg hams, pork roasts, turkeys and chicken, right now it’s barbecue time, and they have award-winning and gluten-free sausages (or GF rissoles, even their crumb coatings can be GF), which are

perfect for a summer meal out on the deck. Find Byron Bay Pork and Meats at: 70 Dalley Street, Mullumbimby (open 7am–5pm, Mon–Fri and 8am–12pm Sat.) 120 Jonson St, Byron Bay (open 7am–5pm, Mon-Fri and 6am–12pm Sat.)

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At Mullumbimby Farmers Markets we are lucky to have easy access to one of Australia’s premium hemp food products at the Hemp Foods Australia stall, run by Bubaloo Fahey. Bubaloo has a wealth of information on the uses and benefits of hemp, and she’s often accompanied by Paul Benhaim, founder of Hemp Foods Australia and a pioneer in the hemp food industry, who is also an expert on all things hemp. Hemp seeds look similar to a coriander seed, with vastly superior nutritional qualities. Tasting like a cross between a pine nut and a pistachio, the seed is pressed for the hemp oil, and then the remaining husk is separated and made into either hemp protein or hemp flour. Hemp seeds are one of the most nutritionally dense foods you can consume, perfect for every diet and lifestyle, but particularly appealing to vegetarians and vegans as it is one of the best plant-based sources of omega

Booth is a brand-new cafe in Byron, just down from Aldi, just focused on coffee with about a dozen food items that all taste good, just started up by a young bloke (Austin) who, working in cafes and travel, who had always wanted to start his own cafe and felt like it was the time to do so. Not many people drink double espresso, and I took it as an omen when I turned up last Saturday morning, that of the two people who ordered at the same time I did, one woman ordered a double espresso and one bloke, who lived nearby, seemed pretty damn fussy about exactly how much milk went into his keep-cup. ‘Very good guys, you made my day,’ he said when he left. I had the feeling that, despite the increasing number of tourists coming to Byron, it’s not that easy to get a ‘satisfied customer’ in the centre of Byron. Austin Metcalfe-Smith admits to having ‘the normal pre-opening jitters’ prior to his opening week, because he knows Byron people can take their coffee very seriously, but, he says, ‘I was confident in my products’. The coffee he uses is great, by the way, but if you’re not a purist you can have a Vietnamese Iced Coffee, a Manuka Mocha, a Golden Mylk… this is Byron, you know. For some reason the double espresso seems to be a coffee that people who aren’t that into coffee, or who have had their coffee business quite a while, just don’t seem to get right. I know most people order their coffee with milk, so a stronger approach normally works better with cow milk, sometimes it’s the grind, sometimes the temperature and sometimes I reckon it’s just about not bothering too much about cleaning the machine.

Anyway, mine was spot on; fresh, alive and smooth but full of flavour. Somehow, I felt like ordering another straight away, but after years of counselling I don’t necessarily just do stuff like that, and I’m glad I didn’t as an hour later I was still feeling the energy. Wonder drug. Also, having had breakfast about four hours prior, I loved the Aunty mushroom and cheese toastie – light, full of flavour, $10. If I worked in Byron, I would definitely add the $15 haloumi mushroom rocket burger, or the $15 fried chicken burger, or the special $10 bacon and egg roll for to the weekly lunch mix, especially on Wednesday when the burgers are all only $10. But then, if you’re more into a Coyo bowl, this is also the place. And you can browse the Divine Goddess yoga wear next door. So, what’s the secret with the coffee? Partly it’s paying a lot of attention to the details when you’re on the machine, but also the coffee never is more than two weeks old – Austin was there for the first roast by his supplier ‘Freelance Roasters’ in Queensland. They pick the best beans, he says, and because he not only sells

the beans, he also sells them freshly ground for you to use on your stovetop at home, he has a fair throughput of beans through the shop. My double espresso, by the way, was a single origin. As for the menu, he seems to be getting the same positive feedback from others as he did from me. Austin has done a lot of cooking throughout his life, and it didn’t take him any time at all to come up with the menu, it’s just what you’d expect and just what you want – straight from the subconscious perhaps! There are GF rolls available, and a changing variety of sweet treats – he’s engaged a local baker to keep the freshly baked daily offerings changing. Booth has a clean look with the logo tiled into the wall, a lovely friendly woman was helping behind the bar, friends kept coming in to say g’day when I was there – I really enjoyed my coffee and food, and the chat, I reckon it’s a good place to check out in Byron. Booth: Shop 3 /1 Byron St Byron Bay Open 6am–3pm Tues–Sat, 7am–2pm Sun and Mon.

three and six in the perfect ratio for your body to absorb. Hemp has an amazing digestibility and assimilates easily, and is one of the most versatile superfoods around, it required no preparation and can literally be added to every meal. Add a tablespoon of seeds to salads, curries, porridge or muesli, or make a salad dressing with hemp seeds. The protein can be added to baking and bliss balls or add oil to your smoothies. You can even, very easily, make

your own hemp milk! Hemp Foods Australia are at Mullumbimby Farmers Market every Friday 7am–11am.

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ENTERTAINMENT

THE WHARF REVIEW OPENS A CAN OF WORMS

FESTIVAL OF THE CON

The much-loved political satire superstars The Wharf Revue return to NORPA in a newly independent iteration. The Wharf Revue team have baited their hooks and are opening another can of worms, to trawl for every political flathead, groper or yellowtail that floats into view. Then, the catch of the day will be filleted, battered, and grilled and served in a spicy satire sauce with a topical garnish (chips extra). All hands on deck for a daring adventure as they navigate the dire Straits of Covid, sail around the treacherous Horn of Scomo, steer well clear of the empty Cape of Pauline, only

The Northern Rivers Conservatorium is flinging open its doors for the inaugural Festival of the Con, welcoming the community to celebrate all things music and our wonderfully restored and fully accessible Heritage listed building on Saturday 12 March 2022. Come along and find out about the full range of music education on offer at our Annual Open Day. The day starts at 10am with a free all-day concert staged in the Keen Street Courtyard, we have a range of activities available, including the opportunity to record a track in Studio A, instrument demonstrations, and ‘try ons’ in a range of instruments with the help of our expert tutors. Take a tour of the building, and little ones can bring their mums and dads along to an Early Childhood Music class. There will be workshops in song writing with local singersongwriter, Mykaela Jay, and COAST (artists in progressive jazz visiting from Sydney). The Festival day will conclude with a free concert from COAST at 7pm in Lismore Quadrangle. We would love for you to join us. Bring the picnic rug and dinner, or grab a takeaway from one of the many great CBD eateries. Friendly staff will be on hand to answer all your questions. For more information and registration go to www.nrcac.edu.au

HOUSE OF BLISS IS BACK! FEBRUARY KIRTAN

MAHA SHIVA RATRI MULLUM CIVIC HALL 5PM / $28/22 WWW.TRYBOOKING

to be becalmed in the Nationals Bermuda Jacket Triangle before stumbling across a New World, filled with hope and promise! Or not. Join the regular crew of creatives: Jonathan Biggins, Drew Forsythe and Phil Scott – along with their figurehead of talent Mandy Bishop – as they bravely voyage to the bottom of the barrel. The Wharf Revue: Can Of Worms. A Soft Tread production, this Friday and Saturday. 7.30pm at NORPA at Lismore City Hall.

IT’S BLISS-FULL IN MULLUM Yes! They’re back! With all the force and energy that’s been bottled up for so many months that seem like years – House of Bliss, Byron Shire’s long-running community chant, dance and meditation event returns to Mullum Civic Hall on Saturday 26 February to celebrate Shiva Ratri. Our dedicated house band will be supporting kirtan master, Edo Khan, with two sets from 5pm. Dinner and chai will also be available. House of Bliss and Edo Khan. Saturday 26 February, 5pm, Mullum Civic Hall. Tickets available online at www.trybooking.com/ BXMXR or at the door.

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THE NEW LANGUAGE AT FOXY LUU’S Foxy Luu’s has been featuring up-and-coming local bands and has a popular Wednesday evening reggae jam, and now Foxy’s has something special on a Sunday. The New Language is a powerhouse of soul, blues, R&B and hip-hop, effortlessly captivating audiences with well crafted songs and a fresh sound. The band started last year and a creative spark was ignited with their self-titled single The New Language. The band now has a weekly spot on Sunday afternoons at 4pm at Foxy Luu’s where they have been dedicated Art & Bao fans for years. The New Language began rehearsing in a small cabin in Belongil and have since snowballed into sold out shows and regular spots at The Beach Hotel, The Northern, The Stonery and many more. The band gathers huge crowds when they busk in Byron and also when they host their secret warehouse Fat Friday shows in the Arts & Industry Estate. These private shows help to support and spotlight local artists and have become a massive success featuring brilliant local talent, the likes of Tyla Moonchild, Jay Squidge, Gigi Buckingham, Ben Janzs and The New Language themselves! Sunday 4pm, Foxy Luu’s.

GIG GUIDE WEDNESDAY 23 Q RAILWAY HOTEL, BYRON BAY, JON J BRADLEY Q BEACH HOTEL, BYRON BAY, 3PM YAZMINDI, 5.30PM HOLLY TAP DUO, 8PM FELICITY LAWLESS DUO Q BYRON THEATRE 2PM RAPHAEL: THE YOUNG PRODIGY – ART ON SCREEN Q FOXY LUU’S, BYRON BAY, 6.30PM FOXY LUU’S WEDNESDAY REGGAE AND RAINBOW FEAT. BOMBACLOCK Q MIDDLE PUB, MULLUMBIMBY, 6.30PM MUSICAL BINGO Q CABARITA BEACH SPORTS CLUB 6.30PM MUSICAL BINGO Q KINGSCLIFF BEACH BOWLS 7PM KINGY COMEDY – FEATURING: PAUL MCMAHON, SPECIAL GUEST: BRON LEWIS, MC: MANDY NOLAN Q TWIN TOWNS, TWEED HEADS, THE STAGE 2PM IN DEMAND Q COOLANGATTA HOTEL 6PM ROB RHODES

THURSDAY 24 Q RAILWAY HOTEL, BYRON BAY, ANDY JANS-BROWN Q BEACH HOTEL, BYRON BAY, 3PM SCOTT DAY VEE, 5.30PM MICKA SCENE, 8PM NATHAN KAYE Q SERENE EARTH SANCTUARY, MYOCUM, 7PM BHAKTIATSU KIRTAN WITH DOCTORS OF DEVOTIONS Q WANDANA BREWING CO., MULLUMBIMBY, 6PM OPEN MIC Q MULLUMBIMBY CIVIC HALL 7PM HARE KRISHNA KIRTAN Q BALLINA RSL LEVEL ONE 8PM THE BIG GIG FREE LIVE COMEDY – MC: MANDY NOLAN FEAT STEVEN J WHITELEY + ALF ARBER

FRIDAY 25 Q RAILWAY HOTEL, BYRON BAY, MAGESTIC NIGHTS Q BEACH HOTEL, BYRON BAY, 12.30PM CHRIS DEL MAR, 5.30PM JORDAN MAC, 8PM HARRY NICHOLS BAND

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Q BYRON THEATRE 7PM STRIKE WITH THE BEAT – BURMA’S MESSAGE TO AUSTRALIA

Q WANDANA BREWING CO., MULLUMBIMBY, 4PM DJ ANDRE MEYER

Q TWIN TOWNS, TWEED HEADS, JUNIORS 1PM DISTRACTION, THE STAGE 2PM JEZZA

Q SERENE EARTH SANCTUARY, MYOCUM, 5.30PM BEN JANZ

Q MULLUMBIMBY CIVIC HALL 5PM HOUSE OF BLISS FEAT EDO KAHN

Q COOLANGATTA HOTEL 4PM DIVISION 4

Q HOTEL BRUNSWICK 6PM MATTY ROGERS Q WANDANA BREWING CO., MULLUMBIMBY, 4.30PM DJ CURLY SI Q ST JOHN’S SCHOOL HALL, MULLUMBIMBY, 7.30PM ECSTATIC DANCE BYRON BAY WITH DJ WILD HONEY Q ROUS MILL HALL 7PM ROUS UNPLUGGED Q NORPA AT CITY HALL, LISMORE, 7.30PM THE WHARF REVUE: A CAN OF WORMS Q MURWILLUMBAH SERVICES CLUB 6.30PM BETH HAMILTON Q REGENT CINEMA, MURWILLUMBAH, 8.15PM HATZ FITZ & CARA

Q CLUB LENNOX 6PM DAN HANNAFORD Q BALLINA RSL BOARDWALK 6PM DJ DORFSTA Q ELTHAM HOTEL 8PM KIM CHESHIRE & FRIENDS Q NORPA AT CITY HALL, LISMORE, 7.30PM THE WHARF REVUE: A CAN OF WORMS Q MARY G’S, LISMORE, 8PM ROCHELLE & LACHY DUO Q REGENT CINEMA, MURWILLUMBAH, 6PM SUNSET SOIRÉES WITH ELENA B WILLIAMS AND RACHEL HEATON Q MURWILLUMBAH SERVICES CLUB 6.30PM DISTRACTION

Q KINGSCLIFF BEACH BOWLS 5.30PM ADAM BROWN

Q KINGSCLIFF BEACH BOWLS 5.30PM SIMON MEOLA

Q TWIN TOWNS, TWEED HEADS, THE STAGE 7.30PM REMEDY

Q SHEOAK SHACK, FINGAL HEAD, JASON DELPHIN

Q COOLANGATTA HOTEL 5PM RICK BARRON, 9.30PM THE BIG DUO

Q TWIN TOWNS, TWEED HEADS, THE STAGE 7.30PM DAN ENGLAND

Q CLUB BANORA 7PM SOLID GOLD DUO

SATURDAY 26 Q RAILWAY HOTEL, BYRON BAY, THE SWAMP CATS Q BEACH HOTEL, BYRON BAY, 12.30PM LEIGH JAMES, 5PM JAMES D’KHAN, 5.30PM RAINBOW INN, 8PM JEROME & LEXI

Q COOLANGATTA HOTEL 5PM TRAVIS HAIR, 9.30PM FOURSHORE

SUNDAY 27 Q RAILWAY HOTEL, BYRON BAY, HAYLEY GRACE Q BEACH HOTEL, BYRON BAY, 12.30PM SARAH GRANT, 8PM ANIMAL VENTURA

Q HOTEL BRUNSWICK 7PM FRIENDLY ENEMIES

Q BYRON THEATRE 4PM SACRED EARTH LIVE CONCERT

Q SOUNDSHELL BRUNS, 7PM, SILENT VIGIL FOR THE ENDLESS CORRUPTION, HYPOCRISY, DISTRACTIONS, DOUBLE SPEAK AND LIES BY POLITICAL ACTORS WHO ARE CAPTURED BY CORPORATE INTERESTS

Q FOXY LUU’S, BYRON BAY, 4PM THE NEW LANGUAGE

Q DRILL HALL THEATRE, MULLUMBIMBY, 2PM SCREENING ‘THE ROCKET’ + Q&A WITH DIRECTOR KIM MORDAUNT AND PRODUCER SYLVIA WILCZYNSKI

Q THE NORTHERN, BYRON BAY, 8PM JACK BOTTS Q HOTEL BRUNSWICK 4PM PASIFLOREZ Q WANDANA BREWING CO., MULLUMBIMBY, 4.30PM JOEL SWEETMAN Q CLUB LENNOX 4PM JOCK BARNES Q KINGSCLIFF BEACH BOWLS 12PM JORGE PEREIRA

MONDAY 28 Q RAILWAY HOTEL, BYRON BAY, JASON DELPHIN Q BEACH HOTEL, BYRON BAY, 3PM RICHIE WILLIAMS, 5.30PM SIMON MEOLA, 8PM CHELSEA SKYEATER Q FOXY LUU’S, BYRON BAY, 6.30PM SOCIAL LATIN DANCING + FREE SASSY SALSA CLASS

TUESDAY 1 Q RAILWAY HOTEL, BYRON BAY, FINTAN Q BEACH HOTEL, BYRON BAY, 3PM JOHN CROSBIE, 8PM HARRY NICHOLS Q BYRON THEATRE 6PM THE IDEA OF AUSTRALIA: JULIANNE SCHULTZ IN CONVERSATION WITH KERRY O’BRIEN PRESENTED BY BYRON WRITERS FESTIVAL Q SHAWS BAY HOTEL, BALLINA, 7.30PM OPEN MIC COMEDY Q CABARITA BEACH SPORTS CLUB 6.30PM TRIVIA

WEDNESDAY 2 Q RAILWAY HOTEL, BYRON BAY, OOZ Q BEACH HOTEL, BYRON BAY, 3PM YAZMINDI, 5.30PM JOCK BARNES Q BYRON THEATRE 5PM LET’S TALK MENOPAUSE PRESENTED BY THE COMMUNITY HUB & BYRON COMMUNITY CENTRE Q FOXY LUU’S, BYRON BAY, 6.30PM FOXY LUU’S WEDNESDAY REGGAE AND RAINBOW FEAT. BOMBACLOCK Q MIDDLE PUB, MULLUMBIMBY, 6.30PM MUSICAL BINGO Q CABARITA BEACH SPORTS CLUB 6.30PM MUSICAL BINGO

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BYRON BAY TRADERS

WEAVE GUITAR CO.

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Byron Bay Traders is a collective showroom and retail space for local designers, makers, and small businesses. They showcase a variety of homewares, furniture, gifts, fashion, jewellery, ceramics, skincare and more, giving you the opportunity to consciously support small local businesses of Byron and surrounds. Lovingly made and ethically sourced is the mission of each business in the collective.

A temple for guitars and their passionate players. A small yet fully equipped workshop where guitars are serviced, repaired, modified, and even built from scratch. Servicing international touring pros, buskers, and firsttimers alike; no job is too big or too small. No up-charge for lefties. Gluten-free and vegan friendly.

Lovely locals! Head into the sanctuary that is our sunny beer garden and chill with friends, family, and your doggo all while enjoying the freshest of fresh beers. Tasty treats from the legends at 100 Mile Table will fill your belly and there are even brewery tours operating if you care to delve a little deeper into your love of froth.

17 Banksia Drive, Byron Bay @byronbaytraders

2/2 Acacia Street, Byron Bay 0413 470 775 www.weaveguitars.com.au

@stoneandwoodbyronbay 100 Centennial Cct, Byron Bay 1/11 Banksia Drive Shop instore or online at zentai.com.au.

Mark Tuckey Furniture is an Australian furniture company dedicated to designing and creating timber furniture with integrity, simplicity, and strength, using recycled and sustainably managed timbers. They also retail complementary seating, homewares, lighting, and artwork. Their commitment is to produce lifetime pieces with a negligible footprint. 14 Bayshore Drive, Byron Bay 8403 3062 www.marktuckey.com.au

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HABITAT PRECINCT

A cleverly designed village where people live, work and play, all in one place, combining old-school Byron (community, creativity) with new thinking (live+work spaces, car sharing) and good times (food, shops) to create a little oasis for locals and visitors alike.

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SHACK PALACE RITUALS

MR SIMPLE

Visit the Shackpalace Rituals concept store and experience an immaculately curated selection of objects designed for ritual and mindfulness in our homes, including artisan handcrafted tea and coffee wares, linen, ceramics, glassware and small furnishings, as well as organic skincare and incense. Follow this local family @shackpalace on their journey in rethinking the way we live in our homes.

More than a clothes store, The Department is a place to find dependable products that stand the test of time. An eclectic collection of clothing, eskies, furniture, books, shoes, drink-ware and even a barbershop, the common thread is simple – only stuff they love gets in the door. If you need something for a weekend barbecue or your mate’s birthday, The Department is your spot.

Shop 8, 1 Porter Street, Byron Bay 0488 616 408 www.shackpalacerituals.com Instagram: @shackpalace

Shop 39–41, 1 Porter Street, Byron Bay @departmentofsimplethings

Burgers! Juices! Smoothies! Coffees! and more… They’ve got you covered at Munch Juice Bar & Takeaway. With great food, friendly service, dine in and takeaway options, why not enjoy a delicious brekky or choose from one of their amazing lunch options, including gourmet burgers, fresh juices, coffees and more. Find them at Byron Bay Fair – where the locals shop! 20 Bayshore Drive, Byron Bay Fair byronbayfair.com.au | @MunchJuiceBar 8

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MUNCH JUICE BAR & TAKEAWAY

VAGABOND BYRON BAY

Plant-based goodness cafe • Awesome coffee • All milks available • Smoothies to dream about • Delicious in-house baked cakes and treats • Yummy food • No bookings required. Outside seating for 50 patrons, or lay on the lawn under the shady poinciana in the centre courtyard. Open Monday to Saturday 6.30am–3pm, Sunday 8am–2pm. Shop 33–34 Habitat Porter Street, Byron Bay @vagabondbyronbay

BODHI LIVING

Bodhi Living is a conceptual furniture store that showcases unique, antique pieces from around the world, combined with a range of contemporary furniture, rugs, lighting, décor, and art.

They also offer a unique and personalised design experience and can guide their clients through residential, commercial, and contract projects with in-house design consultation, planning and execution, creating considered spaces that enrich the soul.

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1/18 Centennial Cct, Byron Bay 0429 479 260 | @bodhi.living

VAMPT VINTAGE DESIGN

Vampt loves all things vintage. Their evolution over the past 22 years led to property and interior styling and now to a focus on Italian lighting and Brazilian mid-century design, on the back of their Scandinavian range. Their expansion into Byron Bay is just ramping up. 14

BUN COFFEE

A good coffee changes everything. Bun Coffee Roastery and Espresso Bar specialises in certified Organic, Fair Trade, Rainforest Alliance and Australian grown coffee, along with a huge range of unique single origin beans. Locals love their daily ritual of a coffee and a friendly chat, basking in the morning sun with their local baristas. Open 7am–4pm Mon–Fri, and 7am–11am.

Find Byron Bay Candles in Byron’s Arts and Industry Estate where they hand-pour pure soy scented candles and reed diffusers with clean, non-toxic ingredients to support your health and wellbeing. Think GREEN by recycling your empty jars with their refill options for both the candles and diffuser jars. Go to www. byronbaycandles.com/stockists or visit the factory door Monday to Friday between 9am and 4pm. 1, 21–23 Tasman Way, Byron Bay (enter carpark from Wollongbar St) 6685 5478 www.byronbaycandles.com

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HIGHSPEC PROPERTIES

Your Northern Rivers real estate experience awaits… HighSpec Properties – award-winning buyer’s agency dedicated to enriching your Byron Bay property transaction and elevating expectations. Get in touch and watch your property dream come to life through refined strategy, expert negotiation, and unparalleled commitment. Amanda Gould and Team HighSpec will be your secret agents, making one of life’s greatest stressors, a breeze. Ground floor, Habitat Building, 20 Fullerton Lane, Byron Bay 1300 HISPEC | www.highspecproperties.com.au

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BYRON BAY CANDLES

KIDO

The ultimate location for kids fashion in the Northern Rivers, with new stock from international brands Bobo Choses, Weekend House Kids, The Animals Observatory and many more. They also stock all of your favourite local designers, so now is the perfect time to drop in, say hi, and shop their newest selection. Shop 7, 18 Centennial Cct, Byron Bay kidostore.com @kidostore

BARRIO BYRON BAY

Seafood Saturdays are back featuring an ever-changing menu of grilled and chilled seafood—think Fremantle occy cooked over an open fire, grilled local prawns, native Australian oysters fresh or lightly roasted, squid and everything in between. As always, you can expect an emphasis on local, seasonal produce of the highest quality available. Seafood Saturdays encompass both lunch and dinner service. 1 Porter Street, Byron Bay www.barriobyronbay.com.au @barriobyronbay

HONEY HUNT STYLE

Recycled fabric, colourful AND comfortable sizes 6-18. Feel and look stunning in your favourite stretch skirt. Made in Byron, featuring Jules Hunt’s artworks. Soft, cool, easy-care fabric created from recycled water bottles, reducing landfill. Perfect everyday wear with their cotton/ linen tops. Travel, exercise, work, golf, outings - so comfy! Express your unique style with confidence and your inner beauty will radiate. Shop 2, 1 Centennial Cct, Byron Bay 0408 766 546 www.honeyhunt.style

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THE BEACH PEOPLE

Lovely Locals! Head into the sanctuary that pretends it’s summer all year round with luxurious and practical seaside essentials from The Beach People. Designed in Australia, made to last season after season, their iconic designs have become beach must-haves across the globe. From hats, to beach towels, to insulated picnic baskets; visit their Flagship Boutique to shop beautiful, longlasting pieces for the whole family. Shop 48, 1 Porter Street, Byron Bay 0429 304 555 www.thebeachpeople.com.au @thebeachpeople 12

CLAY SOCIAL

Where clay play and live music meet. Clay Social offers a wide range of classes and experiences. Cork & Claytime is great for date night, or a postwork ‘decompression session’. Classes to suit all skill levels; beginners to intermediates. Easter program for kids: 1.5hr clay play (8–12 years) get in touch for Monday, Wednesday & Friday classes 10.30am–12pm. Unit 1, 2 Acacia St, Byron Bay 0403 733 150 www.claysocial.com.au | @claysocial info@claysocial.com.au

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TALKING MENOPAUSE Let’s Talk Menopause is the third in a series of workshops offered by The Community Hub, in collaboration with the Byron Community Centre, to connect, inform and inspire community members. Following their sold-out, informative, and fun menopause event in 2021, they are delighted to repeat the menopause conversation for those who missed out and those who want to return. Let’s Talk Menopause is MC’d by Mandy Nolan, comedian, speaker, author and committed feminist, who is currently on her own menopause journey. With her ability to find humour in the obstacles and challenges that women face, she will bring the laughter so often missing in the menopause discussion. Mandy will be in conversation with Dr Jane Reffell, a General Practitioner who specialises in women’s health, Michelle Loschiavo, a senior Compounding Pharmacist and Muriele Tesauri, the founder of Wholesome Lives. These four women bring their expertise about menopause from various angles, and will share their knowledge about how women can prepare themselves physically, emotionally, mentally and also spiritually for the menopause journey. Let’s Talk Menopause will be held at the Byron Theatre on Wednesday March 2 at 5pm.

KINGFISH MISSISSIPPI

Guaranteed to be one of the most foot stomping shows at the 2022 edition of Bluesfest; Christone ‘Kingfish’ Ingram is an incredible young guitarist from Mississippi. Just 23 years old and Kingfish is well on the way to filling the shoes of legends like B.B. King, Jimi Hendrix and Prince. to play: Another Life Goes By, Long Distance Woman, and Since the release of his eponymous album Kingfish in You’re Already Gone – ‘Man, those are definitely some of my 2019 – this Grammy-nominated guitarist, vocalist and highlighted ones on the record for sure!’. songwriter has quickly become the defining blues voice of his generation. Kingfish is definitely going to be a highlight at Bluesfest 2022, playing fours shows across the weekend. Seven recently had the pleasure of riding shotgun on an For more info, visit: bluesfest.com.au. interview with the man himself… Ingram says, growing up in Mississippi he was immersed in the blues. ‘I was exposed to blues through my family. I was into gospel music simply off my mumma’s family, hanging around them, and seeing them sing and perform in church. 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RRR – ƐĶōō ǖ ƷĶŕī ĲĶīĲ ë Ʒĕëſ ĎşƱŕ ƐĲĕ ƐſëĈŊȂ It’s almost a year since Ruth Russell started ‘flying solo’ as Ruth Russell Realty, and for Ruth, she says it’s been a very interesting year, to say the least. ‘A very buoyant market and a scarcity of stock, combined with living and working during a pandemic has certainly presented challenges’, says Ruth. ‘It has been very reassuring to have the support of both my sellers and buyers and I would like to thank them all wholeheartedly.’

The vendor from the first listing Ruth sold after venturing out on her own has this to say about Ruth: ‘Ruth is highly professional and took our needs into consideration when booking inspections. Her calm and gentle manner instilled confidence and peace of mind. She comes with tremendous experience and knows the area very well. I will definitely use Ruth again for any future purchase or selling of a house.’ In the last quarter of 2021

Sally Packshaw came on board RRR bringing her real estate experience, expertise, and personal approach. Sally has always had a reputation for being a consummate professional. This was backed up by one of Sally’s clients who had this to say after their dealings with her: ‘Sally is serious about getting a job done well. She is a great communicator and works with efficiency to move the selling process along as seamlessly as possible, even in the face

of adversity. She works with diligence, focus and respect for all parties and it has been a pleasure to have her act as my agent.’ Currently, the property market has new listings coming online every day giving buyers more choice. ‘With an impending interest rate rise, it’s anyone’s guess where the market will be by the end of the year. Appraising and pricing to meet this current market are now imperative.’ ‘We are proud to guarantee

both our sellers and buyers an efficient, caring, and enjoyable real estate experience. We look forward to being of service whenever they are contemplating selling.’ ruthrusselrealty.com.au 0402 855 929 ruthrussellrealty@gmail.com

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EWINGSDALE 77 Kennedys Lane $4 million - $4.4 million Inspect by appointment 1

+ This ideal location could soon be your dream home/business with DA approval for a second dwelling & 3 cabins + Lovely family home with beautiful views of the countryside; live on-site whilst developing then use as an investment 7\DJDUDK &UHHN JHQWO\ PHDQGHUV WKURXJK WKH XQGXODWLQJ DUDEOH ODQG 3ULPH JUD]LQJ SDGGRFNV ZLWK VKDG\ ¿J WUHHV + Excellent tourism location only 15 mins to Byron & Mullum, 10 mins to Brunswick Heads & 40 mins to GC airport

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Live the Dream Rural Escape, Only Minutes to Bangalow 4

Premium Lifestyle Family Apartment with Resort Facilities 3

6.13 HA

• Live the fairytale country lifestyle - this charming family home is nestled on 15

• Unique dual living design, offering a self-contained studio on the ground floor

• Large ground floor luxury apartment is in the Byron Links, one of the best resort-style complexes in the area, featuring fully equipped onsite amenities including saltwater pool, full-size tennis court and on-site management • Walk to the popular Byron Bay Golf Club, where you can head out for a game of golf or a bite to eat at the Bowerbird restaurant • Offering privacy in an ultra-convenient location - short walk to the beach and town • This is an amazing investment opportunity for holiday or permanent rental

802 Friday Hut Road, Binna Burra

5/64–70 Broken Head Road, Byron Bay

acres of stunning land, just 5-minutes from eclectic Bangalow village • A lovely example of Australian architecture offering a split-level design with huge covered wraparound timber deck and gorgeous pitched roof with exposed gable • Open plan kitchen, living and dining assures incredible ease of living

Price: Contact Agent Price Guide: $1.5m to $1.65m Opens: Friday 25th February 11–11.30am Lee Grimes 0400 462 312

Saturday 26th February 10–10.30am

Oliver Aldridge 0421 171 499

Entertainers delight! Featuring Two Separate Homes 4

4771M 2

Open: Saturday 26th February 12–12.30pm

Jasmin McClymont 0434 029 668

Tara Torkkola 0423 519 698

Rare Investment and Development Opportunity 12

1469M 2

• With panoramic views and set on a generous 1 acre, this property features both a family-sized main residence plus a fully approved, self-contained 1-bedroom studio • Approved dual occupancy creates endless versatility to best suit you and your family • The main residence enjoys open plan living and covered outdoor dining which encourages an alfresco lifestyle whilst the children play in the saltwater pool • Centrally located with the major suburbs of Byron Bay, Mullumbimby, Brunswick Heads and Bangalow only a 10-minute drive away

• This is an incredibly rare opportunity! Five adjacent units, totalling 1469m² of land, in

29 Pinegroves Road, Myocum

1–5/14 Seaview Street, Byron Bay

Price: Contact Agent

Open: Friday 25th February 12–12.30pm 35 FLETCHER ST, BYRON BAY NSW 2481 PH: O2 6685 8466

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Tara Torkkola 0423 519 698

one of the most sought-after locations in Byron Bay • Extremely lucrative property investment with 5 income streams PLUS a huge plot of land just a short stroll to beaches and the centre of vibrant Byron Bay town • Beautiful, quiet and convenient location - walk to Tallow beach through Arakwal National Park, stroll into town and enjoy restaurants, shopping and nightlife

Open: By Appointment

Paul Prior 0418 324 297

Lee Grimes 0400 462 312

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Exclusive Luxury Estate with 2 Homesteads and Ocean Views 8

Dream Beachside Home 3

38.8 HA

770M 2

• This exclusive luxury estate features two homesteads on 96-acres with spectacular hinterland, lighthouse and ocean views - only 15-mins to Byron Bay • Includes one of the largest and highest producing macadamia farms in Byron Shire with approx. 7,000 trees - offering established business with solid income • Sprawling over approx. 500m2 of floor space, the estate features a resort-style infinity edge pool, grand entertaining areas with striking columns, textured walls and huge windows to take in the picturesque views

• This private beachside home, just metres to Tallow Beach is an exceptional opportunity to own your very own piece of paradise • Backing directly onto native bushland reserve, and set over 3 levels, this architectural home offers 3-beds (plus additional rooms), 3-baths, multiple living spaces, solar heated pool and double garage • Outdoor dining space plus pool area, positioned as though amongst the treetops • Nothing left to do but move in and start living the dream beachside lifestyle

96 The Manse Road, Myocum

26B Alcorn Street, Suffolk Park

Price: Contact Agent

Price Guide: $3.25m – $3.5m Tara Torkkola 0423 519 698

Open: By Appointment

Denzil Lloyd 0481 864 049

Rare Beachfront Opportunity – Byron Bay’s Best Position 2

• In one of Byron’s most desirable locations, directly across the road from Main Beach • 1 of 5 architect-designed apartments in Palms, this first floor apartment offers ocean views across the bay to Nguthunguilli Nature Reserve, also known as Julian Rocks • With balconies facing both north and east, in addition to views across the bay, you’ll be treated to sunrise and sunset sky colours

Luke Elwin 0421 375 635

Majestic 3-level elevated Mediterranean castle 5

Su Reynolds 02 6685 8466

Open: By Appointment

990M 2

• Perfect north-easterly aspect takes full advantage of the stunning vistas and garden views at any time of the day capturing ocean glimpses from the top balcony • Open plan kitchen/dining/living with large glass windows and doors letting in an abundance of natural light and opening out to a generous balcony • Enjoy sunsets and the best of indoor/outdoor living

• Open plan kitchen and spacious lounge room connects with dining and 2nd balcony

• This abode offers so many spaces to relax and enjoy the fabulous north coast lifestyle

3/54 Lawson Street, Byron Bay

10 Muli Place, Suffolk Park

Auction: Saturday 12th March at 11.00am Price Guide: $2.375m – $2.6m Opens: Friday 25th February 12–12.30pm Saturday 26th February 12–12.30pm 35 FLETCHER ST, BYRON BAY NSW 2481 PH: O2 6685 8466

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Paul Prior 0418 324 297

Oliver Aldridge 0421 171 499

Open: Saturday 26th February 12.30–1pm

Tara Torkkola 0423 519 698

Jasmin McClymont 0434 029 668

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Rare Vacant Land For Sale!

Be one of the lucky few to secure rare vacant land in the heart of Byron Bay. With generous-sized lots within the Harvest Estate, you can choose your own architect and builder to create your dream Byron Bay home. Vacant land within 5 minutes drive to the centre of town, this is a one time opportunity.

H A R V E S T B Y R O N B AY. C O M . A U Will Phillips 0488 508 111 Nick Dunn 0448 301 111 30 The Byron Shire Echo DĕćſƖëſƷ ǩǪǽ ǩǧǩǩ

Adam Ross 0409 663 051 William Laing 0404 381 960 www.echo.net.au

Ocean Shores, Brunswick Heads Murwillumbah

910m2

20 River Street, New Brighton

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Spectacular Rare - Absolute Beachfront Land in New Brighton Did somebody say “sea change”? Don’t miss out on the last block of absolute beach front land in stunning New Brighton.

Tania Sheppard 0436 033 636

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Expansive, beachfront 910 sqm block in highly sought-after New Brighton.

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Situated at the oﬀ-leash, dog friendly beach.

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Adrian Howe 0477 222 457

100 Redgate Rd, Sth Golden Beach Simply Stunning Beachside Sanctuary on 2.9 acres This amazing “slice of heaven” comprises an immaculately presented main residence, a gorgeous, well-appointed co age plus a huge multi-purpose barn set on a sprawling 2.9 acres/1.18 hectares of level beachside land, set just 500 metres from the pristine sands of beautiful South Golden Beach. •

Multiple living and dining areas to enjoy with the family or in quiet contemplation

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Stunning polished Australian Spo ed Gum ﬂooring throughout

adrian.howe@oceanshores.rh.com.au

27 Helen Street, Sth Golden Beach Rest, Relax and Revive in this Beachside Retreat Perfectly positioned in a peaceful, soughtafter corner of the beautiful seaside haven of South Golden Beach, this well-presented, welcoming family home oﬀers the ideal place to retreat, relax and recharge your spirit. •

Three bedrooms, two with robes and one with external access

Adrian Howe 0477 222 457

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Large family bathroom with luxurious freestanding bath for total relaxation

adrian.howe@oceanshores.rh.com.au

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High ceilings throughout

200 North Creek Road, Ballina

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Developers / investors take note Premium land opportunity in Ballina Offering a unique opportunity to acquire a rarely seen, large greenfield parcel – 5 acres on Ballina’s northern fringe. Offered with this amazing and rare parcel is a gorgeous country style homestead, pool, studio and a huge shed with kitchene e storage and offices. •

Bre McDonald 0400 351 311 bre .mcdonald@oceanshores.rh.com.au

Nearby are existing residential communities, major retail shopping, commercial & Ballina/Byron Gateway Airport

02 6680 5000 Your health is our priority, so we are complying with the NSW Government’s Covid Safety Plan which is adjusted accordingly as updates arise.

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65 FEDERATION DRIVE, ELTHAM A beautiful and well-designed home with superb views

9683m2

OPEN HOUSE SATURDAY 26 FEBRUARY 1.30 - 2PM AUCTION SATURDAY 5 MARCH 11.30AM ON-SITE

2 TINDERBOX ROAD, TALOFA ‘Fig Trees’ - between Bangalow and Byron Bay

3.24ha

OPEN HOUSE THURSDAY 24 FEBRUARY 12.00 - 12.30PM AUCTION SATURDAY 26 FEBRUARY 10.00AM ON-SITE

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TREE HOUSE WITH MAGIC VIEW • Solid four bedroom pole home with magic views to Lennox Head and beyond. • Lovely open plan living area with high ceilings ﬂowing to generous outdoor covered timber balcony, capturing brilliant views from all angles. • Low maintainance, diverse 2.98 acres with room for second dwelling or further renovations (STCA). Private rainforest section with kids cubby house.

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4 BED | 1 BATH | 2 CAR

• Much sought after private location, only 5 minutes to Lennox Head village & beach, easy access to motorway.

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Contact: Sam Tancred – 0410 746 956

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835 Federal Drive, Goonengerry NSW (Byron hinterland)

Great modern family home on approx. 30 acres of land Located in the lush hinterland of Byron Bay, a few minutes from the charming hamlet of Federal and a short drive to Byron Bay, Mullumbimby and Bangalow, sits this magniﬁcent family home. Featuring generous living areas, high ceilings and bamboo ﬂoors throughout, set on approx. 11.79 hectares of gentle sloping land with spectacular views to the Nightcap Ranges. Great sized open plan living, kitchen and dining space opening to an expansive deck with sunken jacuzzi. - ‘Parents wing’ with huge main bedroom, courtyard, beautifully appointed ensuite bathroom plus separate gym room - ‘Kids wing’ with rumpus/entertainment room, main bathroom and 3 bedrooms + guest bedroom and ensuite - Additional teenagers retreat with own bathroom downstairs - Organic orchard with veggie gardens and mature fruit trees

2 x 45,000 litre water tanks Air conditioning Natural/organic composting toilets Feedback solar system Double lock up garage plus separate machinery shed or storage for boat/caravan - Plus a separate yoga/art studio

A sensational and very rare opportunity to purchase approx. 30 acres in the Byron Bay hinterland, this private retreat boasts magniﬁcent views and sunsets and a relaxing lifestyle in one of Australia’s most sought-after locations.

For Sale by Expressions of Interest (closing 11 March 2022 unless sold prior)

Inspect by appointment Mark Bence 0411 640576 1300 607 080 mbence@benceproperty.com.au

www.benceproperty.com.au / 1300 607080

10 Redgate Road, South Golden Beach

Byron Shire Luxe Living at its Best Positioned in an exclusive South Golden Beach location, barely 200 metres to the sand, this charismatic architecturally designed home is bursting at the seams with beach-chic style. Over the past two years, it was given a chance to evolve when it was lovingly renovated, retaining its classic charm yet adding a strikingly fresh modern allure. • Spacious contemporary kitchen with stone waterfall EHQFKWRS EXWOHUV SDQWU\ DQG ćRRGHG ZLWK QDWXUDO OLJKW

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26th of February 12.30–1pm

• Double lock up garage with remote control doors and internal access.

4th March 3.30–4pm

2nd March 4–4.30pm Auction: 4th March 4pm on site

Damien Smith 0418 123 393

April Nicolson 0457 451 094

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D L O S Ballina 288 River Street 584sqm

Byron Bay 42 Shirley Street

1,012m2

Fantastic Development Potential A great opportunity to expand your real estate portfolio awaits an astute purchaser ready to take advantage of this rare development opportunity with dual street access. (R3 Medium Density Zoned). This Solid two bedroom plus large sleep-out home would be an ideal rental property and the rear of the block is ideal for constructing a large modern residence facing Camoola Ave (STCA). Keep the original residence and build at the rear or remove and build two new ones. (STCA) Open Home: Saturday 26th February, 2022 at 2.30–3pm Price Guide: $950,000

Call Shane Tasker M 0431 191 323 E shane.tasker@harcourts.com.au

SOLD AT AUCTION $4,750,000 If you are looking for results like these, call me today to discuss.

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Call Shaun Ahern M 0438 485 485 E shaun.ahern@harcourts.com.au

Ballina 37 Bentinck Street Character filled features on a large MD block • Large centrally located level medium density block with loads of potential for further development (STCA) • Flush with character features including polished timber floors, crown moulding, picture rails • Large entertaining room with plantation shutters and a centralised dining room • Generous entertainers kitchen with an abundance of storage and loads of counter space • Well-appointed second entertaining area that flows out to a large covered alfresco area • Three large bedrooms and a separate study nook for those working from home • Large workshop/garage that could be used as additional storage or home business / electric automatic gate

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• 3.3 KW solar system / solar hot water / well-appointed internal laundry / side access property • Ceiling fans throughout / reverse cycle air conditioning / skylights / home has ample storage • Walking distance to Ballina CBD, cafes, restaurants, farmers markets, shopping centres, and idyllic river walks

Open Home: Saturday 26th February 2022 – 11.00-11.30am

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Call Aiden Wilcox M 0423 596 683 E aiden.wilcox@harcourts.com.au www.echo.net.au

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Property

Open for Inspection Byron and Beyond RE

• 10 Ballina Road, Bangalow.

• 6178 Tweed Valley Way,

• 14 Bayside Way, Brunswick

First National Byron Bay

Bay. Sat 12–12.30pm • 5/64–70 Broken Head Road, Byron Bay. Sat 12–12.30pm • 10 Muli Place, Suffolk Park. Sat 12–12.30pm • 20 Tincogan Street, Mullumbimby. Sat 2–2.30pm

folk Park. Wed 11–11.30am

• 4 Coachwood Court, • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

Federal. Wed 2–2.30pm 12/24 Scott Street, Byron Bay. Thu 11–11.30am 93 Beech Drive, Suffolk Park. Thu 11–11.30am 12 Walker Street, Byron Bay. Thu 1.30–2pm 802 Friday Hut Road, Binna Burra. Fri 11–11.30am 29 Pinegroves Road, Myocum. Fri 12–12.30pm 3/54 Lawson Street, Byron Bay. Fri 12–12.30pm 2/1 Glasgow Street, Suffolk Park. Fri 2–2.30pm 4 Coachwood Court, Federal. Sat 9–9.30am 35B Argyle Street, Mullumbimby. Sat 9–9.30am 13/1–3 Sunrise Boulevard, Byron Bay. Sat 9–9.30am. 802 Friday Hut Road, Binna Burra. Sat 10–10.30am 7/3 Sallywattle Drive, Suffolk Park. Sat 10–10.30am 5 Hakea Crescent, Suffolk Park. Sat 10–10.30am 736 Federal Drive, Federal. Sat 10–10.30am 13 Tallowood Crescent, Byron Bay. Sat 10–10.30am 149 The Manse Road, Myocum. Sat 10.30–11am 118 Lagoon Drive, Myocum. Sat 11–11.30am 96 Sunrise Boulevard, Byron Bay. Sat 11–11.30am

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• 40 Kolora Way, Ocean

Heads. Sat 11.30–12pm

Shores. Sat 1–1.30pm

• 3/54 Lawson Street, Byron

• 14 Terrara Court, Ocean

Harcourts Northern Rivers

• 2/188 Winton Lane, Ballina. • • • • • • • • •

Sat 10–10.30am 19 Rosella Chase, Goonellabah. Sat 10–10.30am 25 Richmond Street, Wardell. Sat 11.30am–12pm 14 Bath Street, Wardell. Sat 11.30am–12pm 18 Brunswick Street, Ballina. Sat 12–12.30pm 3 Byron Street, East Wardell. Sat 12.30–1pm 53 Bentinck Street, Ballina. Sat 1–1.30pm 2/24–26 Linderman Street, West Ballina. Sat 1.30–2pm 288 River Street, Ballina. Sat 2.30–3pm 10 Lindsay Avenue, Cumbalum. Sat 3.30–4pm

LJ Hooker Brunswick Heads

• 5875 Tweed Valley Way, Mooball. Sat 10–10.30am • 2/6 Hassett Drive, Pottsville. Sat 11–11.30am • 15 Byron Street, Brunswick Heads. Sat 11–11.30am • 13 Minyon Street, Brunswick Heads. Sat 12–12.30pm

• 37 Narooma Drive, Ocean

shores. Sat 12–12.30pm

Sat 11.15–11.45am

Burringbar. Sat 10–10.30am • 21 Philip St, South Golden Beach. Sat 12–12.30pm

• 7/3 Sallywattle Drive, Suf-

• 10/10 Balemo Drive, Ocean

Shores. Sat–1.30pm

Shores. Sat 9.30–10am

• 1/11 Covent Gardens •

McGrath Byron Bay

• 20 Sunnycrest Lane, Bangalow. Sat 10–10.30am • 4B Firewheel Place, Suffolk Park. Sat 10–10.30am • 60 Parrot Tree Place, Bangalow. Sat 11–11.30am • 2 Hibiscus Place, Mullumbimby. Sat 10–10.30am

North Coast Lifestyle Properties

• 67 Prince Street, Mullumbimby. Sat 10–10.45am • 24 Golden Penda Place, Mullumbimby. Sat 10–10.45am • 284 Left Bank Road, Mullumbimby. Sat 10–10.45am • 35 Gloria Street, South Golden Beach. Sat 11–11.45am

Raine & Horne Ocean Shores /Brunswick Heads/ Murwillumbah

• 40 Yalla Kool Drive, Ocean • • • • • •

Shores. Wed 10–10.30am 37 Narooma Drive, Ocean Shores. Thu 12–12.30pm 27 Helen Street, South Golden Beach. Thu 1.30–2pm 27 Manuka Drive, Banora Point. Sat 9–9.30am 55 Walker Street, East Lismore. Sat 9.30–10am 5 Terrara Court, Ocean Shores. Sat 9.30–10.30am 40 Yalla Kool Drive, Ocean Shores. Sat 9.30–10am

• • • • • • • •

Way, Banora Point. Sat 10–10.30am 16 Clifford Street, South Golden Beach. Sat 10.30–11am 39 Invercauld Road, Goonellabah. Sat 10.30–11am 27 Helen Street, South Golden Beach. Sat 10.30–11am 16B Palmer Avenue, Ocean Shores. 11–11.30am 37 Hall Drive, Murwillumbah. Sat 11.30am–12pm 27 Rangal Road, Ocean Shores. Sat 11.30am–12pm 1/77A Balemo Drive, Ocean Shores. Sat 12–12.30pm 9 Gaggin Street, New Brighton. Sat 12.30–1pm 3 North Head Road, New Brighton. Sat 2–2.30pm

Ray White Rural Bangalow

• 248 Arthur Road, Clunes. Wed 2–2.30pm

• 248 Arthur Road, Clunes. Sat 11–11.30am

• 7 Booyong Road, Clunes. Thu 10–10.30am

Magniﬁcent Blueys and Boomerang Beaches A Large Residential & Development Estate

Well Held - One Family Past 58 Years One of the Best Sites Along The Coast - Overlooking Ocean and Inland Lakes • Magniﬁcent home site - 3.429ha (8.47ac) of elevated/northerly aspect site, with 4 BR home and approved 10 large premium lot residential subdivision. • Located 17km Forster, 105km Newcastle, 250km Sydney. • Nearby airports Newcastle and Taree (60km). • Outstanding virtually 360o views over nearby Boomerang Beach and Wallis Lake, to Blueys Beach and Seal Rocks Lighthouse, well sheltered, very private. • Easy walk to Blueys village and Boomerang, Blueys and Elizabeth beaches. Lots

Lot Sizes

9 lots + home

1216m2 to 1951m2

• 7 Booyong Road, Clunes. Sat 10–10.30am

Tim Miller Real Estate

• 2 Tinderbox Road, Talofa. Thu 12–12.30pm • 65 Federation Drive, Eltham. Wed 1.30–2pm • 65 Federation Drive, Eltham. Sat 1.30–2pm • 4/19 Teak Road, Federal. Sat 12.15–12.45pm

Town Water

Mains Sewer

Mains Electricity

Sealed Access

TO BE OFFERED: As a whole and/or 2 lots – Home lot - 9 lot subdivision

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Chris Meares 0414 770 703 SALE: Meares Simultaneous Online Auction – commencing 11.00am Tuesday 5th April, closing 12 Noon Thursday 7th April, 2022. INSPECTIONS: Recommend Wednesdays or Sundays. By appointment only.

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Business Directory AGENTS

Gary Brazenor Negotiating strong results for my sellers for over 20 years

0423 777 237 gary@byronshirerealestate.com.au

We felt fully supported through out the whole process. Tara and her excellent team went the extra mile, helping & guiding us right from the start and continued right through settlement. Tara is a joy to work with yielding formidable results.

REAL SERVICE REAL SOLUTIONS REAL ESTATE

TARA TORKKOLA SALES | SALES MANAGER 0423 519 698 | tara@byronbayfn.com @taratorkkolafirstnational

@taratorkkola_realestate

B RYC E C A M E RO N • Director • 0412 057 672

Contact Tara to discuss your property or career at First National Byron WWW.BYRONBAYFN.COM.AU

PAUL PRIOR

SALES

0418 324 297 paulprior@byronbayfn.com

CALL REZ TODAY

0405 350 682

Professional and results driven with extensive knowledge. Servicing the Byron Shire and beyond.

rez@byronproperty.com.au

Over 35 years real estate experience, 12 years specialising in the Byron Hinterland.

For a premium result contact:

Call Paul for an appointment today.

Duncan Lorimer 0400 844 412

WWW.BYRONBAYFN.COM.AU

duncan@lorimerestateagents.com.au

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Alyce Field

Your experienced local agent

P: 0417 439 230 E: alyce@byronpropertyhub.com.au

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Brunswick Valley

EXPERIENCE | CARE | RESULTS

Integrity, Knowledge, Results Call today to discuss your Real Estate needs.

SU REYNOLDS DIRECTOR/SALES - CHIEF CULTURAL OFFICER

0428 888 660 | sreynolds@byronbayfn.com WWW.BYRONBAYFN.COM.AU

Dave Bosselmann 0431 100 097 0411 757 425 tim@millerrealestate.com.au millerrealestate.com.au @timmiller_realestate

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Nadia Bandini 0422 233 176

Nathan Donnelly 0421 942 630

Shop 1/12 Park Street, Brunswick Heads, NSW 2483. 02 6685 1206

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FINANCE byronbaypropertylawyer.com 02 6680 7370

BUYING and SELLING REAL ESTATE You need an alternative legal specialist

NP CONVEYANCING We are here to help AND we’ll save you money

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PHONE 6685 7436 FOR A QUOTE 2/75 Jonson Street Byron Bay 2481 Fax: (02) 6685 7221 Lic No 1041865

Byron Bay Property Lawyer (Vickers Lawyers) has relocated to 42 Bilin Road, Myocum. Same phone number and same friendly professional service but we only handle property related matters. • We are experienced, approachable and friendly lawyers. • Advice on buying and selling real estate. • Residential/Strata conveyancing. • Contract review/advice and strata reports. • Registered for PEXA (electronic lodgement). • Business sales and commercial leases. PHILIP VICKERS

Property transactions with us are easy. We offer you a competitive price for both New South Wales and Queensland conveyancing, making us a great first choice when you are looking to buy or sell in either state. We use an innovative approach to communicating with our clients, often without the need to visit our office.

Call us on 6687 1167 for more info or enquiry@castrikumlegal.com.au

PROPERTY STYLING

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Property Management

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Save yourself thousands, call the expert property management team.

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Your Home Address or Your Business Address 4 Short Street, Maclean 2

Call Kelvin 0423 028 468 $285,000

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4 Short Street Maclean is available for sale to the next fortunate owner. The permissible uses for this particular property are very Ђ˘˫˜˕˟˘ ˜ˡ˖˟˨˗˜ˡ˚ʭ a. Commercial use permissible in the zone (that may require a DA) b. Residential use, (DA approved to convert ˘˫˜˦˧˜ˡ˚ ˢ˙Ё˖˘˦ ˧ˢ ˔ ˗˪˘˟˟˜ˡ˚ʜ c. Conduct a home business from the ˗˪˘˟˟˜ˡ˚

Auction On-site 5th March at 10.30am View Open Saturday 10.00am–10.30am Agent Ken Giese 0429 450 006 Travis McConnell 0407 450 007

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INDEX

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Complete Home Maintenance Solutions

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

Accountants & Bookkeepers ..........42 Health ..........................................43 Acupuncture .................................42 Hire ..............................................43 Air Conditioning & Refrigeration....42 Insurance ......................................43 Antennas & Installation.................42 Landscape Supplies .......................43 Antiques/Restoration ....................42 Landscaping .................................43 Architects .....................................42 Locksmith .....................................43 Automotive...................................42 Painting........................................43 Blinds, Awnings, Curtains, Shutters .42 Pest Control ..................................44 Bricklaying....................................42 Photography .................................44 Building Trades .............................42 Physiotherapy ...............................44 Picture Framing ............................44 Bush Regen & Weed Control ..........42 Plastering .....................................44 Carpet Cleaning ............................42 Plumbers ......................................44 Chiropractic ..................................42 Removalists ..................................44 Cleaning .......................................42 Roofing.........................................44 Computer Services ........................42 Rubbish Removal ..........................44 Concreting & Paving ......................42 Self Storage ..................................44 Decks, Patios & Extensions.............43 Septic Systems ..............................44 Dentists ........................................43 Snake Catchers ..............................44 Design & Drafting..........................43 Solar Installation ..........................44 Driveway Maintenance ..................43 Television Services ........................44 Earthmoving & Excavation.............43 Tiling ............................................44 Electricians ...................................43 Transport ......................................44 Fencing .........................................43 Tree Services .................................45 Floor Sanding & Polishing..............43 Upholstery ....................................45 Flooring ........................................43 Valuers .........................................45 Funeral Services ............................43 Veterinary Surgeons......................45 Garden & Property Maintenance....43 Water Filters .................................45 Gas Suppliers ................................43 Water Supplies ..............................45 Graphic Design ..............................43 Welding ........................................45 Guttering ......................................43 Window Cleaning ..........................45 Handypersons ...............................43 Window Tinting ............................45

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

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

Bathroom and Kitchen Renovations • General Carpentry • Timber Decks • Home Maintenance RAY GOUGH 0477 005 144 completehome_1@bigpond.com

ALL CARPENTRY WORK FULLY INSURED

AUTOMOTIVE NSW Lic. 83568c Qld BSA 1238105

• Floor installations • Door & Window installations • Decks & Pergolas 0488 950 638 matt.rowan.wardle@gmail.com • Alterations

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

LEGENDARY OFFROAD TYRES

CASH PAID FOR UNWANTED CARS

6684 5296

Free metal drop off Locally owned

Decks, pergolas, verandahs, balconies, big & small renos and all other carpentry & building needs. Servicing The Bay for over 25 years.

Kieran 0427 196 962

orangestar02@gmail.com

DINGO DEMOLITIONS & ASBESTOS REMOVAL ................................. 66834008 or 0407 728998 BUILDER – JOHN McGAURAN Personalised Service. 20 yrs exp. Lic 170208C .............0415 793242 BUILDER Renovations, maintenance, 30yrs exp. mchughdesign.com.au Lic 29792C....0408 663420 HAVEN BUILDING All aspects of building. Lic 326616C ...............................................0432 565060 FABRICA JOINERY Quality kitchens/timber doors/windows. Lic 244652C .........................66808162

A B S O L U T E LY F R E E

BYRON BAY CONSTRUCTION GROUP. Renovations, bathrooms. Lic:212838C .............0477 543060

BUSH REGENERATION & WEED CONTROL

CAR BODY REMOVAL

CASH ON THE SPOT GUARANTEE

$50 - $1000

WEED CONTROL SPECIALIST Lawns – bindii weeds – Army worms – grass grubs .....0418 110714

WE BUY UNWANTED CARS, UTES & VANS

CARPET CLEANING

PHONE 0466 113 333 24/7

EMAIL: enquires@adrians.com.au

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

FRANCHISE OF THE YEAR!

BLINDS, AWNINGS, CURTAINS, SHUTTERS LOCAL

SHOWCASE DEALER SHOWROOM

ACCOUNTING * BAS * TAXATION saltwateraccountancy.com.au ...............................02 66874746

ACUPUNCTURE

Far North Coast NSW John & Teresa

SUNSCREENS

0408 232 066

MARLENE FARRY Acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine marlenefarry.com .........0416 599507 ACUPUNCTURE at EASTERN MEDICAL ACUPUNCTURE. Ph Dr Derek Doran ............0414 478787

AIR CONDITIONING & REFRIGERATION

1/84 Centennial Circuit Byron Bay

66 680 0 8862

CURTAINS

CLEANING PLANTATION SHUTTERS

AWNINGS

SPECIALISTS IN HOM E AUTOM ATION

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actionjoewindow@gmail.com

ROLL BLINDS

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

BUILDING TRADES

AU 37088 Lic 246545C

ACTION WINDOW & PRESSURE CLEANING

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BRICKLAYING

PLEASE CALL 6680 9394 artisanair.com.au

• House washing • High pressure or soft wash • Window cleaning • Driveways, paths & roofs • Gutters & ﬂyscreens • Water efﬁcient • Free quotes Phone Joe or Helen 0409 207 646 or 0412 495 750 DETAILED CLEANER/GUEST HOUSE MANAGER All natural products 4.8 Stayz rated ..0410 723601 PROFESSIONAL LOCAL CLEANER excellent references, good rates. Shire wide. Ph Krissy ..0410 860330

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

• DEPT OF FAIR TRADING: A licence is required for all residential building work where the reason-

CONCRETING & PAVING

able market cost of the work to be done (labour and materials) exceeds $5000 (including GST).

SALISBURY

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

CONCRETING DARYL 0418 234 302

LICENCE NUMBER 344531C SERVICING THE BYRON SHIRE

45 Manns Road, Mullumbimby Lic: 299433C ARC: AU40492

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

6684 2783

COOLMAN AIR CONDITIONING 23 years experience. Lic 178464C AU30147 ..............0412 641753 CLIMATE CONTROL AUSTRALIA Lic 362019C AU 27106... JARREAU.............................0421 485217

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

CALL BRETT 0414 542 019

ALL AROUND

Lic No. 337066C

Mullumbimby Refrigeration & Airconditioning Services

Commercial / Domestic / Insurance

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

NORTH BYRON BLINDS For all your window furnishings................................................ 0404 421518

AIR CONDITIONING & REFRIGERATION

Cleans deeply, dries in 1-2 hours

CHIROPRACTIC

FREE E MEASURE E QUOTE E

ACUPUNCTURE CHINESE HERBAL MEDICINE M Collis.............................................0490 022183

Green & Clean

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

ACCOUNTANTS & BOOKKEEPERS ACCOUNTANT Paul Mayberry..............................................................................................66847415

Quality workmanship, and reliable and personalised service.

www.stoneysbuildingcreations.com

Friendly Reliable Prompt Local

Digital TV ALL Antenna Installations & Repairs ALL Electrical Work

Licensed builder, specialising in Bathroom renovations.

Lic. 266174C

ACCOUNTS & BOOKINGS: 6684 1777

0439 624 945

Lic: 317362C

Lic.136717c

DEADLINE: For additions and changes to the Service Directory is 12pm Friday. LINE ADS: $99 for 3 months or $340 for 1 year prepaid. For line Service Directory ads email classifieds@echo.net.au. DISPLAY ADS: $68 per week for colour display ad. Minimum 8 week booking 4 weeks prepaid. Please supply display ads 85mm wide, 28mm high. New display ads will be placed at end of section. For display Service Directory ads email adcopy@echo.net.au. The Echo Service Directory is online in Echonetdaily – www.echo.net.au/service-directory

ANTENNAS & INSTALLATION

Lic. 266174C

SERVICE DIRECTORY RATES, PAYMENT & DEADLINE

CONCRETING

Free Quotes

Call Daniel

0424 876 155 www.echo.net.au

Service Directory Concreting & Bricklaying For all your concreting needs

FENCING

Licence No. 117289c

HANDYPERSONS

Trevor

BYRON & BEYOND FENCING Any fence, any time, prompt quotes....... 66804766 or 0439 078549

0410 591 251 trevduncan2783@gmail.com

EDL FENCING Installations & repairs. Prompt service. ..................................................0432 107262 FLOW FENCING Pool fencing, timber/colourbond, local, professional and reliable.......0416 424256

Weighbridge Specialists – Domestic – Commercial House Slabs – Shed Slabs – Driveways

FLOOR SANDING & POLISHING

PLATINUM CRETE CONCRETING Lic 225874C. 20 years exp. Free quotes. Justin .........0458 773788 THE FLOOR SANDER New & old floors, decks, non-toxic finishes, special effects, free quotes..0407 821690 EXCAVATOR & TIPPER HIRE Landscaping and retaining walls. Ph Steve.....................0431 678130

BUILDING SERVICES R E S I D E N T I A L | C O M M E R C I A L | I N D U S T R I A L | S T R AT A | M A I N T E N A N C E S E R V I C E S

HANDY MAN SERVICES

0414 210 222

24 hr response time guaranteed

Fully Insured

paul.munten@bigpond.com.au

ASAP Decks, fences, bathrooms, plaster, paint, handy, jobs over $500 ..........................0405 625697 HANDY ANDY Carpentry, plastering, welding ......................................... 66884324 or 0476 600956 DIRECT CREMATION Sacred Earth Funerals. Personal service, female-led exceptional care, 24 hours. AWESOME REPAIRS Professional, commercial & domestic. Wayne...............................0423 218417 ABSOLUTE HANDYMAN. Repairs, renovation, maintenance, painting. Call Mark ........0402 281638 All-inclusive and local. $2200 ........................................................................................1300 585778 THE DECK DOCTOR Sanding & refinishing, cable balustrading. Free quotes. Richard ...0407 821690 KEEN HANDYMAN SERVICES Repairs, maintenance, gardening, odd jobs ..................0428 679704 MOWING, LANDSCAPING, gardening, odd jobs, painting etc. Ph Jordan ....................0434 129966 HANDYMAN 40 years experience in the building game. The reno master. Call Paul......0422 017072 HIGHPOINT Repairs & handyman services. Painting, plastering & tiling. Michael ........0421 896796 LITTLE LANE DENTAL, MULLUMBIMBY ...........................................................................66842816

FUNERAL SERVICES

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DECKS, PATIOS & EXTENSIONS

GARDEN & PROPERTY MAINTENANCE

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BILL CONNORS All plumbing/draining. Lic #1051 .................................. 66801403 or 0414 801403 MARK STRATTON All plumbing & emergency. Sewer drain camera/locator. Lic 57803C ....0419 019035 ADM PLUMBING SERVICES… (NO JOB TOO SMALL)… Lic 234528C. ....... Call Adam 0466 992483

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Cryptic Clues

Quick Clues

1. Violent outbreaks in the street, with alternative males (6) 4. Idle in 150 line – related to the clergy (8) 9. Polish footballer’s first massage (7) 11. Masters rough creeks (7) 12. Pitch books for fortune telling device (5) 13. Tips for the nation with strong evils (9) 14. Amphetamine overdose – winners are followers of Wesley (10) 16. Traitors turn to top actor (4) 19. Vehicle – time for another one (4) 20. Green mates assemble pacts (10) 22. Referee hot in tests – and winning (9) 23. I leave the idea – it’s off! (3,2) 25. Cast lie aside – it can be rubbery (7) 26. Betting shop releases writing pads (7) 27. Curse old English box (8) 28. Use logic about a boy (6)

1. Tempests (6) 4. Administrative (8) 9. Pleasant treatment for shoulder and neck pain! (7) 11. Watches video over the internet (7) 12. Cards used for readings! (5) 13. Rubbish dumps (9) 14. One branch of Protestants (10) 16. Celebrity (4) 19. Dray (4) 20. Understandings (10) 22. Celebrating a victory (9) 23. Unacceptable (3,2) 25. Flexible (7) 26. Pills (7) 27. Loathe (8) 28. Explanation (6)

ACROSS

1. Polaris class vessel? The other way round – it’s tiny! (9) 2. Prize for a big vehicle (5) 3. French revolutionary, hot and running in a big race (8) 5. Becoming confused – failing to maintain the garden bed (6,3,4) 6. Thin out scarce factory surrounds (7) 7. Cleaner with backward South African port city – a fraud! (9) 8. Leans on schedules (5) 10. Taking on a risky assignment – be at night cell unceremoniously (7,3,3) 15. Finish semester – popular and consumed! (9) 17. NUS, a house in New Orleans (6,3) 18. Last word can be pleasant (8) 21. Wrong tempo, right purchaser – usually mentioned after caveat (6) 22. Article on setter – that’s the topic (5) 24. Lock son away from tension? (5)

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DOWN 1. Fundamental particle (9) 2. Film award (5) 3. Long-lasting task or activity (8) 5. Acting irrationally (6,3,4) 6. Make less dense (7) 7. Quack (9) 8. Tabulates (5) 10. Attempting the near impossible task (7,3,3) 15. Bring to an end (9) 17. It begins the day (6,3) 18. Compliant (8) 21. Buyer (Latin) (6) 22. Underlying idea (5) 24. A long curl of hair (5) Last week’s solution N426 P R E S E R V A T I O N

R O O S S I S E E A T T A N C T O I L S E

A T I O N I P E T T A B L T I N E T S R S C A E A C K D O O O M E S P T S O M E S M V E N S I

A L I S E D U N P D E T A I L I E T T U R N O F I M M E M B E R E G B R I E A A R B A L L O O U A N C A N D I D K C E S T E R S

S A F E T Y F E N C E S

CANCER: With this week’s pairing of Jupiter and Neptune in a fellow water-sign activating the expanded understanding part of the Crab clan’s chart, unusual one-offs who aren’t usually your type could motivate and inspire you. Make a point of engaging with personalities who invite your own wit and wisdom out to play.

LIBRA: Mercury and Saturn in the joy division of your chart are insisting you find the delight in life, even in adverse circumstances. Look for the satisfaction available from being useful this week, because one of Libra’s most endearing superpowers is your Venusian expertise in getting people together and bringing out the best in them.

CAPRICORN: The super-conjunction of Venus, Mars, Pluto and this weekend’s moon, all in Capricorn, is your first and last opportunity this lifetime (it won’t happen again for another couple of centuries) to take an eyes-wide-open look at whatever you haven’t been willing to acknowledge. Because it’s going to surface, ready or not…

TAURUS: Venus in a fellow earth sign like yours is the romantic realist; a material girl in a material world, and highly motivated this week in tandem with alpha Mars in make-it-happen mode. With Piscean vibes watering your emotional lawn, community groups and technically oriented friendships are likely to be profitable.

LEO: The current starry scenario suggests this week’s astral travel brochure for Leos is advertising the internal landscape behind the scenes as your trendiest destination. And it might read something like this: Immerse yourself in the hero’s journey! Trek to your thrilling emotional depths! Dive and discover psychological knots from ancient history! Find buried treasure!

SCORPIO: This year of Saturn restructuring your family dynamics continues questioning how you want to live – and who with. Scorpios are more about core connections than casual acquaintance, and this week’s likely to find you investigating more nourishing relationships as the month ends on a high note for the Shire’s water signs.

AQUARIUS: This week’s Plutonic intensity could bring surprising, or unsettling, though undeniably timely revelations, which initiate change in la vie Aquarie. Don’t let Mercury in Aquarius send your mind into overdrive. Tune into its capacity for savvy strategising instead, which is solidly backed by Saturn in Aquarius assisting you to make the best choices.

GEMINI: This week’s ripe for what Gemini author Danielle LaPorte calls ‘work with the Shadow Self’. Which isn’t some evil twin from the dark side, just the congealed fears, shame, you name it, waiting for the light of your attention. Shadow Self is the twin sister of your Hero Self, and together they make a powerful pair.

VIRGO: An intense weekend coming up, with possibly some big decisions. Good news? No retrograde planetary setbacks from February through to late April. Best approach this week? If others don’t seem to be operating from the empire of the sensible, try this: whatever your love language is, just keep letting them know it.

SAGITTARIUS: With Sagittarians’ mentor planet Jupiter in tidal Pisces increasing your natural capacity to go with the flow, your relationship with yourself could deepen this week as long-standing family problems move to resolution. You might find yourself happier with what you have. And even that what you always wanted is what you’ve already got.

PISCES: Ready for some magic happenings? Then tune into this week’s splendid celestial confluence of Sun, Jupiter and Neptune, planets of radiance, largesse and imagination, inviting you to take a blissful dive into what makes life in general, and your personal world in particular, meaningful; as in, affection, support, humour and belonging.

ARIES: With this week enhancing understanding of how your subconscious mind works, overcoming deeply ingrained fears and historic hurts could be both relieving and inspiring for your warrior spirit. Your empathy and tolerance blossom by helping others, but remember to take care of yourself as well. And definitely think twice before going rogue…

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

PURA VIDA WELLNESS CENTRE Brunswick Heads COLON HYDROTHERAPY HYPERBARIC OXYGEN FAR INFRARED SAUNA REMEDIAL MASSAGE + more 66850498

WaterNSW and Natural Resources Access Regulator (NRAR) WaterNSW and the Natural Resources Access Regulator (NRAR) wish to advise customers and the community about changes to application advertising. Under recent amendments to Clause 26 Section 7 of the Water Management (General) Regulations 2018, applications made to the respective agencies that require advertising will no longer need to be featured in newspapers. From January 2022, these applications will be advertised for the required 28 days on the respective agency’s website. For more information and to view a list of current applications, please visit waternsw.com.au/advertised-applications or nrar.nsw.gov.au/public-notices.

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SUFFOLK PARK Mon & Fri 10–11.30am Yogalates Wed 6–7pm Yin Yang Yoga Sat 8.15–9.30pm Yogalates SPECIAL: Book in for a month @ $95, try as many classes as you like. See website for additional classes. 0432 047 221 yogalates.com.au

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3EPTIC 7ASTE 2EMOVAL WITNESSES SOUGHT ALLEGED CHILD ABUSE IN NSW STATE INSTITUTIONS ANGLEWOOD DARUK TRAINING SCHOOL ENDEAVOUR HOUSE HARGRAVE HOUSE MINDA REMAND CENTRE MOUNT PENANG TRAINING SCHOOL ROYLESTON HOME FOR BOYS, GLEBE YASMAR CHILDREN’S HOME YAWARRA (KURRI KURRI) TRAINING SCHOOL Porters Lawyers act for victims who claim they were abused at a number of the above NSW State institutions during the 1960s and 1990s. These victims were young children at the time of the alleged abuse. Porters Lawyers wish to speak to any former employees, child residents or parents of child residents of these institutions during the above times, to obtain further evidence that will assist our clients in their claims. If you are available to assist with any information in relation to the alleged abuse at these institutions, we ask you contact us at: PORTERS LAWYERS (02) 6247 3477 lawyers@porterslawyers.com.au www.porterslawyers.com.au TOLL FREE: 1800 44 55 44

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MOSQUITO NETS 100% cotton, locals discount, all sizes. 1001nets.net or 0400636516

MIELE WASHERS Dryers and dishwashers available at Bridglands Mullumbimby. 66842511

Road base, gravel, blue metal and metal dust. ALL SIZE DELIVERIES. Phone 66845517, 0418481617

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POSITIONS VACANT BILLI LIDS LONG DAY CARE CENTRE, 2 Educator positions. 1 part-time & 1 full-time. Forward resume and enquiries to billilidsldcc@bigpond.com or 0266804025 EROTIC MASSAGE STAFF reliable and friendly for Gentlemen’s Relaxation Centre 18+. Tweed. Grace 0418185791 LADIES WANTED, MUST BE 18+ Casual or permanent work available in busy adult parlour. 66816038 for details. OFFICE WORKER, PT/FT in wholesale business, Billinudgel. Reception, sales, invoicing, order processing, customer service, stock management. Must have good phone/computer skills. Email resume to walter@greenpack.com.au. Ph 0405383039 PRODUCTION ASSISTANT Byron Jerky is looking for two new team members to join our team in the Production Room at our kitchen on the Bangalow Industrial Estate. Please call Zach on 66870500.

MOTOR VEHICLES HONDA JAZZ 2016 1 owner, 19.9km, vgc, reg 05/22. $15.7k neg. 0413741339

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

GIANT MOVING SALE 19 Banool Cct, O/S. Sat & Sun, 8am–2pm. Clothes, homewares, garden & power tools. ANIMAL WELFARE LEAGUE Sat 8am– 1pm at 2 Warina Pl Mullumbimby. Tools, household, books, plants–more! MOVING SALE 4 Sansom St, Bangalow. Sat 8am–12pm. H/hold, plants, clothes. 5A RIVERSIDE DR, MULLUM Sat 26/02 & 5/03, 7am–12pm. Clothes, tools, h/hold, k/ware and much more.

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BAMBOO PLANTS: clumping, screening, hedging, ﬂowering gingers, bromeliads. Close to Mullum. 0458535760

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BYRON/SUNRISE self-contained studio, suit single. Private entrance, courtyard. Long-term preferred. $380pw incl elec & Wi-Fi. No pets. Phone 0412026441

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SUZUKI KIZASHI PRESTIGE CVT auto 2011. 2.4l, rego 2/23, 111,500 km. VGC sunroof, BT, premium silver, CD player, FSH, $12,000. 0428866530.

HOLIDAY ACCOM. HOME TO RENT OVER EASTER Brunswick Heads Family coming for Easter? Don't have enough space for everyone? This may be the answer: Fully self-contained 1/2 home with private entrance. Very large master bedroom with ensuite, large 2nd bedroom, 2nd bathroom, kitchen, dining, lounge, laundry & spacious undercover deck. If you are interested please call Janice 0421932219

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LAND MANAGER Seeking highly capable, motivated, communityminded worker who loves living and working in the bush. Full time with off grid accommodation included in wooden yurt. Beautiful 140 acres in Byron Hinterland with commercial camp ground that is the home of the Rites of Passage Institute. Ì>VÌ Ã w J ritesofpassageinstitue.org.

TUITION FRENCH • ITALIAN • GERMAN Eva 0403224842 www.languagetuitionbyron.com.au MUSIC LESSONS IN BALLINA Experienced Industry Professionals: Vocals, Drums, Percussion, (incl. timpani/mallet perc) Guitar, Bass, Composition/Songwriting, Arranging, AMEB/Rock School, Conducting, Band Direction, Beginners to Advanced. Private studio, House calls or Zoom. Close to Southern Cross PS. Ph: 0415 849 559 Get Results!

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24.10.1940 – 14.02.2022 John passed away at home at Victoria Point, Qld, with family at his side, after visiting old mates at Mullumbimby. John will be sadly missed by all family and friends.

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Relatives and friends attended a funeral service held at St John’s Catholic Church, Mullumbimby on Tuesday February 22, 2022.

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Family and friends are warmly invited to attend Melanie’s funeral service to be held at St John’s Catholic Church, Mullumbimby on Thursday (February 24, 2022) commencing at 10.30am. At the conclusion of the service, the cortege will proceed to the Mullumbimby Cemetery for interment.

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Late of Brunswick Heads. Passed away on Tuesday, 15 February 2022. Aged 91 years. Dearly loved Wife of the late Jack Bashforth. Loved Mother and Mother-in-law of John & Jenny, Mary & Bill, Margaret, David (dec), Robert, Melanie & Gary, Lewis and Kathy & Philip. Cherished by her grandchildren, great-grandchildren. Melanie will be sadly missed by all family and friends.

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Passed away peacefully. Beloved Husband of Margaret “Mog” (dec). Loving father and fatherin-law of Jane, Linda, Peter and Annmarie, David and Michelle and Simon. Cherished brother of Coral and Patricia, brother-in-law of Robin and David. Treasured grandfather and great grandfather. Family and friends are invited to attend Barry’s Funeral Service be held at the Uniting Church, Cherry Street Ballina, on MONDAY (February 28, 2022) commencing at 11am. After the Service a private cremation will take place.

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SOCIAL ESCORTS LOTS OF GORGEOUS LADIES available for your pleasure nearby. Spoil yourself. In & out. 7 days. Ladies always wanted. 0266816038. COVID SAFE

SUN, MOON & TIDES TIMES FOR NEXT 2 WEEKS

DATE DAY, SUN MOON HIGH LOW TIDES, TIDES, (Feb/ MOON RISE / RISE / March) PHASE SET SET height (m) height (m)

23 W

6:33 23:35 19:25 12:38

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06:04 0.51 18:16 0.40

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01:31 1.42 13:20 1.13

07:49 0.70 19:25 0.53

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A few sad farewells to report: Stuart Fergie, known to Oka fans as DidgeriStu, died from covid complications; John Dawson, father of Echo photographer Jeff, boarded his final flight (he was a QANTAS accountant) on Sunday; and a wake was held for well-loved local comedian and drummer, Robert Grayson, aka Hanuman, who died last week. Oops. It took a AEC audit to discover that the federal Nationals party failed to disclose a $1 million, um, ‘donation’, by investment firm John McEwen House. Also last week, it emerged a $100k ‘donation’ from coal millionaire John Kinghorn wasn’t disclosed by Independent MP Zali Steggall either. BreastScreen NSW will be bringing its clinics back to the area following the temporary suspension of services. Mobile clinics will visit Mullumbimby from February 28. Visit www.breastscreen. nsw.gov.au for more info. Embattled former NSW police commissioner, and allegedly close friend to the PM, Mick Fuller, is being investigated under anti-corruption rules. All he (allegedly) wanted to do was to run a racing syndicate with men entangled in criminal investigations and become a board member with Racing NSW. The police investigation is the result of an ABC report. Apart from generous tax incentives and policy designed to lock out younger generations from the housing market, lobby group, Homelessness Australia, last week highlighted the federal government still

How many voters will be duped by Clive Palmer’s massive ad offensive for the upcoming election? While he brags that he will again outspend every other party, he did that at the last election but didn’t secure a seat. Yet his preferences flowed to the Liberals–Nationals, which helped them retain power. On page 10, David Heilpern asks if his freedom platform is to pollute. refuses to develop a national homelessness strategy, despite recommendations by a parliamentary inquiry. Byron Music Festival has launched Byron Music Podcast, a series of discussions about music, culture, and wellbeing that was recorded live at the festival in June 2021. It will be available from Thursday at www.byronmusicfestival.com.au. Endless dystopia alert: The Canberra Times reports: ‘Welfare recipients who fail to update their employment or relationship status could become the subject of covert surveillance, as Services Australia looks to engage police to spy on claimants suspected of wrongdoing’.

invalidated by priest’s use of one wrong word’. In a tradition that dates back to 1887, the annual Women’s Day of World Prayer will be held at the Mullumbimby Uniting Church on Friday March 4 from 10am. All are welcome.

‘If someone says it’s raining, and another person says it’s dry, it’s not your job to quote them both. Your job is to look out the window and see it’s not a [Sydney train] strike’ –Tweet by Hon. Dumb Blonde.

BYRON SHIRE ECHO SALES MANAGER: ONLINE AND NEWSPAPER ADVERTISING

This is a full-time position paying a salary + super + bonus + car package. We have a free weekly newspaper The Byron Shire Echo (24,500 copies pw) and a daily news website (www.echo.net.au) with 1.5 million unique visitors, growing at about 20% pa. Our long-term sales manager will be gradually reducing hours over the next six months as we transition to a new sales manager to lead our well-established Byron sales team. You will be working from our Mullumbimby office with a supportive team in an already successful newspaper, that in addition to its online presence also publishes a number of successful subsidiary publications. This is a challenging role leading our team of four salespeople and two support people to new heights. Are you seeking a local organisation that is well established, yet progressive and future focussed? Do you have a passion for what The Echo, with our well-regarded and popular free website and independent newspaper titles, can deliver to its advertisers?

You will need:

ICYMI – Byron Shire’s sports fields, like others in the region, are closed atm owing to recent heavy rainfall, say Council staff. Who would have thought you could go to hell because of a clerical error? The Guardian reports, ‘Thousands of baptisms

• Newspaper advertising sales experience, preferably at manager/ senior level. • The ability to quickly understand our well-established procedures, to maintain their effectiveness and incrementally introduce new procedures when necessary.

• To be prepared to live in Byron area. • Current driver licence. • Intermediate computer skills. • Well developed organisational skills and an ability to create a positive team culture through leading by example.

Please email your resume and a covering letter to simon@echo.net.au

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