The Byron Shire Echo – Issue 36.42 – March 30, 2022

NOW PREPARING FOR ONCE-IN-A-MONTH FLOODS The Byron Shire Echo • Volume 36 #42 • March 30, 2022 • www.echo.net.au

ț ǔ şſĎëćōĕȜ ƖŕĶƐƆ żſşżşƆĕĎ ëćşưĕ lƖōōƖŔ Ĉëſ żëſŊ Paul Bibby Byron Council and State Government-owned housing developer, Landcom, are proposing to build a block of affordable units above a car park in central Mullumbimby as part of the attempt to address the Shire’s housing crisis.

Under the proposal, up to 30 units would be built above the Council-owned car park on Station Street next to the La Familia Mexican restaurant.

It is understood the site would still function as a car park – though a number of parking spaces would be lost – with a structure of two stories to be built directly above the parking area.

discussions between the developer and a number of councillors, as well as a formal presentation to councillors and staff last month.

Concerns have been raised in some quarters that the plan is going full-steam ahead without sufficient public transparency or community input.

‘What scares me is that the next step (likely in April) is Council being asked to sign a commercial agreement with Landcom to run this project,’ Greens councillor Duncan Dey said.

Secrecy ‘unacceptable’

Byron mayor Michael Lyon, one of the key supporters of the proposal, said the detail of the plan would be released in the agenda to the next Council Planning meeting on April 14.

The agenda will be published on Council’s website on April 5.

‘Just to give you a little snapshot – we’re looking at somewhere between 20 and 30 units above that car park for affordable housing in perpetuity,’ Cr Lyon said at the official reopening of Byron’s Fletcher Street Cottage last week.

‘My view is that if we can do 100-odd of these over the next five years, which is a conceivable number in partnership with our community, we might break the back of this crisis.’

Landcom approached Council about the idea earlier this year.

There have been ongoing

‘The agreement is being drafted now, and will likely lean on concepts the public has never seen. The public will first have information on the project after Council (the developer here) has committed to it. The secrecy of these procedures goes to the edge of unacceptability for me as an elected community representative’.

Cr Dey said he believed the public should have been informed earlier, and better, by Cr Lyon, and the others who support the proposal.

But Cr Lyon said Cr Dey’s comments were inaccurate and amounted to fear-mongering.

‘Nothing will be signed until the matter comes before the next planning meeting and the detail will be out there for all to see before that meeting.’

‘A notice of motion at that meeting will request councillors’ support so that staff can enter into a Memorandum of Understanding with Landcom. That’s a high-level, ▶ Continued on page 5

Homeless service reopens in Byron ▶ p3

Where do all those flood damaged items go? ▶ p5

Details revealed April 5

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Last Friday, Byron Shire students took part in an all-too-familar reminder that politicans in the Coalition and Labor camps still take donations from large oil and gas companies. And this week, the ABC reported that ANU law school professor, Andrew Macintosh, claims the government’s carbon offset schemes lack integrity and has ‘degenerated to become a rort’. Photo Jeff ‘Climate On A Cliff’ Dawson

LĕëưƷ ſëĶŕĪëōō IJĶƐƆ ſĕīĶşŕǽ ëīëĶŕ While conditions eased on Tuesday, the Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) is predicting rain to build into Wednesday morning, when it will start to ease.

Flood warnings remain for large parts of north-east NSW, including the potential for major flooding for the Brunswick River.

That river and Marshalls Creek can impact low lying areas of Mullumbimby, South Golden Beach, The Pocket and Billinudgel.

A statement from the BOM also says, ‘With catchments in northern NSW already saturated, rivers, streams and creeks will respond quickly to any heavy, short duration

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An SES evacuation order for low lying areas of Mullumbimby and Billinudgel was issued on Tuesday morning, with minor flooding in the area being recorded.

An evacuation centre at the Ocean Shores Country Club

opened Monday.

Phil Holloway, Byron Shire Council’s Director Infrastructure Services, says, ‘The centre will remain open over coming days, while this weather system plays out’.

‘I urge Byron Shire residents to keep themselves informed with the Bureau of Meteorology and SES updates, local ABC Radio and Council’s Emergency Dashboard’.

According to www.bom.gov. au/climate/enso, ‘Climate change continues to influence Australian and global climate’.

‘Australia’s climate has warmed by around 1.47°C for the 1910–2020 period’.

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rainfall and are at risk of potential flash flooding over the coming days’.

‘There is also potential for landslides and trees may fall’.

In Mullumbimby, some shops have put sandbags in front of their premises, while there are reports of washed out roads in Main Arm.

Evac centre open

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Educating young Mark on turf wars

By Fast Buck$

A fundamental principle underlying western political systems is the concept of the separation of powers.

I illustrate this by pointing out that when you enter the Council meeting chamber, you will see that the elected councillors are on one side of a circle, while the staff sit separately on the opposite side of that circle. When members of the public make a submission they face the councillors, not the staff, because it is WKH FRXQFLOORUV WKH\ QHHG WR LQÁXHQFH When the debate starts you will notice that only the councillors participate, and only the councillors vote.

The staff do not participate in a PHHWLQJ XQOHVV WKH\ DUH VSHFLÀFDOO\ asked to advise on a technical or operational matter. Staff are never asked for their opinion; their opinion is irrelevant because in a democracy it is the elected who make the decisions via their opinions.

The staff themselves understand this separation perfectly well. If you check out the agenda for the 24 March meeting, you will see that Item 9.1 was a debate about where the boundaries of responsibility lie. Someone in Mullum painted a house lilac in a KHULWDJH DUHD DQG &RXQFLO VWDII ÀQHG the owner $3,000. Cr Dey thought this ZDV ULGLFXORXV DQG ZDQWHG WKH ÀQH forgiven. I disagree with him on this but I draw attention here only to an argument put by staff in their report on the matter: councillors should not be interfering in the accepted framework for compliance. This is an operational matter to be decided by staff. In other words “Get off our patch”.

Readers will note that while the staff aren’t supposed to interfere in oral debate, they usually have already done so via their written remarks in the staff report which accompanies most issues.

Indeed the staff stick their noses in at every opportunity by disguising their opinions as “reports” or “staff FRPPHQWVµ , ÀQG WKLV SDUWLFXODUO\ objectionable because said staff opinion is printed in the agenda and is therefore digested by the councillors well before they get to hear from the public or from the other councillors.

It is also objectionable because they frequently distort the information they provide by omission, misdirection and

other forms of deception. On what basis do staff have the right to make comments? On the basis that your elected councillors are too chickenshit to challenge them. They prefer the easy life. (Are you listening Mark?)

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Now every council by law has to have a Code of Meeting Practice; the Model Code is issued by the state government DQG VSHFLÀHV WKH PLQLPXP FODXVHV WKDW all councils must incorporate into their local version. The problem here for Ralph is that the model is entirely silent on the matter of Public Questions.

How then could staff “derive” from the model a proposal to ban questions when the model itself doesn’t mention it? Ralph has a bigger problem though: he has admitted on the record that the proposed changes originate entirely from the staff, without councillor input. In other words the staff wilfully intervened in a policy area which is properly the exclusive domain of the elected councillors. Yes those proposed FKDQJHV GR QHHG WR EH ODWHU UDWLÀHG E\ the full Council, but the point is that staff should have kept their beaks out and not made any “suggestions” at all. It is not the function of councillors to object to the changes improperly SURSRVHG E\ XQVSHFLÀHG SHUVRQV ZLWK XQVSHFLÀHG UHDVRQV DQG XQVSHFLÀHG motives. (Get that, Mark?)

There do of course exist councillors who hate public questions and prefer blind acceptance and obedience. By getting staff to do their dirty work via the S.P.W. such councillors get to avoid blame for their position and evade transparency.

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This council has a very suss recent history of putting all manner of issues up for discussion at the so-called “Strategic Planning Workshop”. None

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I’ve also issued subpoenas for the production of documents by various bodies, including Council, Shearwater, ABC Radio and The Echo.

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The upshot is that I’m not convinced that Mark’s a sound judge of character or that he will be able to transcend personal loyalties in arriving at political decisions. I predict that in fact he will turn out to be another staff patsy. In RUGHU WR WHVW KLP , ÀOHG WKLV TXHVWLRQ DW the last meeting:

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Contrast the staff attitude towards the lilac house with their attitude elsewhere. At that same meeting in January the staff put forward a “report” proposing to ban the public’s right to ask questions, via changes to the Code of Meeting Practice. They put up a “draft” version of what the new Code should be without explaining where the proposed changes came from. I suspected that the all-but-secret body known as the “Strategic Planning Workshop” was the source, so I asked Ralph James about that. He denied that the S.P.W. had been involved at all. Instead he innocently announced that the changes were “derived” from the Model Code of Conduct.

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Simon Richardson. He also posted on his Facebook page that he was “close” to Sarah Ndiaye, that in fact they swim with the turtles (lucky turtles, eh).

“If I can’t see it, it doesn’t exist” of them concern actual strategic planning. At those closed sessions an undisclosed number of staff mix with an undisclosed number of councillors to arrive at “consensus” positions, which are then put forward in a staff “report”, as though the views presented are objective and disinterested, descended from heaven.

The councillors fall for it every time, not wanting to admit that in betraying due process in this way they are also betraying democracy. And these socalled “workshops” are conducted in VXFK D UHOD[HG DQG FRQÀGHQW PDQQHU that councillors think it must be OK: that must be how it’s always been done.

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Due to a variety of headwinds such as FRYLG DQG ÁRRGV , VWLOO KDYHQ·W EHHQ DEOH to in person attend a single Council meeting since last May when Council’s lawyer Ralph James illegally (as it turns out) banned me from entering Council’s buildings for 12 months, a ban which was lifted under local duress in January.

Accordingly I’m unable to convey my impressions of how well the new councillors are performing. Yes I’ve listened in to public access, but sitting at a telephone without seeing the body language is too boring to endure for an entire meeting, or even for an hour.

One might expect to be able to tell how a councillor is performing by later checking how he/she voted on particular issues, but that’s not possible with this council because individual votes are recorded only on planning issues; on non-planning issues, such as policies, all that’s recorded is whether the majority vote was for or against!

Not very transparent, is it, but very indicative of how this council operates.

Anyway my main interest here is in our energetic new councillor, Mark Swivel.

He has potential but I’m not optimistic, because early last year he told me he was “friends” with the Greens, meaning the Gang of Four headed by

“As the most penetrating voice during the last Council election campaign and as a practising lawyer (who presumably understands the principle of the ‘separation of powers’ – a concept that underlines the workings of the West’s democratic political systems) how do you intellectually deal with participating in a meeting described as the ‘Strategic Planning Workshop’, the proceedings of which are all but secret and rarely have anything to do with actual strategic planning, but which arrives at ‘consensus’ positions after uncontrolled and unrestricted interactions between elected councillors and unelected staff...”

Mark’s reply was the longest I’ve ever received to a question, so I just hope he didn’t have to interrupt his tap-dancing schedule too much.

His response is worse than I feared.

He confuses the Strategic Planning Workshop with the Community Strategic Plan and states that he has “reservations about the way the policies of councillors are incorporated into the strategic planning process”. He seems to agree with me that non-planning matters should not be discussed in socalled planning workshops, but lacks the courage to expressly support my views on that.

Then he flips into election mode by talking about natural disasters, flood, temporary accommodation, local transport networks and telecommunications. Mark, the election is over, OK? Finally, he comes to the crunch by urging “teamwork and respect for each other” (yawn) and “we should work together rather than imagining there is a fundamental antagonism between the elected and [the] employed of this Council. John, we have so much work to do.”

Having cleaned up my vomit I’ll now close by remarking that it’s OK not to know, but to not know that you don’t know is the universal sign of arrogance.

Do your homework mate and don’t trust people because they smile at you and pat you on the back. Your ego makes you vulnerable.

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Homeless service reopens in Byron Paul Bibby Fletcher Street cottage has risen again.

It’s hard to believe that the light-filled building that was re opened last week is the same drab, run-down structure that sat gathering dust in the centre of Byron Bay for five years.

The building – bright, timber-lined and wellequipped – will provide local people experiencing homelessness with a place to shower, get a decent breakfast, and access a range of support and services.

It couldn’t have come at a more critical time.

‘Homelessness was a huge problem before COVID, and now, as well as the pandemic, we’ve got floods which have displaced 15,000 people,’ said Louise O’Connell, General Manager of the Byron Community Centre, who will manage the facility.

‘So the fact that we’re opening this today is so timely and so important.’

The cottage was forced to close because of funding shortfalls, and then kept that way by a sea of red tape, until a plan to resurrect the ailing centre was devised by the Community Centre, and the team behind the Habitat housing development – Creative Capital.

They put the call out for donations from the community, and despite the crowdfunding campaign being launched on the first day of the first local COVID lockdown, locals gave more than $400,000 to the cause.

Scores of tradies also donated their time and expertise, transforming the run-down Council-owned building into a welcoming space that has been specially designed to help those

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‘We had north of 200 donors – not all of them rich by the way,’ the founder of Creative Capital, Brandon Saul said.

‘That’s one of the things I love about Byron. People come to support good things irrespective of wealth.’

Community donations have also funded a highlyskilled team of staff to undertake the centre’s day-to-day operations, led by Jenny Ryan, the Community Centre’s Homelessness Projects Manager.

immediate needs.’

With the region’s housing crisis reaching desperate levels, the staff are likely to have their work cut out.

Damning statistic Byron Mayor Michael Lyon said, ‘Byron Shire has the highest population of people sleeping rough outside of the City of Sydney – that’s on the numbers, not per capita, and it’s a damning statistic’.

‘This recent flood event has put a much more intense spotlight on the issues we

face in this Shire and in this region.

‘Having no secure housing and having nowhere to live is unfortunately a daunting reality for a lot of people.’

Fletcher Street Cottage will be open from Monday to Friday, with a breakfast service from 7am to 9am, access to showers and laundry from 7am to 12pm, and additional office support from 9am – 12pm.

For more information, visit www.fletcherstreetcottage.com.au.

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‘People in our community who are sleeping rough are examples of where our structures and systems fail,’ she said.

‘These vulnerable people often face complex issues and are in need of basic care and support. Fletcher Street Cottage will provide these basic relief opportunities and be a safe haven where people can connect with supporting staff to meet their

The Byron Bay Malibu Club will be holding their 41st annual Malibu Classic, the longest-running single fin longboard event in Australia, on April 22, 23 and 24 at Wategos Beach.

Club President, Ciaran Carolan, told The Echo, ‘We expect to have nearly 100 competitors again this year, together with their families and a large number of spectators. All the usual age divisions, lots

of prizes and raffles.

‘Sponsorship helps raise much needed funds for local organisations such as The Shift Project, the Coastal Patrol, and Westpac Rescue Helicopter. In the past 40 years, with the support of generous sponsors, we have donated over $300,000 to local organisations and charities’.

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ÉIJĕſĕ ëſĕ ǖ şşĎȒĎëŔëīĕĎ ĶƐĕŔƆ īşĶŕīȃ As garbage trucks circled the streets of the Shire collecting masses of flood waste over the past few weeks, more than a few locals were heard to ask, ‘where is all this stuff going?’.

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Alstonville, and then Qld, according to the Public Works Advisory (PWA). The first stop for the tens of thousands of tonnes of flood waste collected across the Northern Rivers has been the Boral asphalt quarry site on

Gap Road, Alstonville.

At the peak of the cleanup, PWA say 750 trucks a day poured into the facility, each one carrying between three and 10 tonnes of waste.

The waste is to be temporarily stored at this facility while sorting takes place, with authorities hoping that up to 40 per cent will be recycled.

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However, the site also has a ‘37 million cubic metre void left over from a previous open cut coal operation’, suggesting that a significant proportion of the

waste will become landfill.

Meanwhile, Byron Council has announced that collection contractors have undertaken a mass clean-up of all major flood affected areas in the Byron Shire, collecting over 3,500 tonnes of waste.

‘We will continue to operate the skip site locations for flood waste disposal at Ocean Shores Salad Bowl, Alidenes Road and the Mullum netball courts,’ Council’s Phil Holloway said.

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Monique McInnes and Jay Clayton were selling Where the Muddy Hell Are You? t-shirts at the Secret Sounds flood fundraiser, held at the Beach Hotel last week. The slogan is a cheeky pun on perhaps the most memorable thing that then toursim marketing manager, Scott Morrison, has ever produced. Lifeline, GIVIT, Koori Mail Bundjalung Community Flood Relief and Northern Rivers Flood Relief Fund were all beneficiaries of the event, say organisers. Photo Jeff Dawson

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non-binding agreement that will allow Council and Landcom to work on that project.’

Cr Lyon said the development would mean a reduction in parking spaces, but that this would be offset by creating a new carpark, most likely in the rail corridor next to Council’s existing Station Street carpark.

The region’s housing crisis has been exacerbated significantly by the recent devastating floods, which have reportedly displaced 15,000 people.

While the recovery effort rightly remains focused on finding temporary accommodation for those left homeless, there is also a renewed focus on providing longer-term

housing solutions.

‘We have an availability crisis, not really an affordability one,’ Cr Lyon said of the broader housing crisis.

‘It’s the lack of available housing that is really creating the problems.’

In reply, Mr Dey said he did not oppose the project, but wanted the process to be conducted properly, with all

of the issues being considered and the community involved.

‘I think this is a good project, but we need to look at some of the issues around loss of parking and building heights in the CBD,’ Mr Dey said.

The idea of building housing above Byron Council’s carparks was first formally proposed in early 2020.

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Northern Rivers Flood Relief Fund raises $200,000 News from across the North Coast online

www.echo.net.au COVID update for weekend to March 27 In the 48 hours to 4pm yesterday, March 27, the Northern NSW Local Health District has reported 717 new cases of COVID-19 were confirmed in the Northern Rivers.

Independent review of development on flood-prone land welcomed in Tweed Shire As we look around the Northern Rivers there is no shortage of evidence of the dangers of building on floodplains and many people are welcoming NSW Planning Minister Anthony Roberts’ announcement of an independent review of development in floodprone parts of the state.

Bentley to Lismore Rail Trail one step closer Lismore Council has voted to accept a staff recommendation to endorse a funding deed with the federal government for a 16.3km section of the Northern Rivers Rail Trail.

Is Ballina’s North Creek rock wall breaking down?

The last Ballina Shire Council meeting included a deputation from Margery Fitzgerald, who lives near a section of the North Creek wall which is eroding dangerously, exacerbated by the recent flooding.

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A collaboration between the Byron Community Centre and Northern Rivers Community Foundation (NRCF) has seen $200,000 raised in just over a week to assist those impacted by the recent floods in the Northern Rivers region.

Organisers say a grants committee was formed to identify local needs, ‘based on continuous research conducted by the NRCF team, to distribute the funds for the quickest and most effective support’.

‘The grants committee is made up of senior members from both organisations, as well as a number of neutral members, all of whom have had a long-term commitment to the Northern Rivers and are known and trusted within

the community, including Byron’s Citizen of the Year for 2020, Helen Hamilton, who is acting as Chairperson’.

Helen says, ‘The past weeks have shown what a generous and resourceful community we have in the Northern Rivers. The Flood Relief Fund (FRF) allows us to harness that for the maximum benefit of people impacted by the floods. Please support our locally led recovery’.

‘100 per cent of all donations received will be directly allocated to not-for-profit community organisations working in flood recovery across the Northern Rivers’.

Organisers say several hundred thousand dollars has been committed by donors and will be received

Cumbalum commercial centre moves closer David Lowe Ballina Council’s last meeting saw movement towards the much-delayed commercial centre for Cumbalum.

Cr Jeff Johnson (who is also a resident of the area) said, ‘This is a key issue for the residents of Cumbalum.

This is the only part of the shire that doesn’t have even a local shop.’

He said the closest supermarket was Aldi, and that was many kilometres away.

‘I’m really concerned and so are a lot of other residents, to ensure that if we move forward with this, that it actually happens.’

Cr Johnson said many people who had bought land and built houses in the Ballina Heights community were told, as long as ten years ago, that there would

soon be local shops.

He said it was Council’s responsibility to do all it could to remedy the situation. Cr Johnson said he was concerned new rezoning proposals would create further delays.

Voluntary planning agreement Mayor Sharon Cadwallader explained that the latest plan was to start building the commercial area before the associated additional residential development, but as it was a voluntary planning agreement, there was little Council could do to dictate terms and conditions.

Following debate, the motion to progress the shopping centre to its next stage passed unanimously.

in the coming weeks.

‘The Fund has been able to award grants to 11 community projects already – totalling $91,296 – which is expected to multiply substantially in the coming weeks as weekly grants are allocated’.

11 projects funded The organisations and projects funded represent a broad geographical spread and a diverse range of immediate needs in flood-affected communities across the Northern Rivers region.

According to www. floodrelieffund.org/funded, these organisations are Winsome/Lismore Soup Kitchen; Heart2Heart Meal Distribution (Uki); Mental Health

Support Group (MHSG) (Lismore, Ballina, Coraki, Casino, Kyogle, Mullumbimby, Nimbin, Alstonville, Tweed Heads); Mid Richmond Neighbourhood Centre (Evans Head, Woodburn, Coraki, Broadwater); Daisi Disability Services (Ballina); KOFY Indigenous Corporation (Casino); Vibe Care Pantry (Tweed Heads); RED Disability (Lismore); Shed of Hope (Tabulam); and Art Northern Rivers (Lismore).

Barbara Swain of the Mental Health Support Group, a recipient, says, ‘Our community is absolutely incredible – I don’t know where they get their kindness and their generosity from. I can’t thank the donors enough. It’s not a

‘hand down’, it’s a ‘hand up’ to help with recovery’.

The community fund is live now and accepting donations via the Byron Community Centre, which holds DGR1 status. To promote transparency, all allocated funds and the projects they are supporting will be published on the fund website on a weekly basis.

To make a donation to the Northern Rivers Flood Relief Fund or for more information, please visit www. floodrelieffund.org or call the Byron Community Centre office 6685 6807.

Credit and debit cards, bank transfer and Cryptocurrency are accepted.

All donations are tax deductible’.

Initiative aims to address hospitality worker shortage The number of hospitality workers is being boosted to help NSW businesses struggling with staff shortages, according to the State government.

The government says this will be done via the Automatic Mutual Recognition initiative, which allows certified Responsible Service of Alcohol (RSA) staff from Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania, Western Australia and the ACT to work in NSW without needing new credentials.

Minister for Hospitality and Racing, Kevin Anderson, said the hospitality sector was continuing to struggle with staff shortages post the COVID-19 Pandemic, so creating a wider talent pool would help ease some pressure on the sector.

RSA fast-track ‘Previously, hospitality workers who wanted to temporarily work in NSW had to spend time and money

getting additional RSA certification. This initiative makes it easier for RSA holders to get working as soon as they arrive,’ Mr Anderson said.

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Fined woman who painted her home blasts Council Hans Lovejoy A resident who painted her Mullumbimby home the colour ‘purplicious’ – and then was fined $3,000

by Council for breaching heritage regulations – has accused Council of cynically pursuing revenue and being personally targeted, given other homes in the town are also painted non compliant heritage colours.

At last Thursday’s meeting, a majority of councillors voted to pursue the fine against homeowner Nicole Haberecht.

This was despite a change. org petition which had attracted over 2,000 signatures in support of her cause.

A report by legal counsel, Ralph James, appeared to underpin the councillors’ decision, which outlined Council’s version of events.

Mr James claimed that Ms Haberecht had opportunities to work with Council to apply for a DA that would resolve the issue.

During debate, Labor’s Asren Pugh repeated Mr James’s views in the report.

Painting your house, in a heritage area, a non-heritage colour can attract fines of around $3,000. Photo supplied ‘It’s outrageous they should behave like this’, Cr Pugh said, referring to the landowner.

Mullum Residents Assoc disappointed Yet Sonia Laverty from the Mullum Residents Association, who had been in support of Nicole’s cause, described it as, ‘a very disappointing outcome for Nicole and Byron Shire’.

She told The Echo, ‘I’d rather see Council promote an interest in the heritage we have, and adopt innovative ways of doing that. There are

many examples around that Byron Shire could learn from’.

Fined homeowner, Nicole Haberecht, told The Echo she wasn’t allowed into the Chamber to watch debate last Thursday.

She said the staff report was one-sided, and did not detail her extenuating circumstances as to why she could not respond to Council.

‘I told them I was away for three months, looking after my elderly mother, and have also been recovering from mental and physical health issues’, she said.

‘There was no compassion

or support from staff.

‘This is really just about revenue raising and setting an example. Staff said I could’ve applied for a variation of colour through a development application (DA), yet that demonstrates that the colour is acceptable; you just have to pay for it.

‘And there’s around 80 homes colourfully painted around Mullum, which shows they just targeted me’.

These claims were put to Mr James, but no reply was recieved by deadline.

During the meeting, director Sustainable Environment and Economy, Shannon Burt, told councillors that staff also offered to work with the landowner, along with NSW Heritage, to rectify the issue through a grants program.

Comments in the March 24 agenda by ‘legal counsel’, later confirmed to be Ralph James, presented a long history of mediation attempts, which began after one complaint was lodged.

Dropping the fine, said Mr James in his report, would set an ‘undesirable precedent’.

Mr James wrote, ‘If Council is of the view that the heritage conservation area has no merit, then Council may request that staff formally remove it from LEP 2014 as there is no point in having development controls that are not enforced’.

The issue was brought before councillors by Cr Duncan Dey, who sought to drop the fine.

Both he, fellow Greens Cr Sarah Ndiaye and Mayor Michael Lyon voted to drop the fine.

Councillors who voted to uphold the fine were Labor’s Asren Pugh, and independents Mark Swivel, Alan Hunter, Sama Balson,

Peter Westheimer and Cate Coorey.

Ms Haberecht added, ‘The fine is now with NSW Revenue. The people I spoke to at NSW Revenue say they had never heard of anything like this before. They were very apologetic.

‘I feel I’ve been pushed out of town for what they’ve done to me. It’s affected my health so much, I’ve lost a considerable amount of weight and my hair is falling out from stress.

‘I’ve sold the house and am moving to Nimbin’, she said. ‘There are many brightly coloured homes there’, she added.

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Organisers say, ‘A tiny segment of the much-loved ecofriendly family festival, Kites and Bikes (last run in 2013) will be brought back to life to raise funds and bring the community together for some creative and uplifting fun’.

‘Children of all ages are invited to participate in a kite making and painting workshop. The cost is only $10 (same price as 2013). They can then fly their painted and decorated creations in Banner Park. No special skill is required to fly the kites

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‘The Chamber and Visitor team will supervise the kite making, and Lilly Pilly Preschool is overseeing the colourful painting fun. Bring an apron!

‘Local flood affected families won’t miss out.

‘The Hotel Brunswick is generously donating 100 free kite workshop tickets which can be picked up from the Visitor Centre at 7 Park St Brunswick Heads from April 4–8 from 9.30am till 4.30pm.

Bookings are essential (6685 1003) to secure a free ticket.

‘There will be other opportunities on the day to contribute to the “Fly a kite for flood-affected families” fundraiser. Mullumbimby Rotary will put on one of the famous

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‘Some of the proceeds from the fundraiser will be allocated to the Mullumbimby Chamber’s current project to provide free mould killer to all local households who need it.

(Contact Janelle Stanford at the Mullum Newsagency on 0418 487 178 to organise).

‘The Chamber and Visitor Centre will also be working with the local primary schools to fund their projects to directly benefit children and families in the area who had their lives turned upside down by the storms and floods.

‘So come to Bruns on Sunday April 10 and make, decorate and fly a kite for our flood affected families. Or just watch and immerse yourself in the uplifting magical experience’.

ĕëĎĶŕī Īşſ ëȞĈëƖƆĕ Lola, Kate and Luna were immersed in words and pictures at last weekend’s Lismore Library flood fundraiser, held at the Marvel Street Hall in Byron. Photo Jeff Dawson

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Simon Haslam The InGrained Foundation, started by Stone & Wood, has donated over $1m through fundraisers, and in particular over the last three years, the Large Grants program has donated $290,000.

This year, $200,000 is on offer to local not-for-profits with DGR status, because as the brewer grows, the foundation is also growing larger.

Grants from the foundation are about capacity building, but they are also about responding to

emergency relief.

Already this year, organisers say $150,000 has been donated to Murwillumbah Community Centre, Mullumbimby & District Community Centre, Lismore’s Northern Rivers Community Gateway, and also to Indigenous group Ngunyar Jarjum, to strengthen those community services after the flood, but this additional $200,000 is to strengthen the capacity of the community.

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The Byron Shire Echo Volume 36 #42 • March 30, 2022

Council’s Leunig moment

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ith residents still mopping up and renovating from floods, councillors assembled in a room last Thursday to thrash out agendas, motions, staff recommendations and reports.

Yes, the wheels of progress grind onwards, while running roughshod over the Shire’s ever-increasing potholes.

It’s still early on in their term, so how are they doing?

Plans for a Natural Burial Ground at Vallances Road will progress, after staff identified traffic constraints that will need addressing. A feasibility report, including a survey, concept design and costing will be presented to Council by September.

A Byron Shire Mayoral Flood Recovery Appeal Fund will be established, after it got councillor support. Cr Mark Swivel’s motion asks that the fund be overseen by a ‘committee of three made up of the General Manager, the Mayor and an eminent community member’.

A long-winded motion by Labor’s Asren Pugh says, ‘Thank you to staff and community’ for the ongoing flood recovery efforts.

It recognises that climate change fuelled flooding had an immense impact on this, and neighbouring communities.

Additionally, a ‘report [will] be provided to Council with options for holding an appropriate thank you and recognition day in the future to bring the community together and acknowledge the community effort in the emergency response and the recovery effort’.

Moving on – it’s worth looking closer at how councillors debated and voted on a fine a woman received after she had painted her house a colour that didn’t match Mullum’s heritage regulations. See page 7.

There’s a Michael Leunig cartoon for this moment: A man gets hauled away by police from his colourful house, while the rest of his suburb is awash in drab grey.

Imagine if the unwashed masses suddenly wanted to be colourful?

In the rainbow region, of all places?

The absurdity of Council’s position appeared completely lost on the councillors who voted to uphold the fine. They were Asren Pugh (Labor), and Independents Mark Swivel, Alan Hunter, Sama Balson, Peter Westheimer and Cate Coorey.

Not all laws are good. In fact, many are terrible.

Kerry Packer once pointed out in a parliamentary inquiry that bad laws are generally not removed, they just keep getting added to the pile.

The message the councillors just delivered to the community was that if you pay Council money, you can bend the rules and keep your colourful home. And that Council is okay with fining one person for one thing, while ignoring others who do the same.

The other message is that councillors appear uninterested in improving heritage provisions, as outlined in Mullumbimby’s development control plan (DCP).

Was this a good use of compliance resources, given the 2022 Compliance Priorities Program lists ‘Development or activities without consent’ as a ‘medium priority’?

Are these councillors concerned that they are undermining public trust so early in their term?

Come on councillors – please aim to represent the community by improving policy rather than repeating staff talking points.

And if it’s needed, there are plenty of workshops available to help you resist the inner urge to act like tinpot tyrants.

Hans Lovejoy, editor

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et’s make two assumptions.

First, you really really believe that 5G is dangerous to our physical health, and that Telstra has really, really harmed people by the introduction of the technology to Mullumbimby.

I know that is a giant leap for many folk, but humour me.

Second, let’s assume that Telstra, and our local member, are correct that the tower fire in Mullumbimby was deliberately lit.

Is it justified?

This raises that thorny old question about when it is morally permissible to damage property in the interests of a cause – is it a breach of the principles of non-violent direct action?

Before I state my own position, it is worth reflecting on a few interrelated considerations.

Nelson Mandela helped found and was head of the military wing of the ANC, which was responsible for bombings of property and the killing of civilians.

He did not practice non-violence, and yet he is one of the most revered people of our times.

Similarly admired actions litter the activists’ archives – the Ploughshares Eight, BUGAUP, the Thatcherite miners – all involved destruction of property.

Second, most engagements for change over the last 100 years have involved property damage of some sort or other – suffragettes, environmentalism, labour activism.

Third, there are shades of grey as to what property damage is – if someone blocks a road to protest climate change there can be economic loss, costs to workers and employers. Is that property damage?

The least worst conclusion is that ‘minimum necessary damage’ to property is justifiable by activists.

So, the breaking of a lock to get into a shed and film a torturing chicken farm, or graffitiing on a public building, or a tripod over a bulldozer, or the occupation of a politician’s office are examples of this.

True, there is property damage, but it is at minimal necessary levels.

Greenpeace and Sea Shepherd practice and preach this effectively.

On the other hand, bombing of abortion clinics, setting fire to timber mills, and trashing shop windows cross over a line.

‘To take out communications for a town and hinterland in the aftermath of a catastrophic rainfall event risks serious harm or death to people’.

David Heilpern In my days on forest blockades, property damage beyond the very minimal necessary was shunned because of the potential for violent backlash, the alienation of moderate supporters, the risk that things would go wrong and harm people, concerns about police (over)reactions and the counterproductive responses from the general public.

And so to the assumed deliberate destruction of the 5G tower.

First, I think it really stretches the boundary of non-violence.

To take out communications for a town and hinterland in the aftermath of a catastrophic rainfall event risks serious harm or death to people.

It is not hard to think of scenarios where people’s ability to get help in an emergency was completely hampered.

If property damage carries real risks to the physical wellbeing of the community, it is not non-violent at all.

Second, it has caused a classic backlash against the activists and the cause.

If I were still a magistrate, I’d be thinking prison.

Many people I know generally sympathetic to activism are about ready to strangle the next person that even mentions 5G at the dinner table.

It really has caused grief to grieving people way beyond inconvenience.

Small businesses were unable to operate, families could not connect to pick up children, broken down cars had to be abandoned (mine too) and alternate communications (including homing pigeons and a town crier) were overloaded.

Third, this was not by any means necessary or minimalist.

5G fears are not comparable to an apartheid state/totalitarian regime that disenfranchised, oppressed and shot people on the basis of the colour of their skin.

These vandals are no Mandela’s.

Australia, with all its faults, even with its corruption of political

donations, failure to bridge the gaps with First Nations people, media ownership concentration and disgraceful climate change policies, has at its beating heart the rule of law, the separation of powers and a vibrant, if imperfect, democratic process.

Right next to the burnt tower is graffiti proclaiming the dangers of 5G. Go hard with that I reckon. Maybe even climb the tower with some banners if you’ve got the guts. But burning key infrastructure crosses my tolerance level.

I’m open for discussion on all of this – it is hard territory with shades of grey and plenty of room for robust debate.

What if you really believe 5G is murder? What is necessary then? Is there a ‘reasonableness’ test?

Some of the brilliant heart-felt writing in the wake of Black Lives Matters related to looting and destruction in the USA argues that property damage is justifiable in the face of overwhelming state brutality, and structural economic and racial injustice.

There is a vision that the BLM protests without property damage would not have been taken seriously or been as effective in changing the dominant discussion. Maybe so. Perhaps I am guilty of being old and staid.

But here in downtown Mullumbimby, struggling out of the mud of the biggest (un)natural disaster of our times, looking up at the smoking remains of the tower, I reckon Gandhi should have the last word: ‘It is an old argument… in defence of terrorism. Sabotage is a form of violence. People have realised the futility of physical violence but some people apparently think that it may be successfully practised in its modified form as sabotage. The destruction of bridges, etc., by means of explosives does not touch this evil but only provokes a worse evil in the place of the one it seeks to end.’

Now, about the morals of eliminating Putin…

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Letters Risk to unborn baby On Friday, 18 March I was oncall for the midwifery unit at the Byron Central Hospital.

A midwife became concerned that an unborn baby had become distressed during labour. The midwife tried to telephone me, but someone(s) had allegedly vandalised the telecommunications tower in Mullumbimby the night before and the call could not go through. Eventually, through a series of texts, I was notified of the potential crisis and went urgently to the hospital to assist if the need arose during the birth.

The communication lag resulted in me being late; the baby had been born by the time I arrived. Fortunately, the baby was fine, but the baby’s excessively rapid heart rate earlier in the labour meant the expectant parents and the midwife had not been sure if that was going to be the case prior to the actual birth of the baby.

Help had been requested and was delayed by what Mr Marom, Telstra regional manager, was quoted as saying on the ABC was an ‘unnecessary, dangerous and selfish act of vandalism’.

If this case had turned out otherwise, would those responsible for the fire in the telecommunication tower have had the guts to, IN PERSON, tell the parents why their baby had not been given a better chance? What if the baby had died because potentially life-saving

Cartoon by Antoinette Ensby communication had been intentionally severed? I will leave the answer to their consciences…

Dr Marc Heyning Brunswick Heads

Building ‘the new’ I appreciate many people are currently homeless and still processing the trauma of extreme loss from the floods.

I am finding the community support we have for each other in this time profoundly moving to experience.

However, I am also beginning to see the opportunity for co-creating ‘the new’ from this devastating loss of ‘the old’. I believe there are more tough times ahead and feel strongly the time to build ‘the new’ is now.

We have many people in our Shire who are pioneers in creating a new way of doing things. Visionaries who have

thought through and developed new ways for humanity to do things differently in many areas – our buildings, our food systems, our community interaction, our education system, our transport and energy systems, our economic systems, our health and wellbeing. These people are emerging as leaders from the ground up. Leaders who can empower us to shift towards the new, as our old structures break down.

We also have progressive leaders in Council and government doing what they can to create a more sustainable and just future, but these systems move slowly – as we have seen. Let’s use the support and resources available from these sources to build it back green. Let’s use these emerging leaders to work from the ground up as well as the top down.

CALL FOR COMMUNITY REPRESENTATIVES Would you like to contribute to the future of our Shire by joining an Advisory Committee?

Let’s not just recover.

Let’s be leaders in building ‘the new’.

Deborah Preston Byron Bay

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the ‘Harvest’ development adjacent to yours. Yours evidences total disregard for the amenity of the community, with a wall closely abutting Ewingsdale Road. Do you really want that wall to be a permanent legacy of your disdain for Byron Bay; your home, as well as ours?

Moreover, the overdevelopment of your site, (maximising the number of lots) will create a much less desirable place to live. It is likely that these lots will sell at a big discount, perhaps earning your development the title of ‘Slumville’.

It is not too late for you to be sensible, reducing the impact on the wider community, while creating a better place to live. You may even find that you make more money by being smart.

Ephraim Sella Byron Bay

This is an open letter to Stuart Murray, director, and the owners/ developers of Site R&D at West Byron: With regard to your ‘victory’ in the Land and Environment Court (Echo, 23 March) – just because you ‘can’ does not mean that you should.

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Noise pollution It is timely, with the recent ramp up of people movements, to highlight one major adverse impact and a curse of the modern way of life – noise pollution.

Living close to the current Gold Coast airport flight path, subject now to 12+ flights a day, does have significant intrusive impact. But do the vested interests care?

In a democracy no one objects to freedom of movement by road, rail or sky yet the noise load is carried by the few unfortunates who were never really listened to when flight paths changed a few years ago.

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Candidates for membership of the Committees need to demonstrate suitability based on the following criteria: • • • •

Experience and expertise in a given area An understanding of the role of Local Government A commitment to consultative processes An ability to develop and sustain contacts with key individuals and groups in the local community • The ability to effectively listen to and cooperate with community members holding similar or different points of view Committee members will be decided at the Council Meeting on 28 April 2022, with inductions and the first meetings to commence from May 2022.

To submit your application for nomination, please use the online form available on Council’s website at Nominate to join a Council Advisory Committee - Byron Shire Council (nsw.gov.au)

Nominations close: 1st April 2022 Enquiries: Mila Jones (02) 6626 7290 or or email mjones@byron.nsw.gov.au www.echo.net.au

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matter all airport operators, to ensure aircraft flight paths are varied per flight by at least 15 degrees for inward and departing aircraft thereby spreading their noise pollution over a wider area of our Banora Point and Tweed community? If we all wish to enjoy flying to wherever, then everyone should accept some noise impact cost.

I put it to the community to start a petition on the same basis as requested by Brisbane airport residents.

Warren Kirchner Banora Point

In tough times These last years have been tough. Drought, and then terrible fires and the coronavirus and this disgusting homicidal mental case in Russia invading Ukraine because his playground isn’t big enough and he needs more oligarchical power (and money). Poor little overly potty-trained demanding maniac. And now we’ve just had the biggest rain event in 70 years, which has affected so many people that we care about. It’s been a pretty condensed and hard time for all of us.

Fair dinkum, I reckon without the SES and firies and nurses and ambos and police we’d be stuffed. Many, many thanks to them. Thank you, you lot, for being there for us.

Hannah Grace Ocean Shores

Deforestation ëŕĎȞǖ şşĎĶŕī I blame the NSW State Forestry Corporation operations for the devastating floods that have all but destroyed our community and our economy. Many editions of The Echo contain articles on the logging and clear-felling of the last of the forested headwaters that once slowed the movement of rainwater down to the lowlands. Protection of these essential catchment and water storage forests have been removed by the NSW Liberal National Government for their billionaire supporters. The width of the streamside forested corridors have now been reduced to only five metres on either side, ensuring the last surviving trees will soon be washed away as the denuded slopes pour ever more water into our creeks. The NSW State Forestry Corporation has been given another five years to finish their operations – ensuring the death of the forest community that is vital for our protection against www.echo.net.au

flooding and runaway climate change.

In the 1970s I worked as a Queensland National Parks ranger up at the O’Reilly’s Green Mountains section of Lamington National Park and have walked the trails of the adjacent national parks that protect the Border Ranges regularly ever since.

The topography and vegetation is similar to the rest of the hilly landscapes at lower elevations. Those ranges receive the heaviest rainfalls, occasionally equivalent to the ‘rain bomb’ that has just destroyed us. Hydrologists measuring water flow within the undisturbed forests found that it took many months for each rain weather event to percolate down to the creeks. As rangers mainly involved in repairing the walking trails we noticed that there was relatively little increase in the headwater flows and no sign of mud or erosion. Even after a nine-month-long drought in the mid-1980s the creeks were still running as if it had been constantly raining.

The gigantic canopy trees, the dense middle strata of smaller trees, the ground cover of ferns and mosses and the combined roots of all the plants absorb all of the rainfall. Here in northeastern NSW, we have a private power company that is transporting and burning the last of our forests for electricity generation. With the removal of the big trees that shade and create protection for the lower strata of vegetation the devastated forests dry and become a bushfire hazard.

The logging exterminates all of the nest hollows for sixty per cent of our birds and all of our possums, gliders and other arboreal animals that consume the invertebrates that feed on the vegetation until only weeds and sickly trees survive. The beautiful bellbirds are the only survivors as they feed on the exudates of tiny sap-sucking insects that rapidly increase with the extinction of all the other birds and possums that normally keep them under control. Forestry then blames the bellbirds for the death of the forests and calls for their extermination.

A few members of our community protest the devastation of our essential forests while the majority concern themselves with their own wellbeing and creativity, now washed away and destroyed by the removal of the protective forested headwaters. The city-centric community

knows nothing of this, and if the Liberal National Party win the upcoming Federal election the devastation will be complete. As I said in my letter published in The Echo in July 2017, the future for north-eastern NSW will not be a kind one for humanity, the ever-increasing floods and heatwaves accompanied by a rapidly heating Coral Sea will be perfect for saltwater crocodiles enjoying the flooding.

Gary Opit Brunswick Heads

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I’ll tell you who’s gutless Mr Morrison. Look in the mirror. Look in the mirror at the man who turned up in Lismore after the devastating floods and instead of fronting the public and the press to provide much needed leadership and answer questions he scurried away, highly NON-visible, without talking to ANY of the community, and he refused to have an open press conference to answer any questions.

Gutless? I’d say extremely gutless.

Oh, but he managed to have a ‘private’ meeting – on taxpayers’ money – with only a few individuals.

Shame, Mr Morrison, shame.

Premier Perrottet on the other hand had the leadership wherewithal to meet the press and to meet the community to answer questions.

In fact, he did this several times in the days he spent here. He did what is normally expected of a leader.

I know who is gutless.

Margrette Young Dorroughby

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Whether their two young sons were counted as guests is not known.

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denied. It seems as though just one hour was allocated for the ceremony.

Julian would have been returned to his cell and Stella and others would have had to leave. To add to the authorities’ vindictiveness, even the taking of wedding photos was forbidden.

The taking of photographs of Stella in her

North Coast news online wedding gown designed by Assange supporter Vivian Westwood was forbidden, not only inside the prison but also outside in front of the prison.

There are however photos on social media of Stella away from the prison precinct surrounded by enthusiastic supporters while she cut her wedding cake. Even then, photos show police

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There doesn’t appear to be any letting up of the persecution of Australian citizen Julian Assange – even on his wedding day.

Although the ceremony was held in a prison, Julian and Stella were unable to get married without further interference or control.

He has been held in Belmarsh for almost three years now, at the behest of the US government. Julian Assange is incarcerated without charge – he hasn’t killed or hurt anyone. He is being held for simply publishing and making information available to the public in order that we might be better informed and made aware of what is being done in our name. Information that includes evidence of war crimes.

The treatment of Julian Assange and Stella Moris on their wedding day, of all days, is surely testimony to the inhumane and malicious nature of those wielding power.

It is the continuation of the gross injustice lasting more than a decade now that has been perpetrated on Julian Assange. Julian Assange today -– who will it be tomorrow?

Roy Drew Mullumbimby

How dare they?

It is well known by local farmers and ‘oldies’ in Byron that West Byron is recognised as ‘the Lungs of Byron’. How has it come to reality that this development has been approved? Let’s start with the corruption that resides within the NSW Planning Department and the overall NSW Government!

Check out the last ABC Four Corners program of 2021 covering the Hawkes Nest East Coast Beach Front development approval granted to the Obeid family who purchased land. Including First Nations land. This was made possible by the actions of cronies with blatant, fraudulent intention… whilst the Obeid Godfather snores in prison!.

The current devastating floods are a warning to all that we are now living with the effects of climate change.

There is worse to come with the recent alarming scientific reports revealing dangerous heatwaves in the Arctic and Antarctic regions.

It is time for a total revolution – on every level. Social, legal, environmental etc – our children lead the way. Politicians do not hear their wailing outside of the court rooms, they do not view the rivers

swollen with dead animals.

They do not feel the trauma of impending death and loss.

They do not know how to embrace scientific warnings.

The majority embrace only the market and capital.

Many public representatives are swollen with hubris and greed. They make no connection to the facts, such as the destroying of forests (illegally) as an act of total murder of ecological systems and sentient beings. They allow developments on floodplains, ongoing genocide of First Nations peoples, manipulation of policies and process. They create ongoing despair… and dare to tell a totally traumatised person how to behave. How dare they?

Civil society must now cheerfully embrace subversion of the dominant paradigm. Enough is now beyond enough. Pack up all of the research and send it to ICAC now.

Cate and Dailan endless thanks, love and support.

Many of us are armed with a greater vision for the future and it is your example and hard work that leads the way. Onwards with passion.

Jo Faith Newtown

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Are you living the Byron dream but miss the hustle and bustle of the career you had in the city? áƺǼǼً‫ژ‬ɵȒɖ Əȸƺ ȇȒɎ ƏǼȒȇƺِ Xª¨! ɖɀɎȸƏǼǣƏ ƫƺǼǣƺɮƺɀ ɵȒɖ ƬƏȇ ǝƏɮƺ ǣɎ ƏǼǼِ 0ȇǴȒɵ Ɏǝƺ ɵȸȒȇ ɮǣƫƺɀ ɯǝǣǼɀɎ ȅƏǣȇɎƏǣȇǣȇǕ Ə ǝǣǕǝ ȵƺȸǔȒȸȅǣȇǕ ƬƏȸƺƺȸ ǣȇ Ȓɖȸ ɀȵȒȇɀȒȸɀǝǣȵ ɀƏǼƺɀ ɎƺƏȅِ

Conversation with army officers driving near landslides at Kohinor Hall, Main Arm. ‘When will we get a bridge to Main Arm?’ Officer; ‘Oh, we need them for overseas operations.’

‘Obeying the Americans?’

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Xª¨! ɖɀɎȸƏǼǣƏ ǣɀ Ɏǝƺ ǔƏɀɎƺɀɎ ǕȸȒɯǣȇǕ ‫( א‬ǣǕǣɎƏǼ ǕƺȇƬɵً ɯȒȸǸǣȇǕ ɯǣɎǝ ƫȸƏȇƳɀ ɀɖƬǝ Əɀ X xً ³ƏǼƺɀǔȒȸƬƺً ñȒȒȅً !ǣɀƬȒً ªǼǣǸ ɎȒ ȇƏȅƺ ǴɖɀɎ Ə ǔƺɯٍ

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Standing on the south wall of the Brunswick River at Brunswick Heads it is immediately obvious what a massive bottleneck the north and south walls create. Every bit of water flooding out of the Brunswick River is bottled up in a narrow channel only thirty metres or so wide.

This must have a massive effect on flooding all the way up the river to Mullumbimby and beyond.

This has been considered in flood mitigation proposals

which acknowledge that the river walls are a bottleneck that contributes to flooding.

However, the decision was made not to alter the walls, or remove the north wall, in case this led to beach erosion.

Removing the north wall may cause beach erosion, although that is not at all certain. River walls usually cause beach erosion, they don’t prevent it.

But even if during flood events, some part of the beach was eroded, surely this is preferable to a man-made structure causing worse flooding to already vulnerable communities upriver?

Dale Rhodes Mullumbimby

ĕëĎ ƖĈŊȨ Reading Linelle Steptoe’s letter (23 February) made me respond. Linelle, what do you expect from some of the Clayton’s Independents and Council staff? Fast Buck$ wrote about it in the same issue. Please read page five, Linelle, and realise what’s really going on with Byron Shire Council.

Paul Brecht Evans Head

Double standards The UN reports more than 1,000 Ukrainians killed and 1,650 wounded. In 2014, during Israel’s blitzkrieg on Gaza, about 2,310 Gazans were killed and nearly 11,000 wounded; 7,000 homes were destroyed and 89,000 damaged. There are calls for Putin to be tried for war crimes, but there is only silence for Israel’s butchers!

Gareth W R Smith Byron Bay

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One of President Vladimir Putin’s closest allies has warned the United States that the world could spiral towards a nuclear dystopia if Washington presses on with what the Kremlin casts as a long-term plot to destroy Russia.

To add to this Russian State TV presenters are now discussing dropping nuclear bombs. Do we really want to sacrifice everything? Where is the anti-war movement now?

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Articles ĎëŔ ëŕĎƐ ȑ ǖ şşĎƆǽ IJşƖƆĶŕīǽ ëŕĎ lëŕĎƷ mşōëŕ Eve Jeffery This week Greens head honcho Adam Bandt spent time in Mullumbimby to see for himself the crushing result of the floods. Bandt had visited Ballina on Monday with Greens candidate for Richmond Mandy Nolan to announce that with the balance of power after the next election, they will push for an urgently accelerated build of 15,000 new flood-resilient and safely situated homes, available to everyone affected by the housing crisis and the floods in Northern NSW. ‘The Greens have prioritised the seat of Richmond this election,’ said Mr Bandt.

‘The polls and history predict a power-sharing Parliament is likely.’

Bandt says Mandy is ‘a fighter and a warrior and she’s authentic. She will take the fight to Canberra in a way that the people in Richmond just haven’t had for a very long time. And, she has the ability to make people listen to what she’s saying – she understands the local issues like housing and climate as well as anyone else does, and she’s got this area in her

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Greens leader Adam Bandt. Photo Tree Faerie blood and the ability to go and fight for it.’

lëŕĎƷ ë ƆƐſşŕī ưşĶĈĕ Bandt says Nolan will be a strong voice in Canberra.

‘The most important thing you’ve got as a member of Parliament is your vote in Canberra. That’s the one thing you’ve got that no one else has. And people in Richmond deserve someone who doesn’t just share their values, but will also vote for them when they go to Canberra. Richmond deserves better than Scott Morrison or a Labor backbencher who votes for more coal and gas.

‘It’s one thing to say in the community that you want to tackle the climate crisis – I’ve

seen every time, Labor MPs go to Canberra and vote for more coal and gas. They say they want to tackle housing affordability, and then they go to Canberra and side with the Liberals to vote to make housing more expensive, with unfair and unaffordable tax breaks for people who’ve already got ten houses to go and buy their eleventh.

‘Now it’s time that these regions had someone who is going to go and fight and vote in Canberra to keep coal and gas in the ground and make housing more affordable.’

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Voluntary euthanasia End-of-Life Choices are discussed at Exit International meetings held quarterly. The next meeting is on Thursday 31 March, 10am to midday, at the South Tweed Sports Club. Attendees must be Exit Members. For further information www.exitinternational.net or phone Catherine on 0435 228 443.

Free brunch Ballina Free Community hot brunch at the Ballina Presbyterian Hall Saturday 2 April 10am to 12pm. All are welcome to for a free sausage sandwich, hot dog, sandwiches, tea, coffee and juice.

Climate change is happening, humans are causing it, and I think this is perhaps the most serious environmental issue facing us.

– Bill Nye

Retirees The next Branch meeting of the Association of Independent Retirees (AIR), Far North Coast Branch will be held on Friday 1 April at the Ballina RSL at 9.30am for a 10am start.

Guest speaker will be from Ballina on Richmond Rotary Club who will

CALL FOR COMMUNITY REPRESENTATIVES Would you like to contribute to the future of our Shire?

Share your skills and nominate to join a Community Hall Committee Byron Shire Council is currently calling for nominations for community members to join the following Community Hall Management Committees as volunteers: • Ocean Shores Community Centre • South Golden Beach Community Hall • Suffolk Park Community Hall We also welcome interest in all other Community Hall Committees to fill vacant Positions as they arise.

To be a member on the Committee, you need to demonstrate the following: • • • •

Established ties to the Byron Shire community Experience and relevant skills (professional or volunteer) An understanding of the role of local government An ability to develop and sustain contacts with key individuals and groups in the local community • The ability to effectively listen to and cooperate with community members holding similar or different points of view To submit your online nomination form please visit www.byron.nsw.gov.au/Public-Notice/Nominate-to-join-a-Community-Hall-Committee.

For further information about Community Hall Committees, please visit the Committees and Boards of Management page on Council’s website.

Applications will be reviewed by Council with Committees to commence in April 2022.

Enquiries: Community Development Team on (02) 6626 7000 or email: halls@byron.nsw.gov.au

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BV Probus Club AGM The Brunswick Valley Probus Club meeting is on Tuesday 5 April at 10am at Ocean Shores Country Club, followed by our Annual General Meeting. Come along and vote for your favourite representative for Probus. Visitors welcome. Enquiries ring Margaret 6680 3316.

Byron Shire Chemical Free Landcare Byron Shire Chemical Free Landcare working bee will be at Saltwater Creek, Saturday 2 April, 8am till 12.30pm.

Meet at the car park are at the front of Mullumbimby Community Garden.

BV VIEW Club Jan Tarbox is the guest speaker at the next luncheon of Brunswick Valley VIEW Club, on 14 April at 10.30am at Brunswick Heads Bowling Club.

Members need to advise Wenda on 0449 563 580 if they are attending.

Info: president Margaret 0429 966 894.

Bruns CWA Easter stall Brunswick Heads CWA Easter Stall, Saturday 9 April, 8am till 1pm. Cakes, jams, handmade clothes, and plants.

Cash only. CWA Rooms, crn Park and Booyun Sts, Brunswick Heads.

Biloela It’s been more than four years since a Sri Lankan Tamil family (the Murugappan family) were removed from their home in Biloela, Queensland. Since then, they have been fighting a long legal battle to remain in Australia. The family has obeyed all visa conditions, obeyed Australia’s laws, paid taxes and contributed to the community. And the town of Biloela wants them back. Join other Echo readers to learn what you can do to help – go to hometobilo.com.

Library of Stuff The Library of Stuff are offering any flood affected locals six months free membership that will give people access to a whole heap of useful stuff: power tools, gardening tools, camping gear, catering items, games and board games and much more, for free. Call 0431 005 755 for more information.

Murwillumbah help Bray Park SDA Church is open for those in need. FREE clothes, kids clothes, shoes, blankets, towels and toiletries.

We have a shower and washing machine for use. We also have a single bed and bassinet to donate. Please come, take and use what you need. We are here to help! If you can’t get here, but are in need: please message or call 0404 363 342 or 0409 426 149.

Mullumbimby District Neighbourhood Centre Mullumbimby & District Neighbourhood Centre is open Monday–Thursday 9am–4pm and offers a range of services and activities.

Everyone is welcome to come and enjoy art, music, games, great food and more. Call reception on 6684 1286 and discover what is on offer.

MDNC services that are running include: Community support/emergency relief: Food parcels, meals, assistance with electricity and Telstra bills.

Listening Space: free counselling.

Staying Home, Leaving Violence program.

Integrated Domestic & Family Violence program.

Financial Counselling: outreach available Thursdays & Fridays Financial Counselling: free service funded by the government, offering advocacy & assistance to find options to address debts.

Information, referral and advocacy.

To enquire about accessing any of these services call 6684 1286 or fill out an online enquiry form.

Byron Community Centre The Byron Community Centre provides community services and programs including meals, advocacy, and counselling for locals in need.

Homeless Breakfast: 7–9am, Wednesday, Fletcher Street kitchen, Byron Community Centre. Homeless Showers: 10am–12pm, Monday and Wednesday (book in at breakfast), Byron Community Cabin, Carlyle St. Community Counselling: Free counselling for Byron Shire residents.

Face-to-face, by phone, or via Zoom.

Community Support Worker: Emergency relief and assertive outreach casework for those experiencing homelessness. Seniors Computer Club: 9–11am, Friday, Byron Community Cabin (school term only), Carlyle St. Laptop Library: The Laptop Library lends laptops to seniors and provides tuition on how best to be connected.

Seniors’ Activities: Seniors’ drumming, chair yoga, ukulele, choir, and drama.

Call 6685 6807 for bookings. Severe Wet Weather Shelter: Emergency shelter during extreme weather events for rough sleepers. Signage displayed at the Byron Community Centre when on. Sign-up required. More info: www.byroncentre.com.au or Phone: 6685 6807.

Low-cost or free food Food Box Thursdays 9.30–11.30am at Uniting Church, Mullumbimby. If you

have any sort of Centrelink card you may purchase cheap food, obtain free veges, and enjoy a cuppa. Free Food Relief Bags for anyone doing it tough, every Wednesday 10–12noon at The Hub Ocean Shores, cnr Rajah Rd and Bindaree Way. No ID or Concession Card required. NILs referral service also available. Check Facebook page The Hub Baptist Ocean Shores for details.

Drug support groups Call Alcoholics Anonymous 1800 423 431 or 0401 945 671 – 30 meetings a week in the Shire – www.aa.org.au.

Are you experiencing difficulties and challenges because of the alcohol or drug use of someone close to you?

Learn coping skills and gain support from others. Narcotics Anonymous is a fellowship of men and women for whom drugs had become a major problem. We are recovering addicts who meet regularly to help each other stay clean. For information and meetings call1300 652 820 or text your postcode to 0488 811 247. www.na.org.au. Are you concerned about somebody else’s drinking?

Al-Anon Family Groups meeting held Fridays 2pm by Zoom. Contact for details’ – 1300 252 666 www.al-anon. org.au.

Support after suicide StandBy provides support to people who have lost someone to suicide.

They provide free face-to-face and telephone support and are accessible 24/7. Follow-up contact is available for up to one year. Find out more at: www.standbysupport.com.au or call 13 11 14. If you, or someone you are with, are in need of immediate support please call an ambulance or police on 000.

Support for flood impacted businesses Business NSW, is making access to its Workplace Advice Line free to all business owners in NSW impacted by the current flood disaster. The Advice Line is to help employers with workplace and employment issues during this difficult time. The service will be available for the next two weeks at no charge to all businesses in impacted areas. Call 13 29 59 between 8.30am and 5pm.

Seniors Festival ‘Byron Shire Seniors Festival 28/03/2022 – 01/04/2022 at the Byron Community Centre.

A week of interactive workshops for all seniors, free of charge. www.byroncentre.com.au/seniors.

Phone 66856807 email: seniors@ byoncentre.com.au.

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ack in January 2011, deadly flash flooding in Queensland’s Lockyer Valley claimed 14 lives and completely destroyed 29 houses in the town of Grantham. Nearly every home in the entire town was structurally damaged in the flood.

Four months later, the Queensland Reconstruction Authority and Lockyer Valley Regional Council announced a bold plan to rebuild virtually the entire town on higher ground. The first residents had moved into their new homes, located on a nearby hill, by Christmas of that year.

It probably seemed like an extreme step at the time.

But as we reflect on the devastation caused by two back-to-back years of severe summer flooding on Australia’s east coast, it’s hard not to wonder if Grantham was onto something.

The ABC has reported that more than 3,000 floodaffected homes in NSW are currently considered uninhabitable and 1,200 people are in emergency accommodation in the Northern Rivers region. Within the region, the town of Lismore has become emblematic of the destruction the floods have caused.

Lismore’s Mayor, Steve Krieg, has flagged that the Council has had ‘preliminary’ discussions about following in Grantham’s footsteps and relocating some residents to higher ground.

In Queensland, tens-ofthousands of properties have been reported impacted by recent flooding, and 13 lives lost.

Scientists have warned that floods are becoming more likely in Australia owing to ongoing climate change.

So, where do we go from here? Can science help us rebuild more flood-resilient homes and communities?

ÉIJëƐ ĕƶëĈƐōƷ ĶƆ ǖşşĎ ſĕƆĶōĶĕŕĈĕȃ ‘Flood resilience is firstly the ability to resist and withstand floods, but also the inherent capability of the community to recover,’ says Andrew Gissing, general manager for the resilience program at Risk Frontiers, a company specialising in natural hazard risk and catastrophe modelling and solutions.

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Initiative, agrees.

‘At the highest level, it’s about being able to absorb the flood and being able to recover quickly from it,’ he says.

For Turner, flood resilience is a function of the community itself as much as the surrounding natural and built environments.

‘It’s the social fabric of that community, it’s the strong leadership in the community,’ he says. ‘It’s the diverse economy in the community to be able to bounce back from the flood.’

!ëŕ ƆĈĶĕŕĈĕ IJĕōżȃ Gissing says that flood resilience requires a multi-faceted approach, integrating factors including mitigation, resilient building design, warning systems, land use planning, landscape management and emergency planning.

Tracking, modelling and predicting floods is a complicated business. There are many different types of flood, including riverine, estuarial and urban, which are affected by different parameters. As climate change marches on, predicting flood behaviour gets even trickier.

‘We tend to build models based on past behaviour and ground-truth those models in past outcomes,’ Turner explains.

But with the level of unprecedented extreme climate events we’ve been seeing, those models can ‘break down’ and struggle to make accurate predictions, he says. Despite this, Turner is optimistic about the promise of new space-based surveillance systems and datasets to overcome these challenges.

At the household level, rebuilding with materials that can better withstand flood damage is one strategy to shore up flood resilience.

Tiles and solid timber can stand up to floodwaters better than carpets and particle board, Gissing says.

Turner says we should think about moving electrical and HVAC systems above the floodline in rebuilt houses, as well as including rooms above the floodline that are accessible to the outside, and ensuring that any structures below the floodline are built watertight.

Iftekhar Ahmed, an associate professor in construction management and disaster resilience at the University of Newcastle, suggests we

Do we need to raise our towns above the floodwater like this village in Chantaburi, Thailand? Photo pxhere.com might be able to learn from flood resilience strategies used by communities in other parts of the world.

‘If you go back to the traditional architecture in many parts of Asia, you see that [buildings] are raised above water – they have these stilts,’ he adds.

The stilts are traditionally made of timber or bamboo, but concrete posts are an even more durable option for raising buildings above the water line.

Building houses on stilts rather than a flat foundation can also help mitigate ‘settling’, or sinking into the ground, following a flood.

Having the house supported at multiple points allows for differential settling, which is easier to fix by digging and filling in where needed.

However, Ahmed says that retrofitting existing structures to be more floodproof is too expensive and difficult to be practical in many cases. That’s where broader mitigation strategies around the landscape and location come into play.

Gissing points out that buy-back or relocation schemes, as occurred in Grantham, can be expensive, and so recommends they be focused in areas with the greatest risk of loss of life in floods.

However, Turner thinks it’s an option that should be discussed more.

‘I do think we have to have a serious conversation as a country about relocating homes and even communities away from flood zones,’ he says.

Ahmed suggests that actually allowing floodplains to return to wetlands, while moving residential areas to higher ground, could be a win-win.

It’s clear that the surrounding natural environment can be just as important as building materials to reduce the damage caused by floods.

Turner gives the example of maintaining and restoring estuaries.

‘We’ve allowed the wrong sorts of vegetation to grow in a lot of our estuaries that don’t absorb water the right way, and we tend to let debris accumulate in estuaries as well,’ he says.

lëŊĶŕī ǖşşĎ ſĕƆĶōĶĕŕĈĕ ë ſĕëōĶƐƷ ‘I think the technology substantially exists [and] we know what needs to be done from a building point of view,’ says Turner.

‘The thing that’s holding us back, I don’t think is the

science or technology. I think it’s the economics.’

Both Gissing and Turner highlight the figure, from a 2015 Productivity Commission report, that Australia currently spends 97 per cent of disaster funding on recovery and only three per cent on preparation and mitigation.

‘It’s upside-down,’ says Turner. ‘There’s a whole lot more we could be doing ahead of time.’

Everyone has a role to play, from the federal to state and local governments as well as individual households. For example all households can develop a flood preparedness plan.

Turner says the insurance industry also holds levers to support flood resilience strategies – for example, through offering discounts on insurance premiums if policy-holders take steps to flood-proof their homes.

Governments can contribute through better data-sharing about disaster events and by implementing building codes and other incentives to promote floodresilient communities and landscapes.

Unfortunately, getting such large-scale changes off the ground doesn’t necessarily mesh well with current election cycles.

‘It takes strong political leadership to take a longerterm view,’ says Turner. But it needs to be done.

‘If we have a system that’s only focused on response and recovery, then we never get off the treadmill,’ he says.

‘The best time to deal with resilience is when there isn’t a crisis.’

Turner also reckons there’s more that the research community can do to reach government and the broader community.

‘It’s no good if insights are sitting in a research paper,’ he says. ‘They have to be translated into a new building material, or informing how infrastructure can be built back to withstand future events.

‘Sometimes incredible research gets stuck in the lab versus having a clear pathway out to have impact.’

Q Read the longer version on The Echo online: www.echo.net.au/category/ articles/science-goes-viral.

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Why, just start your own World Chess Federation of course!

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by Sergey Karjakin after the former world title challenger’s provocative statements about the invasion of Ukraine – the country he represented until 2009 – resulted in a sanction by the world body FIDE. Karjakin has just agreed a sponsorship agreement with supermarket chain Sima Land, a company with close ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin, which has also sponsored two other world title challengers, Ian Nepomniachtchi and Aleksandra Goryachkina (as well as various recent events run

by FIDE).

Karjakin claimed that his new chess federation would run World and European Championships with larger prizes than FIDE. ‘I feel the support of the people,’ said Karjakin, ‘so I will push on. I will not give up the plan even if FIDE apologises to me and gives me back my place in the Candidates Tournament.’

Two attempts to form breakaway organisations, Garry Kasparov’s Grandmasters Association in the 1980s and his Professional Chessplayers Association in the ’90s, both spluttered out fairly quickly.

Karjakin is aware of the past failures and believes that he can avoid them: ‘Kasparov held tournaments with high prizes but he only found one-time sponsors, and then, due to his nature, quarrelled with them.

We will act smarter, working with permanent sponsors. I’m ready to lead this federation. Everything good that FIDE does – the World Championship, the holding of tournaments – we will host with higher prize funds.’

Karjakin’s proposal tallies with Russia’s policy after being banned by the World Anti-Doping Agency of creating new sporting bodies to enable their players to compete.

Generally these bodies have found few international members.

Reaction to Karjakin’s plan, on top of his ‘All the way with Putin’ statements, have ranged from sadness to ridicule to anger. Certainly among his peers he has enjoyed zero support, with world number seven, Wesley So, bluntly saying, ‘I think he [Sergey] has lost his mind over the last couple of months.’ The American Grandmaster added,‘This is not just about political opinion. It’s about the killing of innocent civilians and innocent Ukrainians. This is not just politics, it’s war.’

At the end of his announcement Karjakin did sound a note of caution: ‘Maybe my new federation won’t work, because the idea is very ambitious. But it is important for me that there is an alternative to FIDE.’

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looding and damage to homes and businesses in New South Wales are as big an issue as they are in Queensland where I now live.

The recent local floods are the fault of the ongoing development practice by which buildings are permitted to be built on floodplains.

The oft cited measuring stick is the phrase: ‘1 in 100 year flood’ level clearance. This sounds exactly like the situation back where I used to live, in nearby Byron Shire.

Currently government in Australia uses the 1/100 AEP (Annual Exceedance Probability – AEP) event, or ‘1 in 100 year flood’, with an appropriate additional height for buildings this is designated as having an ‘acceptable’ risk for planning purposes, regardless of the potential consequences of a flood. Obviously this is unsatisfactory as climate change marches ahead.

What do senior scientists think?

The Office of Queensland Chief Scientist’s website says (www.chiefscientist.qld.

Towns across the Northern Rivers, like Ballina, flooded in areas they had never flooded before during the 2022 floods.

Photo David Lowe gov.au/publications/understanding-floods/chancesof-a-flood): ‘Currently, the one per cent AEP event is designated as having an ‘acceptable’ risk for planning purposes nearly everywhere in Australia. However, good planning needs to consider more than just the one per cent AEP flood.’

The report added ‘one per cent annual exceedance probability (or one per cent AEP), are preferred because they avoid the common misconception that a “1 in 100 year flood” for example, can only occur once every 100 years; or that you are “safe” for another 100 years after you experience such an event. For example, in

Kempsey, NSW, major floods approaching the one per cent AEP level occurred in 1949 and then again a year later in 1950.’

A recent example is the sorry experience of someone who in July last year, bought and upgraded a small regional store near Gympie.

Only six months later they were devastated when the flooding rose up to halfway up the two storey building.

And it happened again in the recent floods! The owner had been assured that the site was robust as per ‘1/100 AEP’.

The same flooding happened on a nearby greenfield land, which has a DA already approved by Gympie

Council. When asked, the developer quickly said, ‘Development Application had met the “1/100 years” rule. So the development can go ahead.’

On checking on this flooding issue with Gympie’s Regional Council, their Director of Community Sustainability, Adrian Burns, explained, ‘A 1/100 flood event is an event that is mathematically calculated by hydrological engineers...

[The] development must meet the requirements that were assigned at the time of the assessment [in this case, back in 2013 when the DA was originally approved].

Please note that the buying and selling of land has no council involvement. Additional requirements cannot be placed on an already approved development applications in the future, should certain benchmarks, such as flooding, change.’

In other words, for existing developers with an approved DA, ‘no worries’.

But buyers, beware! The recent approval of mega development of the ‘locals’ West Byron DA is based on the same gob-smacking legal logic.

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Ursala Wehling and Jessie Forster of Jumping Red Ant.

Regulars at local farmers’ markets would have noticed the bright red stall Jumping Red Ant, bursting with beautiful blooms and seasonal fruit and vegetables. If you’re wondering about the name of the stall, Duranbah (where the family farm is located), means ‘the place of the jumping red ant’.

John, Kathleen and Brianna Atkin have been farming since 1995 when they purchased their hobby farm and set out to

When expanding, they listened to marketgoers and chose produce that grew well locally, although even now if they receive a request for a niche fruit or vegetable they will give it a go. At the moment they are looking at poblano chillies from Mexico, which are smoky and served stuffed or chargrilled.

‘Our direction now is value-added products, to make

make it a profitable business.

‘We weren’t farmers, we ran a fitness centre, so it was a huge learning curve. The farm was established and grew avocados and tomatoes. We originally sold these through a wholesaler but found it was never going to be profitable to operate this way, so we moved to selling directly at farmers’ markets,’ said John.

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Oliver’s twist on farming At the ripe old age of 20, Oliver Bora has already been farming for three years. What started as a school project – running some chooks on the grounds of his school farm – has turned into a fully-fledged business.

Today, Oliver runs about 2000 chickens on The Farm at Ewingsdale and sells his pasture-raised eggs at the local farmers’ markets. Oliver not only brings young blood but also fresh ideas to the farming industry.

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Oliver’s other focus is sustainable farming and he says that all farmers have a duty of care to the land. ‘I believe sustainable farming is the key to our future’ he says.

To that end, Oliver manages his flock using a cell-grazing method – his chickens are housed in purpose-built caravans that are rotated around the farm.

‘The chickens can come and go from the caravans so they are free to roam the paddocks as they please, and the caravans are moved every three days and the fences every two weeks,’ he explains.

‘The cattle come in first, eat

sure our excess is used. Look out for chilli sauces, relish and eggplant kasundi, everything we do is spicy’, said John with a laugh.

Jumping Red Ant produce is organic and chemical-free. ‘We have invested heavily into the health of our soil, this gives you a better product that is more flavoursome. Everything we sell is super fresh and grown with love. We really believe when you’re shopping it’s important to know the farmer who grows your food’.

‘We also have a really great

the grass down and spread manure. Then the chickens come in and eat the grass from ankle height down and spread all the manure. At night they poo from the caravans and that spreads more manure on the grass. By moving the caravans I’m fertilising and regenerating the land.’

Oliver says that while farming comes with its challenges, he can’t imagine doing anything else, and one of the benefits is being able to interact with his customers at the farmers’ market every week.

‘The markets are great because you work so hard to create your product and then the market is a time to showcase that and socialise,’ he says. ‘It’s also an opportunity to ask your customers questions about labelling and the product and get that immediate feedback, which is invaluable.’

You can find Oliver and his pasture-raised eggs at Byron Farmers Market every Thursday morning.

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When asked what John picks to eat at home the answer isn’t surprising: ‘Chillies. They’re my favourite and they go into everything I cook. That’s the little bit of Italian in me’.

Jumping Red Ant are at New Brighton Farmers Market on Tuesdays 8–11am and Mullumbimby Farmers Market on Fridays 7–11am.

Byron bar and restaurant Loft Byron Bay asked the locals, like myself, in their Friends of Loft group to nominate someone who did it tough during the flood, or who has gone above and beyond to help the community, to go in the draw for one of five x $200 vouchers to use at Loft. I nominated a local electrician who not only rescued people in a boat from floodwaters, but also turned up for the whole of the first week to help people when they really needed it.

Countless tradies turned up – just like that – many with their partners. With their skills and experience, they were much more effective than (dare I say it) a 56 year old accounts clerks like myself; whether patching in power points, cutting walls, demolishing cupboards or just turning up with a pressure cleaner, you could see those people making a huge difference to the somewhat dazed flood victims in that first week.

Stone & Wood set up a foundation several years ago to donate funds to local notfor-profits, and it’s donated about $290,000 through its Large Grants program. The brewer was taken over by Lion last year, but the foundation survived, and grew larger owing to the sale. Good on the new owners for keeping up the good work; it’s set to donate more this year than ever before (see article page 8).

Mullumbimby company Puremelt Chocolate got a bit flooded at the industrial estate, but when their freezer conked out they managed to get those chocolates down to the Mullum Hub straight away.

But the flood experience, the worst in owner Sarah Wheeler’s 30 years in NSW, led her to donate 30 per cent of their June quarter profits to NSW flood relief.

So, whether you buy drinking chocolate, lovebites or any of their products online or at the markets, from now and over Easter to the end of June a portion of your sale will go to a good cause.

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Experienced Thai chefs cooking fresh, delicious Thai food for you.

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Welcome for lunch, dinner and takeaway.

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Open for takeaway daily, 12 midday until dinner.

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Serving succulent local free range chicken,

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Byron’s Freshest Pizza

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Open Sunday to Friday, 11am to 7pm.

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

Legend Pizza

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

The Coop Rotisserie and Larder

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

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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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!

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THE OTHER SIDE OF WILD THYME’S SONG

THE SCENIC RIM’S LONG SUNSET The Long Sunset has dropped the full line-up for their April event and it’s pretty damned spesh.

As well as the fantastic live music, punters will be able to wander from the main stage through Artisan Alley.

Joining the already announced Angus & Julia Stone, Ball Park Music and Babe Rainbow are Jack Gray, Nice Biscuit, Clea, Asha Jefferies, Sofia Isella and Cheek2Cheek.

Campers staying at Elysian Fields on Friday 29 April, the night before the event, will be treated to cosy acoustic performances by local acts The Inadequates and Alissa Schuller. For those who missed out on camping, a very limited release of spots are now available to book for ‘tent-only’ campers.

In just over a month the Scenic Rim will burst into life with The Long Sunset event – an incredible new boutique live music festival by the team at Queensland Music Trails, which promises to be a dreamy happening of sublime proportions.

The Long Sunset will unfold over the sweeping green hills of Elysian Fields – a hidden treasure in the Scenic Rim that offers beautiful vistas of Canungra and Tamborine Mountain.

As the sun slowly sets on the Scenic Rim, sending beams of golden light over the surrounding mountain peaks, The Long Sunset will be the perfect soundtrack to accompany one of the most beautiful locations in Australia.

How do you get there? Event parking was slated for Canungra Sports and

Recreation Grounds, but owing to the recent floods, parking has now been moved on-site at Elysian Fields. To keep roads free of congestion, event goers are encouraged to take the safe, worry-free option and hop on one of the dedicated bus services operating directly from Brisbane CBD, Logan, Upper Mount Gravatt, Nerang and Ipswich. One way and return tickets for coaches can be booked now at Mt Gravatt Coach & Travel.

All ages and fully licensed, the gates open at 1pm on Saturday 30 April.

Arlene Fletcher, Katie Crane and Laura Targett met in Bellingen after local muso, Ash Bell, set them up predicting they’d get on really well.

Laura and Katie got together to play some tunes on the deck one day, while their kids played – best mothers’ group ever! They’d heard of an amazing double bass player (Arlene), and when they heard she’d moved to town they booked her for a gig, which sold out, and they haven’t looked back!

Wild Thyme have just celebrated their first anniversary and they’re shooting for the stars. The trio has received a Regional Arts NSW grant to fund their debut album, which they will record in June. They play regularly in their home area and are looking forward to more tours and festivals.

Their inspiration is varied and eclectic. Katie has a background in bluegrass, Arlene has a strong background in jazz and Laura has a passion for traditional music from around the world, particularly Irish and Balkan Gypsy.

Wild Thyme are going to play two wonderful shows locally – Thursday 7 April at Byron Theatre and Friday 8 April at The Regent Cinema Murwillumbah. Both shows are at 7.30pm and 50 per cent of the profits from both shows will go to local flood relief funds.

Fore more information and tickets, visit: byroncentre.com.au or the-regent.com.au.

For those not wanting to miss out on what will, no doubt, be a sellout event, head to www. thelongsunset.com to buy final round tickets.

Byron Shire, we’re here for you As we all work through the latest round of damage and distress to our region, keep in touch with the latest local news at BayFM. If you have info to share you can text us on 0437 341 119 and we can let our listeners know.

Tune to 99.9FM or go to bayfm.org for the info you need and the music you love.

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TWO SISTERS JUST HANGING OUT TOGETHER Linda Bull has been to Bluesfest so many times she’s lost count. Linda and her sister Vika are pretty much one of Australia’s most iconic singing duos and certainly the most well known sister act.

While in lockdown they decided to sing one gospel song each Sunday morning for their followers on social media. The weekly performance became a recording, The Gospel according to Iso. The Bulls also released The Wait late last year and are currently working on a new recording to be released later in 2022. But for Bluesfest they are bringing last year’s work and some old favourites with them.

Linda and Vika will be doing a show on Friday night. ‘We’re bringing our full band up [with us] and we’ll be doing an hour of our own songs from The Wait and stuff from Iso.’ Bull says, on Saturday night, they will be playing with Paul Kelly, then on Sunday and Monday they’ll be doing RocKwiz. She says what she personally loves about Bluesfest is discovering new acts. ‘I love the fact that you can be sitting there on side-stage about to go on and you hear somebody from one of the other stages and you think “Who the heck is that?” And then you ask around and find out. That’s what I love about it, you always get a surprise.’

Their own show on the Friday is a power-packed set. ‘I think people might be surprised at how rockin’ it is – it’s not a ballad-heavy set, it’s more pedal to the metal as soon as we start. It’s a hard sing. We want to show the Bluesfest audiences that this is what we do live, and this is our a new sound, I guess. It’s a lot less acoustic, it’s a much more full-on sound.’

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Bull says she is inspired by hard work.

‘I love watching people around me work really hard. I really like seeing people never give up and dedicate their lives to the love of music. I think it’s really hard to keep going sometimes, especially over the last two years, but I have loved seeing that kind of resilience in our music industry.

Particularly Bluesfest – boy oh boy, it had to keep cancelling and then starting again. But they never give up and that’s what inspires me – that real “I’m not going to quit and this is going to happen”. That is what inspires me. I really get a kick out of that.’

Linda says that up until recently, she and Vika lived in the same street and spent most of the pandemic still being able to have contact, but eventually lockdown saw them separated. ‘That was the first time we were not able to be in the same room together in our whole life and that was really weird. We couldn’t go to each other’s houses. We had do things remotely. So we did a lot of Zoom work. It was pretty tough. It was so strange.’

Very strange for the pair who are inseparable – they’re together all the time even when they’re not working.

‘Our family is everything to us. We are sisters first and singers second. We hang out a lot and our families are very close. We just hang out – we like each other.’

For more info about Bluesfest, visit: bluesfest.com.au.

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Q RAILWAY HOTEL, BYRON BAY, THE GIN BUGGS Q BEACH HOTEL, BYRON BAY, 3PM LEIGH JAMES, 8PM ANIMAL VENTURA DUO Q BYRON THEATRE 5.30PM BYRON SHIRE SENIORS FESTIVAL FILM AND CELEBRATION NIGHT Q FOXY LUU’S, BYRON BAY, 6.15PM REGGAE AND RAINBOW FEAT. BOMBACLOCK Q MIDDLE PUB, MULLUMBIMBY, 6.30PM MUSICAL BINGO Q REGENT CINEMA, MURWILLUMBAH, 6.30PM THE TREE OF ECSTASY AND UNBEARABLE SADNESS SCREENING AND Q&A WITH MATT OTTLEY Q CABARITA BEACH SPORTS CLUB 6.30PM MUSICAL BINGO Q KINGSCLIFF BEACH HOTEL 7PM SHEPPARD Q KINGSCLIFF BEACH BOWLS 7PM KINGY COMEDY Q COOLANGATTA HOTEL 6PM CASEY FOGG

THURSDAY 31 Q RAILWAY HOTEL, BYRON BAY, THE VERSACE BOYS Q BEACH HOTEL, BYRON BAY, PEKING DUK Q BYRON THEATRE 6PM THE IDEA OF AUSTRALIA: JULIANNE SCHULTZ IN CONVERSATION WITH KERRY O’BRIEN PRESENTED BY BYRON WRITERS FESTIVAL Q A&I HALL, BANGALOW, 8PM FLICKERFEST – BEST OF INTERNATIONAL SHORTS

FRIDAY 1 Q RAILWAY HOTEL, BYRON BAY, JAMIE ASHFORTH BAND Q BEACH HOTEL, BYRON BAY, 6PM LUKE HAYWARD TRIO, 9PM THE SWAMP CATS Q BYRON THEATRE 7.30PM EISHAN ENSEMBLE Q THE NORTHERN, BYRON BAY, 9PM GREAT GABLE Q A&I HALL, BANGALOW, 8PM FLICKERFEST – BEST OF AUSTRALIAN SHORTS Q WANDANA BREWING CO., MULLUMBIMBY, 4.30PM DJ ARUANDA Q ST JOHN’S SCHOOL HALL, MULLUMBIMBY, 7.30PM ECSTATIC DANCE BYRON BAY WITH DJ LO QI Q AUSTRALIA HOTEL, BALLINA, 8PM JON J BRADLEY Q MURWILLUMBAH SERVICES CLUB 6.30PM BETH HAMILTON Q KINGSCLIFF BEACH HOTEL 6PM SPIDERBAIT Q TWEED HEADS CIVIC CENTRE 7.30PM THE OLD PEOPLE ARE REVOLTING Q COOLANGATTA HOTEL 5PM JUSTIN JONES, 9.30PM MARK BONO DUO

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Q RAILWAY HOTEL, BYRON BAY, THE SWAMP CATS Q BEACH HOTEL, BYRON BAY, THE MANGROVES, 3PM WILL HENDERSON DUO Q BYRON THEATRE 6.30PM & 8.30PM DESMOND – A BYRON BAY SURF FILM, Q BYRON TWILIGHT MARKET 4PM DR BAZ & PETER C Q YOUTH ACTIVITY CENTRE (YAC), BYRON BAY, 4PM GREAT SOUTHERN NIGHTS AND BYS PRESENTS Z-STAR TRINITY & LOOSE CONTENT Q A&I HALL, BANGALOW, 4PM FLICKERFEST – BYRON ALL SHORTS – NORTHERN RIVERS SHORT FILM COMPETITION, 8PM FLICKERFEST – SHORT LAUGHS COMEDY Q WANDANA BREWING CO., MULLUMBIMBY, 4PM DJ SOLOMON DASS Q BILLINUDGEL HOTEL 4PM NUDGE NUDGE WINK WINK – DJS – PHIL PERRY, XFAKTA, DALE STEPHEN & LORD SUT Q BALLINA RSL BOARDWALK 6PM BLUES CLUB WITH FBI Q REGENT CINEMA, MURWILLUMBAH, 6PM SUNSET SOIREES WITH ANDREA SOLER – DONATIONS TO FLOOD RELIEF, 8PM WILLIAM CRIGHTON Q MURWILLUMBAH SERVICES CLUB 6.30PM FIRE N ICE Q SHEOAK SHACK, FINGAL HEAD, GAVIN DONIGER Q TWEED HEADS CIVIC CENTRE 7.30PM THE OLD PEOPLE ARE REVOLTING Q SEAGULLS, TWEED HEADS, 8PM ULTIMATE CREDENCE Q COOLANGATTA HOTEL 5PM JETHRO, 9.30PM REMEDY Q CLUB LENNOX 6PM TWO TEARS IN A BUCKET Q BIG SHED, BENTLEY, 6.30PM CONFUSING THEM WITH OUR JOY

SUNDAY 3 Q RAILWAY HOTEL, BYRON BAY, THE RAILS PRESENTS LOCALITY – FEAT FLYING MACHINE, DUPID & THE STUPIDS, THE BEEFS, POP RADIO & MORE Q BEACH HOTEL, BYRON BAY, BABE RAINBOW & ROYAL OTIS Q FOXY LUU’S, BYRON BAY, 4PM THE NEW LANGUAGE Q DENING PARK, BYRON BAY, 9.30PM BYRON COMMUNITY MARKET – CHEYNNE MURPHY, BARRY FERRIER, JONATHAN HARLEN

Q WANDANA BREWING CO., MULLUMBIMBY, 4PM SHANDALL

Q BALLINA RSL BOARDWALK 10.45PM BALLINA COUNTRY MUSIC CLUB – LIVE MUSIC DAY Q ELTHAM HOTEL 3PM RUSTY DUSTY Q TWEED HEADS CIVIC CENTRE 2PM THE OLD PEOPLE ARE REVOLTING Q TWIN TOWNS, TWEED HEADS, THE SHOWROOM 7.30PM NEIL YOUNG’S HARVEST LIVE TOUR Q CHINDERAH TAVERN 1PM JON J BRADLEY Q CLUB LENNOX 4PM JOE CONROY Q COOLANGATTA HOTEL 5PM EPIC

MONDAY 4 Q RAILWAY HOTEL, BYRON BAY, GUY KACHEL Q BEACH HOTEL, BYRON BAY, 3PM JOSH LEE HAMILTON, 5.30PM SARAH GRANT, 8PM JASON DELPHIN Q FOXY LUU’S, BYRON BAY, 6.30PM SOCIAL LATIN DANCING + FREE SASSY SALSA CLASS

TUESDAY 5 Q RAILWAY HOTEL, BYRON BAY, FINTAN Q BEACH HOTEL, BYRON BAY, 3PM SIMON MEOLA, 5.30PM JORDAN MAC, 8PM NATHAN KAYE Q TWIN TOWNS, TWEED HEADS, THE SHOWROOM 11AM THE BEEZ

WEDNESDAY 6 Q RAILWAY HOTEL, BYRON BAY, OOZ Q BEACH HOTEL, BYRON BAY, 5.30PM THE PACIFIC NATIONALS, 8PM MICKA SCENE DUO Q BYRON THEATRE 2PM THE DANISH COLLECTOR: DELACROIX TO GAUGUIN – EXHIBITION ON SCREEN, 6.30PM BOOK LAUNCH: ‘SUN AND MOON’ BY ELLA NOAH BANCROFT AND BRONWYN BANCROFT Q SMOKE N MIRRORS, BYRON BAY, 6PM ALLYSHA JOY BAND Q FOXY LUU’S, BYRON BAY, 6.15PM REGGAE AND RAINBOW FEAT. BOMBACLOCK Q MIDDLE PUB, MULLUMBIMBY, 6.30PM MUSICAL BINGO Q ELTHAM HOTEL 7PM NOT QUITE FOLK JAM Q COOLANGATTA HOTEL 6PM ROB RHODES

MANDY NOLAN’S SHOES OFF OR SHOES ON? There are two types of people.

Those who, on coming home, take their shoes off, and those who leave them on.

I’m a shoes-on person.

I’ve always understood prayer flags to be a code. If someone has them hanging outside their house I know they’ll be shoes-off people. No shoes in the house; the entire shoe collection of everyone in the household is at the front door deteriorating. Some have frogs who have taken up residence.

I’m generally happy to oblige the no shoes rule, but if I’m wearing 14-eye Doc Martens, or a pair of tightly laced high tops, and I am literally coming in for a few minutes, struggling at the door with my footwear always shits me.

It shits me more if I am wearing holey socks and my big toe protrudes in a kind of pornographic way. Sometimes I’m not in the mood for strangers to see my feet. It feels too intimate.

But I like to respect people’s wishes.

I’ve always thought that, unless you were Japanese or Scandanavian, the shoes off thing was a bit of a trend.

A bit like kissing someone hello on both cheeks. A pretentious affectation that told people ‘I’ve been overseas’. You’d never turn up to a house in any of the bogan areas where I grew up and be told ‘shoes off’. We wore our thongs inside.

Though, this flood event has made me seriously rethink the whole shoe thing.

Maybe shoes in the house isn’t such a good idea. I heard a scientist on the radio the other day talking about why it’s much better for your overall health to be shoe free indoors. Apparently up to 80 per cent of shoes tested had traces of faeces. Poo on your shoe. It’s not poo you can see. It’s secret poo. Somehow invisible bacteria has found its way to your shoe and you have walked it into your house. So, if you are like me and a visitor at the front door says ‘Would you like me to take my shoes off?’ and you’re attached to not making it difficult for people, you’re basically asking for E-coli

on the carpet. The same carpet your little children crawl on, or where you do your yoga. You might as well down face dog in the toilet.

Stupidly I have always said ‘If you’ve just walked through a paddock of cowshit then yes, but otherwise keep them on.’ I had not considered that I was inviting people to walk bacteria through my home. The floods have bought sewerage to our doors. But now the waters are receded don’t just assume that the poo load has gone down. It’s the shit you can’t see. I have finally converted to being a shoe-free house. A shit free house.

This generally works well in keeping bacteria at the front door, but doesn’t work so well when your friends don’t actually wear shoes. We all have a shoe-free friend. She came over the other day and I was about to ask her to take off her shoes and realised, of course, she didn’t have any. She’s a free spirit with two dirty little calloused feet.

As she walked into my house I couldn’t stop staring at them. You can’t ask someone to leave their feet outside.

Is it rude to offer a guest a cup of tea AND a footbath? We sat on the couch and I watched her tuck her dirty feet under herself. On the couch.

Her feet touched my couch. It was all I could focus on. Crimes against the couch. I kept thinking about the bacteria. I tried to tell myself this was strengthening my immune system, but it’s gross. I wondered if I should throw the couch out.

I am now officially converted. The shoes-at-the-door people were right. I can’t believe I am saying this. It’s proof that scientific evidence can inform behaviour. When you read what can be found on the bottom of your shoes, you realise it’s actually disgusting to wear your shoes in the house. Maybe it’s a conspiracy. Maybe it’s research that’s been funded by Big Prayer flag. I don’t know.

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BANGALOW FILM FESTIVAL 2022 (TAKE #2!)

After making the decision to postpone the January edition of the festival, the Bangalow Film Festival is pleased to announce its rescheduled dates and program for the second annual event (take two!) at the Bangalow Showgrounds and the A&I Hall in April.

The festival will pop-up for seven nights at the Bangalow Showgrounds with a line-up of critically acclaimed films, including premieres, internationally renowned releases, cult classics, thought provoking documentaries and more.

Opening the festival is the regional premiere of The Drovers Wife: The Legend

of Molly Johnson. Directed by, written and starring Leah Purcell, the awardwinning film is a post-colonial reworking of Henry Lawson’s 1892 short story.

The much loved Australian classic, The Man From Snowy River celebrates its 40th anniversary this year and is definitely worthy of a rewatch! Not to be missed is Australian film Little Tornadoes, a period drama that depicts a newly single father weathering turbulent times. Director Aaron Wilson will be in attendance as the film makes its NSW premiere.

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Staying in Italy and filmed on the Sicilian coast, Alone With Her Dreams explores themes of family, female repression and family secrets.

Thought-provoking documentary Green Is The New Black will have a special screening at Bangalow Film Festival.

It is a film that homes in on music and sustainability, following internationally renowned Byron Bay band, In Hearts Wake as they strive to become the first carbon neutral band in the world, and is

the directorial debut by Bangalow local Jake Taylor, who also fronts the band.

One hundred per cent of ticket sales for this film will be donated to flood recovery.

The festival will close with Facing Monsters, a documentary about WA surfer Kerby Brown and his quest to ride a ferocious slab wave in the deep Southern Ocean.

All films commencing at 7pm.

Funds raised for Northern Rivers Flood Relief, plus the BFF Kids Club!

8–14 April 2022, Bangalow Showgrounds and A&I Hall.

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THE BYRON THEATRE CREW ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THEIR APRIL LINE-UP Starting the month is the Eishan Ensemble. Led by acclaimed Persian-Australian guitar player and composer, Hamed Sadeghi, the ARIA nominated Eishan Ensemble draws on contemporary and classical music traditions of both East and West. This Friday at 7.30pm.

On Saturday, local filmmaker Nick Colbey presents Desmond – A Byron Bay Surf Film. A local fast-paced and electric surf film starring Soli Bailey, Danny Wills, Garret Parkes, Joel Paxton, Zak Skyring and a bunch of other nukes.

Two screenings: 6.30pm and 8.30pm.

Five dollars from each ticket sold will go to flood relief.

The Danish Collector: Delacroix to Gauguin Exhibition On Screen is a must-see documentary for all art lovers on Wednesday 6 April at 2pm.

Later on Wednesday, Indigenous authors Ella Noah Bancroft and Bronwyn Bancroft launch their new book, Sun and Moon; a gorgeous story about the power of sibling bonds. The evening will include live music and dance performances at 6pm. A percentage of ticket sales will go towards flood recovery.

1927, from the golden era of Australian rock bands, play on Friday 8 April, to reinvigorate fans today. 1927 have been entertaining audiences for 30 years.

They start at 7.30pm.

Diesel hits Byron on 9 April at 8pm, on his Greatest Hits & Alone With Blues Tour, which showcases Diesel’s blues DNA on a macro level.

A National Theatre Live film screening of Tom Stoppard’s Olivier Award-winning new play

FLICKERFEST CELEBRATING 25 YEARS IN THE NORTHERN RIVERS It’s been a tough two years for people who organise and host events, and Flickerfest Director Bronwyn Kidd says it has been challenging. ‘We have been very lucky at Flickerfest to be able to present all of our festival events in real life, but despite the challenges, audiences have been solid and proven that people love cinema and connecting with inspiring stories.’

Ms Kidd says filmmakers are an incredibly resilient bunch and the 3,200 received entries this year have certainly proven that.

‘Most filmmakers have remained focused on the bigger picture of life and want to tell uplifting contemporary stories that are not focused on the pandemic but rather their personal creative reflections on the myriad of contemporary social and cultural themes of modern life. It’s also been great to see so much comedy come through!’

Flickerfest at Bangalow is planned to be a smorgasbord of over 40 incredible short films handpicked from over 200 films screened at Bondi.

Admission Prices: Adults: Stud/Conc: Senior: Child:

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South East Arnhem Land is super fun WA Indigenous Person of the Year Karla Hart’s insightful Noongar story Tooly – a strong and heartfelt reminder of the endurance of First Nations culture.

From this year’s program, Kidd says the Best Of International Shorts is a highlight. ‘Some of my favourites are the heartwarming and contemporary Close Ties to Home Country with Timothee the French Pug and his delightful millennial dog sitter and the award winning New Zealand comedy Space Invader, where Max – a young boy with a big imagination and love of Star Wars – and his dad, form a tight knit crew.

Highlights of the programme for The Best Of Australian Shorts include; the quirky black space comedy The Home Team, starring comedy legend Paul McDermott and acclaimed actress Tara Morice (Strictly Ballroom); The delightful animation Wanmari; and all the way from the Ngukurr story project in

BALLINA FAIR CINEMAS Thursday Mar 31ST to Wednesday April 6th

THU 31ST 11:50 AM 10:10 AM 3:40 PM 12:10 PM 4:15 PM 6:15 PM 8:15 PM 10:20 AM 1:45 PM 7:30 PM 10:00 AM 2:10 PM 5:40 PM 12:30 PM 3:55 PM 7:05 PM

FRI 1ST 11:50 AM 10:10 AM 3:40 PM 12:10 PM 4:15 PM 6:15 PM 8:15 PM 10:20 AM 1:45 PM 7:30 PM 10:00 AM 2:10 PM 5:40 PM 12:30 PM 3:55 PM 7:05 PM

Leopoldstadt on Wednesday 13 April at 11am.

For the first time in history, Lucian Freud: A Self Portrait is an Exhibition On Screen on Wednesday 20 April from 2pm.

The Victorian State Ballet will perform The Magic Toyshop, with four performances from Friday 22 to Sunday 24 April.

On Friday 29 April, from 6.30pm, the Liquidelic Immersive Dance Experience will feature a breathtaking live performance infusing ‘liquid light show’ art, contemporary dance and original music, then the theatre seating will be retracted – creating a huge dance floor for an ‘immersive dance experience’.

Rounding off April is Beatles Unplugged, on Saturday, 30 April, at 7.30pm. This concert is a unique celebration of, arguably, the greatest songwriting team and rock ’n’ roll band of all time, with their timeless hits stripped back and reimagined.

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On Saturday 2 April, Byron All Shorts presents 12 incredible Northern Rivers’ short films battling it out for a range of awards.

Mullumbimby director Luca Fox’s sensitive sibling tale You Know How He Is, based on his own childhood, is poignant and intimate and stars a cast of talented young local actors. I was also impressed by the mastery of local circus tale Tribe, about a tightrope of youth surviving and thriving.

Opening night will kick off Flickerfest’s three-day celebration of short cinema as Flickerfest celebrates 25 years in the Northern Rivers, so the opening night party will also be an opportunity to raise a toast to Flickerfest and mark this milestone.

Flickerfest Bangalow and Byron All Shorts 2022 is a fundraiser for the Koori Mail’s flood relief for Bundjalung, rural and remote communities and the Mullumbimby Tel: (02) 6686 9600 Neighbourhood centre. ballinafaircinemas.com.au Flickerfest and Byron All We accept the Dine and Shorts has moved to the Discover $25 vouchers Bangalow A&I Hall, whilst TUE 5TH WED 6TH its usual home of the 11:50 AM 11:50 AM Mullum Civic Hall is used 10:10 AM 10:10 AM 3:40 PM 3:40 PM as the Resilience NSW 12:10 PM 12:10 PM Recovery centre.

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Flickerfest runs from Thursday to Sunday.

For the full Flickerfest Bangalow and Byron All Shorts programme and tickets go to: iq.org.au/ mullum-flickerfest-2019byron-all-shorts.

Session Times: Thu 31 Mar - Wed 6 Apr FILM FESTIVALS www.affrenchfilmfestival.org for this week’s sessions.

SPECIAL SCREENINGS EUROPEAN FILM TOUR (CTC) Wed: 6:30pm THE GOOD BOSS (M) Fri-Sun: 11:00am (Previews) Tue: 6:30pm (Sangria Session) FAMILY FILMS THE BAD GUYS (PG) NFT Daily: 11:00, 1:30, 6:15pm SONIC THE HEDGEHOG 2 (CTC) NFT Daily: 11:00, 1:10, 3:45pm CLIFFORD THE BIG RED DOG (PG) Daily: 11:00am MONSTER FAMILY 2 (PG) Daily: 11:00, 1:30pm

SING 2 (PG) Daily: 1:00pm

ALL FILMS BELFAST (M) Daily except Wed: 4:10, 6:15pm Wed: 4:10pm DEATH ON THE NILE (M) Daily except Tue/Wed: 8:20pm Wed: 8:45pm DUNE (M) Daily: 8:20pm KING RICHARD (M) Daily: 3:10pm MORBIUS (M) NFT Daily except Tue: 1:30, 3:40, 6:00, 8:20pm Tue: 1:30, 3:40, 8:20pm NOWHERE SPECIAL (M) Thu/Mon-Wed: 11:20am RIVER (CTC) Thu/Tue/Wed: 11:20, 3:10pm Fri-Mon: 3:10pm

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+ Spacious single level family home with fully enclosed yard - perfect for growing or multi-generational families + Large open living spaces, plus a dream kitchen with a six-burner gas stove, dishwasher & a walk-in pantry + Generous master suite offers air-con, walk-in robe & ensuite, plus a guest bedroom with ensuite & built-ins + Convenient location with Aldi, Ballina Fair/Cinemas & the airport close by. Within minutes to multiple beaches

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Luxury, Style and Dual living in this Bangalow Beauty

• Nestled on wide level block with views.

• House: 4 bedroom, 2 baths, double garage • Granny Flat: 1 bedroom, 1 bath • Land Size: 801.2 sqm • Agent declares interest

• Easy 500 metre walk to the centre of town.

For Sale: Contact agents View:

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Duncan Lorimer 0400 844 412 duncan@lorimerestateagents.com.au

FOR SALE: $1.85–$1.95 million

Agents: Glen Irwin 0418 604 080 Peter Yopp 0411 837 330

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Boutique living in a stunning Live/ Work Terrace at Habitat This beautiful, architect-designed, onebedroom Live/Work Terrace at Habitat, North Byron represents a rare chance to buy a property that bridges the gap between home and investment, lifestyle and convenience.

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A first-floor bedroom terrace with flexible commercial space downstairs

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Adrian Howe 0477 222 457

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Tania Sheppard 0436 033 636

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A welcoming, freestanding duplex on an elevated block in Ocean Shores Come home to this three-bedroom, freestanding split-level duplex on an elevated block in Ocean Shores.

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20 Narooma Drive, Ocean Shores Coastal Family Lifestyle Home Adjoining Golf Couse Perfectly positioned in the peaceful coastal enclave of Ocean Shores, this stylish and substantial family home overlooks the rolling greens of Ocean Shores Country Club’s championship golf course.

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Spacious open plan living and dining zones with air conditioning for summer plus a central combustion fireplace to warm up those cooler evenings Fully fenced yard with DA approval for a pool Level 809 square metre block

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• Amazing location, views, privacy and serenity from this tastefully renovated home

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9 Hamiltons Lane, Byron Bay

802 Friday Hut Road, Binna Burra

Price: Contact Agent

Price: Contact Agent

• Enjoy absolute peace and tranquillity yet remain so close to the vibrant cultural hub of Byron Bay - town centre and beaches only 3kms away!

• Main residence and self-contained studio offering enormous potential and versatility and create an income stream if desired (STCA)

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sensationally designed home - only minutes from all that Byron Bay has to offer!

• Polished timber floors and an abundance of natural light lead you to an open plan kitchen and dining space, which connects to a sunny covered patio and living space • Generous sized lawned yard with easy care landscaping and plenty of room for a veggie patch, pets or play equipment

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140 Phoenix Drive, Tintenbar

Price Guide: $2.1m – $2.3m

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35 FLETCHER ST, BYRON BAY NSW 2481 PH: O2 6685 8466

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• Set in one of the most beautifully presented rural/residential estates on the North Coast, Phoenix Park Estate is a premier location surrounded by natural beauty • Showcasing breath-taking ocean and tranquil hinterland views, this 4774m2 block is elevated, offers complete privacy and captures the ocean breezes • Featuring two spacious, north/east facing and light filled living rooms, the home has been meticulously planned to maximise the views • Large covered patio and dining area perfect for entertaining

2/16 Oodgeroo Gardens, Byron Bay

Open: Saturday 2nd April 9–9.30am

Oliver Aldridge 0421 171 499

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• A must see whether you’re looking for a beachside investment or seeking a

Lee Grimes 0400 462 312

Open: By Appointment

Su Reynolds 0428 888 660

Luke Elwin 0421 375 635

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• Resting on the edge of Arakwal National Park, a few minutes walk to the white sands of Tallow Beach is this stunning, relaxed beach-style family home • Open plan living and kitchen space which leads to a north facing private balcony overlooking a tree lined reserve - perfect spot to hear the sounds of the surf • Light-filled white interiors are enhanced by the natural light throughout the home • The versatile floorplan has been well-considered and is spread over two levels

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2B Beachcomber Drive, Byron Bay

33 Coomburra Crescent, Ocean Shores

Price Guide: $2.95m – $3.2m

Price Guide: $1.475m – $1.6m Olivia Coates 0408 966 098

Open: Saturday 2nd April 1–1.30pm

Su Reynolds 0428 888 660

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Olivia Coates 0408 966 098

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• ’The Rise’ is a contemporary home that boasts an incredible dual aspect taking in mountain panoramas to the North and ocean glimpses to the South • This property offers a gateway into two distinct but equally appealing lifestyles: rural hinterland living, with mountain vistas and endless space for the family to gather AND coastal living, being 10-mins to crystal waters, white sands and famous surf • 6m stacker doors lead to the covered entertainer’s deck, which takes in the views • The living area flows onto the large north-facing deck, ideal for alfresco dining

• Main balcony opens off the living area and offers an expansive outlook over town

1576 Hinterland Way, Bangalow

11/140–142 Jonson Street, Byron Bay

Price: Contact Agent

Price: Contact Agent

Open: Saturday 2nd April 11.30–12pm 35 FLETCHER ST, BYRON BAY NSW 2481 PH: O2 6685 8466

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Denzil Lloyd 0481 864 049

• The Butter Factory was built in 1895 and has since become one of the most iconic buildings of Byron Bay - reclaimed in 2009 and converted into 14 residences • #11 is a desirable end-of-row apartment, sharing walls with only one neighbour • The well-considered floorplan is spread across a single level, boasting 3 large bedrooms and an open-plan kitchen, living and dining space

Open: Saturday 2nd April 1–1.30pm

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Belle Property Escapes, now in Byron Bay. Belle Property Escapes Byron Bay | Lennox Head 39 Fletcher St, Byron Bay, NSW 2481 belleescapes.com.au

LENNOX HEAD Rayner Lane

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FOR SALE VIEW By appointment only GUIDE $7.5M-$8M

BEXHILL 1281 Bangalow Road RELAXED COUNTRY LIVING WITH BREATHTAKING VIEWS

Located just a 2-minute drive from the charming village of Clunes, this wellmaintained, 2.65-acre allotment, affords ample family space and endless possibilities, minus the upkeep that comes with larger rural parcels.

Braden Walters 0411 637 373 Adam Jones 0438 928 083

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• 2/53 Stuart Street, Mullumbimby. Wed • • • • • • This private oasis in the heart of Tullera offers a large family home & an abundance of rare plants & trees. You’ll feel like you’re in a secluded retreat while still having everything you need within a short drive.

• Three living areas, including a spacious lounge room with wood fire heater, formal dining room with beautiful timber floors & a large family room with access to a covered deck • The kitchen offers gas cooking, a dishwasher, timber bench-tops & access from both the dining & lounge rooms • Three bedrooms plus a lovely light-filled loft, the master with walk-in wardrobe & two-way ensuite with claw-foot bathtub • Enormous north-facing covered deck - perfect for year-round entertaining • 9m x 9m shed/games room with power, a 3m x 3m storage area, single garage & a carport. Plus, a 9m x 15m shed with power & water • 6 rainwater tanks offering 80,000L of water storage, plus 2 creeks & 5 dams, a horse paddock with shelter & tractor shed Contact:

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• 39 Balemo Drive, Ocean Shores. Sat • • • • • •

12–12.30pm 9 Hamiltons Lane, Byron Bay. Sat 12–12.30pm 33 Coomburra Crescent, Ocean Shores.

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Harcourts Northern Rivers

• 2/52 Hutley Drive, Lennox Head. Sat • • • • • • • • • • •

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• 32 Carlyle Ln, Byron Bay. Sat 10–10.30am • 25/12 Hazelwood Close, Suffolk Park. Sat 12–12.30pm

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ACUPUNCTURE

Accountants & Bookkeepers.............................. 34 Acupuncture ....................................................... 34 Air Conditioning & Refrigeration ...................... 34 Antennas & Installation ..................................... 34 Antiques / Restoration ....................................... 34 Architects ............................................................ 34 Automotive ......................................................... 34 Blinds, Awnings, Curtains, Shutters .................. 34 Bricklaying .......................................................... 34 Building Trades ................................................... 34 Bush Regen & Weed Control .............................. 34 Carpet Cleaning .................................................. 34 Chiropractic......................................................... 35 Cleaning .............................................................. 35 Computer Services ............................................. 35 Concreting & Paving ........................................... 35 Decks, Patios & Extensions ................................ 35 Dentists ............................................................... 35 Design & Drafting ............................................... 35 Driveway Maintenance ...................................... 35 Earthmoving & Excavation ................................ 35 Electricians .......................................................... 35 Fencing ................................................................ 35 Floor Sanding & Polishing ................................. 35 Funeral Services.................................................. 35 Garden & Property Maintenance ...................... 35 Gas Suppliers ...................................................... 35 Graphic Design ................................................... 35 Guttering ............................................................. 35 Handypersons ..................................................... 35 Health .................................................................. 35 Hire ...................................................................... 35 Insurance ............................................................. 35 Landscape Supplies............................................ 36 Landscaping ....................................................... 36 Locksmith ............................................................ 36 Painting ............................................................... 36 Pest Control ......................................................... 36 Photography ....................................................... 36 Physiotherapy ..................................................... 36 Picture Framing .................................................. 36 Plastering ............................................................ 36 Plumbers ............................................................. 36 Removalists ......................................................... 36 Roofing ................................................................ 36 Roofing Maintenance ......................................... 36 Rubbish Removal ................................................ 36 Self Storage ......................................................... 36 Septic Systems .................................................... 36 Snake Catchers.................................................... 36 Solar Installation ................................................ 36 Television Services ............................................. 36 Tiling .................................................................... 37 Transport ............................................................. 37 Tree Services ....................................................... 37 Upholstery .......................................................... 37 Valuers ................................................................. 37 Veterinary Surgeons .......................................... 37 Water Filters ........................................................ 37 Welding ............................................................... 37 Window Cleaning ............................................... 37 Window Tinting................................................... 37

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AIR CONDITIONING & REFRIGERATION

66 680 0 88 862

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

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

BUILDING TRADES AIR CONDITIONING & REFRIGERATION

PLEASE CALL 6680 9394 artisanair.com.au

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

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

AU 37088 Lic 246545C

LICENCE NUMBER 344531C SERVICING THE BYRON SHIRE

Mullumbimby Refrigeration & Airconditioning Services

CALL BRETT 0414 542 019

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

45 Manns Road, Mullumbimby

6684 2783

Lic: 299433C ARC: AU40492

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

Lic: 317362C

Licensed builder, specialising in Bathroom renovations.

ANTENNAS & INSTALLATION

0417 654 888

Quality workmanship, and reliable and personalised service.

www.stoneysbuildingcreations.com

0439 624 945

AH

02 66 804 173

Complete Home Maintenance Solutions

Friendly Reliable Prompt Local

Digital TV ALL Antenna Installations & Repairs ALL Electrical Work

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

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

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

Lic. 266174C

INDEX

MARLENE FARRY Acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine marlenefarry.com .........0416 599507

CURTAINS

ALL CARPENTRY WORK FULLY INSURED

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

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

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

LEGENDARY OFFROAD TYRES

CASH PAID FOR UNWANTED CARS

Free metal drop off Locally owned

6684 5296

Kieran 0427 196 962

orangestar02@gmail.com

Lic. 266174C

ACCOUNTS & BOOKINGS: 6684 1777

1/84 Centennial Circuit Byron Bay

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 BYRON BAY CONSTRUCTION GROUP. Renovations, bathrooms. Lic:212838C .............0477 543060 QUALIFIED CARPENTER - Build anything, fix anything. Handyman services. .............0401 057164

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

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

CAR BODY REMOVAL

CARPET CLEANING FRANCHISE OF THE YEAR!

CASH ON THE SPOT GUARANTEE

$50 - $1000

WE BUY UNWANTED CARS, UTES & VANS

PHONE 0466 113 333 24/7

EMAIL: enquires@adrians.com.au

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

Green & Clean

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

Far North Coast NSW John & Teresa

0408 232 066

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

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Service Directory MULLUM.MOWING@gmail.com. Ride-on, large lawns & acreage. Ph Peter................0423 756394

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

GUTTERS CLEANED Solar panel cleaning, all areas, free quotes, fully insured ... 66841778 or 0405 922839

CONSCIOUS EARTHWORKS

A-Z gardening & maintenance, lawns, acreage, hedges, gutters, p. clean-ups, tip runs ..........0405 625697

DRAINAGE DESIGN • DRIVEWAYS • PADS • WATERWAYS ALL ASPECTS OF EARTHMOVING

CLEANING

Phone: 0468 344 939

ACTION WINDOW & PRESSURE CLEANING

NEW WORLD GARDENS Gardening (all aspects) + sustainable food forests. Sam ......0477 851493 LEAF IT TO US Specialists in acreage mowing, garden, and tree services ......................0402 487213

www.360earth.com.au

TIP RUNS & RUBBISH REMOVALS 4m3 trailer..............................................................0408 210772 BRUSHCUTTING Rubbish, Property Maintenance, Lawns.............................................0412 469109

actionjoewindow@gmail.com

• 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

RICK’S PROPERTY MAINTENANCE Mowing, brushcutting, gardening, hedging.........0424 805660

FOR ALL YOUR LAST MINUTE EXCAVATIONS

GREEN DINGO for all your mowing and gardening needs. Ph Michael .........................0497 842442

CALL BLACK SHEEP EXCAVATIONS

GW MAINTENANCE Acreage & residential mowing, garden maintenance ...................0408 244820

5.5t Digger & Tip Truck Hire Ph. 0492 250 774

BRUSH CUTTING - Lismore LGA. Text John....................................................................0423 789870

GAS SUPPLIERS

PROFESSIONAL LOCAL CLEANER excellent references, good rates. Shire wide. Ph Krissy ..0410 860330 5 * CLEANING & HOUSEKEEPING SERVICES. Efficient, effective, reliable. Mould specialist. ...0434 124286

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

ELECTRICIANS

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

24 HOUR SERVICE

CRYPTOSUCCESS.COM.AU In-person demo: How to safely buy/sell/store Bitcoin/Crypto 0412 154071

0439 624 945

SALISBURY

Domestic Commercial

CONCRETING DARYL 0418 234 302

Over 25 yrs local experience. All forms of concreting.

Residential • Civil • Industrial

Lic.136717c

CONCRETING & PAVING

Lic No. 337066C

ALL AROUND

CONCRETING

Free Quotes

Call Daniel

0424 876 155

AH

Licence No. 117289c

Trevor 0410 591 251 trevduncan2783@gmail.com

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

All Jobs Small or Large

ELECTRICAL Steve Nicholls ph: 0455 445 343 lic: EC28753

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

EXCAVATOR & TIPPER HIRE Landscaping and retaining walls. Ph Steve.....................0431 678130 CONCRETING DRIVEWAYS Shed slabs. All aspects. .....................................................0431 678130

DECKS, PATIOS & EXTENSIONS THE DECK DOCTOR Sanding & refinishing, cable balustrading. Free quotes. Richard ...0407 821690

RONNIE SPINKS Everything electrical. Lic 27673 .........................................................0429 802355 JP ELECTRICAL All electrical. Level 2 ASP. Solar, data + TV. Lic 133082C .......................0432 289705 JIM LABELLE ELECTRICAL O.Shores, Mullum, Byron, Brunswick. Lic 176417C..............0415 126028 BEN FORSYTH, Electrician. Lic:240691C. Ocean Shores & surrounds. No job too small ...0422 136408

FENCING BYRON & BEYOND FENCING Any fence, any time, prompt quotes....... 66804766 or 0439 078549 FLOW FENCING Pool fencing, timber/colourbond, local, professional and reliable.......0416 424256

BYRON ENERGY EFFICIENT DESIGN & DRAFTING www.beedad.com.au ...............0423 531448 FENG SHUI DESIGN CONSULTANT Lizzie Bodenham livingbalancedesigns.com.au.......0431 678608 borrelldesign.com.au Design & drafting. Residential & commercial..........................0412 043463

Graphic Design / Print Branding / Websites Tutoring

www.thinkblinkdesign.com

GUTTERING

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

www.spotlessgutters.com.au

FLOOR SANDING & POLISHING

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

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

HANDYPERSONS

FUNERAL SERVICES

Death Care & Home Funerals

ECO CASKETS & URNS ADVANCE CARE GUIDANCE INDEPENDENT & AFFORDABLE

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

GRAPHIC DESIGN

VALLEY WAY ELECTRICAL, 15 yrs exp. Domestic, commercial, new builds. Lic 253977c 0475 910622

DIRECT CREMATION FAMILY LED FUNERALS VIGIL/ CEREMONY/ MEMORIAL

DESIGN & DRAFTING

0408 760 609

COUGHRAN ELECTRICAL 24 hour service, Lic 154293C .......................... 0439 624945 or 66804173

DENTISTS LITTLE LANE DENTAL, MULLUMBIMBY ...........................................................................66842816

www.brunswickvalleygas.com

nichollselectrical@outlook.com

EDL FENCING Installations & repairs. Prompt service. ..................................................0432 107262 PLATINUM CRETE CONCRETING Lic 225874C. 20 years exp. Free quotes. Justin .........0458 773788

Reliable

02 66 804 173

BLUE BEE ELECTRICAL 25 years experience. Lic 189508C. Call Dave ............................0429 033801

Concreting & Bricklaying For all your concreting needs

Locally Owned Est 18 years

No Rental

Lic: 154293c

COMPUTER SERVICES

Free Delivery

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24 hr response time guaranteed

HANDY MAN SERVICES

0414 210 222

Fully Insured

paul.munten@bigpond.com.au

ASAP Decks, fences, bathrooms, plaster, paint, handy, jobs over $500 ..........................0405 625697 DIRECT CREMATION Sacred Earth Funerals. Personal service, female-led exceptional care, 24 hours.

All-inclusive and local. $2200 ........................................................................................1300 585778

GARDEN & PROPERTY MAINTENANCE

HANDY ANDY Carpentry, plastering, welding ......................................... 66884324 or 0476 600956 AWESOME REPAIRS Professional, commercial & domestic. Wayne...............................0423 218417 ABSOLUTE HANDYMAN. Repairs, renovation, maintenance, painting. Call Mark ........0402 281638 KEEN HANDYMAN SERVICES Repairs, maintenance, gardening, odd jobs ..................0428 679704

NORTHFACE DESIGNS www.northfacedesigns.com.au..............................Cody Greer 0434 272353

MOWING, LANDSCAPING, gardening, odd jobs, painting etc. Ph Jordan ....................0434 129966

ARTISTFOUNDRY.COM.AU Sketchup / Visualisations / Architectural Fly-Throughs ......0493 117803

HANDYMAN 40 years experience in the building game. The reno master. Call Paul......0422 017072

MAGNIFICODESIGN.COM.AU Council plans for residential renos & additions. Alissa ...0425 350920

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

DRIVEWAY MAINTENANCE

HOME MAINTENANCE All aspects. Carpentry, decks, painting, repairs etc. Insured .....0434 705506

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ALL ASPECTS OF ASPHALT & BITUMEN SERVICES

6677 1859

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SERVICING THE EAST COAST OF THE NSW NORTHERN RIVERS Burringbar

EARTHMOVING & EXCAVATION

TINY EARTHWOR Philip Toovey

0409 799 909

various implements available for limited access projects

www.echo.net.au

HANDYMAN All services and areas. Reliable & friendly. ................................................0403 793834

HEALTH • OTHER HEALTH RELATED SECTIONS IN THIS SERVICE DIRECTORY: Acupuncture,

• Acreage Mowing • Slashing / Mulching • Pruning & Tree Care • Chipping Call Paul on 0403 316 711

Chiropractic, Counselling, Dentists, Osteopathy, Physiotherapy ACUPUNCTURE & COSMETIC MEDICINE Dr Adam Osborne ...........................................66857366 MULLUMBIMBY HERBALS Naturopathy, Ayurveda, Massage, Herbs. .............................66843002 MOVE TO NURTURE PILATES STUDIO & mat classes. Lennox Head ............................0404 459605 AYURVEDA, NATUROPATH, Herbs, Jacinta McEwen – Om Healing ..............................0422 387370 EAST COAST PILATES STUDIO Brunswick Heads Ph Judy .............................................0408 110006 MYOSKELETAL MASSAGE THERAPY Muscle release, joint alignment.............Chantni 0474 744926

ESTATE

MOWING Specialising in acreage.

Call Jerry 0419 432 818

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

INSURANCE AUSURE BYRON BAY General insurance. Phone Mick Urquhart .................................. 0428 200310

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North Coast news online

LANDSCAPE SUPPLIES

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

PHYSIOTHERAPY

BENNY CAN MOVE IT! .................................................................................................0402 199999

NICK EDMOND Physiotherapy & Acupuncture. Open Tuesday, Wednesday & Friday

ROOFING

466 Main Arm Road, Mullumbimby.....................................................................................66845288 ANTHONY D’ORSOGNA Physiotherapy, acupuncture, hydrotherapy Suffolk Park 1 Bryce St ... 66853511

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

DOMESTIC • INDUSTRIAL COMMERCIAL

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

1176 Myocum Rd, Mullumbimby (just past golf course)

6684 2323 / 0418 663 983

shock wave therapy, real time ultrasound. Nigel Pitman, Ilse V Oostenbrugge....................66803499 PELVIC FLOOR PHYSIOTHERAPY In Bangalow with Lisa Fitzpatrick on Wed & Thu ....0422 993141

PICTURE FRAMING

LANDSCAPING

MULLUM PICTURE FRAMERS Stuart St rear lane behind Mitre 10 ............................0403 734791 BILLINUDGEL CUSTOM PICTURE FRAMING. 7/1 Wilfred St. Call for appointment ......66803444

PLASTERING

Metal Roofing Installations • Guttering Downpipes • Fascia • Skylights • Whirlybird Patios • Repairs • Leaf Guard

MONTYS METAL

ROOFING

Craig Montgomery – 0418 870 362 Email: montysmetalroofing@gmail.com www.montysmetalroofing.com.au

Licence NSW: 30715C Licence QLD: 1227049

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

C A WARWICK PLASTERING Free quotes, COVIDSafe. Ph Craig ....................................0413 451186 TIP RUNS & RUBBISH REMOVAL 4m3 trailer................................................................0408 210772 SUNRISE PLASTERING. No job too small. Renovations + patchworks. Gtd sat. Free quote ....0418 992001 THIS IS RUBBISH Tipper truck for hire. Call or text Jono ...............................................0412 871438

PAINTING • DEPARTMENT OF FAIR TRADING INFO: When dealing with home owners, painters are required to quote a licence number only for external work valued over $5000.

NEED A PLUMBER? DRAINER? GASFITTER?

Chay 0429 805 081 20 YEARS LOCAL SERVICE

BYRON BAY

• Domestic & Commercial • Servicing all areas • Workmanship guaranteed • Attention to detail

0438 784 226 • 6685 4154

Lic No 189144C

ALL-WAYS PAINTING

SNAKE CATCHERS

REMOVALISTS

PAINT & DECORATE

INTERIOR & EXTERIOR

• Restoration • Free Quotes • Commercial/Domestic • Fully Licenced • Clean & Reliable • Fully Insured

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

LLOYD SHERLOCK

PEST CONTROL

02 6681 6555

0429149 533 Est 2006

SHIRE REMOVALS & FREIGHT CO

JACK HOGAN

0411 039 373 SOLAR INSTALLATION Pioneers of the solar industry

Serving Northern NSW since 1998

Call us on 6679 7228

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

Electric Lic 124600c

From Middle Pocket to Middle Earth – just give us a ring

• Freight services to Brisbane weekly • Carriers of fine art • Furniture removal • E-bay pick up & delivery

0409 917 646

0411 784 926

A FINLAY PAINTING Renovations, granny flats, interior/ exterior. Free quotes................0432 918419

0418 754 149 • 07 5523 9930 • 1300 Taylex • www.taylex.com.au

ADM PLUMBING SERVICES… (NO JOB TOO SMALL)… Lic 234528C. ....... Call Adam 0466 992483

Andy’s Move & More

Lic. 213034C

KNIGHTSBRIDGE

• plumbing.td@bigpond.com

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

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

Free Quotes – 33 years experience )UHH 4XRWHV \HDUV ([SHULHQFH

Sales Installation Service

Northern Rivers Pty Ltd

Taking on work NOW! Ph: 0427 528 108 Lic: 321191C

MARK STRATTON All plumbing & emergency. Sewer drain camera/locator. Lic 57803C ....0419 019035

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Home sewage solutions Commercial wastewater treatment Rainwater tanks concrete and plastic

Servicing Mullumbimby, Ocean Shores, Brunswick Heads & Surrounds 30 years’ experience

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• Drain clearing, inspections and repairs. • Fully insured.

• Wastewater servicing and septic tank pump outs.

Call James on 0429 888 683 unblockall.com.au

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

Self storage with security. Largest choice of sizes.

SEPTIC SYSTEMS

QUALITY PAINTING SERVICES

Lic 167371C

www.duluxaccredited.com.au

Mon to Fri 9am–5pm

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Everything’s coming up Aries with this week’s Mercury, Sun and new moon in the impetuous, impulsive sign of inspired initiative…

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ARIES: April, day one: Sun, new moon, Mercury and Chiron pop the cork on the zodiac’s new year in your pioneering sign.

It’s your prime time for this year’s reset, so consider checking out Aries Dr. Joe Dispenza’s perspective on Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself: How to Lose Your Mind and Create a New One. TAURUS: With this week’s Venus in experimental, unconventional mode and planetary makeover vibes pumping, think new beginnings. And perhaps commence your restart with some space clearing, creative redecorating, a body detox, wardrobe purge, file declutter or change of scenery getaway, any of which can bring on a significant attitude transformation.

GEMINI: With your mentor planet Mercury in the sign of charisma and personal potential, Geminis are busy vocalising their vision because who knows what influencer might be listening, right? Not entirely.

Broadcasting your brightest ideas isn’t necessarily in your best interests during this ultra-competitive cycle, and besides, isn’t a hint of mystery intriguing?

CANCER: This is your month for simplifying whatever’s too complicated or overly complex. Not suggesting spartan or sparse; more along the lines of essential pleasures, necessary luxuries and consigning high maintenance anything to the too hard basket. With Mars stimulating barge-in, boundarypushing behaviour, smart Crabs will steer clear of touchy temperaments and volatile scenarios.

LEO: The current astral cycle’s about courage, (from the French word coeur meaning heart, the Leo-ruled body part) because it blesses your heart with a deliciously fresh start. If some segment of your being’s been stalled in neutral, this week Mars connects the celestial jumper leads to get you back on life’s highway.

VIRGO: Ready or not, this mischievous, energy-activating month invites the frisky, spunky side of Virgo’s personality out to play. If it’s slapdash, happy-golucky antics shake you loose and rumple your ordered agenda, don’t panic: just appreciate peoples’ random wildness and the fact that you’re not like them.

Cryptic Clues

ACROSS 1. A ruler, perhaps, FrenchAustralian in a Gulf State – Plato says it’s what he does with power!

(7,2,1,3) 8. Mad to return and wound with a knife (4) 9. Choose to make a speech in the constituency (10) 10. Caucasian and fashionable – and incandescent! (5,3) 11. 51 – 51 courses for flowers (6) 13. C, but top grade (5,5) 16. Drinks sparingly – piss poor! (4) 17. Herb has a lot of money (4) 18. T – only remaining hope! (4,6) 20. No hairdo with the explosive – set it on fire… (6) 22. … set on fire unfortunate giant – he goes to court 8) 24. Drama trainer used to take people places (5,5) 26. A right turn for the old boat (4) 27. Capsicum with sailor – a traditional pair! (6,3,4) DOWN 1. Repairing lighter –but it’s a crime (5,6) 2. Part of the morning range? (5) 3. Uncle a hit turn -- but immoral (9) 4. Agamemnon’s daughter to choose a god (7) 5. Overweight Capone – could kill him! (5) 6. Aimless or silly – she goes on about ethics (9) 7. Heavy weight overturned?

Negative! (3) 12. Hip regiment devastated – there used to be fireworks! (6,5) 14. Reclining, rising, paying attention (7,2) 15. Removed the contestant – and the irritation! (9) 19. A snack for a Muslim queen (7) 21. Short measure for church cardinal and compere (5) 23. African nation in Afghan attack (5) 25. Turn over gratuity (3)

Quick Clues

ACROSS 1. The assessment of a person’s lifetime achievement (7,2,1,3) 8. Guess (4) 9. A defined area of voters (10) 10. State of intense emotion (5,3) 11. Frogs sit on these flowers! (6) 13. Seats at the front of the plane (5,5) 16. Small mouthfuls of liquid (4) 17. Brand new (4) 18. Done when all else fails (4,6) 20. Combust (6) 22. Plaintiff (8) 24. Horse-drawn wagon (5,5) 26. Jason’s ship (4) 27. Used to season food (6,3,4) DOWN 1. Rigging a game (5,6) 2. Scope (5) 3. Reprehensible (9) 4. Mythical being; sister of Orestes (7) 5. Deadly (5) 6. Sermonises; passes judgement (9) 7. Crackpot (3) 12. Celebration of Queen Victoria’s birthday (6,5) 14. Taking notice (7,2) 15. Taken out of the race on the day (9) 19. Dried grape (7) 21. Presenter; host (5) 23. Republic in West Africa (5) 25. Rubbish dump (3) Last week’s solution N431 S A C K C L O C H A P R E A L M P I N E O B I G G L E S E E O E B E A T S E N P S I D E S H O S S U L E I N D E N A S S C O N T E S T E O T A S E N D S R

T H O O T H W O U U S E W L P E A E D E E D

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LIBRA: Single? In a situationship?

Committed for the long haul? April’s astral energy in your opposite sign on the zodiac wheel rockets Libran relationships, your premier artwork, into the spotlight. With connections on every level from public to private to professional up for renaissance or au revoir, expect arguments, epiphanies, breakthroughs, breakaways and epic make-up moments.

CAPRICORN: This week asks you to give a little, even a lot, to get what you want. How? By employing Capricorn practicality during heated interactions and differences of opinion. By considering each person’s needs, and figuring how best to utilise their strengths. By looking for solutions beyond the obvious, below the surface, from the hive mind.

SCORPIO: teavenly co-stars Mars and Venus are divinely designed for self-expression this week, but with temperatures rising it won’t be surprising if tongues flash, opinions clash and before you know it you’ve blown a fuse and said something you wish you hadn’t.

Best keep whatever’s your personal version of a chill pill handy.

AQUARIUS: Venus and Mars aligned in your sign is the celestial signal for a style up, which in your case means wickedly individual and outrageously striking.

Creative, rebellious and cheeky, this week plays by its own rules (as you do), has bags of potential, exciting new playmates and no shortage of interesting possibilities.

SAGITTARIUS: Been feeling a bit over it all? If March seemed strangely draining and you’ve been spinning your wheels, welcome to April’s combustible spirit of renewal reigniting Sagittarian fire and drive. Though with so much astral adrenalin pumping, you fast moving Archers could be extra accident-prone, so take care this week, especially around fire.

PISCES: Jupiter and Neptune’s April soundtrack is a soaring crescendo of enthusiastic ideals and inspired drive.

You’re ready to make a brave new start, and with Jupiter, planet of growth and abundance, in Pisces your intentions will be planted in very fertile soil. Is it finally time to say ‘Yes’ to something you’ve always wanted?

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Takeaway most welcome: COVID safe rules apply.

Frozen takeaway meals now available.

10am to 12pm

In the Ballina Presbyterian Hall Corner of Cherry & Crane. Just behind the Presbyterian Church.

Aboriginal Community Consultation and Registration of Interest Niche Environment and Heritage Pty Ltd (Niche) has been commissioned by Planit Consulting on behalf of the Byron Shire Council to conduct an Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Assessment (ACHA) for the proposed Byron Bay Sandhills Wetland Project, located at Byron Bay, NSW. The Proponent, Byron Shire Council, can be contacted via: Rachel Derbyshire Major Projects Support Officer Email: Rachel.derbyshire@byron.nsw.gov.au Telephone: 02 6626 7000 In accordance with Section 4.1.3 of the Office of Environment and Heritage Aboriginal cultural heritage consultation requirements for proponents (DECCW 2010), Planit Consulting is seeking to consult with any Aboriginal persons, groups, Native Title Holders or Traditional landowners who may hold cultural knowledge of, or who have the right or interest in Aboriginal cultural heritage of the Subject Area. The purpose of the consultation will be to assist the Proponent in the preparation of: • An ACHA. • Determining the significance of any Aboriginal objects and/ or places within the Subject Area.

• Appropriate management recommendations for any Aboriginal objects and/or places that might be identified during the process.

Please be advised that, as per Section 4.1.6 of the Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Consultation Requirements for Proponents (DECCW 2010) the names of Aboriginal persons and groups who register an interest will be forwarded to Heritage NSW and the Tweed Byron Local Aboriginal Land Council unless the person or group specifies that they do not want their details released.

All registrations for the project must be received by 5pm on Wednesday 13 April 2022, and should be directed in writing to:

K–12 Relief Teachers Cape Byron Steiner School is a vibrant and progressive K–12 school dedicated to the educational principles inspired by Rudolf Steiner.

We are currently looking for suitably qualified High School and Primary School teachers for relief work. Previous experience in Steiner Education would be desirable.

Applicants will be registered or eligible to register with the NSW Institute of Teachers, hold a current NSW Working with Children Check, and COVID vaccination certificate.

Please send your CV to: employment@capebyronsteiner.nsw.edu.au

Mullumbimby & District Neighbourhood Centre Connecting the Byron Shire Community

HELP YOUR COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS NEEDED – Baristas – – Gardeners – – Food Sorters – – Cleaners – The team at MDNC are searching for some dedicated volunteers to help us continue to support our community.

Contact Volunteer Coordinator Kaz Wednesday – Friday 6684 1286

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Aurora will light up your life with her beautiful tabby coat which has warm brown flecks that glow through it. She is an affectionate girl who enjoys the company of the other cats around her. Aurora will greet you with head bumps and will thrive on all the love you give her. To meet Aurora, please visit the Cat Adoption Centre at 124 Dalley Street, Mullumbimby.

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Strong, loving, playful, big-beautiful-eyed Nala needs patience & stability due to past trauma and resulting mistrust.

She’s good with children, cats and cows. She gets very excited around other big dogs and suffers fear aggression.

Nala needs a loving but firm handler who can provide her with further training and socialisation.

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SUN, MOON & TIDES TIMES FOR NEXT 2 WEEKS

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03:01 0.31 15:34 0.27 03:43 0.34 16:03 0.28

5:57 17:41 5:57 17:40

7:28 18:55 8:25 19:29

09:34 1.50 22:01 1.64 10:05 1.39 22:36 1.63

03:24 0.39 15:31 0.31 04:05 0.46 15:59 0.36

5 TU

5:58 17:39

9:22 20:05

10:36 1.28 23:12 1.59

04:47 0.54 16:27 0.42

6

5:58 17:38

10:19 20:46

11:10 1.17 23:52 1.54

05:34 0.61 16:56 0.49

7 TH

5:59 17:37

11:15 21:30

11:50 1.08

06:30 0.67 17:32 0.58

8

5:59 17:36

12:08 22:20

00:40 1.48 12:45 1.00

07:39 0.71 18:22 0.66

12:58 23:13

01:45 1.43 14:18 0.97

09:03 0.71 19:41 0.72

BEBE is just five years old. Five wonderful years with a loving human companion.

Now that is all gone, replaced by confusion and sadness, sadness that was shared by his human friend when she had no option but to tearfully surrender him. Unforeseen circumstances that changed everything for Bebe. He was a playful, happy and friendly cat who now desperately seeks a new companion with whom he

9 SA

6:00 17:35

10 SU

6:01 17:33

13:44

03:02 1.42 15:58 1.01

10:17 0.67 21:13 0.72

can share his love.

11 M

6:01 17:32

14:25 0:09

04:13 1.46 17:01 1.10

11:11 0.60 22:27 0.66

12 TU

6:02 17:31

15:02 1:07

05:10 1.52 17:48 1.21

11:50 0.53 23:23 0.57

13 W

6:02 17:30

15:37 2:06

05:57 1.59 18:29 1.33

12:24 0.45

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Data sourced from Bureau of Meteorology. Times adjusted for Daylight Savings when applicable.

MONTHLY MARKETS 1st SAT Brunswick Heads 0406 724 323 1st SAT Alstonville 0429 019 407 1st SUN Byron Bay 6685 6807 1st SUN Lismore Car Boot 6628 7333 2nd SAT Flea Market, Bangalow 0490 335 498 2nd SAT Woodburn 0439 489 631 2nd SUN The Channon 6688 6433 2nd SUN Tabulam Hall 0490 329 159 6685 6807 2nd SUN Lennox Head 2nd SUN Coolangatta 3rd SAT Mullumbimby 6684 3370 3rd SAT Murwillumbah 0413 804 024 3rd SAT Salt Village Market, Casuarina 3rd SUN Federal 0433 002 757 3rd SUN Uki 0487 329 150 3rd SUN Lismore Car Boot 6628 7333 3rd SUN Ballina 0422 094 338 4th SAT Evans Head 0439 489 631 4th SAT Wilsons Creek 6684 0299 4th SAT Kyogle Bazaar kyogletogether.org.au

4th 4th 4th 4th 5th 5th 5th

SUN Bangalow 6687 1911 SUN Nimbin 0475 135 764 SUN Murwillumbah 0413 804 024 SUN (in a 5 Sunday month) Coolangatta SAT Flea Market, Bangalow 0490 335 498 SUN Lennox Head 6685 6807 SUN Nimbin 0458 506 000

FARMERS/WEEKLY MARKETS Each TUE New Brighton 6677 1345 Each TUE Organic Lismore 6628 1084 Each WED 7-11am M’bah 6684 7834 Each WED 3-6pm Nimbin 0475 135 764 Each WED 4-7pm Newrybar Hall Each THU 8-11am Byron 6687 1137 Each THU 2.30-6.30pm Lismore 0450 688 900 Each FRI 7-11am Mullum 6677 1345 Each SAT 8-11am Bangalow 6687 1137 Each SAT 8-11am Duranbah Rd (Tropical Fruit World) Each SAT 8am-1pm Uki 6679 5530 Each SAT 8.30-11am Lismore 0466 415 172 Each SAT 8.30-12am Blue Knob Each SUN 7-11am Ballina 0493 102 137

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AMBULANCE, FIRE, POLICE .......................................................................................000 AMBULANCE Mullumbimby & Byron Bay .................................................131 233 BRUNSWICK VALLEY RESCUE Primary rescue ......................................... 6685 1999 BRUNSWICK MARINE RADIO TOWER..................................................... 6685 0148 BYRON CENTRAL HOSPITAL....................................................................... 6639 9400 POLICE Brunswick Heads......................................................................... 6685 1277 Mullumbimby ............................................................................... 6684 2144 Byron Bay........................................................................................ 6685 9499 Bangalow ........................................................................................ 6687 1404 STATE EMERGENCY SERVICE Storm & tempest damage, flooding..................132 500 AIDS Confidential testing & information (ACON) ............................................ 6622 1555 AL-ANON Help for family & friends of alcoholics...................................1300 ALANON ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS 24 hours...............................................1800 423 431 ANIMAL RESCUE (DOGS & CATS) ............................................................. 6622 1881 BYRON COUNCIL: EMERGENCY AFTER HOURS .............................. 6622 7022 DOMESTIC VIOLENCE 24 hour crisis line ..............................................1800 656 463 LIFELINE 131 114 MENSLINE 7pm–11pm nightly (phone counselling & referral for men) ...... 6622 2240 NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS Meets daily ..................................................... 6680 7280 NEIGHBOURHOOD CENTRE ..................................................................... 6684 1286 NORTHERN RIVERS GAMBLING SERVICE............................................. 6687 2520 NORTHERN RIVERS WILDLIFE CARERS............................................... 6628 1866 KOALA HOTLINE .......................................................................... 6622 1233 WIRES – NSW Wildlife Information & Rescue Service.................... 6628 1898

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Backlash Woah, the region just got another hammering. Here’s hoping the damage will be minimal and everyone is safe.

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An incorrect phone number for the Byron Resource Recovery Hotline was published in last week’s Council’s Flood Recovery Media Release, which was republished on page 10 last week. The correct number is 1300 652 625 if you need assistance from the Byron Resource Recovery Centre with your flood-waste Ad hoc town planning for Mullum is being proposed by the mayor while the town is still hosing off the mud – see page 1. Wouldn’t it be more prudent to update floodplain studies first for the area, so the town can better cope with climate change? Thankfully, the Mullum Residents Association are leading, and called a public meeting for Wednesday (tonight) at the Catholic School Hall from 6pm to discuss voluntary house raising and the like.

The unpopular PM has boasted, ‘I’ve delivered eight budgets; three when I was the treasurer, and this is my fourth since becoming Prime Minister’. At least the reason why the country is going backwards has been identified.

Lismore Mayor Steve Krieg told ABC24 on Monday that between 2,000 and 4,000 people remain homeless in Lismore. Meanwhile, the NSW government have announced they will demolish your uninhabitable home for free. Wait – what about all the mortgages?

SMH (Nine) reports that NSW Planning Minister Anthony Roberts scrapped a requirement to consider the risks of floods and fires before building new homes only two weeks after it came into effect and while the State was reeling from a deadly environmental disaster. Nine principles for sustainable development have been revoked, including managing the risks of climate change.

‘Difficult for the West to lecture Putin on media freedom when Julian Assange is still banged up in Belmarsh, never having been convicted of any crime, and basically accused of embarrassing the USA’. Tweet by Peter Hichens.

Peter Dutton forgot to renew his domain, www.peterduttonmp.com, and the site has been replaced with a game of kicking a spud around.

Both bridges on Motts Road in Upper Main Arm that were recently and rapidly reconstructed after last month’s flood were again destroyed by Monday night’s rainfall. It’s left residents again cut off. Resident Kate Leggett says, ‘During the floods a month ago, the normal watercourse diverted to run over the road, and the same thing has happened again. The rain last night felt just as heavy as a month ago.’

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Tweet by NSW Teachers Federation President, Angelo Gavrielatos: ‘The Australian Government has provided an additional $5 million to support flood-affected private schools (only) in NSW and Qld. Nimbin’s annual MardiGrass has been postponed until early spring – the event will happen on September 16, 17 and 18.

If you got distracted by a wealthy entitled man slapping another on TV, here’s a recent Tweet by the World Meteorological Organisation: ‘The Conger ice shelf in East Antarctica, with a surface of ~1,200 square km, has collapsed. This coincided with record heat in the coldest part of the world, and record low Antarctic sea ice’.

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