Letters
Police chase I would urge anyone caught up in the high-speed police pursuit through the streets of Byron last Wednesday morning to file a formal complaint with the Law Enforcement Conduct Commission. To chase a car full of joyriders into a busy, trafficongested holiday village is totally irresponsible. It’s an absolute miracle no-one was killed. I was overtaken by the Mercedes and at least five police cars between St Finbarr’s and The General Store, all travelling at around 100km/h, in my estimate. To find out the following
day it was all over a stolen car, with inexperienced young teenagers at the wheel, was even more shocking than the incident itself. So much risk to the public. What happened to Skye’s Law? Georgia Fox Bangalow
Reshaping Byron The report of the public hearing on the draft Plan of Management (POM) for Railway Park is now finalised. Surprise, surprise – it recommends Council proceed with the change of categorisation from ‘park’ to ‘general community use’.
Innocuous? No. There are a huge range of uses (including building and commercial development) that can be authorised under ‘general community use’ that are not available under the Park classification. Under planning guidelines land should be categorised as a ‘park’ if it is ‘for use mainly for passive or active recreational, social, educational and cultural pursuits that do not unduly intrude on the peaceful enjoyment of the land by others’. Sound ideal for Byron Bay’s one and only peaceful green public area? Conversely the
BREAST CANCER
RECOVERY AMANDA DA-SILVA Lymphoedema Practitioner & Oncology Massage Therapist ONCOLOGY & LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE SERVICES FOR WOMEN IN RECOVERY • • • •
Lymphedema care Lymphatic drainage Scar care Oncology massage
Regain movement Overcome discomfort Restore and rejuvenate Reconnect to your body
NEW CLIENT OFFER:
30 minute Complimentary Consult to see how oncology services can nurture your recovery and help with the symptoms of medical treatment.
info@recoverymassage.com.au | 0400 777 802 | www.recoverymassage.com.au North Coast news daily: www.echonetdaily.net.au
guidelines state that ‘general community use’ should be adopted where, among other provisions, ‘the land does not satisfy the guidelines... for categorisation as a natural area, a sportsground, a park or an area of cultural significance’. Clearly Railway Park does satisfy the classification of ‘park’. It is interesting to read the report’s justification that, given the terrific location and popular events already taking place, ‘it follows that there will be a potential desire for other community and commercial activity to be undertaken in the future’. This, despite speakers for the change offering reassurance that it’s not about commercialisation of the park. One source of reassurance though is the response to fears of the door opening to three-storey buildings across the park. Council, we are told, must notify the community of any applications and follow legislative requirements. Precisely – if the new categorisation is adopted the legislative requirements won’t offer much of a filter. Liz Levy Suffolk Pak
Phone: 6686 8885 Smith Drive, West Ballina 1km south of the Big Prawn www.summerlandgc.com.au
6,000,000 Litre Water Tanks
Shark cull: cruel We were all horrified to see two people being rushed to hospital after shark attacks in the Whitsundays last week. continued on next page
Letters to the Editor Send to Letters Editor Aslan Shand, fax: 6684 1719 email: editor@echo.net.au Deadline: Noon, Friday. Letters longer than 200 words may be cut. Letters already published in other papers will not be considered. Please include your full name, address and phone number for verification purposes.
It’s true! A stainless steel water tank from Select Water Tanks has a minimum life of 30 years. In that time at least 6,000,000 litres of rainwater will be harvested. That’s a lifetime of pure, clean rainwater!
86 JONSON ST, BYRON BAY 6685 7662 therailsbyronbay.com
www.selectwatertanks.com.au
AND THE FAMOUS
RAILS kitchen
Thursday 4 OCT
DARK BLUE GRASS Friday 5 OCT
BOHEMIAN COWBOYS Saturday 6 OCT
GOODRICH Sunday 7 OCT
DAVEY CRADDOCK Monday 8 OCT
TAHLIA MATHESON Tuesday 9 OCT
ADAM BROWN Wednesday 10 OCT
TRISTEN BIRD The Byron Shire Echo October 3, 2018 13