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Jonson St bashing over weekend A 32-year-old man remains in a stable condition with a fractured jaw and other facial injuries after he was knocked to the ground and assaulted by a group of males in Byron’s main street on the weekend. The incident happened at around 2:10am on Saturday morning, and police say that while he lay unconscious, the males fled the scene. One of the males is described as wearing jeans, a white shirt and laceup-style boots. Anyone with information about this incident should call Byron Bay police via Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.
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After thirty-three years of volunteer work for Feros Care in both Byron and Bangalow, Shirley Nelson was not only awarded the HESTA Aged & Community Services Australia’s Volunteer Award, Asbestos remediation work at she got to cut the Feros Village birthday cake.
The vision that George Feros dreamed of was celebrated last Thursday when Feros Village Bangalow residents, families and locals gathered for a cocktail luncheon. It was to mark the 15th year as part of the Bangalow community. The 64-bed residential site – a high-care village – began operating in November 1997, follow-
ing the opening of the low-care Feros Village in Byron Bay in 1990. Feros Care’s CEO Jennene Buckley said lots of hard work by staff, volunteers and the Feros Board has gone into creating a thriving and welcoming home. ‘Over the past 15 years the village has been home to more than 730 seniors who were born and bred in the local area, or have come from as far as Sydney and Melbourne to be
MP Hazzard, officials to meet north coast residents over CSG concerns CSG-Free campaigners are urging concerned public to attend a meeting with minister for planning and infrastructure, Brad Hazzard, on December 5 from 10am at the Lismore City Hall. Mr Hazzard and five other senior directors and advisers to the NSW government have been invited by Nationals member for Lismore, Thomas George, who says the forum aims to answer questions raised by the community over its strategic regional land use policy. The Liberal/National’s controversial plan to allow mining in regional NSW continues to spark public protests and meetings throughout the state. According to www.planning.
nsw.gov.au, the policy ‘identifies and protects more than two million hectares of strategic agricultural land, protects valuable water resources and provides greater certainty for companies wanting to invest in mining and coal-seam gas projects in regional NSW.’
Hazzard’s entourage Mr Hazzard’s entourage includes Brad Mullard (executive director, mineral resources), Dr Regina Fogarty (director, office of sustainable agriculture and food security), Rob O’Neill (director, water policy and planning, Office of Water), Dan Keary (director, strategic regional policy, Department of Planning and Infrastructure),
Greg Yeates (team leader, regional planning, Department of Planning and Infrastructure). Co-ordinator of Lock the Gate northern rivers, Boudicca Cerese, is calling on everyone concerned with mining in the region to attend. ‘This is our chance to tell the NSW government that we do not want our region turned into gasfields… ‘If you are on a Gasfield-Free road, bring a copy of your declaration scroll. ‘Bring banners/gasfield-free road signs/placards. ‘Phone/text everyone you know inviting them to come along. Please arrive at 9am to get organised.’
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closer to their families. Feros Care’s longest-serving volunteer, Shirley Nelson, officiated on the day, reflecting on the opening ceremony she hosted there 15 years ago. Ms Nelson was recently awarded the HESTA Aged & Community Services Australia’s Volunteer Award for 33 years of tireless dedication to Feros Care and the wider ageing community.
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Mining prospecting licence subs close Wed Submissions regarding the Aboriginal Land Council’s prospecting licence application for the Tweed/ Byron area close December 5. The email address is webcoal.titles@industry.nsw. gov.au or fax 02 4931 6776. Submissions should be addressed to The Manager Coal & Petroleum Titles and Systems, and must include name, address, contact details along with Exploration Licence Application number PSPAPP55.
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