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Byron CBD gets a spruce up Despite Clean up Australia Day being officially cancelled due to inclement weather, it didn’t deter the hardiest of volunteers on the streets of Byron’s CBD on Sunday. ‘We are delighted with today’s efforts, considering the weather, and have managed to collect 15 bags of rubbish,’ said Byron United (chamber of commerce) president Paul Waters.
Anti-graffiti rampage He says his team also cleaned off hundreds of tags, posters and old stickers. While the clean-up concentrated around the main streets of Bay Lane, Marvell, Jonson and Middleton streets, Mr Waters is reported to have gone on an anti-graffiti rampage on bus stops all the way to Suffolk Park.
Hair raising Karyn Barnham is headed for new haircut this Thursday. At 3pm, her luxuriant locks will hit the pavement outside her Chincogan Store as her head is shaved to raise money for cancer research. Having lost both her father and brother to cancer, Karyn is auctioning off the privilege of shaving her head to the highest bidder. So far, husband Col is in the lead with a $500 bid bringing her total to $1,500. Anyone can help support her commitment by dropping in donations or bids to the Chincogan Store in Mullum. Photo Jeff ‘Hair And There’ Dawson
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Ex-Byron realtor skips country after a $30m bankruptcy – Office of Fair Trading says investigations ongoing country without the approval well have hidden much of it. When Dougan set up the of her bankruptcy trustee, an Former Byron Bay real estate offence that is punishable by a Belle franchise in Byron in 2010, she came with what peoagent Sarah Dougan has begun jail term. ple saw as impeccable credentrading again – this time in Los tials – a successful background Angeles – according to a report Refuses to return Despite numerous emails in financing real estate deals on last week’s A Current Affair from bankruptcy trustee An- and a reference from within a TV program. On November 18, 2011, Dou- drew Wylie, Dougan has re- leading investment bank. gan’s real estate licence was re- fused to return to Australia. Although she is banned from $600,000 missing scinded by Fair Trading NSW By the end of the year the and she was disqualified for 15 operating in Australia, ACA years from being involved in revealed that Dougan has since plan seemed to be working, migrated to the US, managed with luxury properties ‘selling the industry. Dougan’s dodgy dealings to acquire a green card (work like hot cakes’. But by mid 2011 several mularound the Byron shire were permit) and has opened a real exposed following the collapse estate business operating out of timillion dollar deals failed to of her upmarket Belle real es- serviced offices on upmarket finalise, state authorities were tate franchise earlier that year. Wilshire Boulevard under the investigating $600,000 missing As part of her bankruptcy name Simsara Property Group. from her trust account, and a The fraud squad is still inves- series of court cases were comfor nearly $30 million, missing proceeds include sales that tigating what happened to the menced against and some of her vendors never saw and income money and her former boss, associates. Several vendors complained from property rentals that were Peter Hanscombe, told ACA that with all of her financial ser- of cheques to the value of a hunnot paid to owners. She subsequently fled the vices experience Dougan could dred thousand dollars or more Staff reporters
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bouncing. Most of them never got their money back. The Belle franchisor moved in to close down the office and terminate Dougan’s services. And a Fair Trading investigation quickly followed.
Belle terminated In just one case, three exclusive properties in Massinger, Carlyle and Childe streets were being sold through Belle to a single buyer for well over $2,000,000 each, prices believed by some local agents to be far in excess of market value. A media spokesperson from the Office of Fair T rading told The Echo that investigations were still ongoing. Q Read more on this subject in
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