The Byron Shire Echo – Issue 32.45 – April 18, 2018

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THE BYRON SHIRE Volume 32 #45 Wednesday, April 18, 2018

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Belongil beach under threat – p8

THE WORLD IS MADE OF FAITH, AND TRUST, AND PIXIE DUST – JM BARRIE – PETER PAN

Renew fest Frazer asks what a More land headliner? Hugo Dutton PM would be like saved in the & Treats! – p9 (Dear God, no) – p13 Daintree – p15

Cultural appropriation code adopted

Gerard Williams, BBCC GM Paul Spooner, Delta Kay and Jason Campbell. Photo Byron Bay Gallery

A newly formed organisation focused on supporting Indigenous elders to bring awareness of cultural appropriation through an event protocol was launched last Friday at the Byron Bay Community Centre (BBCC). Culture Aware is supported by local Arakwal representative Delta Kay, Kay’s friend Jason Campbell and Chief Arvol Looking Horse (of the Lakota, Dakota, and Nakota Nations). Chief Arvol is 19th-generation Keeper of the White Buffalo Calf Ceremonial Pipe Bundle and spiritual leader of the Great Sioux Nation. Kay told the gathering that while she doesn’t speak for all mobs, Culture Aware is an important step forward in respecting and recognising

Indigenous traditions and ceremonies. She said she felt empowered after reading Chief Arvol’s 2003 Proclamation, which calls for an end to the cultural appropriation of the Sioux, Northern Cheyenne and Arapahoe Nations, and for an end to the abuse and exploitation of their ceremonial ways.

Taking from culture ‘I hope this conversation will lead to more awareness’, Kay said. ‘Appropriation is taking from culture. ‘My mum was removed from her land and we suffered and now our culture is abused for financial gain. ‘It’s not okay. ‘I congratulate the community centre for being the first venue to adopt Culture Aware’s code.’

Mr Spooner paid tribute to Kay and said there have been events ‘that have raised flags for us.’ ‘This shouldn’t be difficult – it helps towards guaranteeing non-exploitation and acknowledges culture,’ he said. Delta added that after she moved home 15 years ago, some festivals began using words like ceremony, sacred and shamanic. ‘These words are very special’, she said. ‘An elder once told me [Being] sacred is not meant for everyone.’ Gerard Williams, who is the Chief ’s authorised representative for Culture Aware in Australia, said Culture Aware ‘may well be the first of its kind to address the issue of cultural appropriation within venues and events.’

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Sewerage plant under pressure? Paul Bibby

Hans Lovejoy

Feature P18-19

It’s the morning of January 1, 2015, and locals are welcoming in the new year with strong coffees and sun salutations. But down the end of Vallances Road just outside Mullumbimby, something very unwelcome is bubbling up from the depths. At the Brunswick Valley Sewerage Treatment Plant (STP), raw or partially treated sewage is flowing out of a processing unit.. Photographs of the incident obtained by The Echo show the wastewater bubbling up into a large, brown pool that is spilling out onto the grass surrounding the unit. Council officers are sent to the site to clean up the mess, and a few days later the NSW Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is informed of a ‘rainfall event’ and a ‘contained’ overflow incident.

There is no public announcement to report that an overflow incident has occurred. Nor, according to one former councillor, were councillors given a clear and informed report about the incident. In a statement to The Echo, Byron Shire Council staff said that all of the wastewater was contained in the site rather than flowing into the Brunswick River and that it met its reporting obligations by informing the EPA. The statement said the ‘alleged overflow’ occurred owing to the combination of a design flaw in one of the processing units, and ‘a rainfall event where the area received some 250mm in a very short time’. â€˜Council staff immediately responded to the incident‌ [and] resolved the issue in the process unit, while allowing the treatment plant continued on page 4

Wastewater spills out of the Brunswick Valley STP during an overflow incident on January 1, 2015. Photo supplied

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