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The Mothers Day native tree planting is this weekend, not last, as reported last week. The address 113 Left Bank Rd, Mullum, and the event runs from 9am till noon. Bring the kids – there will be music and a barbecue too. Q Q Q Q
While the 5,000 people who signed a petition (mostly) against the mega West Byron development wait patiently for their voice to be considered by the Joint Regional Planning Panel, NSW Labor has again re-affirmed its opposition. In case you are wondering, local Nationals MLC Ben Franklin has expressed major concerns, making this proposal so toxic no political actor wants to touch it. Q Q Q Q
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A video clip for the Stop Adani song needs large numbers of volunteers! Organisers say the song should be ready for promotion around Australia this month. It starts at 9.30am on Sunday May 13 at the Chocolate Lounge, 53 Stuart Street, Mullum, just opposite the medical centre. Come dressed in red and white if you can, and especially wear anything with STOP ADANI.
Comedy duo Ellen Briggs and Mandy Nolan enjoy a nice long sleep in after their twoweek long national tour for their new book Women Like Us. It launched to a full house in Melbourne and Sydney. Locally, they will be at Bangalow’s Heritage House on Saturday May 12 from 3pm and also at a Mothers Day lunch at the Beach Cafe in Byron. Call 6685 8445 for tickets or visit www.womenlikeus.com.au. Photo Jeff Dawson
ity is an ongoing propaganda exercise of mammoth proportions. Put simply, when the middle and lower classes have more cash, they spend it, which increases circulation. The uber-wealthy, to quote Wall Street’s Gordon Gekko, don’t create, ‘they own.’ As Mungo explains on page 10, even the big business council can’t point to a country where massive tax breaks for the wealthy have created more jobs or balanced the books.
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With the upcoming federal coalition budget about to drop, The ABC obtained documents that alledge more scientists and endangered species are on the chopping block. The ABC reports the federal department of environment may lose ‘up to a third of its staff who work to stop Australia’s world-leading and accelerating extinction rate.’
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Meanwhile, selling the idea that uber wealthy foreign corporations need tax cuts while the middle class suffer auster-
South Ocean Shores residents will be relieved to hear a massive DA for 13 dwellings over a combined lot of three properties in the lush valley between Warrambool Rd and Bian Crt has been been withdrawn. Residents say the Sydney-based developer couldn’t even explain how 22 bins would fit along the quiet residential lot on Bian Crt. Yet the fight isn’t over – the developer says he plans to resubmit something close to the original plan. Traffic, stormwater, ecological destruction, loss of
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property values and amenity are just some issues. Perhaps it’s time councillors looked at their planning policies to ensure developments meet com-
munity expectations? The last Council majority made a lot of poor decisions and loosening the planning laws was just one of them.
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