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Slow down for ducks I am so sick of begging cars to stop and wait for the ducks to cross the road at the Mullum Golf Course and surrounds. In fact some even speed up. I don’t get it. I have asked Byron Council to put up signs regarding ducks crossing, but they don’t have any. But hey, they said if I put them up they won’t pull them down – so thoughtful… So many times on the way to morning school drop off my child has had to nurse or hold a dying bird, duck or swamp hen on Wilsons Creek Road and the roads into Mullum. Over the years I have asked Byron Council, begged them, to put up speed limit signs and signs to slow down for wildlife, hitchhikers and cyclists. Their response? Signs don’t make a difference. Our apparent Green Council reflects the selfishness that is growing in our community – they don’t give a damn about our environment, it’s just about themselves. It is so disappointing to see the decline of our once ethical community. It has gone – just like our wildlife. This is the new Mullumbimby. Rebecca Ingram Wilsons Creek
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Beach Hotel Ah knew Beach Hotel when it were nuthin’ but tin shed. Try telling that to young people these days. They wouldn’t believe you. Bruce Tindale Ballina
Working longer The Federal Treasurer, Josh Frydenberg, announced recently that the over 60s may need to retrain so they can keep working to 70 and beyond. A noble sentiment that, unfortunately, is completely devoid of any workable reality.
Especially in Byron Bay! As a mature age person (over 60, with recent Tertiary qualifications) and seeker of ANY part-time work, I have sadly come to the view that Byron businesses, in general, are ageist. There is every possibility that this is not just confined to Byron. No-one will admit to age bias but the face to face contact here leaves me with not many other conclusions. One fortyish business owner said to me ‘I’ve never employed anyone older than myself’. Others have hinted at it by deflecting to
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the handy get-out line, ‘we have a lot of heavy boxes to be lifted’. Employing the young is a fine sentiment. They seriously need to be employed. But only employing the young restricts the business’s growth prospects because the young, while they do mature, only mature slowly and therefore the benefit to the business, year on year, is small. The right mature age person can add the extra ▶ Continued on next page
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