Backlash Are Council fixing the three Upper Main Arm bridges so they can carry the weight of the bulldozers that will be needed to demolish homes of longtime elderly residents suspected of unauthorised dwellings? There is a lot at stake for every rural resident at this Thursday’s Council meeting – see page 1. Councillors have an opportunity to back off from heavy-handed compliance threats and instead engage reasonably and in good faith. And they are trying this on in COVID-19 times!
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Those with West Byron fatigue may be heartend to hear that one of the two DAs, by wealthy developer Terry Agnew, will face its final leg soon and be decided in the courts. While the dwelling numbers have been reduced, the looming ecological disaster remains. Environmentalist Dailan Pugh explains what’s at stake, on page 9. Q Q Q Q
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Crony capitalism, noun (derogatory). According to Collins Dictionary, it is ‘an economic system characterised by mutually beneficial relationships between politicians and business owners’. Take last week’s federal gas policy announcement, for example, where Scotty from The Rapture is rewarding his major political donors, Santos
The Byron Bay Magpies AFL senior team have won their fifth premiership in a row, after defeating the Tweed Coast Tigers 18.15-123 to 12.8-80. It was another strong season for the team, who went through the season undefeated, but also for the club who featured in all three senior grand finals. Photo supplied and Origin Energy, at the expense of a cleaner future, sustainable jobs and basic sanity. See Mungo page 12. Q Q Q Q
RMIT Corona Check is full of useful info. Last week they clarified the legality around enforcing mandatory vaccination. Melbourne Law School’s Paula O’Brien told Corona Check, ‘No current law contains a population-wide mandate for, enforcing a COVID-19 vaccine’. According to Dr O’Brien, the fact that states had so far been unwilling to mandate COVID-19 testing in hotel quarantine meant it was highly unlikely they would use executive powers to enforce something as intrusive as mandatory vaccination. Q Q Q Q
ICYMI – Heavy traffic delays are expected this Thursday and Friday in the Byron Bay town centre.
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