Letters DşōōşƱ ƐIJĕ ćƖĈŊȨ Give Fast Buck$ his own column in the paper. Let him speak. Let him be heard. Let’s also see some accountability from councils – they are all talk. Where’s the action? Yada yada! JK Mckenna Burringbar
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Land trust I want to congratulate and applaud Cr Paul Spooner, Mayor Simon Richardson, and planning staff for supporting and pushing for Byron Shire to set up a Community Land Trust (CLT) for affordable housing within the Shire. In particular are the two Council owned sites earmarked for affordable housing. As someone who has explored and supported CLTs as an ownership model in
the Bruns Ecovillage project and other ecovillage projects I have been involved in, I believe new models such as CLTs are needed, not only in the Shire but Australia wide. The current affordable housing models only work to a certain extent and the CLT model provides a more community minded ownership model than current private partnership models. The CLT model is successful in both the UK and USA and
is reflective of the needs of the Shire, which I hope is still willing to be innovative and community inclusive. So, thank you Byron Shire Council for pushing innovative and different ways of thinking around affordable housing and ownership forward. Innovation and new ways of thinking are what is needed to solve the various crises we face. Shane Sylvanspring Mullumbimby
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I was going to deride the various government departments and agencies (DPI, DPE, OEH, EPA etc) that have failed the Richmond River, all the farming interests, and local governments within the catchment, that over the years promised so much and yet have done so little, when I realised it is all of us who have failed. We are losing countless tonnes of soil and smothering all the aquatic and marine life because no-one is prepared to do more than write reports and attend seminars. Where is most of this soil coming from? Mismanaged, outdated, and inappropriate farming practices and unsealed roads are major culprits.
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