The Byron Shire Echo – Issue 36.12 – September 1, 2021

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The pressures of an‘infodemic’

Local tour economy wiped out Paul Bibby

Grace Chance and music teacher/musician, Sam Greenaway. Photo Jeff Dawson Mirembe Campbell One pandemic is more than enough to deal with, but brace yourself, because the World Health Organization (WHO) DirectorGeneral, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyes, says we are fighting two: COVID-19 and an ‘infodemic’.

An infodemic occurs when excessive contradictory, false and misleading information leads to difficulty in identifying and enforcing solutions to a crisis.

Sound familiar? Now try to imagine you’re a young person, trying to get a grasp on how the world works beyond high school.

The COVID-19 crisis is the first pandemic in history to feature the mass use of technology and social media for the purposes of keeping people safe, informed, connected and productive.

But those efforts are regularly

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undermined as misinformation is spread using the same technology.

University of Chittagong’s Professor of Marketing, Zapan Barua, says the catastrophic eruption of the infodemic means misinformation is spreading faster than COVID-19.

Socal media increase Meanwhile, research from psychology Professor, Urmi Nanda Biswas, at India’s M.S University of Baroda, shows a significant increase in youth streaming services and social media usage since the start of the pandemic.

Grace Chance lives in the Byron Shire, where she finished her HSC last year.

‘It’s messing with my brain’, Ms Chance says of the infodemic.

The young woman attributes her confusion about COVID-19 to contradictory government messaging, but says conflicting social

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media communications have magnified the issue.

Ms Chance recently spoke with BayFM’s Community Nerwsroom, saying that living in Byron, she’s surrounded by information claiming COVID-19 isn’t real’.

In-person interactions with other locals at the cafe where she works aren’t helping.

Ms Chance says she is continually approached by angry customers complaining about QR codes and masks, and regularly receives uninvited lectures from patrons about how COVID-19 is really about ‘getting all our information’.

‘It’s so confusing,’ she says.

Byron-based musician and music teacher, Sam Greenaway, can also relate to the idea of an infodemic, saying the amount of accessible COVID-19 information is ‘absolutely overwhelming’. ▶ Continued on page 2

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Local tour operators have spoken publicly about the impacts of the pandemic on their businesses, including how plunging patronage has impacted their ability to employ casual staff.

The operators were addressing Byron Council last week as it considered their request for rent reductions and licence extensions to help them survive.

Speaking on behalf of six local surf schools, Trisha Shantz said that operators had been doing it tough, not just during the ongoing state-wide lockdown, but for much of the past year.

‘Basically for much of that period we’ve had zero business,’ Ms Shantz said.

Kurt Tutt from Go Sea Kayak Byron Bay said his business was going through ‘what could be the worst of the situation now’.

‘We had a good little boost when things reopened last July, but pretty much from the Avalon cluster we’ve been on a steady decline.

‘I had 32 to 33 casual staff. I don’t have any anymore.

‘It’s going to be years to build the business back up… we’re using all our resources just to survive. ‘ The operators were among a group of approximately eight coastal tourism businesses that came to Council seeking rent reductions of up to 100 per cent and six-year licence extensions.

As part of their applications, the operators asked for an extension of

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Rent reductions negotiated However, they did delegate authority to Council’s General Manager, Mark Arnold, to negotiate rent reductions with the operators over and above the 50 per cent reduction that has already been mandated by the State Government.

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their sub-licences with the Council for up to six years.

But this request was summarily dismissed by the NSW Planning Department, which must approve any variation in sub-licences in coastal zones.

Instead, the department gave permission for a maximum 12-month licence extension.

Ms Shantz and Mr Tutt both stated that, while they were grateful for the year-long extension, it would almost certainly not be long enough for the operators to get back on track.

‘I would like it to be noted that 12 months isn’t going to help us greatly,’ Mr Tutt said.

‘We’re looking for at least two to three years as that’s what is required to help us to get out of this long term. We were able to get a 14-month extension in 2017, so it’s a bit confusing that we’re now being offered less than that in circumstances that are much worse’.

But with the planning department having made its decision, councillors were left with little choice but to limit the licence extension to 12 months.

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Local News Homeless man disrupts neighbourhood amenity Hans Lovejoy A homeless man who suffers from psychotic episodes is disturbing Mullumbimby residents. And despite a promise of a statement from the Tweed Byron Mental Health Network, none has been provided to The Echo.

Clelia Adams lives on the eastern side of the disused railway line, near the bridge that spans the Brunswick River. She told The Echo that over the years, she has kept records of his screaming, which includes ‘vile and disgusting language’.

‘There’s no help and nowhere for him to go’, she said. The area under the bridge is putrid, she says,

which is where many of the town’s homeless sleep.

‘A team of councillors from Byron Mental Health were checking on him’, she says, ‘But they haven’t been around for a while and say they are trying to integrate him back into a community’.

Det Ch Insp Matt Kehoe told The Echo, ‘Police are very aware of [the man] and regularly interact and check upon his welfare’.

‘We will continue to engage with [the man] and where deemed appropriate seek health care for him’.

The Echo understands health workers have assisted the man for many years, but he has continually rejected assistance.

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'ĕǕ ćſĶōōëƐşſ ĪƖŕĎſëĶƆĕſ ōëƖŕĈIJĕĎ Ķŕ IJĶōȜƆ ƱëŊĕ A fundraiser has been established to buy three defibrillators for Byron Bay beaches, after local surfer, Phillip Jones, died after being pulled from the water on Thursday, August 26.

He was 57 years old.

Police say emergency services were called at around 2.10pm to Wategos Beach following reports that an unconscious man had been pulled from the ocean by three surfers.

An off-duty paramedic, together with local police, commenced CPR on Mr Jones before NSW Ambulance paramedics arrived. Despite their efforts, he died at the scene.

Phil’s brother, Paul Jones, told The Echo, ‘Philip, aka Phil, or his preferred Pfrrr, slipped this mortal coil, simply, beautifully off the end of his surf board into the crystal water of

a classic Wategos day’.

Paul said, ‘Phil was the fourth child of Paul and Dorothea Jones, born in Lismore where he came to own and run his father’s steel fabrication workshop.

Heart condition ‘Phil’s family were high achieving athletes, particularly in the swimming pool, so it came as a shock to discover a latent heart condition that was notorious for striking down the young and fit, with what was then called sudden death syndrome.

‘After losing his brother Chris to the condition at 37, the family entered a research program that uncovered the genetics and vagaries of a heart condition called Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy or HCM. ‘Sadly, Phil also

Phillip Jones. Photo supplied succumbed last Thursday.

‘He leaves a son, grandsons, life partner, his mother and extended family, and so many friends of all persuasions. His philosophy of life was to live well, simply, and truly as yourself, and in doing so, he would touch others’, said Paul.

‘A bit of larrikin and quirky humour also helped him on

his way. He will be greatly missed around the local traps, on the golf course, in the lineup, and off the rocky cape checking an unsuspecting blackfish for breakfast.

‘The family would like to extend sincere thanks to first responders including fellow surfers, the surfing doctor, paramedics, the police and many concerned locals who selflessly worked to rescue Phil and provide compassionate support’.

The fundraiser was an initiative by Michael Ibrahim (Soul Kitchen Cafe, Rae’s at Wategos), and aims to fund three defibrillators to be placed at three popular beaches: Wategos, The Pass and Clarkes Beach.

By Tuesday, over $7,600 was raised (of an $11,000 goal). To donate, visit https://bit.ly/3mFSNao.

Cross-border community zone supported by Council Paul Bibby & Hans Lovejoy Byron’s interim mayor said he was ‘dumbfounded’ by last week’s extension of the state-wide COVID lockdown.

Speaking during last Thursday’s Council meeting, Cr Lyon (independent) said the extension of the lockdown was ‘a bitter blow for all of us here for so many reasons’.

‘I want to really express disappointment. It leaves me a little dumbfounded to be honest,’ Cr Lyon said.

‘I certainly hope that we’re going to see a lot more financial support now that this has happened.’

Cr Lyon made the comments as he moved a motion for Council to join the push for a cross-border community zone around the Tweed local government area.

The motion was passed unanimously by Byron’s

councillors.

‘I realise that if there was a border zone that included the Tweed and not Byron, it would potentially mean that the current border issues were shifted onto us,’ he said.

‘But we also need to recognise that what’s going on in the Tweed-Coolangatta region is impacting a hell of a lot of people and a hell of a lot of businesses.

‘For the greater good, I think we need to support our neighbour’s call in this’.

The move follows the bipartisan call for the establishment of a Tweed Cross Border Community Zone as a solution to combat the growing border crisis.

This call saw NSW and federal MPs from The Greens, Labor and the Nationals join Tweed Council in demanding that a border zone be introduced.

Under their plan, a series of new checkpoints would replace the hard border control on the Queensland border at Coolangatta, Numinbah and Tomewin, allowing Tweed residents to return to work, hospitals and schools.

‘Should the initial pilot prove successful, the zone could be expanded to include the Byron, Ballina and Lismore LGAs and potentially be a model for other border or strategic regions in the state,’ Tweed Shire Mayor Chris Cherry said.

‘We understand this solution is out of the box and will create a new “cliff face” to the south of the Tweed, but we need to try something urgently,’ Cr Cherry said.

‘Statistics show this would be the best solution for the region and could allow the northern NSW economy to return to normality – as much

as that is possible – in these current times.’

Playing politics?

Local federal Labor MP, Justine Elliot, was asked whether both sides of politics are playing politics, given there is no detail plan behind any of the suggestions from either Labor or the Coalition.

She told The Echo, ‘Given the extent of the NSW/Qld border crisis, it’s extremely disappointing that John Barilaro is choosing to just play cheap politics and not actively work towards a solution for our community’.

As of going to press, both the Qld (Labor) and NSW (Coalition) governments were calling for each other to put aside politics for a solution, something that has been ongoing for weeks. ▶ See story on Tweed Council survey, page 6

¨IJĕ ĶŕĪşĎĕŔĶĈȜƆ ëǔ ĕĈƐ şŕ ƷşƖŕī żĕşżōĕ ▶ Continued from page 1 Mr Greenaway says the government’s steady stream of conflicting messages reinforces existing ‘distrust’ that is then strengthened through social media and streaming services where people are discrediting ‘everything’ and claiming ‘COVID-19 is a conspiracy theory’.

Earlier this month, NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian told reporters that young people will be most impacted by the COVID-19 Delta variant.

Mr Greenaway accuses Ms Berejiklian of ‘terrifying’

young people who are ‘already very afraid’.

More recently, the NSW government announced they’ll be delaying the HSC again, this time until November 9.

But education authorities say they’re unsure how many exams will happen.

Mr Greenaway says the NSW government’s mystifying messaging, coupled with their repeated delays of HSC exams, is profoundly disruptive.

‘Teachers don’t know what’s happening’, Mr

Greenaway says, adding that students are ‘stressed across the board’.

ĕĪşſŔ ŕĕĕĎĕĎ The comments from Mr Greenaway and Ms Chance come as leaders highlight mental health concerns for young people with prolonged lockdowns.

Headspace Board Director and Melbourne University Professor of Youth Mental Health, Patrick McGorry, is calling on all governments to create a new mental health system.

Professor McGorry says policy makers must accept their approach for managing the pandemic is failing and now is the time for change.

Ms Chance agrees.

‘It’s not just about confusion’, she says, ‘the government needs to think about why so many people are taking their own lives’.

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şĈĶëō ëŕĎ ëǔşſĎëćōĕ IJşƖƆĶŕī ƖſīĕŕƐǼ !É North Coast branches of the NSW Country Women’s Association are calling for urgent action on social and affordable housing, all of which has been impacted by COVID-19 restrictions.

This year’s Awareness Week campaign by the association runs from September 5 to 11, and the CWA say their emphasis this year is on the ‘social and affordable housing need in rural and regional NSW, as well as on women over 55 who are the fastest growing cohort of homeless people in Australia’.

‘Public Health Orders exhort us to Stay at Home’, the CWA said in a statement.

‘This presumes all people have reliable and adequate housing. We all know this is not the case for many in our region’.

President of the Bangalow branch of the CWA of NSW, Rebecca Dickson, says, ‘We acknowledge governments at all levels are committing resources towards social and affordable housing, but it is not keeping pace with the current demand, and the demand expected in the future’.

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President of the Bangalow branch of the CWA of NSW, Rebecca Dickson. Photo Jeff Dawson an issue of real urgency for communities right across NSW. COVID-19 restrictions have actually prompted many people in our large cities to look to the regions for a change of lifestyle, which has had the effect of pushing up housing prices in these areas and impacting locals who are either looking to get into the housing market, or looking for somewhere to rent. It has forced many into homelessness’.

It comes as the NSW

Regional Housing Taskforce wrapped up its virtual roadshow last week.

EſşƱĶŕī ĈşIJşſƐ Ms Dickson says, ‘The 2011 and 2016 censuses identify older, single women as the fastest growing cohort facing homelessness’.

‘Unequal pay rates and accumulation of assets, and superannuation gaps are seen as the biggest drivers for the rising rates of homelessness for these women,

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compounded by situations of family violence, where women without adequate financial means are often forced to choose between homelessness and returning to an unsafe place.

‘Add to this, divorce, death of a spouse, unemployment, or illness, along with the unaffordability of increasing rents, and it is easy to see how these inequalities and life circumstances can compound over a woman’s lifetime’.

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mĕƱ ſƖōĕƆ Īşſ ƆĕĈşŕĎëſƷ ĎƱĕōōĶŕīƆ Ķŕ ſƖſëō ëſĕëƆ Paul Bibby Byron Council has created a new set of rules for rural landowners wanting to build secondary dwellings on their properties, including a maximum floor area limit of 70 square metres.

With secondary dwellings spawning rapidly across the hinterland, the new planning instrument will have a significant role in shaping development in the coming years.

The previous planning instrument of secondary dwellings in the Shire stated that the total floor area must not exceed whichever of the following is greater: 60 square metres, or 35 per cent of the total floor area of the principal dwelling.

Following a recommendation from Council staff, last week councillors voted to do away with the second part of this rule, meaning that the size limit for a secondary dwelling is no longer tied to the size of the principal residence.

‘Given the large floor space areas of more recent rural dwelling house development in Byron Shire, a restriction on the size of a www.echo.net.au

rural secondary dwelling is deemed appropriate,’ Council staff members Alex Caras and Sam Tarrant said in their report on the matter.

‘As such, it is recommended in that only a square metre limit be applied.’

The new rules also state that the distance between a secondary dwelling and the principal dwelling must not exceed 100 metres.

This is an attempt to limit the sprawl of development on rural properties, thus minimising the impact on neighbours and the natural environment.

şƖŕĎëſƷ ƆĕƐćëĈŊƆ However, the rules do not provide a minimum boundary setback from the neighbouring property, meaning that secondary dwellings can still potentially be built close to a neighbour’s house.

‘What we’re seeing is that quite often a secondary dwelling is being built a significant distance from the principal dwelling so that the people in the main house can maintain their peace and quite,’ said Duncan Dey, who is standing for The Greens at the next Council election,

during public access.

‘The primary dwelling is able to maintain its peace and quiet, but the secondary dwelling has been plonked right next to the neighbours.’

Mr Dey suggested that councillors try and find a way in the new rules to require a secondary dwelling to be closer to the primary dwelling than it is to a neighbouring dwelling.

0ƶĶƆƐĶŕī ĈşŕƐſşōƆ However, as Mr Dey acknowledged, this was not

possible within the limits set by the State Government.

In an attempt to deal with this issue, councillors asked Council staff to review the existing controls for secondary dwellings, including ‘the investigation of clearer regulation around boundary setbacks in relation to neighbouring properties’.

The motion was put to the vote and declared carried, with Cr Cate Coorey (independent) Paul Spooner (Labor) and Alan Hunter (independent) voting against.

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şſĎĕſ żſşƐĕƆƐ ƆĕĕƆ ëſſĕƆƐƆ Qld police held a press conference regarding a protest on August 29 on the Gold Coast, as anti-lockdown protestors returned to the Griffith Street border checkpoint on the Qld-NSW border for the second week.

Acting Chief Superintendent Reese Waldman said that a relatively small crowd of around 100 protestors gathered at around 12pm.

‘It ran for about an hour or so. However, the joint operation between Qld and NSW Police was effective

in disrupting the protest organisers being able to get their protestors together in large numbers.

‘I was extremely disappointed to see the behaviour of a small group within the protest element.

‘On our side, here in Qld, we had three arrests. One of those arrests actually involved the assault on one of our police officers, a serious assault’.

Superintendent Waldman said the offender is a 39-yearold Banora Point man.

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MP Q&A on the govt’s response on COVID-19 What’s your thoughts on the September 10 lockdown date and return to school plan? Do you think it will be extended again, given that across the globe, cases are rising within vaccinated populations?

‘Watching the spread of Delta around the world, Australia, Sydney and western NSW, brings into sharp relief the fact that our health systems are not infinite and have limits.

‘People seem to forget that whether you are vaccinated or not, if you get sick and need to go to hospital, there are limits as to how many people can be treated in intensive care during infectious disease outbreaks – where those outbreaks overrun the health systems that are in place.

‘Many of the decisions around lockdowns are about the capacity for health systems to cope, and the number of people who will die.

‘I think we all understand lockdowns in regional NSW when there are active cases, but where is the financial

support for people and businesses to stay at home in those circumstances? Last year we saw a lot of financial support. This year, as we enter week four of regional lockdown, the finance packages are aimed at the Sydney lockdown, and not our regional communities, and that is unacceptable.

‘Either support us to stay at home in lockdown, OR be reasonable about areas that have no cases, and allow businesses and individuals to keep working. You can’t hobble the economies of local communities and offer only limited financial support.

‘I have written to the Health Minister asking him to look at a tiered system for lockdowns that are calibrated to actual risks.

‘With no active cases in the Northern Rivers, and nothing north of Coffs Harbour, shutting us down in the same kind of lockdown as a city or region with active cases makes no sense.

‘Let’s have a clear system for understanding when and why a lockdown for a locality is put in place; let’s have ongoing financial support

assistance is provided.

Is there any feedback you are getting from business on this?

Ballina Greens MP Tamara Smith. Photo Tree Faerie for communities who enter lockdown from day one, and focus on access and equity around vaccinations and public health campaigns to overcome the breakdown in the social contract between people and government’.

Do you support Labor’s call for a ‘Ring of steel’?

‘The permit system seems to be working well.

‘We don’t really see that in Sydney; police operations are everywhere, and hundreds of vehicles are

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‘Rings of steel are concepts from comic books and madmen like Donald Trump.

‘They are not actually possible in terms of monitoring every single car on every single road in a state or territory. The real question is how many resources do we put into that style of enforcement versus community work and public health campaigns around vaccination?

‘There needs to be a humane solution to the NSW/Qld border situation, and in my view, the Nationals Deputy Premier needs to agree to whatever Qld is asking for to solve the current stalemate. We have zero leverage, and Qld policy plays out well for their constituency. Meanwhile, thousands of people and hundreds of businesses are being adversely impacted.

Just get it done already’.

Is the NSW government response to business adequate during the lockdown? ie 30 per cent downturn is needed before

‘The lack of financial support to businesses and individuals during the regional lockdown is unacceptable. My office has advocated on behalf of dozens of businesses in the last three weeks who are facing imminent closure owing to lockdown. I have lobbied the premier, deputy premier and treasurer to immediately adjust the support packages available for businesses in Sydney to support businesses in regional NSW. How many businesses in Byron Shire, for example, can sustain paying $6,000 per week for rent, wages, and overheads while they are not trading, and when the current grants are tied to the dates of the Sydney lockdown and not the regional lockdown? We need those packages on the table the moment a lockdown is implemented – not one month later, or never!’

The Echo reported on August 18 that local health authorities say they are prepared for any spike in COVID-19 cases, yet their spokesperson couldn’t provide the number of ventilators on hand. They do say there are 20 ICU beds across the region and have a ‘detailed escalation and surge plan for COVID-19 positive patients’ within the district. Do you believe this is an adequate response?

‘Our frontline health workers – nurses, doctors, ambos, allied health workers, hospital staff, pathologists, and nurse’s aides have performed unbelievable

feats of service and care for the last 18 months. The Area Health Service and all of their staff have worked tirelessly to make sure that we have tests, contact tracing and vaccines.

‘The reality however, is that we are extremely vulnerable if the Delta variant of SARS-COV-2 (or the Epsilon variant) gets beyond control in regional areas, because we simply do not have the ventilators or staff to handle it.

‘In many ways, the current regional lockdown, with the Sydney lockdown, may be because there is simply no ability to help the regions if they need it at the moment when Sydney is at 80 per cent hospital capacity. This is the harsh reality of acute care in regional NSW. ‘Add to that the border debacle, and we are definitely vulnerable in the Northern Rivers.

‘But we have also shown that we do follow the rules, and that the combination of low population density, social distancing, and hygiene has prevented community transmission in our area despite recent cases.

62.4 per cent of people in Ballina Shire have received their first dose of vaccination, and 38.4 per cent their second dose. 47.2 per cent of people in Byron Shire have received their first dose of vaccination, and 25.5 per cent their second dose.

‘My focus is on everyone in our community having access to the vaccination that is right for them, and for people who are vaccine hesitant to get as much information as possible to inform their decisions, and for education and support, rather than punishment and coercion to be the order of the day around public health messaging and vaccination’.

NSW Environmental Trust Restoration and Rehabilitation Grants Applications are now open for grants to support community organisations and government entities working to protect, conserve and restore the natural environment of NSW. Grants of between $50,000 and $170,000 are available over 2 – 4 years depending on the organisation’s level of experience. Total funding available is $4 million.

Applications close 3pm 11 October 2021.

Contact the Trust For further information about this grants program, please visit environment.nsw.gov.au/funding-and-support/nsw-environmental-trust or contact the Trust on (02) 8837 6093 or email info@environmentaltrust.nsw.gov.au

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Local News A peek inside home schooling under lockdown Story & photo Eve Jeffery Students at all NSW government schools are currently learning from home in line with NSW Health advice.

So what does this mean for students and parents?

An Education Department spokesperson said schools are using various ways to stay in touch during the lockdown period, including morning meetings online, online year group meetings, and individual staff taking responsibility to contact families with more than one child at school.

One Mullum mum of students aged 11 and 14 says her children are accessing classwork online and sometimes via Zoom.

‘Both are usually good students, but it’s difficult to tell how they are going in learning’.

‘The 14-year-old is in high school, and we have had two recent emails from two separate teachers about how well he has done in those subjects. As far as the other subjects are concerned, I wouldn’t know.

The 11-year-old has had no feedback at all. I just assume

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Mullum student Nina is enjoying the extra screen time. that they are doing okay, but I am about to email their teacher just to check.’

A mother of a HSC student said her son is a fairly good student, but motivation is sometimes an issue under normal circumstances.

Motivation down ‘The lockdown has brought everything to a standstill. Motivation has gone way down’.

‘His HSC trial exams became assessments, which I think he preferred, but he is feeling fairly negative generally about it all. I don’t think

he believes he will get back to school again, apart from his HSC exams.’

A mother of both a five and seven-year-old said she is currently accessing classwork via the SeeSaw app, and is given a weekly printout to follow. ‘We are attempting to get the basics done each day. As the days and weeks go on, they are really missing the school learning environment and social interactions. They have a class zoom once a week for about half an hour’.

This mum said blending parenting into teaching and home into school is not

ideal. ‘They wouldn’t cope, and I wouldn’t if this were to last for months. I am almost at the point of just letting it go. It is not worth arguing with my kids’.

A mother of a nine-yearold said at home schooling by the local school’s method does not work for her child.

‘I send her to school as a child of an essential worker, and keep her home on the days that I can organise other tutors.

‘The worksheets she was given by the school just end up torn up in frustration. She needs personal contact with a mentor of some sort.

‘Her private maths tutor has given her enthusiasm – even her drama class this afternoon will be on Zoom.

‘This is how the schools need to run it if it’s going to work’.

An Education Department spokesperson said that schools are still open for students who cannot learn from home because their parents are essential workers or for other reasons.

For more info visit www. education.nsw.gov.au/ teaching-and-learning/ learning-from-home.

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Tweed Cross Border Community Zone gets support from all parties Last Friday a virtual meeting was held by local politicians from both sides of the NSW/ Queensland border who have united to establish a Tweed Cross Border Community Zone as a solution to combat the growing border crisis.

Toonumbar Dam underutilised for Casino’s town water supply WATER Northern Rivers Alliance has proposed that Richmond Valley Council engages with the state government in exploring the use of the currently underutilised Toonumbar Dam for Casino’s town water supply.

The worst variant yet? Everything you need to know about Delta The Delta variant of COVID-19 is now the dominant strain of the disease worldwide, and it has caused lockdowns in every mainland state and territory in Australia.

National art award open to all Indigenous artists The Koori Mail Indigenous Art Award 2021 is a new art prize open to artists of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent.

Three arrested at NSW-Queensland border protest Queensland police said a protest held on the Gold Coast – as anti-lockdown protestors returned to the Griffith Street border checkpoint on the Queensland-New South Wales border for the second week – led to arrests.

Australia Wears It Purple for LGBTQI+ youth Wear it Purple Day has a different look this year with LGBTQI+ students and supporters mainly at home, but the sentiment is not lessened by that, and our young rainbow people still feel the love.

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Aslan Shand Businesses in the Northern Rivers and southern Qld are being asked to do a short survey on how the border closure is affecting their businesses.

The idea behind the survey is to paint a picture of the impact of Qld’s hard border restrictions on day-to-day business operations; from loss of revenue to staffing.

Tweed Shire Council’s (TSC) Senior Economic Development Officer, Kym Kranen, said information collected will be used to create a clearer picture on the impact of the ongoing situation in the border area.

This information will be used to support a united call from politicians across the political spectrum for the establishment of a Tweed Cross Border Community Zone.

Ms Kranen said the group was advocating for the creation of a new border zone, but required facts and figures to support their case.

The Bread Social bakery in Bay Street, Tweed Heads, just one block south of the Qld border, said almost 40 per cent of his staff were unable to attend work, owing to the current border closure.

‘Anything that can be done to ease the burden for businesses and staff is worth a go,’ Mr Saulwick said.

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Business owner Sam Saulwick (centre) with team members at The Bread Social, Tweed Heads, where 40 per cent of staff are unable to access work owing to the border closure.

Photo supplied ‘This online survey provides a quick and easy way businesses can report how many staff are affected by the restrictions, particularly how many staff are unable to get to work, and the main impacts on normal operations of the business,’ Ms Kranen said.

Tweed Shire Mayor, Chris Cherry, told The Echo they hope this will be a pilot project that will lead to the establishment of a Northern Rivers border zone, as was previously the case with the border bubble.

‘We are looking to gather information on

the economic impact on businesses throughout the Northern Rivers and southern Queensland which means, for example, that some business owners and their staff are unable to physically access their premises,’ said Mayor Cherry.

Sam Saulwick, who owns

‘Of our 48 staff located at our Tweed Heads store, 22 are now unable to attend work as they live in Qld, while some have made the decision to relocate to NSW temporarily to continue their employment.

‘Our revenue is down approximately 40 per cent this week, with our wholesale side of the business unable to cross the border to service half of our customers.

‘We are in support of a change to establish a border bubble immediately.’

To fill out the Border Business Impact Form visit www.surveymonkey. com/r/6LKJMQ9.

Ballina Council looks to build big parkland Mia Armitage Ballina Shire Council says it’s received $3.6 million in state funding for upgrades to sporting facilities in Kingsford Smith Park.

A media release from Council last week said the money would be spent on lighting, rugby league amenities, netball facilities, playing surfaces, and car parking.

It was part of an election promise more than two years ago from State upper house

member Ben Franklin [Nationals], who is based in the Northern Rivers, and the NSW Office of Sport, Council said.

Kingsford Smith Park, Commemoration Park, and Missingham Park are all part of Ballina’s publicy-owned Kingsford Smith Reserve.

Council said it was working on a $25 million plan for the future of the land and had released a draft copy for public feedback.

The draft plan was available online, and showed

Council’s vision for the reserve to become ‘the region’s most significant community parkland’.

But the project is, so far, without long-term funding, and Council said it needed $15 million to realise its vision for Kingsford Smith Park, $7 million for Missingham Park and $3 million for Commemoration Park.

The costs were indicative only, with further detail to come in the final masterplan.

Ideas in the plan included

plenty of playgrounds ranging from a toddlers’ playground to an adventure playground; public art and nature-inspired sculptures; a markets lawn and other ‘breakout’ lawns; exercise facilities; barbecue areas; and lakeside picnic areas.

Ballina Shire Council Strategic Planning Manager Tara McGready said The Draft Masterplan was developed in consultation with the community.

‘We have engaged with

stakeholders from sporting, environmental and recreation groups, as well as adjoining residents and the wider community,’ Ms McGready said via the council’s media release.

‘This feedback has helped us to develop a vision for the entire Kingsford Smith Reserve precinct and identify the top priorities for each individual park area,’ she said.

Anyone wishing to view the draft plan and/or offer feedback has until September 14.

Electoral changes to Ballina electorate The rural villages of Eureka, Goonengerry, Federal and Huonbrook are no longer in the NSW electoral seat of Ballina, after the NSW Governer gazetted the rural villages to the seat of Lismore (held by Labor) in changes last week.

According to www.elections.nsw.gov.au, ‘The determination was proclaimed in the Gazette on August 26, 2021, by Her Excellency the Governor, the Honourable Margaret Beazley AC QC’.

‘The redistribution comes into effect for the March 2023 NSW state general election.

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state general election’.

‘The Constitution Act 1902 sets out the conditions under which a redistribution takes place. The Electoral Act 2017 provides the framework, process and timetable for the redistribution’.

The Echo asked Ballina Greens state member, Tamara Smith, how she thinks this electorate change to Ballina will impact, or change, voting outcomes.

Green: Slight change politically She replied, ‘According to Antony Green, the impact of the change will be slight, in the both the State seat

of Lismore, and the State seat of Ballina. The villages of Eureka, Goonengerry, Federal and Huonbrook will no longer be in the seat of Ballina, but are now in the seat of Lismore.

‘The changes were made to evenly adjust the number of people on the electoral roll.

‘In Lismore, the National vote slips from 39.7 per cent to 39.1 per cent, Labor slips from 25.6 per cent to 25.4 per cent, and the Greens vote will rise from 24.3 per cent to 25.1 per cent.

‘In Ballina, on a two-party preferred vote, the Nationals vote goes up by 0.5 per cent’.

Have your say on the proposed Tweed Heads boat maintenance facility Transport for NSW is seeking community feedback on the Review of Environmental Factors for the proposed upgrade of the Tweed Heads boat maintenance facility by 17 September 2021.

You are invited to attend an online information session for this proposed upgrade work on the following dates: • Wednesday 8 September 2021 from 1pm and 2pm • Thursday 9 September 2021 from 5pm to 6pm.

For more information visit nswroads.work/ tweedboatfacility or scan the QR code.

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Local News Teachers respond to mandatory vaccinations Eve Jeffery We rely on our school teachers to help educate our children – five days a week we send them off before 9am and don’t see them again until after 3pm, trusting that teachers have nurtured thousands upon thousands of little minds, bodies and hearts.

For the absolute most part, Australia’s teachers are a bunch of stellar guardians of future generations – and we are always indebted to them for that – but last week, many teachers felt betrayed after the announcement that NSW teachers will need to be vaccinated as part of the ‘road map’ to getting students back in school, and some teachers are feeling terribly let down and bullied.

There is little detail to the announcement, apart from it being implemented from November 9.

The Echo spoke to secondary, primary school and TAFE teachers in both the public and private sectors.

These people teach in the Ballina, Byron, Kingscliff and Lismore areas. All of the teachers chose to remain anonymous.

!şŕǕ ĎĕŕĈĕ Ķŕ vaccinations One of the teachers said they have confidence in vaccinations generally.

‘Especially when they have been rigorously tried and tested over a number of years – around ten years of research and clinical trials used to be the norm for new vaccinations, before the pandemic hit. My three schoolaged children have had all the usual vaccinations’.

Three of the teachers said they were not happy about the prospect of the COVID-19 vaccination being made mandatory for teachers.

‘I don’t feel good about it at all,’ said the Lismore teacher. ‘Teachers have been routinely disrespected by the NSW government, and this is another case in point’.

High vax rates ‘Teachers should be relied upon to use their own judgement to determine what is best for them, their families and their community.

‘Anecdotally, the percentage of teachers who have already availed themselves of the opportunity to get vaccinated is quite high, and this decision appears to have been made without consultation with teachers or knowledge of what that proportion is.

‘It’s another knee-jerk decision by a government struggling to come to grips with its own poor handling of the situation.’

One of the Byron teachers said they felt disgusted, replaceable and appalled.

‘The Department of Education’s core values include, “Trust, Integrity and Equity”.’

‘Within these they state that: “We are transparent with information and our decisions. We respect others’ expertise, experience and points of view and listen with an open mind. We respect diversity and the views and contributions of others. We treat people fairly.”

‘I suggest you put the idea of terminating someone’s job owing to their valid concerns with the vaccine options in your mind, and re-read the values the Department of Education prides itself on.

‘I cannot see how they are representing themselves, let alone their employees, with any sense of pride while mandatorily forcing individuals to have a vaccine they do not want injected into their bodies.

‘There are experts within

the fields of medicine, immunology, virology and so forth, who warn against the particular vaccines that we have available to us in Australia between now and the cut off date for the mandatory injections.

‘Not only that, but our own government’s database for adverse event notifications has several hundred reported “cases where death was the reported outcome” among several thousand reports of other adverse events.

‘How dare our government force us to choose between taking these risks to ourselves and keeping our jobs.

‘There are vaccinations such as Novavax, or even an Australian company Vaxine, still in developmental stages – that show promising signs of being safer alternatives.

‘It is unfair that under duress, we will have to make our decision before these options become available.’

Many teachers heard the news in an email from the Department of Education last Friday.

One teacher said they heard through the media when it was announced.

‘Then, the Secretary of the NSW Department of Education, Georgina Harrison, sent a tokenistic email to all staff.

Better late than never, right?’

One teacher said there was a staff survey sent out the day before, which they responded to on Friday morning.

‘There is no way that the results of this survey could have had any bearing on the government’s decision.’

Not against vaccination For the most part, the teachers we spoke to were not against vaccinations per se but were not happy about this vaccination regime at this time.

‘I have been weighing the pros and cons, and for now, have decided to be cautious and not risk vaccination at this time,’ said the Lismore teacher.

One of the Byron teachers said they were open to potentially getting vaccinations that will be available at a later date.

‘I will not have Pfizer or AstraZeneca vaccines injected into my body, no matter how much they try to control my life or coerce my decisions, I will not cave in to their demands.’

A Kingscliff teacher who is fully vaccinated said they didn’t think mandatory vaccination was necessary.

‘It’s easier though. It’s going to be quite the logistical nightmare for each student or parent to have to be consulted about whether or not they want to be in a class with a non-vaccinated teacher.’

Prepared to protest Two of the North Coast teachers we interviewed said they were prepared to lose their jobs rather than be made to have the vaccination.

‘It’s a tough call. I love my job and have to support my family. But on principle, I am seriously considering leaving the profession if it becomes “no jab, no job”’.

‘I do not feel supported.

Not by my principal, not by the Department of Education, not by the Teaching Federation and certainly not by the government.

‘My cries for mental health support to my superior at my school have fallen on deaf ears.’

Some of the teachers we spoke to said they were prepared to take part in actions, including protests and strikes up to, and including losing their jobs, rather than be forced into getting vaccinated.

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Around 11.30am, Wednesday, August 25, officers from the Tweed/ Byron Police District attended the Sleepy Hollow rest area on the Pacific Highway, Yelgun, in search of man who was reported missing earlier this week.

A crime scene was established by police on farmland at Pottsville Road,

Sleepy Hollow. While searching on the Pottsville Road property, police located human remains, which have been sent for forensic examination.

The remains are yet to be formally identified, but are believed to be that of a missing 26-year-old man.

A crime scene was established, and the area was extensively searched.

Inquiries are continuing and a report will be prepared for the information of the Coroner.

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Photo of Olli by Tarlan Ben Avi. Emma Moses The Byron Shire has long had a reputation for attracting colourful, larger than life characters.

Arguably, Olli Wisdom would hold the title as the most colourful, creative force of nature to immerse himself in the region. Olli began his musical journey in a punk band, The Unwanted, recording a version of Nancy Sinatra’s These Boots Are Made for Walking.

Then, in the early eighties as the frontman of glam goth group Specimen, he co-founded The Batcave, a weekly goth night in Soho, London, visited by the likes of Nick Cave, Robert Smith and Siouxsie Sioux.

In the mid-eighties, the band split up and Olli commenced his journey through

the emerging party scenes of Thailand and India.

A true cosmic creator, it was during these adventures that Space Tribe was born.

More than music, it was a lifestyle. He arrived in Australia in the mid-nineties, bringing the wildly psychedelic party scene to our shores. After a short time in Sydney he ventured north and made his home in the Byron Shire.

He landed at the ‘banana shed’ in Yelgun, before setting up his Rainforest Space Base in Main Arm where he continued to produce his signature style epic psytrance symphonies.

Space Tribe Many will remember his monumental DJ sets at parties and festivals in Australia and around the world.

Before Byron discovered beige, the Space Tribe shop in Mullumbimby was the outlet for the Byron ‘uniform’ of the day. A lifestyle store, it was where you could outfit yourself, your children and your home with the Space Tribe signature fluoro fractals.

While Olli was somewhat of an international superstar, to many in the Byron Shire, he was a dear friend.

He raised his daughter, Gzi, here and was a beloved member of the Main Arm and Mullumbimby community.

Not only did he rock international festivals, and dance floors in the bush and on the beaches, he is also fondly remembered for once stirring up a dancefloor frenzy at a Main Arm School disco at Kohinur Hall.

After 15 years of calling the Byron Shire home, Olli made London his base again where he continued to travel the globe, infusing every destination with his psychedelic joy for life. Olli departed on his final cosmic journey on August 23, 2021.

Young peeps lobby to be heard, sparking survey Paul Bibby

A survey of local youth about their transport needs will be undertaken by Byron Council as part of an attempt to address the key concerns of the Shire’s young people.

Formally moved at last week’s Council meeting, the survey decision follows an address by students from Mullumbimby High School in June, in which the Shire’s lack of public transport was described as a major issue.

‘What we would like to see is Byron Council presenting our ideas to bus companies and seeing if there are any other bus times that are available,’ one of the students, May Morgan, said during that address.

‘We would like you to send surveys for people aged 12 to 25 to find out what bus times they need.

‘We would also like you to investigate the on-demand bus in Alstonville and see whether something like this would work in our Shire.’

In addition to ordering the survey, councillors agreed to explore the on-demand option at last week’s meeting, asking staff to prepare a report ‘detailing opportunities to develop or implement on-demand public transport, including for trials and to obtain grant funding’.

Responding to the student’s concerns about the impact of illegal camping, councillors voted to coordinate a youth volunteer clean-up day in November.

They also agreed to engage with young people to determine the preferred method of giving them a more effective voice in raising issues of concern in future.

Youth Council This was another key request from the Mullum High students.

‘Young people have a unique point of view and we believe it should be included,’ Safiya Wilkinson told the Council meeting.

‘A Youth Council would give us a voice in a world where we are unheard,’ she said.

A Youth Council was operating under the present Council, yet was quietly shelved early in the term (2016–2021). The Echo understands that was owing to a lack of interest.

Artists step up for the homeless Aslan Shand Earlier this year, local artist Liz Friend decided that she needed to do something to help people who were becoming homeless in the Northern Rivers.

Liz could see that more and more people in the community were struggling to keep a roof over their heads, as prices continued to rise for rents and housing in the region.

Reality Check was the result, a campaign that has been raising money with the Northern Rivers Community Foundation (NRCF).

And now Liz, with the help of local advocate Eunice Ching, has launched Art Aid, an online art auction, in support of those in great need during these

challenging times.

Participating artists include 2004 Archibald Prize Winner, Craig Ruddy, well-known Sydney-based artist, Ann Thomson, neocontemporary Indigenous artist, Konstantina, and contemporary environmental artist, John Dahlsen.

They are among the 25 artists who have donated their time to help those locals who need it most.

‘Rental and mortgage stress continues to increase in the Northern Rivers, while private rental market availability is one of the lowest in the state’, says Liz. ‘This has coincided with an unprecedented property boom, and a limited supply of affordable and community housing stock. It’s created a

serious housing and homelessness crisis in our region’.

She added, ‘Local community organisations are doing their best to keep up with the demand for their services, but many are now struggling to cope financially with the increase in people needing urgent assistance.’

You can place your starting bid at the auction, www.airauctioneer.com/ art-aid-2021, from 9am till to 9pm on Saturday, September 11. The auction continues until September 19.

All proceeds go to the Housing and Homelessness stream of the NRCF 2021 Community Grants Round.

To find out more about the NRCF Housing Fund, please go to www.nrcf.org. au/nrcf-housing-fund.

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The Mullumbimby ExServices Club held their first two online raffles last week, as a way to support the local community and the Mullumbimby & District Neighbourhood Centre (MDNC).

General Manager, Andrew Spice, says two raffles are planned per week during lockdown, on Wednesdays and Fridays, and are drawn live via the Club’s Facebook page at 7pm.

Businesses are asked to contribute raffle prizes to the value of $30, with all profits going to the MDNC.

Tough period Mr Spice says, ‘The Club is not asking or expecting business to support this project, we understand the tough period that some businesses are experiencing, we are prepared to purchase all gift vouchers. ‘[Should] any business want to support this project, we will gladly accept your support and with your approval, your business will be acknowledged as supporting the raffle’.

Mr Spice says, ‘The

COVID-19 pandemic has had a major affect on our lives.

Many of us are facing challenges that can be stressful and overwhelming both emotionally and financially.

‘The MDNC is a not-forprofit community organisation that offers support’.

Overwhelmed by support, says Club He told The Echo, ‘We are overwhelmed by the support of the community, both in purchasing tickets and the businesses

making donations.

‘To date, we have raised almost $1,000 in our first week’.

Local businesses wishing to supply gift vouchers, or who want to be part of the raffles, can email gm@mullumexservices.com.au.

Tickets can be purchased via www.raffletix.com.au/ org?org=a2a.

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Louise supporting India, on the ground, with love Neil Amber An emerging NGO (Non-Governmental Organisation) in India, headed by Byron Shire resident Louise Harrison, is appealing for assistance after the tourism economy collapsed 16 months ago.

We Love India is based in the well known region of Dharamshala, India, located in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh.

Up a steep hillside is McLeod Ganj, where the large Tibetan community live in exile. His Holiness, the Dalai Lama has attracted spiritual tourists for decades, who come from all over the world, in their thousands, to immerse in Tibetan Buddhist teachings and practise yoga and meditation.

They rent houses and guesthouses that cover the surrounding hillsides. The local Himachali people, the Kashmiri businessmen, the Rajasthani labourers and Gaddi shepherds all co-exist.

For 16 months, visits by these affluent aspirants have come to a stand still.

The guesthouses are empty; cafes, tea shops and tour operators have no customers.

The day labourers live eating day-to-day and

Byron Shire resident Louise Harrison with young women from Dharamshala. Photo supplied now there is widespread unemployment.

The government provides food vouchers only to local Himachali people, all the others are left without.

Mullum magic toastmasters Byron Shire resident Louise Harrison has a heart that knows no end in giving. She was the inspiring president of Mullum magic toastmasters club two years straight, and their membership soared.

While living many months

Food drive needed for Wilcannia residents Aslan Shand Aunty Caroline is putting out a call for the Wilcannia mob after learning that food that has been sent to them is out of date.

‘My niece went to use the food they’d been sent, and the tins were out of date, the bread stale, and the onions and potatoes were soft’, she told The Echo.

With the hospitals under pressure from increasing COVID-19 cases, she says the health department have let everybody down.

‘They have known for the last 18 months this will happen – they never shut the border of the town, and people could just come through to Bourke and other places’, she said.

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lots of things that they just don’t eat’.

Well known local activist and firefighter, Muzz (Murray Drechsler), said he is happy to support the drive to raise money, and donations can be made to his bank account and he will pass it onto Aunty Caroline.

Aunty Caroline told The Echo that her niece’s husband has a ute, and permission to go to Broken Hill to buy food for the mob.

‘My niece, Joyanne, will distribute it to everybody and families in the community’.

To help them out you can make a donation to: Murray Drechsler, Beyond Bank, BSB: 325 185, Account number: 03514689. Tag the donation: Wilcannia Mob. The ABC reported on Tuesday that the federal government was warned 18 months ago by a local Aboriginal health body about the serious threat of COVID-19 outbreaks in remote NSW communities.

in Dharamshala during lockdown, having a daily meditation practice in an ashram, going inward, seeking guidance, she had a vision that became We Love India.

Louise says, ‘We began in response to a food insecurity crisis here, after a year or more of dramatic economic downturn, lockdowns and border closures, during the last lockdown’.

Louise’s connection to the charity in Byron Bay, called Global Ripple, receives regular donations, then deposits them into her account, since

her NGO is still being formed.

They’ve built a small warehouse and have We Love India food bags sewn.

The bags are filled with rice, flour, lentils, potatoes, onions, spices, salt, tea, sugar, milk powder, biscuits, cooking oil, soap, toothbrushes and toothpaste.

The bags feed four people for two weeks.

They have given out more than 2,000 food bags, equating to about 118,000 meals..

They had long queues of people from every demographic, including

Tibetan Buddhist monks and nuns, people with defunct businesses, but mostly day labourers, construction workers, maids, itinerant food vendors and people who live on the streets.

In July, a shanty village along the river was displaced in a flash flood.

We Love India have provided three water tanks, gas burners, clothes and provided labourers to help them build new dwellings.

They also provide donated clothing, tarpaulins and wheelchairs to disabled locals, and cash for medical care. They plan to start a mobile chai cart employing local disabled people.

School laptops One of their main interests at present is to help provide 20 laptops to a school for girls who are first generation learners from rural villages.

Louise says, ‘Each person is treated with absolute dignity, respect and love without distinction… regardless of caste, creed or race… absolutely.

‘I suppose simply put we just love. That’s what we do.

We love.

‘We come up against so many cultural walls and barriers.

‘Each time I despair and lament for a while, but then a door opens and we keep on moving through’.

Louise envisions much more: she wants to fund We Love India hubs throughout the state.

‘If we had the funds, we would develop more hubs to ensure as many people as possible had food, clothing, shelter and medical care.

A place for women to work to make food bags and pack them. It’s essential to give women jobs.

‘We would also open specialised schools for street children’.

We Love India is helping to turn a community around, to care for each other in these hard times.

It’s a work in progress and with your donations, the projects can grow and reach many more needy people.

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Opening up when 80 per cent of eligible adults When a virus masquerades as a cure are vaccinated won’t be ‘safe’ for all Australians ‘Despite the current rhetoric, nobody wants We’ve all grown tired of lockdowns, border closures and other restrictions. So the promise of a freer life, when 70 per cent, and then 80 per cent, of Australians aged 16 and older are vaccinated, feels like a beacon on the horizon.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison, some premiers, and leading public servants have promised us that at 80 per cent we can live ‘safely’ with COVID-19, or come out of our “caves” in the PM’s parlance.

The narrative is one of ‘Team Australia’ and we are ‘all in this together’.

But are we really?

Risks of COVID-19 infection, serious disease and death are not equitably distributed. They disproportionally cluster among the most disadvantaged.

Vaccine access and uptake is also lower in many disadvantaged groups.

Opening the country at 80 per cent without ensuring these groups have met or exceeded those targets will result in substantial avoidable illness and death.

Who is most vulnerable to ƆĕſĶşƖƆȞĎĶƆĕëƆĕȃ The risk of serious COVID-19 complications and death is related to ‘clinical vulnerability’, such as whether the person has underlying health conditions like diabetes or respiratory disease.

First Nations Australians, disabled Australians, prisoners and people living in rural and remote Australia have much higher levels of chronic conditions, which have their roots in social and economic disadvantage.

On top of their clinical vulnerability, these groups face multiple barriers to accessing quality health care, including intensive care.

These barriers might include lack of physical access, discrimination, an inability to access culturally competent care, and/or geographical distance.

What have we learnt from other countries?

Across the world, COVID-19 infection rates have occurred at higher rates in aged-care facilities, disability group homes and institutions and jails.

Besides aged-care residents, Australia hasn’t yet seen the high death rates in clinically vulnerable groups that other countries have witnessed.

COVID-19 infections are more common in disadvantaged areas, both in Australia and internationally.

Residents in disadvantaged communities are more mobile, live and work in close proximity to other people, and are more likely to be essential workers who can’t work from home.

These areas also tend to have high

populations of ethnic minorities and migrant communities.

Victoria’s second wave included outbreaks among residents and workers in aged-care facilities, along with outbreaks in health care, meatworks, and disability group homes.

In NSW’s current wave, outbreaks are spreading rapidly in First Nations communities in western NSW and in prisons.

Who is getting vaccinated? Australia’s vaccine rollout strategy prioritised people at most risk of serious disease and death from COVID-19.

Phase 1A included aged-care and disability group home residents and the workers who support them.

In Phase 1B, First Nations Australians over 55 years and people with disability and/or with chronic health conditions were eligible.

People prioritised in these phases were meant to be vaccinated by April.

More recently, all participants in the National Disability Insurance Scheme and Indigenous Australians 12 years and older became eligible.

Prisoners are not explicitly included as a priority population.

But the strategy came without an implementation plan, and vaccination levels are appallingly low in many groups. Vaccination rates are substantially lower among Indigenous Australians than the rest of the population in every state and territory, except Victoria.

In western NSW, where COVID-19 is rapidly spreading through First Nations communities, 11.6 per cent of Indigenous Australians are fully vaccinated compared with 28.9 per cent of nonIndigenous Australians.

Information about vaccination rates among disabled people and workers are not routinely shared, and tend to be leaked to the media.

On August 22, for example, the Sunday Age revealed just 27 per cent of NDIS participants were fully vaccinated, lagging behind the national average.

No targets yet for vaccinating vulnerable groups Until now, we have relied on public health measures to contain the spread of COVID-19. If we relax these and move quickly to rely mainly on vaccination, without ensuring equitable delivery, those most at risk will face a disproportionately greater burden of serious illness and death.

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Authored by Professor Anne Kavanagh (University of Melbourne), Professor Helen Dickinson (UNSW) and Professor Nancy Baxter (University of Melbourne).

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ho knew that our Prime Minister was such a fan of Joseph Heller?

There’s a moment, late in Catch-22 where protagonist Yossarian is told by the odious Colonel Korn that he had a choice to publicly support his incompetent superiors and be sent home a hero, or to keep flying bomber missions until he was killed.

It was summed up with the straightforward explanation: ‘You’re either for us, or against your country. It’s as simple as that’.

Thanks to the new plan of ‘Living With The Virus’, adopted in part, because of growing fears that the spread of COVID-19 in NSW has passed the point of being contained, Morrison’s comms team have clearly decided that the best way forward is to present Australia’s immediate future as a binary choice between enjoying vaguely defined but glorious-sounding freedom, or staying in lockdown forever and ever.

And ever.

And look, despite the current rhetoric, nobody wants to keep living like this.

No one wants to attend family funerals on Zoom, or meet their new nieces and nephews on Facetime.

Everybody wants to get to a post-crisis pandemic where we can be confident that community expectations, and our increasingly stressed and exhausted medical systems, are able to handle an ongoing endemic virus.

We even have a path forward: vaccinations, and more vaccinations, and then more vaccinations – until a significant percentage of the population has some degree of immunity.

And even then, stopping the spread means a future of masks, and social distancing, and capacity limits, and step-by-step travel to countries with wellcontained virus numbers.

That, however, isn’t the conversation the PM is interested in having.

Instead, he’s quite brilliantly forcing us into the uncomfortable position of

either pulling together for the success of a pandemic strategy designed around his re-election campaign, or… what… hoping for the sickness or death of thousands of Australians?

By Morrison’s manipulated logic you’re either for him, or you’re against your country.

That’s not a choice anyone should relish, yet here we are.

Going by the most recent polling, however, it would appear that Australians are looking at the rising case numbers and hearing the pleas of over-stretched health workers and thinking that any talk of opening up the country is a teensytiny bit premature, especially while the accelerated vaccine rollout hasn’t yet come close to reaching 50 per cent of the population.

People definitely need hope in these difficult times, but pretending things are rosier than they are is at best counterproductive and at worst needlessly cruel.

The approach that Morrison appears to be taking is that we should stop stressing about rising case numbers, because the situation is what the situation is, and that we have to make the best of it.

And that would sound a lot more reasonable if the person making that case wasn’t also largely the person responsible for said situation, with the Delta variant escaping Australia’s porous and half-arsed quarantine system (responsibility – the federal government) into a community with a sluggish vaccination rate, thanks in large part to inadequate vaccine supply (responsibility – federal government).

And we can do both: we can hold the government responsible, AND we can make a smart plan for the future based on case numbers and vaccination levels rather than what month would be ideal for a federal election campaign.

Spoiler: in Catch-22, Yossarian goes AWOL instead of taking the deal. Australia could yet do the same.

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Letters Credit where due Hometown recognition is important. When a Lismorebased netball team or football club wins a grand final there’s a celebration.

Their sports association or club holds an official event to mark the occasion and give credit to the team’s talent and dedication.

Likewise, each year, Lismore’s Chamber of Commerce (LCCI) stages an awards night where local businesses are recognised for their success and contribution to the region’s prosperity.

Yet no such process occurs in Lismore’s arts community. When local artists are included in mayoral, national, or international events, or win significant awards at these events, there’s no acknowledgement of the fact by local arts organisations – not even a phone call or email of congratulations!

How come? Why doesn’t Arts Northern Rivers reach out to or contact successful local artists? Aside from giving due recognition to the individuals involved, wouldn’t highlighting the success of local artists help bolster the creative profile of the region? Wouldn’t it benefit the local arts community to know it’s possible to live and work in a rural setting, yet still achieve notice elsewhere?

How supportive or engaged is Arts Northern Rivers really? And who are they accountable to in the quality of service they deliver (or not) to our community?

Unless artists speak up, how can this scenario change? All successful locals deserve recognition, including artists, and it would be nice if Lismore’s official ‘peak’ arts organisation was interested enough to at least say ‘Good on ya mate!’.

R Poole Lismore

Olli Wisdom RIP There are great people; those that have a steel rod of determination, focus, drive and ambition to see something through to its conclusion.

Most of us live good lives, we try to be fair and fun and get on with living, but for those who attain greatness there is another level reached. Greatness however, can come at a cost. It may require being aloof, maybe hard to crack,

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Cartoon – Craig Scanlan singular, obsessive, maybe even addicted to the cause at hand – once that path has been visualised and set, there is no turning back.

Olli Wisdom was a great man. He always had an X factor that made him stand out in the late ’80s when he started the famous gothic club in London called The Batcave. His band, Specimen, were also one of the hardest working and committed bands on the circuit. A few years later Olli arrived at my shared house in Newtown spearheading the emerging party scene... trance, techno, doof were some of its other monikers, but the underlying aim was to create safe spaces where us underground folk could gather, perform, dress up, challenge the staus quo and dance all night.

His cutting edge music, his beaming smile, and his complete commitment to the psychedelic-infused tribal gatherings made him an instant legend in the lives of those that came into contact with him. He was larger than life.

After many years of touring the hills of Main Arm and the Byron Shire on his sonic shamanic journey he ventured back to the UK where his productions, under the guise of Space Tribe, took over the global trance scene and helped turn that genre into a joyous community that remains healthy and robust today... sadly for Olli his health took a nosedive in recent years, which he never quite managed to recover from.

His passing this week has left a gaping hole to all those that loved him and all those that encountered his merry ways. It is of no surprise that he left us on the cusp of a

full moon and with a new double album of his latest tracks ready to be released.

His timing always was impeccable.

Thank you Olli for allowing us into your magical world, making us fly… bringing us safely back down to Earth, and still being there in the chillum circle when dawn breaks to hail the great Gaian spirit.

Bom Shanka Kol Dimond Main Arm

Here to stay I love my life too much to throw it all away/ Commonsense with science must be the order of one’s day/ Anti vaxs or anti vixs or anti vuxs/ Quite frankly I don’t give a fuck/ About big brother nor Q-anon/ And such nonsense of what goes wrong/ Would you drive without your licence/ To do so makes to me no sense/ Get a dose and then another/ Just don’t forget to tell your brother; COVID-19 is here to stay/ And here is what I have to say/ This is reality here and now/ A real bitch, an absolute cow/ Just play the game, get the jab/ And then these lockdowns we will nab/ Nab them so they are no more/ Nab them now and lock the door.

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If you’ve ever witnessed life in a large argumentative family, there will eventually be someone who will shout ‘Just stop it will you!?’ This is how many readers are feeling right now with the endless arguments relating to all things COVID. We are exhausted and want our beloved Echo paper back.

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There are so many other issues to explore; climate change, species extinction, plastic pollution, human rights, fossilised energy policies, just to name a few.

And keep an eye on what our government is doing whilst we are all so distracted!

To The Echo, thanks for presenting such informed reason and rationale. If people haven’t got it now, they never will! COVID doesn’t care what people think. A ‘public health order’ is simply and exactly that! Public = everyone, Health = the health of all, Order = It’s compulsory!

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▶ Continued from page 11 These inconvenient rules are recommended by experts to actually protect us from the virus. Their expertise should be celebrated and we should follow their advice!

Many things in life are controlled legally for good reason. We might not agree with it all, but you simply have to get on with it.

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readers, I say STOP, take a breather and select a new cause to champion for the greater good and/or the planet. There’s plenty to choose from!

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Kudos and Kruds In a teeny tiny town in BC, Canada where I was living for a time, we have a community four feet, and almost screamed “What??!” as he showed me 21.h4!’ (This both protects the bishop and stops the checkmate.)

‘If I had won that game, or even drawn it, I would have had a chance at winning the tournament and qualified to play in that year’s US Championship, instead of Fischer.’

The rest is history. Blake turned to a career in computers instead of chess. Fischer, in contrast, won the US Championship on his debut, becoming a 14-yearold International Master. A year later he was a Grandmaster, breaking Boris Spassky’s record by four years. And of course in 1972 Fischer became World Champion by beating Spassky in person.

Most biographies of legendary former World Champion Bobby Fischer suggest an unbroken run of successes to start his career: youngest US Junior Champion, youngest US Champion, youngest Grandmaster, etc.

However, one sliding doors moment in July 1956 which could have slowed Fischer’s progress considerably and perhaps created a new star, has gone largely overlooked.

After 65 years of silence, Fischer’s opponent in that critical game, Ken Blake, has finally spoken out about his moment of chess blindness which propelled Fischer, 13, to the US Junior title.

The game was played in the penultimate round of the 1956 US Junior Ch in Philadelphia and reached the diagrammed position where Fischer (Black) played 20…Ng4! threatening 21…

Bxg5 and 21…Nf2 checkmate, so Blake, unable to stop both threats, resigned.

Blake, writing earlier this year, takes up the story: ‘I said “OK, Bobby,” and reached my hand across the board to shake his.

He drew himself up to his full Fischer, Black, to move

newsletter, and at the end there is a section called Kudos and Kruds.

This past few months in Byron I’ve had so many Kudos and Kruds moments and wished I had a place to send them. Maybe it’s an idea for The Echo: a place to sing up those who are adding positively to the community, and a place to publicly air a grievance without naming, shaming, or blaming.

So in the spirit of Kudos and Kruds, I’d like to send a kudos to Baden Offord for his letter in The Echo about two weeks ago. It was eloquent, intelligent, creative and insightful; offering a new perspective on things. It was a delight to learn something new.

I loved the personal touch of quoting Desmond Tutu’s South African philosophy of Ubuntu: My humanity is inextricably bound up in yours. If we really live by that motto, then before we act we can ask; how do my actions, no matter how small, serve the greater community? Thank you Penny for sharing with me, I’ve emailed [his letter] to many people in Canada who loved it as well. It might be worth a reprint.

Andrea Darvill Suffolk Park

Poems There are no winners in life, only poor people; rich folk are the most horrible, most frightened, poor people.

The honourable Peter Dutton is so buttoned up that the blood circulation to his head has been cut off.

Jon Summers Suffolk Park

Books My family is a no tech family, and because we have no tech, all my four siblings and my parents love our books.

On my ride home from school on a normal lockdown-free week I would, every afternoon, stop by the library in Evans Head.

Because I cannot do that any more I am becoming tremendously depressed about the library being shut and the lack of new books in our house. I only moved here a while ago and have few friends – I use books as a distraction from school, my failed tests and more.

Where are the rates we pay going if all the libraries in NSW are shut? What are all the librarians doing in the libraries if no one is borrowing books or returning them?

The library in Evans Head has been ‘being renovated’

for the past six-and-a-half months, they moved a small number of books from the real library into the tourist information centre, to serve as a small and temporary library. Then, as soon as the renovated library was open to the public, we went straight into lockdown with hardly an hour’s notice, so that meant you only had a little time to get groceries, let alone books.

I don’t think it’s very fair how people can go to the bottleo to buy alcohol, and to the shop to buy cigarettes (that are so bad for you) and even to the bait and tackle shop to buy bait, when I can’t go to the library to borrow a book that exercises my brain.

I don’t want or need to read my books off a phone, iPad or any technology.

Do you even think about those people who don’t have enough room or money for a device? The public computers at the library were, and are, a vital thing for many. Every time I went to borrow a book the computers were all occupied by people doing a wide range of things: from adults playing chess, to high schoolers typing assignments. Once or twice I had a go of those computers and was surprised at the quality of the machines

for the amount of people that used them.

The opening of the libraries across New South Wales requires urgent action. To the people who read this I am encouraging you to express you feelings about the shutting of the NSW libraries.

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Goodbye Australia The biggest disappointment to me during COVID-19 is that Australia is no more.

Australia now is eight countries (six states and two territories). States have always been parochial, but not like this. ScoMo is not to blame. Power hungry premiers are.

Neil Sturrock East Ballina

Foresight Did the Australian government have foresight of the things to come? The NBN roll out was cut back and scaled down to speed up completion in record time, imagine the COVID crisis without it being nearly finished?

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his Earth crisis, you could say, is capitalism’s final product.

Built on a promise, that wealth would trickle down.

At the geographical north pole, the sun rises and sets once a year. A timelessness exists and in this ineffable quiet you can hear a quickening trickle of a glacier melting pass by your feet. There are no edges at the arctic pole to hang your hat on, as science has prescribed.

Nor is it unlimited space, as capitalists would have you believe. The Great Wanderer (polar bear) knows this as it moves further and further north through the fjords to find solid sea ice.

Sailing Svalbard like snowdrift, uncharted in luminescence of living ice – the coolest reflector to the solar rays on the planet, awakens all your senses. Words are few, arbitrary at best. Lost in the immensity of ice cap mountains, veiled in static, blueish, grey twilight; only made real by the flight of a single ivory gull gliding on the same seemingly invisible breeze that fills our sails. A worldly cough. The bottom half of a glacier simply calves away, crashing into the sea. A transient ice sculpture floats by without a care.

Technology on its own will not be enough, in that humanity will remain entrenched in the same capitalist system where economic expansion is valued over human and non-human life. It is then impossible to imagine saving the Earth from further exploitation without also mobilising for the majority of human beings being ‘sheared off’: to wars, to the corporate elite’s oil spills and rising sea levels, to name just a few excises.

Echo of the High Arctic. Photo Sarah Gerats Vantage points are nowhere. Glistening slippery and wet, the cryosphere is no longer cold enough for glaciers to reproduce. Without any obscuring lens or frame, flakes of snow brush the skin on your face. Love, grief, a legitimate ‘yearning to belong’ is stripped back to the unquantifiable; the un-contained reflecting its own blue, green, transparent inner life force throughout a fjord ‘exceeds understanding’. The following day we dropped anchor in the fjord Andoyane to witness the frozen remains of a receded glacier. In this unfathomable loss came the realisation: sex and gender have no place, the wilderness is not a mess, it needs no domination – no patriarchal seed. Hornborg writes, ‘turning a mountain into gravel is facilitated first by breaking it down conceptually.’ To this the scientific microscope with all its keen dissecting, probing and labelling has played a major part in enabling the capitalist to ‘haul it away, piece by broken piece’.

The Earth’s surface touches the sky and the sun cusps below the edge.

Humanity is suspended like coal in a white web of corrupting deceptions.

Science has colluded with religious missions to deny the rights of First Nations.

Fabricated ideas of sex, races and of course gender roles.

Contained, conditioned, shamed with an intent to submission. Separated from our own inner wilderness, in order to conform to the same monoculture that is being cruelly inflicted on the entire planet. The capitalist steps in to reap the benefits and it is no friend of Earth, the collective, First Nations or future generations. Not surprising then to find there are no words to describe a moving glacier, a mountain, a frozen river, as a living being. E Povinell writes, ‘The very conditions of the western material and cultural world are underpinned by language that reject that possibility.’

On the threshold of colliding seasons, earlier spring, longer summers, shorter winters and later autumns, ‘Past and future have dissolved in a perpetual now, leaving us imprisoned in a moment without links

backwards or forwards: only the dimension of space extends in all directions across the seamless surface of a globalised world in which everyone is connected to everyone else through uncountable threads’. Melting glaciers, rising sea levels, fires, poverty, mass extinction in a capitalist world is the thread that connects the privileged and corporate elites to the rest of humanity and non human beings who struggle for survival on the edge of growing unseasonal changes.

The question arises, is this a crisis caused by the whole of humanity when ten per cent of the world’s population are responsible for half of all global emissions? Or is this a crisis of capitalism, and if so, how does the simplistic equation that humanity + Earth = global heating, benefit the capitalist free market? It gives agency on one hand to make changes, while taking away our political agency to rein in the capitalist system with the other. So the exponential heating of the atmospheric temperature is seen as too big a problem, too distant, too abstract, which undermines agency, creates levels of complacency and

despair. Thus leaving space for the constricted imagination of competing markets, and all its irrational modes of production, to continue maximising profits at the expense of an entire planet and its habitants.

The polar bear has survival instincts, however it seems, in the words of Arundhati Roy, ‘Our amazing intelligence has outstripped our instinct for survival.’

Imagine thousands of years of compressed ice transforming into a glacier the moment it begins to move, reshaping itself as it navigates changing terrains. In the same way it

is possible to reimagine an eco-social world in which Raymond Williams describes the idea of livelihood as a self-renewing society, where people care for each other in a living world.

Q Dominique Lee Klein was awarded a scholarship in 2019 to join an art and science expedition and sail the High Arctic Circle on board a barquentine named Antiqua; This article is inspired by the encounters she made on the ice during that journey.

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We’ve got the evidence – citizen scientists take on the Forestry Corporation Miriam Torzillo A group of dedicated conservationists have been quietly gathering evidence in the forests of northern NSW. The evidence they’ve sought is for proof of what will be lost if these forests are logged, as is part of Forestry Corporation plans.

Led by environmental scientists, biologists and ecologists, these citizen scientists have been going into forests in the north of the state to look for evidence of koala habitation, endangered flora and other species endemic to the area.

Proof is in the scat And what they have been finding shows that these forests, including cherry tree, bungabee and myrtle are far from degraded. On a recent overnight trip into Cherry Tree Forest, these intrepid forest protectors located koala scats, brushtail possum, fungi, possible rosewood saplings, and ripple-leaved muttonwood.

Jim Morrison identified the ripple-leaved muttonwood, one of the most rare and endangered rainforest plants

in NSW, growing in the area of Cherry Tree State Forest scheduled for logging.

In fact, koalas and other species are living there and there are also colonies of endangered flora that have survived previous logging and fires. Sophie, a bush regenerator from Lennox Head, was excited recently to be in Cherry Tree State Forest where she and others almost immediately found scratch marks on a tree, and soon after found scats, evidence of koala presence. She invited everybody to come out to the forest, because it was ‘so inspiring and so uplifting’.

Integrated Forestry Operations Approvals (IFOA) that regulate logging activities on public land, have, in recent years been weakened, for example by the reduction of buffers from 10m to 5m, which further reduces the resilience of forests. This reduces the likelihood of forests surviving further rounds of deforestation, unless citizens join together to protect them.

Knowledge is power The origin of this project lies in an understanding

Region. The village meetings last for about two hours, the purpose is to educate, plan and train for a koala-led recovery, using new tech tools and physical presence.

‘We generally have a pretty good time doing it, and it’s a growing group of protectors who are hoping to forestall the need for blockades by smart action now’, says Daniel Param Berg.

Fridays for Forests sees citizen scientists gathering evidence of what our forest are made up of. Photo supplied that ‘People act for nature because nature is meaningful to them, connected to a life that makes sense [by making] a difference in the world.’

Commitment to the natural world is forged in the embodied experience of going there.

According to Susie Gipton, ‘Deep love of forests is part of our human heritage – being in the forests, for me, reaches into my being and [creates] a much saner world’.

Being in the forest, and this research, requires attention and deep listening, bringing people more fully into an understanding of the forest’s value. For

environmental activist, Dee Mould, being in the ‘amazing diverse forest of Cherry Tree confirms even more my commitment. It confuses me why anyone would think bringing machinery in here and ripping it apart is a good idea,’ she said.

Ms Mould gave a callout to everyone: ‘If you don’t want to lose the amazing forests that you have in this part of Australia then you need to stand up and let the powers that be know that [logging them is] not acceptable’.

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The Fridays for Forests group travels to the forest of concern and initiates community meetings on alternate Fridays. So far they have travelled to Casino, Kyogle, Nimbin and Mullumbimby.

The aim is community education, network building and to gather evidence.

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We’ve got the evidence Whenever arguments about environment, climate, mining or extraction happen, the defence of industry and ‘business as usual’ is that protectors (environmentalists) need to show evidence or proof of damage. Therefore this project aims to meet Forestry Corporation on its own terms, by amassing the evidence that proves that a particular forest should not be logged and needs to be reclassified. This means there is plenty to do in the way of peaceful and important action, ‘Don’t worry that by coming out to the forest, you might get caught up in a big dispute with loggers just by being out there, our very presence out there on a regular basis has so far stopped logging or contributed to the cessation of logging in Myrtle Creek and now Cherry Tree,’ says Susie Gipton.

A winnable campaign According to Sean O’Shannessy, campaign manager for NEFA, ‘The

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of faster cheaper household connections, was one of the reasons given to account for the changes in the NBN plan.

Very political reasons were given by the elected government at that time, they made the choices for the changes to be implemented.

A real coincidence that is proving beneficial and crucial to contact tracing, surveillance, control of people’s movements, with more entertainment and advertising available. The machinery put in place just at the right time, with the NBN at the fingertips of the operators under government supervision. Got to love the coincidence factor in life.

Foresight or coincidence?

Will we ever know?

Robert Podhajsky Ocean Shores

Hey Clive, Stop moving your lips when Craig’s talking, it’s very distracting. Any early polling results in Coolum and Townsville yet for your new UAP, Clive? I imagine your generosity will be well-remembered and rewarded come the election.

Hey Clive, why not add Campbell to that tasty new UAP soup? Then you could call yourselves The Three Charmers: Craig, Clive and Campbell, or the three Cs for short.

John Dobinson Herston QLD

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objective of going out into the forest is to find the [ecological] values there… and to publicise them’.

The focus for the campaign is strategic; to focus on local and accessible and winnable campaigns, but at the same time to have the battle for all forests as the grounding and overarching aim. It is important to keep in mind that the changes in rules mean that even old growth trees in ‘the wrong place’ (according to Forestry) are also in danger.

The Bungabee Forest is an example of a winnable target, because of its position between Lismore, Kyogle and Casino. Also, according to Renata Phelps from Bungabee Forest Friends, Forestry are ‘very likely aware of the reality of the Bentley Effect, and the ability for communities to rally very quickly in the event that logging is likely.

In the short term, much can be done by citizen scientists and forest friends, by going out to the forest to make sure Forestry is aware of community concern and aware that we are collecting the data’.

Join Fridays for Forests If you are concerned about the future of the natural world and want to know how to help, but are not sure about taking protest actions, come and join Fridays for Forests. Check out their FB page for updates on forest visits and meet-ups during, and post, lockdown.

Commission (FCC) Telstra should cut their losses and pick on some other small town for their 5G upgrade – keeping Mullum 5G free.

The US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit court ruled the FCC failed to provide a reasonable explanation for its determination that its guidelines adequately protect against harmful effects of exposure to radio frequency radiation.

They also ruled that silence does not equate to consent. We know that the silence of good people in the Shire, in Telstra’s twisted view, is counted as consent to the installation of 5G. That is clearly as ridiculous as me contending that your silence makes it okay for me to poke you in the eye.

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Letters Northern Rivers–Queensland zone Q Dear Premier,

The whole of the Northern Rivers is in lockdown and the whole of the Northern Rivers has zero cases of COVID-19 as of 24 August. In fact, to the west in Tenterfield there are no coronavirus cases, and to the south in Coffs Harbour there are no coronavirus cases.

The Northern Rivers is 20,733km2 in size and would constitute a medium sized country in Europe – slightly larger than Slovenia.

Our economy is suffering because of a problem in Sydney and now Western NSW. It would make more sense to have a hard border south of the Northern Rivers and let our economy recover.

It would also make sense in terms of containing the virus.

In any case, does the Northern Rivers need to suffer because Sydney has been unfortunate? Please consider easing the lockdown as there is no problem here at all. I wish you well with managing the virus.

Michael Weatherhead Alstonville Q The weekend’s demon-

stration at the Queensland border shows the anger

and frustration that is felt by people on both sides of the border. However, I think that a lot of the anger being directed at the Queensland government is misplaced.

This situation has arisen because of the fundamental failures of the Morrison government: the failures of a lack of fit-for-purpose quarantine facilities, the failure on vaccine procurement, and the absolute shambolic vaccine roll out – all rest at the door of Morrison.

If these things had been implemented in an appropriate way we would not be in the position that we are today. The ‘limo driver event’ would not have happened, and coupled with the appalling reaction by the Berejiklian government to the Sydney outbreak, we now find ourselves in this position. We now find ourselves with people being angry and frustrated. And rightly so.

We now come to the last failure; the complete lack of cooperation between the Qld and NSW governments.

The simple solution to this is for the Tweed Shire to be ring-fenced off from the rest of NSW.

Hard borders on the Pacific Highway and Tweed Valley Way, at Wooyung, Kyogle Rd beyond Kunghur, and a closure of the Uki to Mullumbimby road over Mt Jerusalem. This would provide the 90,000 Tweed residents with uninterrupted travel to Qld. The border communities would be able to function and the economic benefits would be enjoyed by all.

This, sadly, will not be implemented owing to a variety of reasons, but it would be the simplest solution.

Simple and logical are not, however, things that spring to mind when considering state government relations.

Meanwhile the people suffer and their anger and frustrations are played out along political lines. If we had leadership, and I mean true leadership, then we would not be in the mess that we now find ourselves.

Leadership, however, is not a word that we would ever relate to the Morrison government and the mantra of a simple and logical solution rarely relates to interstate relations.

Gwyn Hooper Uki

Confusion The Premier down here has gone mad making all these completely confusing concessions for people who have had either one or two vaccinations. Really pathetic, treating people like uninformed idiots.

Mick Wheeler Mona

All in the eyes Because of corona, everyone now, male or female, is wearing a niqab.

We all have to get used to reading everyone through our eyes.

Hannah Grace Ocean Shores

But don’t let the complexity of myriad issues divide us. Caring people of great intellect, naturally lean in opposing directions on many virus issues.

Respect, patience and care are required in debates to discern truth and seek answers.

It is patently clear that mistrust and non-compliance spring largely from the light of intelligent debates by highly renowned, qualified, reputable people around the globe who are debating the science, equity, and legalities on a variety of platforms. (Removed

reference to The Highwire and Bitchute – Ed) Clearly, behind the false bravado, governments and their advisers are also unsure about the scientific conclusions from incomplete and manipulated data. Only time will tell.

Meanwhile, the ABC has the resources and legal responsibility to provide us with balanced debate.

The way forward, and the enormous economic implications, must be based on truth and trust. Engage with these humanitarians and experts in debate! ▶ Continued on page 17

Promising future COVID incompetence and government stupidity is destroying society and accelerating the rich/ poor divide. We need to take charge locally to save ourselves, as if state and federal governments are closed.

Government and corporate spin in pursuit of votes and profit, inevitably hide, override or distort the truth. We know they can’t be trusted.

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y nature artists are optimists. While there can be doubt, fear and dark clouds in the process of making theatre, at the end of the day we have to believe we will create something amazing – that our work will draw a crowd, give people an experience, stimulate conversation and sometimes even change people’s lives. That’s why in 2021 we pulled together one of the most ambitious annual seasons in NORPA’s 30-year history: a program featuring three original works and six national touring shows that included an outdoor spectacle, two classics and one massive musical.

But while optimism may be a trait of our profession, we need to balance it with the business realities of putting on shows.

As a presenter, this includes thinking about staffing, budgeting, technical production, venue management, marketing, and front

of house. As a producer this means cast, directors, writers, set, lighting, costume, choreography, producers, stage management and more. It’s more than a team that works together to put on a show: it’s an industry.

Strategically important role As NORPA’s Artistic Director and CEO, both sides of my brain are in more demand than ever during a crisis like this. Our organisation is already lean; we’ll try to weather the storm of this pandemic. But is this sustainable? It doesn’t feel sustainable, especially this month.

With the government and the arts sector keen to get back to work, and companies eager to maintain employment of their workers, artists and crew, NORPA – as manager of a regional venue – has an important strategic role to fulfill.

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When you add in youth theatre as well as the local staff we employ (full-time, part-time and casual) it’s a full ecology. So many people work tirelessly to stage a show in our venue: the artists, creatives, crew and touring party, back-of-house staff, venue staff, front of house staff and volunteer ushers.

Is it sustainable?

This month, owing to restrictions and varying lockdowns, NORPA has had to refund more than 3,000 tickets and suffered a loss of ticket revenue of approximately $165,000. This is from cancelling just three buy-in shows scheduled for August. The rest of the year will likely be at 50 per cent capacity, which for us (and most venues), is unviable.

We are among a handful of companies that independently manage a major cultural facility for a local Council. We have no programming budget or insurance from Council’s budget, so we take the risk on presenting touring shows ourselves.

This demands the support of an organisational structure in place year-round to deliver our broad-based program. Whereas a festival or event expands and contracts as the need arises, our workforce needs to support

shows, events and creative developments happening every week.

lşſĕ ĕǔ ĕĈƐĶưĕ support needed In 2020, NORPA would not have survived without the Federal Government’s JobKeeper program, an initiative I applaud. In 2021, as we face more lockdowns without revenue from ticket sales, we are facing the same struggle to stay afloat as we did in 2020. What’s being offered by way of state-based support is welcome, but it is also sporadic, confusing and hard to apply for in some cases.

Like the more than 250 other venues across the country, NORPA plays host to, and partners with, the full spectrum of producers – from the small-to-medium sector to the major performing arts organisations. We help these companies reach regional audiences, and they enjoy sold out shows to very vocal and appreciative crowds. Audience development flows both ways. Our place-based original works create new audiences for theatre and this then feeds our season of touring shows.

Similarly, the shows we support to tour our region can create a new audience for our original works. It’s an exciting model that clearly works. It has taken ten years of relentless effort to develop the model into what it is today.

The reason we are, right now, facing major financial challenges is not purely owing to our optimism and

our dreams of engaging our community in story and spectacle. It’s the whole machine of touring, and the responsibility we carry in fostering a cultural life for our community. We have companies writing to us weekly to perform in our theatre, wanting to be part of our seasons. It’s a big responsibility.

With the shutdown of our 2021 season we find ourselves in even murkier waters. Without an insurance scheme, programming works becomes unviable as the risk is increasing exponentially for everyone involved – audiences included.

Social cohesion The arts and culture are essential to the cohesion and well being of our society; we make our regional centres more liveable and are essential drivers of local economies. It’s time all levels of government took this seriously and presented a coordinated plan that acknowledges the complexity and interconnected nature of the arts industry across Australia.

NORPA doesn’t exist in a bubble in ‘the regions’.

Restrictions and lockdowns in any city or state echo across the arts sector and have a serious impact on our ability to function as a performing arts centre, a local employer and a cultural hub. We need much better communication, coordination and policy across all levels of government in managing the problems involved,

especially in a state of ongoing emergency.

Right now I’m trying to muster up some optimism.

We have a team and Board that needs a plan on how we will see the year out and survive, and we will have to deal with more refunds and more imminent cancellations.

How do we plan next year? Do we take a chance again? Making work for us is flexible – we can control it, but touring works and running a venue is a different game. Do we protect the company and just shut the doors? Or do we do what artists have always done and be optimists and dreamers and project our life beyond the everyday? Let’s hope so…

The following recommendations have been made by representatives of the not-for-profit arts sector in the Northern Rivers, including NORPA, Arts Northern Rivers, Byron Writers Festival, Lismore Quad, Lismore Regional Gallery, Sprung!!

Integrated Dance Theatre, Tweed Regional Gallery and Spaghetti Circus:

What we’d like to see: • Simpler and more immediate avenues of funding to be introduced for the arts and live entertainment industries; • Flexible reallocation of existing funds to the development of new work rather than audience and production outcomes. Financial support for organisations to produce work through this time of lockdowns, that can be then produced and showcased when the time allows; • Special funds to support individual artists’ incomes; • The implementation of a government insurance scheme to underwrite loss of income and allow organisations to plan for the future and manage risk; • A recovery fund specific to regional Australia; and • Support to create ‘bubbles’ or ‘hubs’ to enable freedom of movement for artists and performers across borders, as sporting codes have been able to do to maintain their performance schedule.

Q Julian Louis is the Artistic Director and CEO of NORPA (Northern Rivers Performing Arts).

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Letters/Opinion ▶ Continued from page 15 There is no credible national platform for free speech besides the ABC. The nation’s political mess illustrates what science has shown. Constant anger, stress and fear of backstabbing operates from the lower brain. Experience shows we make shocking decisions in fight or flight mode.

Humans evolved a prefrontal cortex to facilitate an inclusive, compassionate society, as demonstrated in tribal cultures, where all people had a place. We’re on an evolutionary threshold to do that on a large scale.

So, plan for December LGA (local government area) elections, with practical independents replacing many of the partisan combatants.

This is just the region to shine some light on new concepts, while others observe. The ideas are out there. We’re looking to get everyone housed, fed, and engaged in useful selfmotivated roles towards the greater good.

Global corporations hoard all the liquid currency. Why not provide our own with the local crypto currency?

Some of our more visionary billionaire invaders might invest a bit, to ensure each community member has a pocketful.

What goes around comes around. It will free our local economy.

Hayo van der Woude Mullumbimby

Corruption Corrupt fake government.

For the benefit of any Liberal or National Party voters.

This week marks 1,000 days since the corrupt, shameful, fake government promised a National Integrity Commission, and we are still waiting.

Rod Murray Ocean Shores

Return sacred sites Australians are fully aware that this continent was stolen from First Nations people approximately 230 years ago, despite white supremacist denials. Yet ongoing genocide can be witnessed by the rise of deaths in custody and the paramilitary technologies of social control that are utilised on First Nations peoples in Australian prisons. Indeed, the social ignorance of politicians during the pandemic has been palpable, as they boast of the large supplies of pandemic injections that have been sent to regional towns where outbreaks of www.echo.net.au

Dear Mr Prime Minister, It’s time to talk about the mask. Now, first off, thank you for reminding us that you are an Australian. You’d have to forgive us for not realising, given your waning presence over the past ten weeks. Now, we appreciate the optics but, sadly, it doesn’t quite cut it.

As the rest of us sit here in various states of lockdown, wondering when we might get back to any sense of normality, you stand there, hiding behind your $30 mask feeding us more spin than a windmill. It’s disappointing really, when families are struggling and children can’t go to school, we must sit there and listen to you boasting about your own perceived success.

You see Mr Prime Minister we’ve had enough. Enough of the spin. The daggy dad act you used to get yourself reelected has grown tired. What we need now is leadership, which is an attribute that you sadly and quite clearly lack.

There were warning signs in 2019, when you decided to do a runner while our backyards were on fire. Then we had to put up with your endless smirking as you claimed to lead Australia through its worst crisis in years. But really, you didn’t do much. We were lulled into a false sense of security as you bungled the procurement of vaccines and relied on little more than dumb luck to keep the virus at bay.

Your mates and donors continued to fly overseas and back putting the rest of the community at risk. You see Mr Prime Minister; we weren’t at the front of the queue for a vaccine like you were. Yes, again whilst wearing that mask.

We’ve had to wait and continue waiting for that ‘COVID Shield’ that you’ve promised us.

So, Mr Prime Minister, no more. No more of the ‘true blue, rinki-dink, Aussie bloke’ routine. Take that mask off and stop telling us that we need to ‘have a go, to get a go’ (remember that?). How about you have a go. How about you start solving some of these problems instead of relying on your self-entitlement and false optics. We need leadership but, evidently, you’d struggle to lead a dog to a bone.

Yours sincerely, The Quiet Australians

they’re achieving even less success.

The Byron Greens can’t even agree with each other let alone 50+ per cent of Australians; it was Bob Carr’s Labor government that created our local National Parks and Nature Reserves from Tyagarah to Cumbebin Swamp to Arakwal National Park. When Nationals MP Ben Franklin arranged for the NSW government to stump up $20 million for the badly needed Byron bypass, The Greens even protested about building that (seriously).

They have achieved bugger-all in Byron, they’re just too busy organising futile protests like the infamous ‘Convoy to Clermont’. That was so successful for the Qld LNP in the federal election that Senator Matt Canavan begged them to come back for the State election, thank God the Greens didn’t repeat the folly.

Talk about an undisciplined mob, how can they be serious about governing for anyone, they have no idea how – nor the ability to remove this Morrison government. It makes one wonder, do they even want to?

Keith Duncan Pimlico

Tie it down!

Delta have occurred.

They have no idea of the difficulties of travelling large distances to clinics owing to entrenched social poverty and actual unavailability of transport. Overcrowding occurs in houses owing to lack of housing for First Nations peoples.

There has been, in the North Coast region, a great shift in consciousness as Lismore City councillors voted to hand back council-owned land on the North Lismore plateau, valued at $5 million, to its traditional owners, the Widjabul-Waibal people.

A great gesture revealing justice and reconciliation for all of us, Indigenous and non-indigenous Australians.

The land being handed back has been identified as containing some of the most significant sacred sources within the Bundjalung nation. In the Dreaming, the North Lismore Plateau is known as the Sleeping Lizard Hill, which runs from North Lismore up to Whian Whian. The plateau contains six significant cultural sites, as well as high conservation value vegetation.

To many people in civil society one can sense that the Sleeping Lizard is now on the move. Indeed, according

to Thomas Mayor, activist, educating and supporting the Uluru Statement from the Heart , he claims that any persons who desire the return of Sacred Sites to First Nations Peoples can advocate for this gesture.

As such, this letter is a call to all peoples supporting the Uluru Statement from the Heart to demand that all Sacred Sites be most urgently returned to First Nation peoples in the Bundjalung Nation.

The current Byron Shire Council does not offer visionary hope, but a fresh Council has the power to commence this urgent process. Peace and enlightenment overcomes fear, greed and social and cultural despair.

Jo Faith Newtown

A green attack There has recently been derogatory and spiteful attacks on the Labor Party by people claiming to be disillusioned ex-ALP members, who have joined the Greens or Independents; (there must be an election soon).

Obviously sour grapes by people who couldn’t handle not getting their own way for their idealistic left-wing, unelectable nonsense, and are obviously now discovering,

Builders and workers please tie down and cover your loads.

The person who lost a 2.4m length of green timber on market morning did not kill anyone as the vehicle headed for Byron on Ewingsdale Road. But I reckon it could, with bad luck, easily spear a windscreen.

The person who lost a roll of chicken wire near Grafton tragically killed a driver. So please tie down your loads.

Denise Nagorcka Suffolk Park

Current events can be easily foretold, not by watching the TV news, but by looking at outcomes of comparable events in history.

First the troops have no guns, later the troops do have guns, and use them to kill citizens, without blinking an eye.

On a lighter note, please consider watching comedian Dr Vernon Coleman’s video: ‘How they plan to kill seven billion people’ and then place the few survivors into a life of twelfth century serfdom, called ‘The Great Reset’.

Peter Olson Goonengerry Q Ed Note – Leaving aside ‘The Great Reset’, it’s actually not illegal to travel within your LGA eg to go to any beach in Byron Shire if you live in Wilsons Creek or Federal .

Needs a rethink Congratulations to David Lovejoy for his editorial (4 August) about Byron Shire Council (BSC). He is spot on about the leadership vacuum.

The yet-to-be-elected councillors need to be aware that the main arrow in their quiver is the business plan they submit. Councillors can then ask the General Manager (GM) to implement that business plan and the organisation must follow it. If staff and the organisation do not follow that plan then the General Manager is accountable to the councillors.

Councillors cannot be involved in the day-to-day operation of the organisation, ie approaching staff or directors. This is the GM’s job.

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Lockdowns till Christmas?

Australia has fallen, NZ too.

Freedom once surrendered, is seldom recovered: things will not return to normal in our lifetime.

If you live at Federal or Wilsons Creek, it appears to be illegal to go to the beach.

Concentration camps are now under construction, ‘to keep you safe; soldiers are on the streets, ‘for your safety’.

If you still don’t understand what is happening, then sadly, you could become a victim. It is illegal to even say what is actually happening.

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Free delivery in the Byron Shire & Lennox Head The Book Room At Byron The Book Room Collective Pty Ltd 02 6685 8183 byron@ thebookroomcollective.com Shop locally instore at 27 Fletcher St, Byron Bay NSW 2481 Or globally online at thebookroomcollective.com

Balloon Aloft Byron Bay The skies and streets are quiet in the Byron Shire this season, however it shouldn't stop anyone celebrating birthdays, anniversaries and special occasions with a high flying gift!

As an essential business, Mullumbimby Newsagency is open for trading. Great ideas for Fathers Day instore now, including great cards, Darrell Lea sweet bags, bamboo keep cups, board games, jigsaws, scratchies and more.

Ph: 6684 2127.

44 Burringbar Street, Mullumbimby

To book private VIP, group or family flights call 1300 723 279 or visit balloonaloftbyronbay.com

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Ozone Beauty & Medi Spa is still open and COVID Safe for Remedial Massage & HiFu consultations. HiFu is still on sale! Australian made skincare, ozonated oils and gift vouchers are now available online with product collection at the door. Perfect for Fathers Day.

They hope to see you in person again soon, but for now you can still order online. Use code: LOCKDOWN for 25 per cent off.

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Patrick Overton

‘We would like to thank you for your continuous support of our cafe. We have received so many kind words and acts of support, it has really touched our hearts.’

Open weekdays 9–2pm during lockdown.

0426 855 428 Located opposite Bunnings in the A&I Estate.

Local Wholefoods Delivery, Supporting Local Producers RIDER is your familyowned online organics grocery store, passionately supporting local artisan producers in the region.

They deliver twice a week (Tues & Fri) to most of the Northern Rivers. Order via the website for the lowest prices in the region and free delivery with your first order! riderau.com

This month buy any Heritage Healers cleanser and moisturiser to receive a FREE CHA Serum worth $88.

Book Warehouse Daily Ayurvedic Yoga Focused on Observational Medicinal Movement to regulate the nervous system and assist the body in its functions to detoxify and restore balance. There is not a BODY on the Earth that 'can't do' this yoga. $11 ZOOM SESSIONS Mon / Wed / Fri 6.30am

ozonebeautyspa.com.au 02 6685 1145 Shop 3/32 Mullumbimby St, Brunswick Heads

When you walk to the edge of all the light, One of two things will happen There will be something solid for you to stand upon, Or you will be taught to fly.

Hungry Hearts Cafe

Vanja, Wilco and crew continue to serve their organic coffee and home made cakes, quiches, buddha bowls and soups to all you Hungry Hearts out there!

2/89 Jonson St, Byron Bay barebodybeauty.com

happiness Ozone Beauty & Medi Spa

Bare Body Beauty Co. is having a lockdown sale!

Get your hands on some pure, natural, organic Australian made skincare. Send someone you love a care package or buy yourself one! Honestly, we all deserve something special.

Gift vouchers are valid for THREE YEARS and are available by local dropoff, post or email.

You can’t buy

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Bare Body Beauty Co.

When you buy from a small business an actual person does a little happy dance.

Tues / Thurs 6.30pm 0402 451 898 ritualpause@gmail.com

Shop online or contact your local family-owned Book Warehouse shop via phone, email, or Facebook to order books or arrange click & collect services.

If you live locally, Book Warehouse is currently offering free delivery to specified areas.

Contact shops to check availability and arrange delivery.

Keep safe and keep reading! thebwh.com Ballina – Lismore

Alcohol Home Delivery

Bastion Lane Espresso

Pipit Restaurant, Pottsville

Bastion Lane Espresso is offering free delivery (online orders over $30) providing coffee lovers with a unique product offering: coffee roasted in the 1909 heritagelisted Uki Post Office.

SWORDFISH STEAK NIGHT! on 16 September.

French Bistro-ish Pop-Up. $35pp dinner from 6pm.

The coffee is climate-stored, small-batch roasted, packed and distributed from the same building.

Bastion Lane Espresso uses the finest beans from the world’s premier growing regions, including Brazil, Colombia and Peru. bastionlane.com @bastionlane The Uki Post Office 1464 Kyogle Rd, Uki

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SALUMI CLASS & LUNCH on 4 October Exclusive small class $220pp package 10am–2pm.

Pipit showcases local produce, sustainable seafood and wood-fired cooking, set around their open-plan kitchen.

Fine dining set menus on Thursday to Sunday.

Seven course $125pp Six course $100pp pipitrestaurant.com Shop 4, 8 Coronation Ave, Pottsville.

The Sun Bistro is offering alcohol home delivery with some amazing hand selected wine packs available.

These wine packs will be delivered next day guaranteed. They represent great value and offer some great wines from their amazing range of classic and natural wines.

They are also offering home delivery for your other favourite drinks. Call them or check their website. thesunbistro.com 6685 6500

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Enjoy click and collect from your favourite store – Byron Bay, Ballina and Lismore or local delivery – no minimum spend.

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Did you know they also have a free pick up service from the friendly guys at Brunswick Post Office?

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2/103 Jonson St, Byron Bay 6680 8811 157 River St, Ballina 6686 4880

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PRICE CHECK ON KINDNESS

You want to see humans behaving badly? Go to the supermarket. Thanks to COVID, we’ve taken our avocado molesting, cashew eating trolley rage up a few notches.

Covid has created a new normal of divided beliefs and uncertainty. Tolerance is something we have for gluten, not other people. Where we used to get angry in the confines of our car, now we’re angry in the shops.

She says ‘people are screaming at me from both sides’.

On entering a supermarket customers are asked to wear a mask, QR in and sanitise their hands. Not everyone does it. You want to see who the Freedom Fighters are?

Unless they are medically exempt, they’re the person in the store without a mask. The maskers want the antimaskers to wear a mask. Therein lies the conundrum.

They ain’t gonna. They’re angry, so they have a go at the staff. ‘Are you going to make him wear a mask?’

The staff are not Public Health Police. A 16-year-old kid who works a four hour shift after school isn’t able to make someone wear a mask if they don’t want to wear In a world that is topsy turvy, the one place we still have a mask. That isn’t on the HSC syllabus. They are so shy some agency is the supermarket. Apart from an hour they can barely say ‘Hello, how are you today?’. By the walking with a friend of way, when did you last ask your choosing, (or someone staff in your supermarket I have a friend who is a supervisor hostage to your bubble), it’s how they are today? in a store that belongs to one of the our major social outing. We’re So in comes the Supervisor, big supermarket chains. She’s had out. We’re entitled to it. And ‘Could you wear a mask a corporate career and these days we’ve just found a group please sir?’ enjoys a pretty cruisy role as a store of people we deem ‘below’ And suddenly, it’s game on. supervisor. Well ‘cruisy’ pre-pandemic. us: the staff. Seeing as the ‘You have no right to ask government is telling us what These days she’s a frontline worker in me.’ to do, here’s our chance to a war zone. The other day she went There’s an argument about lord it over someone else. home and wept. That’s not something sovereign rights over near It’s part of the ‘customer is she ever does. It’s a covid cry. the eggplants. always right’ approach.

It just feels weird to be She says ‘people are Also known as the ‘customer is talking about sovereignty screaming at me from occasionally a right twat.’ in a supermarket. I don’t both sides’.

I have a friend who is a think that’s part of the supervisor in a store that corporate model. They don’t belongs to one of the big supermarket chains. She’s had have sovereign rights, but they do have frequent flyers. a corporate career and these days enjoys a pretty cruisy Sovereign rights won’t get you a discount at the bottlo. role as a store supervisor. Well cruisy pre-pandemic.

Every day my friend cops abuse. From people in masks These days she’s a frontline worker in a war zone. The and from people not in masks. So do her staff. It’s an other day she went home and wept. That’s not something atmosphere of constant aggression, and it’s taking its toll she ever does. It’s a covid cry. on the people at the till.

She says that engaging in this high conflict situation is above her pay grade. This is a job for the UN’s peacekeepers. Or the Taliban.

Supermarkets have to operate in accordance with public health orders, but they can’t make you do it. Darryl from the deli may be a black belt in slicing ham but he’s no

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ninja when it comes to crowd control. It is really up to the individual to comply.

Also, the staff do not make the rules. Gladys doesn’t call them up to create her covid strategy. They’re not ‘in on it’. You don’t see any of the fresh food people standing behind Gladys at the 11am press meets. Supermarket staff are also locked down, living under restrictions, and some are trying to finish their HSC. These people work in what has been identified as the most at-risk space for covid transmission, while all their friends are on disaster payments bingeing Netflix, they work a minimum wage dealing with angry people clearly intending to do some dry walling with toilet paper.

And that’s another thing that’s dong their head in; the panic buying. When the rules change suddenly everyone has decided society is crumbling and they better get one last big shop in. Usually on a Sunday, between 4 and 6.

Here’s a tip. If you want to engage in what psychologists recognise as classic herd behaviour, do it on a Wednesday.

Get your doomsday prepping in early.

Every new health directive is followed by a run on meat, carbs and bog paper. And cleaning products. People worry they’re never going to see a bottle of Harpic again.

So, here’s a few tips to make the lives of the supermarket staff a bit easier: Try and be compliant with health orders.

Don’t take your anger out on them if someone else isn’t.

Don’t bitch about how uncomfortable your mask is when you’ve worn it for ten minutes. They wear theirs for the entire shift every day.

And smile. Even though it’s behind the mask, the love can still get through, while hopefully the virus doesn’t. And love’s got an R rate higher than Delta.

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Good Taste

Eateries Guide

BANGALOW

BYRON BAY

No Bones

Bowlo Kitchen

Family friendly, tradies’ local, restaurant quality.

Wednesday to Friday happy hour, midweek specials, The Bowlo, Bangalow excellent wines, foodies delight, creative cocktails, 6687 2741 local produce, massive kids’ space, welcoming staff, Open Wed–Fri 12–2.30pm & 5–8.30pm; and COVID Safe.

Sat 12–8.30pm; Sun 12–7pm.

Club open Wed–Sun from 12 noon www.bangalowbowlo.com.au bangalowbowlo @thebowlo

11 Fletcher Street 6680 7418

Come along to the Bangalow Bowlo and find out.

4 Banksia Drive, Byron Bay 8646 4901

The Italian Byron Bay

Loft Byron Bay 4 Jonson Street, Byron Bay 6680 9183

Book online: www.loftbyronbay.com.au

Chupacabra

Legend Pizza

Serving Byron Bay for 30 years Open 7 days and nights Delivery from Suffolk to Ewingsdale 90-96 Jonson Street 6685 5700 www.legendpizza.com.au

Main Street Open for takeaway daily, 12 midday until dinner.

Menu, Phone and more details @mainstreet_burgerbar 18 Jonson Street 6680 8832

Success Thai

Mon–Fri lunch & dinner closed Sundays Lunch 12 noon–3pm Dinner from 5–8.30pm 3/31 Lawson St, Byron Bay www.facebook.com/ pages/Success-ThaiFood/237359826303469

www.lordbyrondistillery.com.au

Japanese pop-up Noodle Shop

Coorabell Hall 565 Coolamon Scenic Dr, Coorabell RAMEN PRE-ORDER TAKEAWAY! During COVID lockdown, we are open for pre-order takeaway!

Please check our new takeaway menu on Instagram.

Order now and pick-up on Thursday!

Espresso Martini Nights | Every day 9–11pm 2 for $25 Classic Espresso Martini Open every day from 4pm till late.

Yaman Mullumbimby

62 Stuart St, Mullumbimby 6684 3778

www.yamanmullumbimby.com.au

Open 7 days from 9am–8pm Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

Order online and join our loyalty program Catering for up to 100 people lunch and dinner BYO Locally owned and operated Scan code for menu

The Empire 20 Burringbar St, Mullum

6684 2306

Mon–Fri 9am–3.30pm Sat, Sun 9am–3pm FB/Insta: EmpireMullum empiremullum.com.au

Open for takeaway daily, 12 midday until dinner.

Corner of Stuart and Tincogan Streets, Mullumbimby

‘Make a meal of it’ Add chips and a drink, just $5

0498 010 881

Monday–Friday 7.30am–2.30pm CLOSED ON SATURDAY DURING LOCKDOWN

Harvest

Menus available on Facebook.

Barrio’s canteen takes its inspiration from locally sourced produce with moorish cuisine.

Offering daily bakes, breakfast cakes, classic sandwiches, Breakfast & lunch vibrant salads, smoked fish and grilled meats.

Monday–Sunday 7am–3pm Book via our website for lunch and dinner in the Aperitif hour restaurant at www.barriobyronbay.com.au.

Wednesday–Friday 3–5pm Walk-in tables available.

Dinner Booking via our website barriobyronbay.com.au Wednesday–Friday 5pm–Late 1 Porter St, North Byron

Coffee, Malawach Rolls, Pita Pockets, Falafel, Traditional Yemenite spices and all your favourites always freshly made.

Currently open for takeaway, feel free to call ahead with your order.

The Empire is where it’s at!

Something for all tastes from epic burgers to vegan delights. Enjoy delectable treats and good vibes at this Mullum icon.

Takeaways and lots of grab-and-go goodies available. Phone orders welcome – call ahead and avoid the queue.

Healthy, fresh, balanced and nutrient dense meals that create a sensory delight for our customers.

Buddha bowls, smoothies, coffee, cold-pressed juices, and so much more.

NEWRYBAR 18-22 Old Pacific Highway Newrybar NSW 2479 02 6687 2644

Daughter in Law

Barrio

GENTLEMENNOODLE

Takeaway order: text 0434 570 933

Paséyo

Menu, Phone and more details @mainstreet_burgerbar

Not your typical Indian joint.

Jessi Singh’s ‘unauthentic coastal Indian’ cuisine using local Northern Rivers ingredients.

22 Fletcher Street, Byron Bay Open Thursday to Saturday for takeaways only @dil_byron 30% off Pick up orders only www.daughterinlaw.com.au Free meal to people Reservations via website, and half of the restaurant is reserved for walk-in’s who are affected by current lockdown

We serve a Home Pack Ramen kit to cook your own Ramen at home.

Great Fun activity!

Also we have dumplings and some rice dishes.

MULLUMBIMBY

Byron’s Freshest Pizza

All your favourites, every lunch and dinner.

Experienced Thai chefs cooking fresh, delicious Thai food for you.

BYO only Welcome for lunch, dinner and takeaway.

Take Away Cocktails & Bottle Sales Lockdown luxury for the home.

Takeaway made easy – drive through and contactless.

10% off bottle prices and 25% off bottled cocktails including their Pina Coladas.

Naturally Better!

Free from added artificial flavours and colours.

LordByronDistillery

Gentlemen Noodle

Happy Hour | Every day 4–6pm $6 Loft lager or wine, $10 Aperol Spritz, $14 Margarita

Fresh authentic Mexican in a relaxed atmosphere.

Open 7am–6pm every day 108 Jonson Street – 0479 121 614 – @Littlenobones

COORABELL

Incredible cocktails, locals beers & all-day snacks and food to share, with ocean views.

This is food made with love, all produce sourced locally.

Eat in or take out.

Margaritas and tacos all night long!

Shop 12A, 3 Clifford St, Family friendly, totally GF menu.

Suffolk Park DINNER 5pm–9pm 6685 3059 WED–SAT www.chupacabra.com.au Book via Resy @chupabyron

Serving ready-made meals, sandwiches, salads, coffee, juices and smoothies.

Book online: www.nobonesbyronbay.com.au

Lord Byron Distillery The Italian, Byron Bay, provides a bustling 21, 108 Jonson St, atmospheric restaurant, dishing up contemporary Byron Bay inspired Italian cuisine and some of Byron’s Open 7 days from 5.30pm finest cocktails and wines.

5633 1216 CLOSED FOR SEPTEMBER www.theitalianbyronbay.com

We have temporarily closed during lockdown but…

Good news – we’ve opened ‘Little No Bones’ in front of Wooolies

Vegan Bar and Kitchen.

BYRON BAY

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www.harvest.com.au @harvestnewrybar

HARVEST RESTAURANT, DELI + BAKERY

Culinary creativity that harnesses the connection between food and nature.

Restaurant Lunch: 7 days 12–3pm Dinner: Wed–Sat from 5.30pm Baked goods at Sourdough Weekends: Sat + Sun 8am until sold out Deli 8am–3pm daily

CATERING

CELEBRATIONS Celebrations Catering By Liz Jackson

BY LIZ JACKSON

Celebration cakes Personal catering services Event co-ordination and management

E: lizzijjackson@gmail.com P: 0414 895 441

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Green shoots ahead S Haslam Even though Stone & Wood, one of the region’s biggest employers, are operating in difficult circumstances this lockdown, they have been looking after the local community, their employees and most importantly our future beer supplies.

The brewery has a strong ‘support local’ ethos and in the 2020 lockdown they proved that in spades by buying back their kegs from venues. General Manger Nick Boots explains ‘it was an exercise I wouldn’t like to repeat, it was a significant cost to us, but we felt it was the right thing to do because these venues are the lifeblood of the towns, for example in Byron we can sell our packaged beer through bottle shops during lockdown, but the pubs are getting nothing.’

Whilst they may have to repeat that for some venues, so far, in this lockdown their main priority has been their people, their employees: ‘we give them access to helplines, we do ‘online beers’, a virtual catchup on Zoom a couple of times a week, or if we are close we can reach out and help each other,’ says Nick. With a big brewery in Murwillumbah and a smaller one in Byron, Stone & Wood have around 225 staff, and a strong commitment to keeping their staff employed, even when the government assistance for employers is less generous than in the previous lockdown. Ingeniously, they have formed their workforce into different tribes, so that if there is an infection in one ‘tribe’, another can take over while the other tribe isolates. As well, they are still running their Ingrained Foundation, which supports local charities, so beer sales in regional WA are still generating

Open 7 days. 7am – 4pm No parking issues, driveway service, phone ahead or order online via the HEY YOU app.

1 MARINE PARADE, WATEGOS BEACH, BYRON BAY. 6685 5388

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Stone & Wood’s new 3.5% Green Coast Lager is a light golden lager made with the delicate Saaz hops, which imparts a mild bitterness and creates a clean, deep aroma, and a super crisp finish.

The new lager is in the increasingly popular mid-strength range that comes in at 3.5% alcohol (the existing fullerflavoured Green Coast is 4.7%). It’s a less ‘crafty’ beer, which is more appealing to a wider audience as it’s less fruity – an easy-drinking and refreshing beer.

‘We’ve made unique beers for the local region that have gained a reputation nationally and internationally,’ says Nick, ‘But some people in the local region enjoy a different sort of beer, so this is a beer for those people!’

income that supports Northern Rivers community initiatives.

While Stone and Wood have been caring for the community, it’s been a tough time for them. Their drawcard visitor centre and pilot brewery in Byron is usually visited by over 400 people a day; they were one of the most popular activities for Byron’s now non-existent visitors. As well, they had a greater focus than other brewers on sales of kegs to now-closed venues (locally and in Sydney), rather than the less environmentally friendly bottles. Additionally, their head brewer Keilan is based in Byron and can’t visit the main brewery in Murwillumbah!

With the date of reopening an unknown, it’s challenging for them to plan their brewing operations as the whole process takes 3–4 weeks. Nick explains ‘Our tanks are full at the moment, so we are in a holding pattern… we have more beer than we can sell, and we are running out of storage.’ Just prior to this lockdown the brewery was looking to expand their capacity. A couple of years ago they purchased a 34,000 sqm space just down the road from their current site and were considering

Local guide Laure Nayer on Brookies distillery tour really knew what she was talking about – whether it was rainforest regeneration, making gin, or just enjoying it all.

Brookie’s Gin tour Simon Haslam I know, you can’t do it, so why am I talking about it now? If you’re a local, and you haven’t done it, I’d thoroughly recommend taking the Brookies tour as soon as lockdown breaks.

Our backyard has Davidson plums (showcased in Brookie’s reddish Byron Slow Gin), and a few other native foods, and I didn’t think that I would necessarily learn anything new.

But such is the knowledge of their guides, I found my whole trip a few weeks ago, through their regenerated rainforest which supplies the botanicals for their famous Brookies Gin, really how to finance building a new, bigger brewery, but the plans are now on hold; a very concrete example of the economic damage that the uncertainty created by the lockdown has caused, by making investment more risky.

‘This would have created a lot of employment, but if pubs are going to remain shut in the medium term we might need to put our plans on hold for a while,’ said Nick, ‘For a small family-owned company this was always a risky undertaking but that risk’s been exaggerated.’

Stone & Wood’s top three beers, which are all made locally, are Pacific Ale and Cloud Catcher are now joined by Green Coast Lager.

interesting. And I appreciated what the Brooks have done even more, seeing the photos of the previously bare paddocks.

The real eye-opener for me was tasting the gins, neat, with the scent of the raw botanicals still on my hands. It’s not the way I normally drink gin (and I did have an excellent cocktail at the end of the tour), and I don’t have a great nose, but in the guided session I could actually taste the individual local botanical elements in the Brookies Dry Gin. Whilst it’s one thing to talk about rainforest regeneration, locally-grown unique ingredients, local employment and a locally

produced product, it was a completely different experience to see all these elements actually working so successfully together on the ground, and it gave me an almost proud feeling to be, at least, a distant neighbour of the operation.

They also cooperate with other local outfits, for example to produce Pacific Moonshine (distilled from kegs of Stone & Wood Pacific Ale in a previous lockdown!) and The Boilermaker Gift Pack (Stone & Wood’s Jasper Ale + Brookies Mac Liqueur) if you’re looking for a gift!

More info at capebyrondistillery.com.

Vax upgrade şǔ ĕſ Crystalbrook Collection, Australia’s largest independent sustainably-led hospitality company, are offering complimentary room upgrades to fully vaccinated guests who stay before 20 December 2021.

In a bid to bring life back to the travel and hospitality industry, Crystalbrook Collection has launched the offer across their portfolio of hotels and resorts to reward Australians ‘who are doing their part in the race against COVID-19’.

‘The effects of ongoing lockdowns have been devastating to hotels, restaurants and bars, and to

the people that work within these industries,’ says Crystalbrook Collection CEO, Geoff York. ‘Vaccination is the key to saving our industry. Offering an upgrade to guests who have vaccinated themselves against COVID19 is a small gesture of thanks so that we can revive travel and hospitality.’

Details at crystalbrookcollection.com/offers/vaxed. www.echo.net.au

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Dukes of Hazzard in Mullum Simon Haslam People are keeping as busy as they can, but when I went to pick up my takeaway pasta at the Leagues Club last Wednesday I was surprised to find General Manager and ex chef Timbo Parsonage cooking it himself.

‘I’m buying the ingredients and cooking in between sending emails about fences and …’, he said, ‘I’m still trying to do what you’d call a normal everyday work day, but it’s pretty crazy, sometimes. I’m also trying to get rid of our tap beer, it won’t keep forever, so I’m offering growlers to people who want come out and fill up with beer. One bloke grabbed his growler and kept it in his hand, held side-on Dukes of Hazzard style, whilst simultaneously talking, sipping a beer and adjusting his mask.

There are some great

multi-tasking mentors on our management committee’.

Parsonage has been quite busy, considering that the dining room isn’t open, ‘I have to vet the campers, and the golf course has been really popular,’ and he has also been sprucing up the place in anticipation of the dining room reopening at some stage, as well as managing and cooking and serving takeaway. The Leagues Club is doing takeaway $12 pastas on Wednesday and Friday, with a dessert option of $5 crumble and a bit extra for garlic bread. Takeout starts from 4.30pm, with takeaway alcohol, and on Friday it’s the same as pasta night, but with some extras.

To order phone Timbo on 6684 1400, but don’t forget to leave a message if he’s ‘busy’.

Chargrilling outside Sandra Haslam With the lockdown extended in NSW for another two weeks (at least) it might be time to expand your food and creative experiences, whilst staying in your backyard, by creating a chargrill area. Many vibrant food cultures have embraced techniques for chargrilling, and it may be much easier than you think.

Chargrilling releases a depth of flavour and accentuates the taste profile of food, creating more complex layers of flavour and even aiding in the aftertaste.

Ultimately it can create the sought-after umami-bomb – when two umami compounds come together.

To achieve this sensation and get into the grill groove you could buy a chargriller, or get creative and make one. The DIY options can be very inventive and varied such as; a cake rack over an aluminium tray, a grill rack over a hole in the ground or

You can even cook cheese over an open fire. Kat Harvey, gourmet cheesemaker, in 2018 at an NRF event, demonstrating correct open-fire stance: well back to ensure your chilled white doesn’t overheat.

,fire pit, even an upcycled wok and oven shelf. If you look online and search ‘how to make a chargriller’ you’ll even see fantastic looking grillers made from terracotta pots as well as amazing welded masterpieces.

Corn: grilled in husk or naked, eat whole or add to tortillas with your favourite Mexican ingredients.

Roasted garlic: cut the pointy end off a head of garlic, drizzle with oil, sprinkle with salt, wrap in foil and grill on the cooler end of the rack.

Charred zucchini, eggplant and capsicum are great in Mediterranean dishes, just add combinations of herbs like basil, parsley, thyme and oregano with oil, salt

The grilling preparation is really easy: throw some charcoal under the rack, light it, put the rack back on and wait for the coals and rack to get hot. You can keep an even distribution of heat by keeping an even distribution of coals, or make hotter and cooler zones by moving the coals to one side. If you have the right sort of wood to make even coals, you don’t even need charcoal.

Chargrilling is not just for meat, it’s also great for vegetables; charring can caramelise the sugars in vegetables and that supercharges their taste. You can do individual vegetable elements, whole grilled veggie salads, dishes like smoky baba ganoush or flavourful antipasto arrangements.

and lemon for a complete vegetable dish.

Grilled carrots: grill whole and eat as they are or slice into rounds and serve on a bed of yoghurt and tahini sauce or hommus.

Charred pineapple, charred chilli and charred onion added to fresh mint, coriander and parsley with oil and lime juice for a flavourful salsa.

Set polenta slices, tortillas and naan bread are great to grill.

You can even do toasted sandwiches with the fancy grill marks, and of course that adds extra flavour.

Certain fruit also chargrill nicely; try grilling half a lemon, cut side down, and use it to squeeze tasty juice over the meal. Try lightly coating pineapple wedges in brown sugar and cinnamon, then grill and serve with icecream for a fantastic dessert.

Of course meat is well known to the chargrilling world: beef, lamb, chicken and seafood all come up wonderfully on the chargrill.

Perhaps the best part of grilling is being outside, smelling the smoke, listening to birds and feeling the wind in your hair. It’s an awesome opportunity to chew the fat, literally and figuratively.

Brunswick Seed Oysters

Noel Baggaley in action Noel Baggaley has run his Brunswick Seed Oysters operation for over 40 years.

He has seen many events affect his product, from the ’98 truck collision that spilled into the Bruns River, through to floods and then bumper seasons. Most recently he has had the severe weather and flooding in December 2020 when he lost around 60 per cent of his stock.

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oysters are growing exceptionally well.

The farmers’ markets have always been Noel’s bread and butter, and the few restaurants he does supply to sourced his product through his market stalls. Recently however with COVID restrictions and restaurants locked down, all his supply has been directed to the farmers’ markets.

The Brunswick River is

Noel’s oyster nursery. His oysters grow there in Readings Bay for their first years.

Once mature, Noel transfers them to the Tweed River for six months to finish them off. They must be processed in Tweed as the operation in Brunswick does not have electricity or running water owing to its proximity to the National Park.

In the Brunswick River he grows Sydney Rock Oysters, which are the only indigenous oyster to the region.

Pacific oysters are an Asian oyster that are farmed.

Oysters really are a superfood. They are high in essential Omega-3 oils, zinc and iron and vitamins A, B and C, and low in cholesterol. ‘If you have a cold coming on, oysters are your best medicine,’ says Noel.

Also, the shells are great for helping your garden flourish. The reason for this is calcium, and the oyster shell has loads of it. On top of this, as filter feeders, oysters can filter up to 100 litres of water a day!

Noel’s oysters come to the markets straight from the river. He opens them and packages them into trays, wrapped and sealed the

evening before the markets.

And how does Noel eat his oysters? Of course he prefers them natural, straight out of the river, although, he says, ‘One of the best complements is the Australian native finger lime. They are perfect with oysters.’

Noel sells his in packets of 12 and in winter he also sells homemade seafood chowder made to his family recipe. Oh, and shots! He sells shots with a garnish he makes himself with tabasco, Worcestershire, finger lime, tomato juice and celery salt.

Brunswick Seed Oysters are at Mullum Farmers Market, Friday 7–11am, and at New Brighton Farmers Market 7–11am Tuesdays.

Vale Barry Roughley You may have noticed a change at Noel’s stall at the Markets. For many years the Brunswick Seed Oyster stall was manned by Barry, who also worked in the oyster farm. Definitely one of life’s characters, a cheeky chappie and a great friend and support to Noel. He was a huge part of the North Byron Market family and is sadly missed.

A toast to Barry with a little oyster shot to thank him for the memories… RIP dear Bazza.

Have a shot at the infamous oyster bar!

If you’ve read a bit of the history of Mullumbimby (eg Aliens of the Tweed and Brunswick by Peter Tsicalas) you’d know that the Sydney Oyster Saloon and Refreshment rooms, on the corner of Burringbar and Dalley Streets, opened by Theo Patras in 1907 was big deal – the 100-seat dining

room was apparently the biggest on the North Coast at the time, and Brunswick River oysters were a big drawcard. In those days an oyster supper was the sort of event you’d throw if you were hosting Australia’s first celebrity visitor, English novelist Anthony Trollope.

A munificent banker in the

goldfields town of Gulgong hosted a public lunch in his honour, ‘with much speaking’. ‘I cannot say that the Gulgong oratory was as good… as the Gulgong oysters’, Trollope responded, the sort of comment that made him pretty unpopular at the time.

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Why the competitive spirit can take over in auctions – and how you can stay in control Author: Murray Bennett, PhD candidate, University of Newcastle Despite the pandemic, Australia is in the midst of a hugely competitive auction market. Sydney, in particular, is experiencing dizzying auction clearance rates and the Reserve Bank’s decision to keep interest rates extraordinarily low will no doubt keep auctioneers busy.

If you’ve ever taken part in an auction, you’ll know emotions can run high, and sometimes drive us to bid more than originally intended.

Our paper, published in the journal Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications, found the way auctions are designed and run can vastly increase competitive arousal in bidders.

That’s obviously valuable information for sellers. But if you’re a buyer, the good news is there’s a lot you can do to ensure your competitive spirit doesn’t leave you with a bad case of buyer’s remorse.

To see just how far people were willing to go to win, we studied people’s behaviour in one of the most competitive bidding environments possible: a Dutch auction.

competitors to buy goods and fill up their warehouse, while staying within their allocated budget.

By bidding early, they stood a better chance of filling up their warehouse quickly but risked paying too much for the goods and running out of money before the warehouse was full. Wait too long and they risked losing the chance to buy stock at all, and watching it go into their competitors’ rapidly-filling warehouses.

In this tense environment, we found people were willing to sacrifice a better long-term financial outcome for the sake of simply beating their competitors. In other words, they often burned through their budget too quickly just to ‘win’.

People initially made well placed and reasonably priced bids early in the auction series.

As the auctions continued, however, we watched participants place bids that unnecessarily, and perhaps irrationally, drained their budget for the sake of a short-term victory.

What is a Dutch auction?

Three ways to win without losing in the long term

Dutch auctions are a special auction format where the price starts unrealistically high and then comes down in increments and the first person to bid wins.

Originating in the Netherlands for the rapid sale of perishable goods such as flowers, these auctions are fast, exciting and ultra-competitive. Bidders put everything on the line with the timing of a single bid.

Bidders must trade-off between certainty and price: bid early to secure the item and you pay top dollar; bid later at a lower price and you risk losing to another bidder.

Dutch auctions run this way are not common in the Australian property market, but by studying how people behave in them we can learn a bit about how competitive spirit influences decision-making in other settings.

A strong sense of competitive spirit may be a human trait honed by years of evolution, but in a heightened competitive environment you may become more willing to take risks you otherwise would not.

You might find your focus drifting toward a different (and possibly dangerous) form of motivation — the desire to win at all costs.

Burning through the budget Our recent study looked at people’s bidding behaviours during a series of simulated Dutch auctions where we asked participants to imagine being managers of a warehouse.

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Our study helps shed light on bidder behaviour in lots of markets, whether it is property, eBay, auction houses or any setting where the competitive spirit can take hold.

If you’re attending an auction, and don’t want to be a winner who loses in the long term, here are three ways to avoid falling victim to your own competitive spirit: • Be aware that your decisions, when in ‘competition mode,’ can push you past your budget. Separating the emotion from the decision can help minimise your risk of overspending.

• Set your spending limit before you start and know when to stop. Our findings suggest that competition can easily drag us past that point. While winning is nice, it can also be a curse.

• Give a friend your budget and have them bid for you. Beware their sporting nature, though; they might also be tempted by the thrill of victory.

This article is republished from theconversation.com The Conversation, under a Creative Commons license. March 2021 Disclosure statement Murray Bennett’s research is supported by a federal government Research Training Program (RTP) stipend scholarship.

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Kitchens........................................36 Landscape Supplies .......................36 Landscaping .................................36 Locksmith .....................................36 Osteopathy ...................................36 Painting........................................36 Pest Control ..................................36 Photography .................................36 Physiotherapy ...............................36 Picture Framing ............................36 Plastering .....................................36 Plumbers ......................................36 Removalists ..................................36 Roofing.........................................36 Rubbish Removal ..........................37 Self Storage ..................................37 Septic Systems ..............................37 Snake Catchers ..............................37 Solar Installation ..........................37 Television Services ........................37 Tiling ............................................37 Transport ......................................37 Tree Services .................................37 Tuition ..........................................37 Upholstery ....................................37 Valuers .........................................37 Veterinary Surgeons......................37 Water Filters .................................37 Water Supplies ..............................37 Welding ........................................37 Window Cleaning ..........................37 Window Tinting ............................37

ACCOUNTANTS & BOOKKEEPERS ACCOUNTANT Paul Mayberry..............................................................................................66847415 BAS * TAXATION * ACCOUNTING saltwateraccountancy.com.au ...............................02 66874746

ACUPUNCTURE

CALL BRETT 0414 542 019

ANTIQUES/RESTORATION FURNITURE RESTORATION Old/antique. 40+ yrs exp. erwinfurniturerestoration.com 0412 528454

APPLIANCE REPAIR COFFEE MACHINE SERVICE & REPAIR coffeetechbyron.com.au Phone Stuart ............0407 395263

ARCHITECTS OCEANARC ARCHITECTS Reg. 6042 www.oceanarc.com.au ..............................................66855001

Lic: 317362C

Licensed builder, specialising in Bathroom renovations.

AUTOMOTIVE

0417 654 888

Quality workmanship, and reliable and personalised service.

www.stoneysbuildingcreations.com

• Tyres • Batteries • Wheel Alignments MULLUMBIMBY TYRE SERVICE Dalley Street, Mullumbimby 6684 2016

LEGENDARY OFFROAD TYRES

Mobile Panel, Paint & Bumper Repairs FREE QUOTES Lic No: MVTC157416

Accountants & Bookkeepers ..........34 Acupuncture .................................34 Air Conditioning & Refrigeration....34 Antennas & Installation.................34 Antiques/Restoration ....................34 Appliance Repair ...........................34 Architects .....................................34 Automotive...................................34 Blinds, Awnings, Curtains, Shutters .34 Bricklaying....................................34 Building Trades .............................34 Bush Regen & Weed Control ..........34 Carpet Cleaning ............................34 Chimney Sweeping........................34 Chiropractic ..................................34 Cleaning .......................................34 Computer Services ........................35 Concreting & Paving ......................35 Decks, Patios & Extensions.............35 Dentists ........................................35 Design & Drafting..........................35 Driveway Maintenance ..................35 Earthmoving & Excavation.............35 Electricians ...................................35 Fencing .........................................35 Floor Sanding & Polishing..............35 Flooring ........................................35 Funeral Services ............................35 Garden & Property Maintenance....35 Gas Suppliers ................................35 Graphic Design ..............................35 Guttering ......................................35 Handypersons ...............................36 Health ..........................................36 Hire ..............................................36 Insurance ......................................36

BUILDING TRADES

• Scratch & Dent Repairs • Rust Repairs • Pre Sales Tidy Ups • Car Park Dents • Accident Damage

We come to you. Fully qualified, fully insured and all work is guaranteed.

Bumper to Bumper Repairs | Cory 0403 918 831

CASH PAID FOR UNWANTED CARS

6684 5296

Free metal drop off Locally owned

Complete Home Maintenance Solutions Bathroom and Kitchen Renovations • General Carpentry • Timber Decks • Home Maintenance RAY GOUGH 0477 005 144 completehome_1@bigpond.com

Lic. 266174C

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ANTENNAS & INSTALLATION

ALL CARPENTRY WORK FULLY INSURED

NSW Lic. 83568c Qld BSA 1238105

• Floor installations • Door & Window installations • Decks & Pergolas 0488 950 638 matt.rowan.wardle@gmail.com • Alterations

DINGO DEMOLITIONS & ASBESTOS REMOVAL ................................. 66834008 or 0407 728998 BUILDER – JOHN McGAURAN Personalised Service. 20 yrs exp. Lic 170208C .............0415 793242 BUILDER Renovations, maintenance, 30yrs exp. mchughdesign.com.au Lic 29792C....0408 663420

A B S O L U T E LY F R E E

HAVEN BUILDING All aspects of building. Lic 326616C ...............................................0432 565060

CAR BODY REMOVAL

FABRICA JOINERY Quality kitchens/timber doors/windows. Lic 244652C .........................66808162

CASH ON THE SPOT GUARANTEE

LELAND CARPENTRY All carpentry – small renovation specialist (under $5K) Jesse ...0458 968290

WE BUY UNWANTED CARS, UTES & VANS

CARPENTER Insured & qualified. Renos, decks, small jobs, free quotes. Lic 231104C ...0431 674377

EMAIL: enquires@adrians.com.au

CARPENTRY, DECKS, INSULATED PATIOS Lic No 253288C ..........................................0432 228980

$50 - $1000

PHONE 0466 113 333 24/7

CARPENTER All home repairs, Ballina Shire. Insured. 40yrs exp. Lic R87978.................0429 869769

BUSH REGENERATION & WEED CONTROL

ACUPUNCTURE CHINESE HERBAL MEDICINE M Collis.............................................0490 022183 MARLENE FARRY Acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine marlenefarry.com .........0416 599507

WEED CONTROL SPECIALIST Lawns – bindii weeds – Army worms – grass grubs .....0418 110714

ACUPUNCTURE at EASTERN MEDICAL ACUPUNCTURE. Ph Dr Derek Doran ............0414 478787

AIR CONDITIONING & REFRIGERATION

Cars, SUV, 4X4, Van, Truck, Ag and Industrial Onsite

CARPET CLEANING

35 De Havilland Crescent, Ballina NSW. 2478. ballinatyrepro.com.au

FRANCHISE OF THE YEAR! BAYSIDE RADIATORS Windscreens & air-con. Billinudgel. AU29498 .................................66802444

BLINDS, AWNINGS, CURTAINS, SHUTTERS LOCAL

SHOWCASE DEALER SHOWROOM

SUNSCREENS

AIR CONDITIONING & REFRIGERATION

PLEASE CALL 6680 9394 artisanair.com.au AU 37088 Lic 246545C

Mullumbimby Refrigeration & Airconditioning Services 45 Manns Road, Mullumbimby Lic: 299433C ARC: AU40492

– Sales – Installation – Repairs – All Commercial Refrigeration – Residential & Commercial Airconditioning – Coolroom Design & Construction – Freezer Rooms

6684 2783

COOLMAN AIR CONDITIONING 23 years experience. Lic 178464C AU30147 ..............0412 641753

Far North Coast NSW John & Teresa

0408 232 066

Cleans deeply, dries in 1-2 hours Commercial / Domestic / Insurance

CHIMNEY SWEEPING 1/84 Centennial Circuit Byron Bay

66 680 0 8862

FREE E MEASURE E QUOTE E

CURTAINS

BLACKS CHIMNEY SWEEPING & REPAIRS AHHA member, insured. 3rd generation .....66771905

CHIROPRACTIC PLANTATION SHUTTERS

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BAY FAMILY CHIROPRACTIC Peter Wuehr 17 Bangalow Rd Byron Bay ..............................66855282 WAVE OF LIFE NETWORK CHIRO (lowforce) 8/9 Fletcher St, Byron Bay. Andrew Badman...66858553

CLEANING

AWNINGS

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NORTH BYRON BLINDS For all your window furnishings................................................ 0404 421518

BRICKLAYING

RAINBOW REGION AIR CONDITIONING ARC AU36141. Lic No. 264313C.....................0487 264137 BRICK/BLOCK LAYING Contractors. Lic 291958C. Phone Mark ........................................0409 444268 CLIMATE CONTROL AUSTRALIA Lic 362019C AU 27106... JARREAU.............................0421 485217 BRICK & BLOCK LAYING 15 years exp. Reliable & competitive. Call Andrew for a quote ..0423 151092

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Green & Clean

Carpet and upholstery cleaning, urine extraction, rust removal, heavy traffic areas, deodorising and sanitation.

ACTION WINDOW & PRESSURE CLEANING actionjoewindow@gmail.com

• House washing • High pressure or soft wash • Window cleaning • Driveways, paths & roofs • Gutters & flyscreens • Water efficient • Free quotes Phone Joe or Helen 0409 207 646 or 0412 495 750

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Service Directory 5 Stars

Byron Bay

DRIVEWAY MAINTENANCE

FUNERAL SERVICES

Coast to Country Asphalt Specialising in

CLEANING SERVICE

CLEANS: Holiday, Residential, Bond, Commercial, Spring

Phone Mick 0409 009 024

DIRECT CREMATION Sacred Earth Funerals. Personal service, female-led exceptional care, 24 hours.

All-inclusive and local. $2200 ........................................................................................1300 585778

GARDEN & PROPERTY MAINTENANCE

• Asphalt Driveways • Sub-divisions • Earthworks • Carparks • and all Maintenance!

Email: mickbhl@gmail.com

DETAILED CLEANER/GUEST HOUSE MANAGER All natural products 4.8 Stayz rated ..0410 723601

For a Free Quote Call Now

0467 482 948

BEYOND CLEANING GROUP Quality focused. Bruns to Ballina from $49.90-$59.99ph..0451 102239 PROFESSIONAL LOCAL CLEANER excellent references, good rates. Shire wide. Ph Krissy ..0410 860330

COMPUTER SERVICES

oast Asph alt st C a E

ALL ASPECTS OF ASPHALT & BITUMEN SERVICES

6677 1859

SERVICING THE EAST COAST OF THE NSW NORTHERN RIVERS

RENT-A-GEEK Mobile PC Repair (Byron Shire) ....................................................................66844335 &C NG ONC RETE EDGI

CONCRETING & PAVING

Lic No. 337066C

TINY EARTHWOR

CONCRETING

Philip Toovey

0409 799 909

CONSCIOUS EARTHWORKS

0424 876 155

Phone: 0468 344 939

Auger attachment Driveways Shed Slabs Holes Drilled Phone: 0431 678 130 sbakerconcrete@yahoo.com.au

SLASHING . CLEARING . LANDCARE .

4WD Tractor Slasher & Front Bucket For a free quote contact Shane Anderson info@nrtractorco.com.au 0456 873 203

ELECTRICIANS

0439 624 945

Domestic Commercial

AH

Lic No 142383C

0455 573 554

Call Mark 0498 115 182 THE DECK DOCTOR Sanding & refinishing, cable balustrading. Free quotes. Richard ...0407 821690 SPECIALIST DECK SANDER (raised nail heads no prob), deck oiling, etc by FCR ..........0419 789600

DENTISTS LITTLE LANE DENTAL, MULLUMBIMBY ...........................................................................66842816 BRUNSWICK HOLISTIC DENTAL CENTRE.......................................................................66851264

DESIGN & DRAFTING

GUTTERS CLEANED Solar panel cleaning, all areas, free quotes, fully insured ... 66841778 or 0405 922839

02 66 804 173

A-Z Lawns & acreage, trees & hedges, clean ups & tip runs, all gutters ..........................0405 625697

All Jobs Small or Large

ELECTRICAL Steve Nicholls ph: 0455 445 343 lic: EC28753

SECURITY, DATA, TV Tim Nicholls ph: 0468 384 203 lic: 000102498

ACES LANDSCAPED GARDENS Renovations & maintenance. Ph Sam..........................0477 851493 LEAF IT TO US Specialists in acreage mowing, garden, tree maintenance .....................0402 487213

ASK US HOW. 0413 252 115 | mick@livinghouses.com.au WWW.LIVINGHOUSES.COM.AU

BAREFOOT BUILDING DESIGN www.barefootbuildingdesign.com..........Bob Acton 0407 787993 DAVID ROBINSON DESIGN DRAFTING All Council & construction requirements ......0419 880048

TIP RUNS & RUBBISH REMOVALS 4m3 trailer..............................................................0408 210772 BRUSHCUTTING Rubbish, Property Maintenance, Lawns.............................................0412 469109

GREEN DINGO for all your mowing and gardening needs. Ph Michael .........................0497 842442

COUGHRAN ELECTRICAL 24 hour service, Lic 154293C .......................... 0439 624945 or 66804173 GW MAINTENANCE Acreage & residential mowing, garden maintenance ...................0408 244820 RONNIE SPINKS Everything electrical. Lic 27673 .........................................................0429 802355 POLLEN GARDENS Lawn & garden maint’. Professional & reliable. Dip. Hort. Dave ......0438 783645 JP ELECTRICAL All electrical. Level 2 ASP. Solar, data + TV. Lic 133082C .......................0432 289705

GAS SUPPLIERS

JIM LABELLE ELECTRICAL O.Shores, Mullum, Byron, Brunswick. Lic 176417C..............0415 126028 SPINKS ELECTRICAL Lic 284939C..................................................................Call Mitch 0421 843477 BLUE BEE ELECTRICAL 25 years experience. Lic 189508C. Call Dave ............................0429 033801 BEN FORSYTH, Electrician. Lic:240691C. Ocean Shores & surrounds. No job too small ...0422 136408

Free Delivery

JR ELECTRICAL Licence no. 339794c. Call Josh on .........................................................0475 346608

No Rental

FENCING

Reliable

BYRON & BEYOND FENCING Any fence, any time, prompt quotes....... 66804766 or 0439 078549 EDL FENCING Installations & repairs. Prompt service. ..................................................0432 107262 FLOW FENCING Pool fencing, timber/colourbond, local, professional and reliable.......0416 424256

FLOOR SANDING & POLISHING THE FLOOR SANDER New & old floors, decks, non-toxic finishes, special effects, free quotes..0407 821690

FLOORING

Locally Owned Est 18 years

www.brunswickvalleygas.com

0408 760 609 GRAPHIC DESIGN Graphic Design / Print Branding / Websites Tutoring

www.thinkblinkdesign.com

• • • •

CARPET • TIMBER LUXURY VINYL RIGID / HYBRID LAMINATE

BYRON ENERGY EFFICIENT DESIGN & DRAFTING www.beedad.com.au ...............0423 531448

We have the expertise to meet all your flooring needs.

Free quote and measure.

FENG SHUI DESIGN CONSULTANT Lizzie Bodenham livingbalancedesigns.com.au.......0431 678608

Byron Bay - 02 6685 5503

borrelldesign.com.au Design & drafting. Residential & commercial..........................0412 043463

12/70 Centennial Circuit, Byron Bay.

NORTHFACE DESIGNS www.northfacedesigns.com.au..............................Cody Greer 0434 272353

COSTAL GARDENS Landscaping, garden restoration & maintenance...........................0403 717215

RICK’S PROPERTY MAINTENANCE Mowing, brushcutting, gardening, hedging.........0424 805660 nichollselectrical@outlook.com

WE DESIGN & BUILD HEALTHY MOULD FREE HOMES!

www.echo.net.au

MULLUM.MOWING@gmail.com. Ride-on, large lawns & acreage. Ph Peter................0423 756394

24 HOUR SERVICE

PAUL’S MOWING Local & reliable. Mullum, Bruns, O. Shores, Byron & Bangalow.........0422 958791

• Deck restoration, sanding and oiling • Special sanding machine removes old coatings, not timber • Fantastic over raised nails and screw heads • Timber oils & coatings that dry in minutes and last years Call Oliver for a free quote and assessment.

FREE QUOTES

NR TRACTOR CO

www.360earth.com.au

ANDREW FLANAGAN CONCRETING & EXCAVATION Lic 12363889.............................0401 968173

ANDREW FLANAGAN CONCRETING & EXCAVATION Lic 12363889.............................0401 968173

DECKS

Aeration & lawn renovation. Residential, commercial & acreage mowing. General gardening, mulching, pressure washing.

NORTHERN RIVERS TRENCHING 65hp chain trencher, excavator, cable locating & tpr.0402 716857

PLATINUM CRETE CONCRETING Lic 225874C. 20 years exp. Free quotes. Justin .........0458 773788

DECKS, PATIOS & EXTENSIONS

MC MOWER LAWN, GARDEN & PROPERTY

Murray 0434 244 310 | mc_mower@hotmail.com

DRAINAGE DESIGN • DRIVEWAYS • PADS • WATERWAYS ALL ASPECTS OF EARTHMOVING

Call Daniel

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Est. 2010

various implements available for limited access projects

ALL AROUND

www.fullcirclerefinishing.com

0430 297 101 / 6684 5437 livingearthgardens.com.au

Lic: 154293c

DARYL 0418 234 302

Over 25 yrs local experience. All forms of concreting.

Residential • Civil • Industrial

Lic.136717c

CONCRETING

Excavator & Tipper Hire, Concreting.

All aspects gardening & mowing Enhancive garden makeovers

EARTHMOVING & EXCAVATION

SALISBURY

Free Quotes

Burringbar

GUTTERING

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www.choicesflooring.com.au SPOTLESS GUTTERS. Gutter Guard Specialists. Ph........................................................0405 922839

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Chay 0429 805 081

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HANDY MAN SERVICES

0414 210 222

24 hr response time guaranteed

Fully Insured

paul.munten@bigpond.com.au

YVES DE WILDE

ASAP Decks, fences, bathrooms, plaster, paint, handy, jobs over $500 ..........................0405 625697 AWESOME REPAIRS Professional, commercial & domestic. Wayne...............................0423 218417 HIGHPOINT Repairs & handyman services. Painting, plastering & tiling. Michael ........0421 896796

QUALITY PAINTING SERVICES

www.duluxaccredited.com.au

Blocked drain specialists Everything plumbing, GUDLQDJH JDVÀ WWLQJ SHANE

0400 852 141

MR AMAZING All jobs, fast and reliable MR AMAZING................................................0438 785083

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KEEN HANDYMAN SERVICES Repairs, maintenance, gardening, odd jobs ..................0428 679704

• OTHER HEALTH RELATED SECTIONS IN THIS SERVICE DIRECTORY: Acupuncture,

30 years experience

X 6680 7573 0415 952 494 X www.yvesdewilde.com.au LIC 114372C

GOOD NEWS HANDYMAN Carpentry, home repairs/renovations etc. Jesse..................0458 968290

HEALTH

20 YEARS LOCAL SERVICE

X FINALIST OF THE MASTER PAINTERS OF AUSTRALIA AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE X ENVIRO FRIENDLY PAINTING

HANDY ANDY Carpentry, plastering, welding ......................................... 66884324 or 0476 600956 ABSOLUTE HANDYMAN. Repairs, renovation, maintenance, painting. Call Mark ........0402 281638

energyplumbing@gmail.com WWW.ENERGYJETTING.COM.AU WWW.ENERGYPLUMBING.COM.AU

JARRAH DAVIDSON Plumbing, draining, gas fitting & roofing. Lic 187712C................0438 668025 BILL CONNORS All plumbing/draining. Lic #1051 .................................. 66801403 or 0414 801403 MARK STRATTON All plumbing & emergency. Sewer drain camera/locator. Lic 57803C ....0419 019035 ADM PLUMBING SERVICES… (NO JOB TOO SMALL)… Lic 234528C. ....... Call Adam 0466 992483

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REMOVALISTS

MULLUMBIMBY HERBALS Naturopathy, Ayurveda, Massage, Herbs. .............................66843002 MOVE TO NURTURE PILATES STUDIO & mat classes. Lennox Head ............................0404 459605 AYURVEDA, NATUROPATH, Herbs, Jacinta McEwen – Om Healing ..............................0422 387370 EAST COAST PILATES STUDIO Brunswick Heads Ph Judy .............................................0408 110006 THERAPEUTIC MASSAGE. Mark. Ph..............................................................................0448 441194

HIRE MULLUM HIRE Builders, party and much more ........................www.mullumhire.com.au 66843003

KNIGHTSBRIDGE PAINT & DECORATE

INTERIOR & EXTERIOR

• Restoration • Free Quotes • Commercial/Domestic • Fully Licenced • Clean & Reliable • Fully Insured

Lic. 213034C

Chiropractic, Counselling, Dentists, Osteopathy, Physiotherapy ACUPUNCTURE & COSMETIC MEDICINE Dr Adam Osborne ...........................................66857366

LLOYD SHERLOCK

0411 784 926

PEST CONTROL

KITCHENS D HINGED Kitchens & Joinery. Lic 283553C. www.hinged.com.au .......................Dave 0409 843689

6685 4490 or AH on 0414 769 018

www.sanctuarypest.com.au

02 6681 6555 Free quotes on active termites Environmentally safe

YOUR PEST & TERMITE SPECIALISTS

1176 Myocum Rd, Mullumbimby (just past golf course)

6684 2323 / 0418 663 983

www.allpestsolutions.com.au THE PEST MAN EXTRAORDINAIRE Second opinion / alternative views. 50 yrs exp .....0418 110714 BRUNSWICK BYRON PEST CONTROL................................................................................66842018

LANDSCAPING

PHOTOGRAPHY

Tree Faerie Fotos Professional • Commercial • Personal 30+ years experience in commercial photography and photojournalism

www.treefaeriefotos.com • 0417 427 518 Ken Weir

0488 063 646

Small & Medium Moves, Pianos, Artworks, Tip Runs, 1 or 2 Men at Low Prices to Most Areas Based from Byron Bay & Mullumbimby Calls always returned

SHIRE REMOVALS & FREIGHT CO 0409 917 646

PHYSIOTHERAPY

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Competitive rates and packing supplies available.

0432 552 067 | 6684 5481 | byroncoastremovals@gmail.com MAN WITH A VAN/TRUCK Reasonable rates. Phone Don ............................................0414 282813 BENNY CAN MOVE IT! .................................................................................................0402 199999

ROOFING

NICK EDMOND Physiotherapy & Acupuncture. Open Tuesday, Wednesday & Friday

Excavation – Drainage – Retaining Walls – Rock Walls Paving – Design – Project Management – Garden Makeovers LEMONTREELANDSCAPES.COM.AU Liam. Lic No 277154C .........................................0423 700853 EXCAVATION & TIPPER HIRE Concreting & landscaping. Phil or Steve ........................0499 359702

LOCKSMITH

0429149 533 Est 2006

From Middle Pocket to Middle Earth – just give us a ring

Professional Property Protection you can Trust

• Targeted treatments for all pests with “no spray” cockroach treatments • If you have found live termites, do not disturb them and call us for advice!

No cost for quoting on active termites Relax, when safety, reputation and experience matters, we are the experts

LANDSCAPE SUPPLIES

• Sand • Soils • Gravels • Pots & statues • Lots, lots more

Andy’s Move & More

• Freight services to Brisbane weekly • Carriers of fine art • Furniture removal • E-bay pick up & delivery

INSURANCE AUSURE BYRON BAY General insurance. Phone Mick Urquhart .................................. 0428 200310

466 Main Arm Road, Mullumbimby.....................................................................................66845288

DOMESTIC • INDUSTRIAL COMMERCIAL

ANTHONY D’ORSOGNA Physiotherapy, acupuncture, hydrotherapy Suffolk Park 1 Bryce St ... 66853511 OCEAN SHORES PHYSIOTHERAPY Manual therapies, dry needling, custom orthotics, shock wave therapy, real time ultrasound. Nigel Pitman, Ilse V Oostenbrugge....................66803499 PELVIC FLOOR PHYSIOTHERAPY 88 Byron St, Bangalow with Lisa Fitzpatrick on Wednesday and Thursday. Home visits also available. ...................................................0422 993141

Brendan Duggan Locksmith. Automotive car keys and lock installation/repair .......0412 764148

PICTURE FRAMING

OSTEOPATHY

MULLUM PICTURE FRAMERS Stuart St rear lane behind Mitre 10 ............................0403 734791

MONTYS METAL

ROOFING

Licence NSW: 30715C Licence QLD: 1227049

Metal Roofing Installations • Guttering Downpipes • Fascia • Skylights • Whirlybird Patios • Repairs • Leaf Guard

Craig Montgomery – 0418 870 362 Email: montysmetalroofing@gmail.com www.montysmetalroofing.com.au

RESIDENTIAL / COMMERCIAL NEW ROOFS / RE-ROOFS INSULATED ROOF PANELS FASCIA & GUTTERS REPAIRS & MAINTENANCE

NORTH COAST OSTEOPATHY Jodie Jacobs. Tues/Thurs/Fri .............................................66857517 BILLINUDGEL CUSTOM PICTURE FRAMING. 7/1 Wilfred St. Call for appointment ......66803444

PLASTERING

PAINTING • DEPARTMENT OF FAIR TRADING INFO: When dealing with home owners, painters are required to quote a licence number only for external work valued over $5000.

BYRON BAY

• Domestic & Commercial • Servicing all areas • Workmanship guaranteed • Attention to detail

0438 784 226 • 6685 4154

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Lic No 189144C

ALL-WAYS PAINTING

Licence No. 207479C

NEED A PLUMBER? DRAINER? GASFITTER?

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SUNRISE PLASTERING. No job too small. Renovations + patchworks. Gtd sat. Free quote ....0418 992001 ALL ROOF CLEANING & PAINTING by Full Circle Refinishing. Ph Oliver .......................0419 789600 J. RAY PLASTERING 30 years experience. Quality workmanship. Ph John ....................0467 598038 I PAINT ROOFS 30 years experience ......................................................................Paul 0499 373117

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TRANSPORT

OCEAN SHORES SKIPS Mini skip specialists ......................................... 0412 161564 or 66841232 TIP RUNS & RUBBISH REMOVAL 4m3 trailer................................................................0408 210772 MAN WITH UTE. RETHINK REUSE RECYCLE. Ph Mark ................................................0411 113300 THIS IS RUBBISH Tipper truck for hire. Call or text Jono ...............................................0412 871438 TIP TOP TIPPING RUBBISH REMOVAL Trade, domestic, garden .................................0422 017072

BYRON BUS Co

arrive@byronbuscompany.com.au

TREE SERVICES

SELF STORAGE

Mon to Fri 9am–5pm

BYRON BAY SELF STORAGE

Self storage with security. Largest choice of sizes.

8-10 Tasman Way, Byron Arts & Industrial Estate www.byronbayselfstorage.com.au | 6685 8349 | bbss@westnet.com.au

WINDOW CLEANING CLEAN VIEW Prompt, professional, insured. Phone David .............................................0421 906460

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PUBLIC NOTICES

Offering solution-focused brief therapy, crisis support, and problem management and opportunity development.

Sessions can be conducted face to face, by phone, or via Zoom.

For appointments please contact Stephen Howard.

Phone 0456 686 027 or email counselling@byroncentre.com.au

Full Time Primary School Teacher Commencing 2022 Cape Byron Rudolf Steiner School is an independent K-12 school dedicated to the educational principles inspired by Rudolf Steiner.

Applications are sought for a suitably qualified and experienced Steiner, Primary School Teacher to take our beautiful 2022 Class 1 cohort all the way through to Class 6.

The position is full time commencing January 2022. The successful applicant will be registered with NESA and hold a current NSW Working with Children Check.

Applications close Tues 14 September 4pm.

Position description and application process available capebyronsteiner.nsw.edu.au

COMMUNITY FREE HOT BRUNCH FIRST SATURDAY OF EVERY MONTH • Sausage sizzle • Hot dogs • Sandwiches • Coffee & tea • Fruit Salad

EVERYONE WELCOME Come one come all and join us in a meal or just a chat.

Takeaway most welcome: COVID safe rules apply.

Frozen takeaway meals now available.

CARER COMPANION

10am to 12pm

In the Ballina Presbyterian Hall Corner of Cherry & Crane. Just behind the Presbyterian Church.

PROF. SERVICES

Looking for help with an elderly person? Shopping, medical or respite outing?

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HYPNOSIS & EFT

DENTURES

Notification of 1080 baiting in Brunswick Heads Nature Reserve for fox control

Mullumbimby & District Neighbourhood Centre Connecting the Byron Shire Community

The NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) will be conducting a ground baiting program using dried meat baits containing 1080 (sodium fluoroacetate) poison for the control of the introduced European fox (Vulpes vulpes). The program will be conducted between 7 September 2021 and 17 December 2021 in Brunswick Heads Nature Reserve (north of the river).

HELP YOUR COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS NEEDED – Baristas – – Gardeners – – Food Sorters – – Cleaners –

The fox control program is part of the NSW Saving our Species Program for the conservation of priority threatened species such as the beach stone curlew and pied oystercatcher.

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1080 warning signs will be placed at all authorised access points to the baiting location.

The team at MDNC are searching for some dedicated volunteers to help us continue to support our community.

Contact Volunteer Coordinator Kaz Wednesday – Friday 6684 1286

Live your best life possible based on your unique cosmic blueprint.

Discover your Dharma/True Purpose and receive Vedic remedies to enhance your life.

In addition to being an astrologer, Ritika is a Kriya Yoga teacher for the last 15 years.

Bookings 0424 698 382.

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Reprogram patterns and beliefs.

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TREE SERVICES LEAF IT TO US 4x4 truck/chipper, crane truck, stump grinding. Local, qualified, insured, free quotes. 0402487213

COMMUNICATION FOR HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS Be heard. Be understood. Be valued.

Couples and individuals. Ph 66847262

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Close to Mullum. 0458535760 APPLE IPAD MINI 4 128GB, WiFi Plus, IDB-691089, 6 months unused, $500.

Brunswick Heads. 0415499690

MIELE WASHERS

Dryers and dishwashers available at Bridglands Mullumbimby. 66842511

ARCHIBALD’S CHEAP QUARRY PRODUCTS

Road base, gravel, blue metal and metal dust. ALL SIZE DELIVERIES. Phone 66845517, 0418481617

HAMBLY’S FIREWOOD LP RECORDS: good condition, no op shop crap! Ph Matt 0401955052

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Tip Runs & Rubbish Removal 0408 210 772 MOTOR BIKES VESPA 125 4 months old, 650km. Has extras. Cost $7800, sell for $6200 ono.

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For further information please call the NPWS Tweed Office on (02) 6670 8600.

TRADEWORK

Vedic Astrology Readings (Jyotish) with Ritika.

Byron Community Centre Free counselling for Byron Shire residents

Please be reminded that domestic pets are not permitted on NPWS Estate. Pets and working dogs may be affected (1080 is lethal to cats and dogs). Pets and working dogs must be restrained or muzzled in the vicinity and must not enter the baiting location. In the event of accidental poisoning seek immediate veterinary assistance.

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TO LET Summerland Storage Bangalow From $105 to $290 per month Call GNF Bangalow 66872833 HOUSE TO RENT, suitable for 1 person, furnished. 1outgoing: power. New house. $570pw Ph 0402061110

LOCAL REMOVAL

& backloads to Brisbane. Friendly, with 10 years local exp. 0409917646 BEDSIT ensuite & kitchenette.

Suffolk Park. $400pw 1st month, $300pw thereafter. Avail 20/09. Chris 0435300743

Construction Supervisor New Homes Lennox Head $70 – $90 K + Phone and expenses Full Time Growth opportunity with small friendly professional team working closely with the owners. A great company to work for with a reputation for quality. Looking for an experienced Construction Supervisor to manage a small number of quality projects, coordinating all on-site activities, proactively schedule and anticipate work activities in advance, manage client expectations and build strong customer relationships.

You will need a flexible attitude and be able to do measuring, ordering and check and adjust take off lists when required.

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MATURE AGED, quiet woman is looking for a peaceful long-term rental. Please contact 0402325508.

ACCESS TO ACREAGE, dwelling or not.

Prefer 2x2 or 3x3 or similar. Substantial security deposit OK. Pls call 0423218417

CLEANER AVAILABLE Bruns, Mullum, Byron, O/S. Reliable. $20ph. 0415499690

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EROTIC MASSAGE STAFF reliable and friendly for Gentlemen’s Relaxation Centre 18+. Tweed. Grace 0418185791

TUITION

GARDENER Bangalow area. All outdoor work. Ph 0402061110

FRENCH • ITALIAN • GERMAN Eva 0403224842 www.languagetuitionbyron.com.au

Byron Shire Respite Service

is seeking an experienced administration assistant, Mondays and Wednesdays 9am-3pm.

3 month part-time contract.

To request a position description, contact Peter Devine, email peterdevine@byronrespite.com.au or ring 02 6685 1921 to learn more, or simply email your CV and cover letter.

Grounds Supervisor (0.8FTE) Applications close at 9am on Monday, 21 Sept 2021.

For position description and details on how to apply please refer to our website: www.shearwater.nsw.edu.au

STARS

BY LILITH

Annual new moon in the sign of service on 7 September asks what can you do to make a difference, heal a rift or give back, even in a small way…

VIRGO THE VIRGIN

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BELLA MAE BOWDEN 5/8/2007–30/8/2013 Someday soon we’ll find you And it won’t be just a dream Away across the skyline where the stars do meet the sea Forever loving and missing you YaYa and Poppy Graham Aunty Chris and Uncle Kev XxxxxxX Remembering Ivy with Love XXXX

Visit friendsofthepound.com to view other dogs and cats looking for a home.

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Happy Bir day

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Glad y 're p t of e E o fam y. xxx

FREDERICK LLOYD NOBBS 27 Aug 1927–28 Aug 2021 Born in Murwillumbah, long-term resident of Mullumbimby.

Fred was husband to Cath, Dad to Denise and Christine, Poppy to Alexandra.

He was a skilled carpenter, glazier, cabinet maker, and woodturner.

He was also a boatbuilder and racer, avid gardener, volunteer, and Broncos fan. Most of all though he was an oldfashion’ good bloke, friend and wise counsel to many, and intensely proud of his family.

A private cremation is arranged.

Memorial when permitted.

Yes! It’s that time of year again, so if you are interested in adopting your future furry companions, then please give us a call. We are starting to receive regular deliveries!

All cats are desexed, vaccinated and microchipped.

Please make an appointment 0403 533 589 • Billinudgel petsforlifeanimalshelter.net

DEADLINE NOON FRIDAY Email copy marked ‘On The Horizon’ to editor@echo.net.au.

Byron Community Centre Free counselling for Byron Shire residents. Solution-focused brief therapy, crisis support, and problem management and opportunity development. Sessions can be conducted face-to-face, by phone, or via Zoom. For appointments please contact Stephen Howard on 0456 686 027 or email: counselling@ byroncentre.com.au.

Staffy lovers, check out this handsome boy!

Oreo is a 1-year-9month-old desexed male English Staffordshire Terrier.

Gorgeous with humans but needs to be an only pet. Oreo would love a secure yard to zoom around in.

Oreo’s full profile can be seen at: byrondogrescue.org For adoption enquiries please contact Shell on 0458 461 935.

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ARIES: Your stars suggest taking whatever time you need to think things through this week; whether it’s making a big decision, finishing something off, or just carrying through normal activities under difficult conditions. Know there’s help available and don’t be afraid to ask. Or to be lavish in showing gratitude and appreciation.

CANCER: It’s a well known astro-fact that Cancerians hate throwing anything away, so you may have mixed feelings about 7 September Virgo new moon being your peak portal for decluttering. But with September the zodiac month of service and organisation, it also offers galactic grunt for getting on top of paperwork, outstanding bills and administrivia.

LIBRA: This admittedly picky month wants to get things right, just like you do.

As the zodiac family’s mediators, you do this best via compromise, negotiation and conflict management. The fun part? Venus in Libra revels in romantic enhancers, so break out the candles, mood music, silk sheets and massage oils for some unrestricted fun.

TAURUS: Religion considers your body a trough of temptations, science says it’s a machine, business tells you it’s a product. Treating it like a sacred site could make this week divine. Like a tavern, well, you get the picture... just remember, September’s astrology prioritises the wellbeing of ourselves, our community and the planet.

LEO: A central idea of Leo Ray Bradbury’s dystopian novel Fahrenheit 451 is that constantly bombarding the populace with distracting information prevents them from developing meaningful relationships and consecutive thought processes, creating a hopscotch kind of mindset unable to sustain attention. This week calls for, and supports, the application of critical thinking.

SCORPIO: With September’s astral emphasis on health, it’s time to schedule checkups, refresh the exercise routine, reconsider yoga, or book your physical vehicle in for a service, a tune-up, a restorative massage. Why? Because it’s time. Also, so you’ll be in peak form when Venus shimmies into your seductive sign around midmonth

GEMINI: Gemini author Danielle LaPorte says it best for this month: There are a thousand reasons to be highly concerned about the state of the planet and the collective psyche. There are a thousand more reasons to be engaged. We can’t isolate. We have to turn toward each other.

This is modern love.

VIRGO: Happy birthday Virgos, the zodiac’s elegant precision instruments!

With Sun, Mars and new moon in Virgo pressing start on this year’s reboot for your personal wish list, consider how best you can be of service to yourself and others this week. Might it be reframing difficult situations and viewing them as opportunities.

SAGITTARIUS: If September’s faultfinding radar starts over-heating, here’s a plan; when offering feedback, or in any conversational engagement, remember that honey attracts way more cooperation than vinegar. So use the diplomatic sandwich strategy: First, a compliment.

Second, insert your suggestion for improvement. Third, top it off with some thanks. Good luck.

Lismore High School's Centenary Dinner, which was to have been held on 11 September, has been postponed owing to COVID restrictions. It is proposed to hold the dinner in March, 2022, but the date has yet to be decided. For further information phone Helen George: 0414 734 313.

Postponed Lismore Theatre Company is saddened to announce that Running Up a Dress that was to open on Friday September 10 at Rochdale Theatre in Goonellabah, will be postponed.

SUN, MOON & TIDES TIMES FOR NEXT 2 WEEKS

LOW HIGH DAY, SUN MOON DATE MOON TIDES, RISE / RISE / TIDES, (Sept) PHASE SET SET height (m) height (m)

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BIRTHDAYS

Want to mend a broken heart?

Whiskey’s owner sadly passed away leaving him very sad and confused.

When he arrived his WHISKEY amazing coat was a mess and he had to be given a fashionable fur cut called ‘Cat o’ 9 shaves’. All this has been a shock to Whiskey and he sadly cries for his human. He wants to be loved but is a little unsure and can give a wee nip if he feels too overwhelmed. Can you open your heart to Whiskey?

Please call on 0436 845 542 AWL NSW Rehoming Organisation Number: R251000222

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Lexie is a 4 1/2 year old desexed female Staffy who was rescued from being tied in up in a yard, unwanted and unloved.

She is shy at first, but once trusting, is affectionate and has a sweet, loving nature. She needs a quiet environment to call home.

Good walker on lead, but a little nervous of strange dogs. No children please. If you can give Lexie a permanent, loving home please contact Pam on 0421 017 461.

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3:19 13:40

05:38 1.03 18:11 1.55

00:11 0.51 11:13 0.43

4 SA

5:57 17:33

4:07 14:39

06:24 1.10 18:53 1.64

00:48 0.43 12:01 0.35

5 SU

5:55 17:33

4:51 07:05 1.18 01:22 0.35 15:40 19:33 1.71 12:45 0.27

6

5:54 17:34

5:31 07:45 1.26 01:55 0.28 16:42 20:12 1.76 13:26 0.20

7 TU

5:53 17:34

6:09 08:26 1.34 02:28 0.22 17:44 20:49 1.77 14:07 0.16

8

5:52 17:35

6:44 09:07 1.41 03:01 0.17 18:47 21:26 1.74 14:50 0.15

5:51 17:35

7:18 19:50

09:49 1.47 03:36 0.15 22:03 1.66 15:35 0.19

10 F

5:50 17:36

7:53 20:54

10:33 1.51 04:12 0.16 22:43 1.53 16:25 0.26

11 SA

5:48 17:36

8:29 22:00

11:21 1.52 04:49 0.20 23:26 1.37 17:19 0.36

12 SU

5:47 17:37

9:10 23:08

12:15 1.52

05:30 0.26 18:27 0.47

13 M

5:46 17:37

9:55

00:15 1.21 13:18 1.50

06:16 0.33 19:52 0.53

14 TU

5:45 17:38

10:47 0:15

01:21 1.07 14:36 1.50

07:16 0.40 21:27 0.53

15 W

5:44 17:38

11:44 1:20

02:50 0.99 15:57 1.53

08:33 0.44 22:50 0.46

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AQUARIUS: Retrograde Saturn in your sign isn’t a bad thing. The gas giant’s restraining order slows down momentum so we can build a stronger foundation.

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Should the public be concerned when political leaders take comfort in sharing platforms with police and military commanders to enhance their own authority?

Should this be the normal fabric of politics in a post COVID-19 world? On the 60th anniversary of Four Corners, Kerry O’Brien raised that prospect, and said there has been a steady erosion of civil liberties over the past 20 years. He said, ‘The Freedom of Information laws, which were originally introduced by the Whitlam government to try and create a greater culture of openness within government, are diminishing in front of our eyes’.

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