The Byron Shire Echo – Issue 36.23 – November 17, 2021

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Local COVID-19 case reporting ends The Northern NSW Local Health District (NNSWLHD) has announced from Monday, November 15, ‘NSW Health will no longer routinely list case locations for regional and rural NSW on the NSW Health website’.

Yet NNSWLHD Chief Executive, Wayne Jones, emphasised, ‘This change does not affect NSW Health’s contact tracing work.’

Meanwhile, The Byron Community Centre say they closed Friday November 12, owing to a confirmed positive COVID-19 infection.

The person was at the venue on Tuesday, November 9, attending a Mental Health First Aid course.

A Centre spokesperson said they are working with NSW Health, and all staff, volunteers, and course attendees were advised.

They said, ‘Casual and close contacts are getting tested and self-isolating, as per public health orders’. The venue has undergone a deep clean.

Community rallies to save church from sale

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The decision by the Anglican Church to sell St Oswalds Memorial Church in Broken Head has sparked widespread community concern, given that the 99-year-old church was gifted by residents as a dedicated memorial to three local men killed in WWI. A meeting on Sunday was attended by descendants of the family of Arthur Beaumont Goard, a Broken Head dairy farmer, who was killed in action at the age of 28.

Memorial gifted to community in 1922

Though Brunswick Valley Coach driver, Davinder Singh, did have a head start, he’s right behind Movember’s principles: making a difference in mental health and suicide prevention, prostate cancer and testicular cancer research. For more info visit www.au.movember.com. Photo Jeff ‘Nose Hairs’ Dawson

Council spending under the spotlight Paul Bibby Before you vote at next month’s Council elections on December 4, it could be worth considering what the current lot did with your dollars.

With all but three members of the ‘Class of 2017’ choosing to run again, it’s time to get down to brass tacks and consider how they handled the purse strings.

Perhaps the biggest economic move made by the current Council was the 2017 decision to raise Council rates by 33.5 per cent over four years.

Logging in koala habitat ‘must stop’ ▶ p6

The extra $11.7 million in revenue was to be spent on asset maintenance and renewal, and to reduce the local infrastructure backlog that previous Councils had allowed to blow out massively.

Promises, promises And to a significant degree, the Council kept this promise, with the extra money being spent on the bread and butter of local government: local roads, drains and other basic assets.

While councillors had little choice other than to spend the

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extra rates revenue in this way (the Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal was watching closely) it’s fair to say that this outgoing Council did increase spending on Capital Works more generally.

Between the 2019 and 2020 financial years, an extra $20 million was poured into roads, rubbish and other basic assets, including the complete replacement of the creaking Brunswick Heads road bridge.

Bolstering the road-building fund was a seemingly never-ending stream of State government cash, driven by the Coalition’s desire to

win back the State seat of Ballina.

Among the waves of funding was $20m provided by the State to help fund the controversial Byron Bypass.

Even with this big pile of government cash, the economic management of the bypass project was not Council’s finest moment (we’ll leave the debate over the environmental management of the project for another day).

The initial Council commitment of $4m blew out to nearly $6m, owing to a series of delays, the responsibility for which must, ▶ Continued on page 3

Lockdowns impact restaurants/staff ▶ p11

How to vote with your preferences, not theirs ▶ p16

Mr Goard left a will that gifted one acre of land and 50 pounds for the establishment of the church.

The church memorial recognises Mr Goard and two other local men killed in action: Frederick Walter Flick and Frank Kimpton. St Oswald is the patron saint of soldiers.

The Byron Bay RSL Sub-Branch have expressed concern and disappointment at the sale, and called for the recognised memorial to be ‘preserved in memory of their sacrifice’.

President Vi Hill says, ‘The Byron Bay RSL Sub-branch members are appalled that the sacrifice that these WWI men and the donation to the Broken Head Community in their memory could be sold off to raise funds for such deplorable acts by their members not associated with this church.

‘The Byron Bay RSL Sub-branch members would like the church and land donated to the Broken Head Community to be managed ▶ Continued on page 3

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Local action on COP26 THINK GLOBAL ACT LOCAL Through Tyagarah Green Energy (TGE), Byron Eco Park (BEP) wants to produce 100% green energy for the Byron Shire community.

BEP has land for eco-industries, and TGE aims to build a solar farm and green energy storage facility including batteries and hydrogen.

We are in talks with environmental agencies, Engineering, Procurement and Construction companies, and we have investors waiting to come on board.

We propose for the whole Tyagarah community to use 100% green electricity, which would be the first microgrid in the Byron Shire, and it would have the potential to be extended. To make this vision reality, BEP needs the enthusiastic support of the community.

We will soon have petition forms available to sign at Tyagarah Petrol Station. But you can also email your expression of interest to TGEgreenPower@gmail.com with ‘PETITION demanding 100% green power’ in the subject line. [*And remember – at the polling booth on 4 December: For real local action to address the climate crisis to take place, it requires leadership with a proven track record of supporting sustainability.

You may want to consider voting for Bruce Clarke for mayor as he has many contacts and the vision to help galvanise the TGE project.]

Year 11 Mullumbimby High School student, Tiani Hogan, is balancing study and friends while also being Australia’s number one under 18s javelin thrower.

And despite COVID-19 restrictions, she’s only just getting started. Tiani grew up playing competition tennis and softball.

‘Throwing javelin has a similar action to a tennis serve. I have a very fast arm, which seems to have put me in good stead with my throw!’ explains Tiani.

Learning to throw the javelin started out simply.

Her father, Scott, recalls with a laugh, ‘She started training for javelin up and down the driveway with a broomstick’.

Things have moved on since then, and she is now coached by Brett Green, one of Australia’s best throw coaches. In March this year, Tiani threw a javelin personal best 48.56m and competed at the National Athletic Championships in Sydney in April, coming second overall, ranking first in Australia, and tenth in the world in her age category.

Tiani Hogan. Photo Jeff Dawson ‘I went in with high expectations. Gaining a world ranking was pretty cool’, she says. Not only is she neat at throwing a javelin, Tiani is also a top ranked heptathlete.

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by Phillip Newton, who also trains PNG national champion and recent Tokyo Olympian, Rellie Kaputin. But COVID-19 restrictions and border closures have made that difficult over the last twelve months. ‘I haven’t been able to get to training for most of the year’, says Tiani.

Instead, Tiani has trained solo at nearby Stan Thompson oval. And, whenever she has needed to borrow equipment for training,

Mullumbimby High School has always been willing to lend a hand.

‘It is amazing for everyone in our school to see Tiani’s hard work and dedication paying off and see her gaining success on the national level’, says sports organiser, Max Binkley.

With the border restrictions easing soon, Tiani can compete again. Her next big event is in the heptathlon championships on December 18, and she will compete in javelin at the Queensland State Championships in early 2022.

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We have waited too long for action, the environmental boat has sailed and the Greens have been left behind.

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Local News Community calls to save church fall on deaf ears ▶ Continued from page 1 by a local committee and remain as a memorial to these WWI Veterans who made the supreme sacrifice for their country.

Members from Sunday’s meeting also requested that the church ‘consider the ethics and morality of selling a property that was gifted to the community and stands as a memorial to local soldiers who lost their lives and has been maintained and sustained by the local community’.

Yet so far, those pleas have been ignored by the Anglican Diocese of Grafton.

An Anglican Diocese spokesperson told The Echo, ‘The Church was closed in June as part of a major restructuring program for the Diocese, which covers an

The Grafton Anglican Diocese say they need to sell local churches, in part, because they need to ‘meet the costs arising from historical claims of abuse’. Photo Jeff Dawson area extending from the Qld Border south to Wauchope’.

‘The program involves the proposed closure and sale of a number of small churches and the amalgamation of the remaining churches into parishes or ministry areas based on larger more viable districts.

‘The first step in the restructuring program occurred last year with the amalgamation of three parishes to form the Parish of Byron and subsequently the Parish of Nambucca Valley has been formed by amalgamating two local parishes.

In the Northern Rivers area, this has seen the closure and sale of a small church at Eureka and a church at Nimbin.

‘Low attendance’ at the church also contributed to the decision to sell, they said.

‘Any funds released as part of the restructuring plan will be deployed to assist with the continuation of Church’s ministry in the area, funding new initiatives relevant to a changing community, and to allow the Church to meet the costs arising from historical claims of abuse’.

‘We do recognise for some people, whose families have been faithful supporters and worshippers at these small country churches over many decades, this is a painful time’.

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Council spending under the spotlight ▶ Continued from page 1 at least partly, be sheeted home to the Council itself.

Somewhat less controversial were major upgrading works on Ewingsdale Road to finally deal with the killer potholes that had regularly claimed car suspensions for decades.

While these works were almost certainly welcome, the same cannot be said for the ill-fated lighthouse sculpture built on the roundabout at the intersection of Ewingsdale Road and Bayshore Drive.

Nicknamed the ‘Disco Dong’, owing to its unfortunate resemblance to male genitalia, the Council forked out $55,000 for the much-derided sculpture.

The installation was not only

‘aesthetically challenged’ in the eyes of most, it was eventually found to be structurally unsound and had to be taken down.

But it could be argued that the keepers of Council’s coffers had the last laugh – the silvery birds that made up the ‘Dong’s’ distinctive visage were sold off for the princely sum of $64,000.

Nevertheless, the cost to our collective egos from briefly being the laughing stock of the State is difficult to calculate.

The cost of net zero Moving beyond roads, drains and bridges, one of the largest areas of Council expenditure has resulted from the efforts to move to

net zero emissions.

The Council has committed to achieving 100 per cent net zero emissions for Council operations by 2025.

It has also promised to source 100 per cent of Council’s energy needs through renewable energy within 10 years (2027) and become certified under the Climate Active Carbon Neutral Standard by 2025/26.

Among the key, and most costly, projects undertaken as part of this endeavour is the construction of a bioenergy facility connected to the Byron Bay Sewage Treatment Plant.

Initially budgeted at $12m, the budget for this project has already ballooned out to $16m before a

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The next Council is likely to find these government dollars considerably more difficult to come by. The State seat of Ballina is now more safely in the hands of Greens MP Tamara Smith, meaning that the Coalition’s election strategists are likely to direct their considerable largesse and pork barrels elsewhere.

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The annual Day of the Dead Ceremony will be held November 21 at the fig tree, Heritage Park, Mullumbimby from 3pm. Ceremony starts at 4pm.

Local celebrant and Deathwalker, Zenith Virago facilitates the event, and says although it has the same name as the South American celebration, this is a uniquely Australian cultural experience, open to any religion, spirituality, belief or culture.

She says, ‘It is an opportunity for everyone to come together for those who have died, are dying, or who are lost to us in some way’.

She says it is also an opportunity to celebrate and create positive social and cultural change.

‘It is a wonderful way to introduce children to death and bereavement in a gentle and positive way’.

The event will start with local community artist Sam Collyer and everyone is invited and encouraged to bring photographs, or a special something for the shrine, as well as writing

Photo from the 2015 event. Photo Jeff Dawson messages for loved ones.

She says, ‘Bring a blanket, or chair, if it is a sunny day, bring a hat’.

Zenith will conduct an inclusive ceremony of love and remembrance at 4pm accompanied by the Big Little Town Choir.

Children welcome ‘Children are welcome, but please keep them with you during the ceremony’.

Zenith explains, ‘We offer this event each year, to bring death, dying and loss back into our own hands and hearts. As individuals

and community we are all touched by loss, and we see the need for people to honour and remember those they have loved who have died, recently or a while ago, without the shock or the rawness of the funeral. We offer this day towards healing and acceptance. Death is the natural and sacred end of our lives, those we love are always a part of our lives as they continue to live on in our hearts’.

For more information, visit www.naturaldeathcarecentre.org or join the event on Facebook page.

Correction to last week’s prefs deal story Correction to last week’s page 5 story ‘Mayoral hopefuls form group to wedge other candidates’, and editorial – The Echo incorrectly stated that a group of four candidates, who had formed to wedge the Greens and independents with preferences, were led by interim mayor Michael Lyon (former Greens).

They are not.

The press release states: ‘Four teams of candidates are joining forces to bring better government to council in the coming Byron Shire elections: Byron Independents, led by Mayor Michael Lyon, Labor, led by Asren Pugh, Byron Shire Action Group led by Bruce Clarke and the Mark Swivel Team led by Mark Swivel’.

Member of ‘United Front’,

Mark Swivel told The Echo he drafted the press release, but insists it’s a ‘genuine group effort’.

The Echo also asked Mr Swivel if he approached the other candidates initially for the preference deal, and he said that he ‘answered the question’ by telling The Echo, ‘We’ve all been talking for ages (to other candidates and teams too)’.

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PRESS COUNCIL ADJUDICATION The Press Council considered whether its Standards of Practice were breached by a reader’s letter published in the Byron Shire Echo headed ‘Midwife quits’ on 17 April 2021. The letter stated “... Work with lies and deceit at all levels has led me to despair. I am very good at my job as midwife. You would want me to take care of you. You would be very safe in my care. ‘The jab’ cannot be called a vaccine. It will kill and it will make people very sick with autoimmune disease, which will manifest in many types of diseases. Please do not acquiesce.”

The Council notes that while letters to the editor are very much an expression of the letter writer’s opinion, publications must nonetheless comply with the Council’s Standards of Practice in relation to letters they select and edit for publication. While the Council accepts that there have been reported cases of deaths associated with a particular type of vaccine, on the information available to it, there is no evidence to support the writer’s emphatic

comment that vaccines “...will kill and it will make people very sick with autoimmune disease” is accurate. Accordingly, the Council finds the publication failed to take reasonable steps to comply with General Principles 1 and 3.

The Council recognises the significant public interest in publishing a range of views on matters of public debate.

However, the Council considers there was no public interest in publishing significantly inaccurate and potentially harmful information concerning Covid-19 vaccines particularly in the time of a pandemic and when the letter writer is asserting they are a health professional. Accordingly, the Council concludes that the publication breached General Principle 6.

The Council welcomes the publication’s decision to remove the letter.

For the full Adjudication, see: http://www.presscouncil.org.au/ document-search/adj-1812

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Questions for aspiring mayoral candidates Cr Alan Hunter is a Capricorn and his Chinese zodiac is the Rat.

Cr Cate Coorey is a Gemini, and her Chinese zodiac is the Snake, ‘I think’.

Duncan Dey (Greens) is a double Sagittarius and his Chinese zodiac is a Metal Tiger.

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December 4 elections!

Some councillors are seeking re-election as mayor, and there are plenty of newcomers into the frey, who have some, to little political experience.

So, who are these people that want to lead this extremely good looking and politically engaged electorate?

Where are your preferences going?

Cr Alan Hunter: ‘Have still to decide, but most likely to Cr Michael Lyon and then Bruce Clarke’s team, because he has the next most local government experience’.

Cate Coorey: ‘I’m still in the process of finalising but will be putting the candidates who have demonstrated a commitment to our community and to the environment and have experience in council first’.

Duncan Dey (Greens): ‘To Cate Coorey. Cate has consistently demonstrated decent values close to ours, which are about caring for environment, community and neighbourhood’.

Asren Pugh (Labor): ‘Mark Swivel’s team, Michael Lyon’s group, Bruce Clarke’s team and finally, Cr Cate Coorey’.

Chris McIlrath: ‘Not decided yet. I will listen to and/or read their blurbs’.

Cr Michael Lyon: ‘Bruce, Asren, Mark, Alan, Cate’.

Mark Swivel: ‘To candidates campaigning for change on Byron Shire Council and a more community focussed approach to local government. There’s a mood for change across the shire’ [Since this comment was received, Mr Swivel has formed an alliance with other candidates (see page 4) – Ed].

Bruce Clarke: ‘We are still deciding on our final preferencing arrangements’.

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Cr Alan Hunter: ‘I am selffunded, assisted by whatever we can raise from community donations. The decisions we make are after consulting my Alliance team’.

Cr Cate Coorey: ‘Just residents and friends from the community so far’.

Duncan Dey (Greens): ‘Part of our modest budget comes from donors to the campaign.

They are all non-corporate individuals. Our largest single donation is $1,400; we have a couple of $1,000 and many of $100 and less. The rest of our funding comes from Byron Greens’ work over the years.

I take advice from Byron Greens members numbering over 150 local people, and from the broader Greens network of other local groups, and state and federal bodies.

And I like hearing from the thousands of greenish locals’.

Asren Pugh (Labor): ‘We have to raise all the money for our campaign ourselves, and don’t get any financial support from Labor head office.

Just about all of the donations to my campaign have come from local grassroots individuals, with some friends and family chipping in a little.

We don’t take donations from corporations or businesses.

Overall, I don’t think we will be spending nearly as much as some of the other candidates (as far as I can tell by the number of ads they seem to be able to buy!)’.

Chris McIlrath: ‘Wayne Wadsworth (‘Wadzy’) is advising me and is my campaign manager. Self-funded so far.

Cr Michael Lyon: ‘I am self-funding the bulk of my campaign with one or two larger donations from family and friends’.

Mark Swivel: ‘Too many to list, but my colleagues at Barefoot Law, Mullum Neighbourhood Centre, Spaghetti Circus and Eureka FC are key supporters. My main advisers are our candidates Fran Hart,

Asren Pugh (Labor) is a Gemini and his Chinese zodiac is a Dog.

Venetia Scott, Jess Smythe and Xavier Hanckel-Spice, and the campaign team are Shelley McNamara, [buyers agent] Michael Murray, [broadcaster] Mick O’Regan and Nicolette Jackson’.

Bruce Clarke: ‘We are for the greater part, self-funded.

We did hold a fundraiser earlier in the campaign, which attracted some individual donations. My best advice comes from [my] BSAG team, Julie Meldrum, Janine Khosid and Gary Dellar. I’m also advised by David Jacobsen a local architect and experienced campaigner’.

Chris McIlrath is a Sagittarius and his Chinese zodiac is a Tiger.

Cr Michael Lyon is a Virgo and his Chinese zodiac is an Ox.

mean-spirited then I ignore it’.

Mark Swivel: ‘It’s been my job as a lawyer to handle criticism since 1995. Ask the judges, magistrates, lawyers and clients I work with everyday. Handling and managing conflict is central to my daily work and has been since admission as a solicitor in 1995’.

Bruce Clarke: ‘I seek to be objective in determining if it is justified and I can learn from any criticism. If unfounded, I like to have a logical conversation with my critic and explain my position’.

How do you respond to criticism?

Should those who seek power be trusted?

If yes, why?

Cr Alan Hunter: Criticism is part of the experience, however I try to identify the motives behind it and work on the constructive aspects of it. Constructive criticism is valuable’.

Cr Cate Coorey: ‘Depends on how it’s delivered and whether it is warranted. If it comes via social media then I don’t respond’.

Duncan Dey (Greens): ‘I listen to criticism. It is just another point of view and an opportunity to improve outcomes. I do not shoot messengers, as has been the habit lately’.

Asren Pugh (Labor), ‘It is important to be open to criticism and the best response is to listen. More and more in modern life we can get stuck in our own bubbles, whether in social media or just our own networks that we listen to. Outside voices are essential to hearing other points of view, new perspectives and understanding the real impact that decisions have on people. The world would be a better place if everyone listened a little more’.

Chris McIlrath: ‘With enthusiasm as in almost every case the criticism is based on false or grossly misunderstood information’.

Cr Michael Lyon: ‘If given in good faith, with an open mind and gratitude. If it’s

Cr Alan Hunter: ‘Power is subjective as we all define it differently. In this case I will assume you mean an elected office. In the first place I trust the voters have given the position to someone they at least trust as I do. Trust for me is a sense of fairness in decision making and a basic priority. If by trust you mean they always get their decision correct? I don’t think it is fair to expect that’.

Cr Cate Coorey: ‘People who acquire power because of what they do in their lives don’t need to seek it. Respect and influence (as opposed to power) should be earned’.

Duncan Dey (Greens): ‘Seeking power for its own sake is not a basis for gaining trust. Trust should be based on performance, especially if there are expectations or promises floating around as there are now.

‘If a pollie has promised something, and delivers, they gain trust. Or if they can demonstrate why their promise failed, they’ll still gain some trust. If they do the opposite of what they promised, get rid of them!

‘I am very careful not to over-promise. I take undertakings very seriously’.

Asren Pugh (Labor): ‘Whether or not to trust those in power is all about understanding their values

Mark Swivel is a Taurus and his Chinese zodiac is a Fire Horse.

and their motivations. I don’t know all the candidates who have put their hand up for this election, but I can say that just about everyone is putting themselves forward because they care for our community, even those I don’t agree with on policy. It is not a small thing to put your hand up for public office and serve the community. It is also a big thing to put yourself out in the glare of the public eye and requires significant sacrifice, but transparency and accountability are crucial to maintaining and building trust’.

Chris McIlrath: ‘Probably not to be trusted if they seek power. In my case, Wadzy pressed me to run and others have been keen to nominate me and support me re leafleting etc’.

Cr Michael Lyon: ‘Your premise seems to be that those who seek power shouldn’t be trusted. I don’t agree with that as an absolute, though granted there can be a correlation’.

Mark Swivel: ‘If I was in fact “seeking power” I would be in business or higher levels of government. The limited agency of our local

Bruce Clarke is a Leo and his Chinese zodiac is a Rabbit.

Council means you can only lead by consensus, within a restrictive bureaucratic and legal context. My trustworthiness is there to judge from my conduct in a wide range activities across the Northern Rivers in law, arts and renewable energy’.

Bruce Clarke: ‘I believe most candidates stand with the best intentions. Over the long run, it is apparent that some people do sometimes get seduced by power’.

Q Candidate John Anderson declined to take part in the questions.

Q Tom Barnett’s candidacy was rejected by the NSW EC. Q Full questions and answers are at www.echo. net.au, and include: ‘Have you ever changed your mind on an issue, and if so, what?; ‘Do you have any relationship/s with state or federal government MPs or bureaucrats?; ‘Have you attended Council meetings, and if so, how long have you done this?; How long have you been reading Council agendas?’ and; ‘What do you do for fun?’

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Tweed Shire Council elects its seven councillors who then select their Mayor and deputy mayor. So who you vote in for councillors will determine the future leadership of council.

Council approves DA for Lismore ‘neighbourhood shop’ selling alcohol When is a bottle shop not a bottle shop? When it’s a neighbourhood shop that also sells alcohol, at least, that was at the centre of the debate for councillors at Tuesday’s meeting.

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A protest is underway near Mallanganee as the North East Forest Alliance (NEFA) highlights the need for logging on the Richmond Range to stop until outstanding issues are addressed.

North East Forest Alliance spokesperson, Dailan Pugh, said logging is underway in compartments 3 and 4 of Cherry Tree State Forest, with actions undertaken by Forest Defence NSW this week.

The forest is located just south west of Casino.

Mr Pugh said, ‘With logging underway in Cherry Tree State Forest, NEFA have written to the EPA and Minister Kean asking for it to be stopped, until outstanding issues are dealt with. It is particularly concerning that buffers are not being applied to the rainforest given that it is known that logging significantly increases the risk and intensity of fires, and 30 per cent of north east NSW’s rainforests were burnt in the 2019/20 wildfires’.

Mr Pugh said that koalas are present in the area and there needs to be surveys to identify core koala habitat for protection.

Labour Ballina Shire mayoral candidate Keith Williams, says a scam email using his name and sent to a party colleague was probably a smear attempt.

Lismore Council’s dirty Code of Conduct laundry aired at final meeting The Annual Code of Conduct Report for Lismore City Council is basically that, an annual report – a document that Council receives and notes, about the behaviour of folk in Council. It’s a ‘who’s been naughty’ list…

Charges over alleged historical sexual assault of three girls – Tweed Heads NSW Police say a man has been extradited from Queensland and charged over the alleged historical sexual assault of three young girls in the State’s north.

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‘The Richmond Range represents the divide between the Richmond and Clarence Rivers, with most of the logging area draining into the Richmond River. Protection of these headwater streams on steep country is particularly important to the health of these rivers. Regrettably, the stream buffers have been significantly reduced, increasing logging impacts on water quality’.

Logging rules breached Mr Pugh said NEFA audited logging of the northern part of this planning area in 2015 and identified widespread and systematic breaches of the logging rules, from which the EPA identified 66 cases of non-compliance with legal requirements for threatened plants, rainforest, habitat trees, tracks, streams and threatened fauna.

‘The outcome was that the EPA issued two Penalty Infringement Notices ($2,000 fine), corrective action requests, and 47 Official Cautions for noncompliances. This is nothing, particularly as they got away

scot-free for many.

‘We are now asking for compensatory habitat protection for the illegal logging of some 95 hectares of Endangered Ecological Communities and hundreds of hollow-bearing trees, as well as excessive canopy removal in habitat of the endangered black-striped wallaby.

‘NEFA’s report requests that before logging proceeds: the Border Ranges Rainforest Biodiversity Management Plan needs to be complied with. Wide buffers need to be placed around rainforest and related vegetation; canopy retention needs to be increased to mitigate impacts on the black-striped wallaby and to compensate for the past excessive logging; compensatory areas need to be retained for the 91.3 ha of the EEC grey boxgrey gum wet sclerophyll forest illegally logged; all hollow-bearing trees need to be retained to compensate for the hundreds illegally logged; the identified Wildlife Habitat Clumps need to be redesigned to maximise inclusion of the best habitat and remove overlaps with existing exclusions and heavily logged areas’.

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Marine Rescue take charge of a vital piece of life saving equipment. Photo Jeff ‘Absolutely Defab’ Dawson Aslan Shand The death of local surfer, Phillip Jones at Wategos Beach, August 26, has led to a successful campaign to raise funds for defibrillators to be distributed between Ballina and Brunswick Heads.

One defibrillator has been installed at the Marine Rescue tower on the south wall in Brunswick Heads, while the other two are now in emergency response police vehicles stationed in Bruns.

Jonathan Wilcock, Unit Commander Marine Rescue Brunswick said, ‘Over the past three to four years I can count half a dozen instances in Bruns where people were trying to find a defib before an ambulance had arrived’.

‘Thankfully, it is not common that they are needed’, said Matt Kehoe, Officer in Charge, Byron Bay Police Station. ‘But when you need it, it is a critical

piece of equipment to have in the response vehicles as police are often the first to the scenes. It is going to be a busy summer season; we are going to be inundated with tourists.

It will be good to have them in the vehicles if we should be called to any drownings or other incidents that should require a defib machine.’

Free training Free training will be taking place on how to use the defib machines, with Guy Leech, in Mullumbimby on December 6, in Bruns on December 7 at the Brunswick Surf Club at 11am, and Byron on December 11. Kids, adults and business owners are all welcome to attend. To book email: jenelle@mullumbimby.org.au.

Mullumbimby Chamber of Commence is also raising money for eight defibs, while the Bruns Marine Rescue are raising money to get a cabinet to house the defibs.

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Cast for the upcoming BYT poroduction: Avikal Steven Browning, Paulina Heart, Raman Jansz, Andrea Ross, Camila Hemphill, Sahaj Blatt, Angus Farrand, Seth Freemen, Foxy Afra Shazam and Rory Evington. Photo Jeff Dawson Byron Youth Theatre (BYT) plans to bring another thought provoking, poignant social action theatrical production in December, called Our Home Holiday Town.

BYT Director, Lisa Apostolides, says the production is the result of a collaborative research project between BYT and the Centre for Children and Young People at Southern Cross University (SCU).

She says, ‘The cast members have been working closely with Dr Antonia Canosa, Dr Catherine Simmons and Dr Peter Cook to uncover tourism-related issues in the Byron Shire and their mental health impacts for young people. Trained as co-researchers during a series

of workshops, cast members conducted interviews and surveys with their peers and community members to understand these impacts.

‘The research revealed young people care deeply about their community, particularly when witnessing the negative impacts of tourism activity, including littering, anti-social behaviours, housing affordability, homelessness, and disrespect for Aboriginal sacred sites’.

The production will be held at the YAC, 1 Gilmore Crescent, Byron Bay, December 7, 9, 10 and 11 from 7.30pm. It is aimed at ages 12 years and up.

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Local News Gun trauma led to new local book Author Gabrielle Vogel has published Life After Gunpoint, which according to Gabrielle is ‘a book filled with positive mindset quotes that can be used as self-love and positive mindset affirmations to help you boost your confidence, believe in yourself and give you a little bit of oomph to get you back on track’.

She says after being held up at gunpoint inside her home, she took a year until she was ready to rebuild herself, and move on ‘from the nightmares that haunted her daily’.

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As part of a positive COVID-19 recovery for the town, Brunswick Heads was buzzing last weekend, for its first All Town, Spring Sale. A portal ‘to encourage shop local initiatives to support businesses during the lockdowns and restrictions’ has been created at www. takingcareofbruns.org.au. Pictured are Will White and Russell Siwicki. Photo Jeff Dawson

ĕŇĕĈƐĕĎ ŔëƷşſëō ĈëŕĎĶĎëƐĕ ưşƱƆ Ɛş Ǖ īIJƐ şŕ While the NSW Electoral Commission have rejected Tom Barnett’s nomination for Byron Shire Mayor in the upcoming Council elections, he has vowed to fight on, saying he intends to sue the NSW Electoral Commission, the NSW Electoral Commissioner and the individual who initially confirmed his nomination.

He told The Echo, ‘I

will give the damages I’m awarded back to the community’.

An email on October 29 confirmed that his nomination for mayor had been accepted, yet it was later rejected, which prompted a complaint around due process.

A ‘paperwork glitch in his application’ is what was described as the cause

for the rejection.

Mr Barnett said his campaign slogan, ‘Sack The Status Quo’ took on a ‘whole new meaning’. and the EC decision to reject his nomination ‘is based on [their] incompetence’.

‘Their appeals process is a farce’, he added.

Tom says he is planning to run for the September 2024 local government elections.

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bĶëŕëIJȜƆ şŕ ƐIJĕ Ǖ ŕëŕĈĶëō żƖōƆĕ Paul Bibby Looking for a hot tip on the share market to snare some quick cash before Christmas?

Keep your eyes on Kianah O’Neill.

No, it’s not a multinational that’s just been listed on the exchange.

It’s the name of a Byron High School student, who blitzed the field in the recent ASX Schools Sharemarket Game. The Year 11 student came first in NSW and second in the entire country, taking home a $900 cash prize and the honour of seeing her share strategy published on the ASX website.

‘I selected stocks that would perform solidly during the global COVID-19 shutdown environment’, Kianah said.

‘The importance of online platforms for business and IT services during this period was behind my choice of Wisetech, and it also led to my selection of Rea, which has a strong online real estate and finance presence in Australia and the Asian region.

‘I purchased Qantas as it had been impacted by the travel shutdowns domestically, and globally, and would benefit from the reopening of travel.

‘Finally I selected

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Year 11 student, Kianah O’Neill, and Byron High teacher Dale Stevenson. Photo Jeff ‘Shares Up & Down Since 1986’ Dawson Woolworths as a solid staple stock. I chose to hold the same four shares for the entirety of the game owing to their solid performance’.

A total of 14,038 student syndicates and many more individual students across Australia participated in the game that ended on October 28.

Kianah was one of 72 Mathematics and Commerce students at Byron Bay High School who traded shares during the recent ASX Schools Sharemarket Game.

Byron High traders A number of other Byron Bay High School students also proved themselves to be outstanding share traders.

Year 10 student, Dembe Ryan, was ranked third in

NSW and sixth in Australia, while other Byron High students ranked 33rd, 41st and 72nd in Australia.

Byron High teachers, Dale Stevenson and Claire McEwen, jointly co-ordinated the running of the game at the school. Mr Stevenson, a former securities dealer, provided classes for students to educate them about the share market and share trading strategies.

Mr Stevenson said the school planned to significantly expand the participation of students in the competition next year.

‘We strongly believe that educating students about the financial markets and share trading is extremely important for their success in the modern world,’ he said.

Book bargains galore at Byron Public Byron Bay Public School’s recent book swap was a huge success, says Principal Linda Trigg, who thanked students and parents who donated children’s books that they were no longer using.

Principal Trigg said, ‘Loads of books went home with smiling happy students who swapped a gold coin for a book. The gold coins are being donated to the Indigenous Literacy Foundation. They

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‘The books are published in English and the language of the group they are sent to.

‘We are proud of our students for their generosity in donating the books, then swapping a gold coin to obtain another book of their choice. It was a great example of the generosity of our school community’.

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dşĈŊĎşƱŕƆ ĶŔżëĈƐ ſĕƆƐëƖſëŕƐƆȈƆƐëǔ Eve Jeffery Reality shows would have us believe that there are cooks of all descriptions and experience, waiting to work in the fine dining industry, but it would appear they only gather in big cities and television studios.

Two local restaurateurs have stellar menus, but not enough staff to prepare and serve the food.

Steve Snow from the multi-award winning Fins has been running kitchens on the far north coast for thirty years.

Snow says he has a great team at Fins – just not enough of them. ‘We need more people in most roles at Fins. To compensate, we only open four days and nights a week with lunch on Friday and Saturday.’

Snow says the staff situation has never been quite so dire. ‘Pre lockdown, we had a great team at Fins. Repeated lockdowns and hours wasted queuing at the NSW/QLD border, made staff look elsewhere.

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resume, you look very attractive to Gold Coast operators.

To be able to work elsewhere while Fins was in forced lockdown was another reason to switch jobs. Many were reluctant but had to live. I understand their predicament.’

Mindy Woods, from Karkalla in Byron Bay, is also having staffing troubles.

Woods says that currently she only opens for restricted trading hours because of the staffing ‘crisis’.

‘We would typically open five to six days – breakfast, lunch and dinner during this peak period – but we can only open four part-days owing to lack of staff.’

Mindy says she lost two key staff as a consequence of the double vax requirements.

Financial blow ‘The push back of the “freedoms” date will likely mean we will be unable to operate at full capacity throughout summer. This is another significant financial blow to our decimated community, industry and businesses.

‘We are emerging from the pandemic staffless. It’s

potentially the worst workforce crises ever experienced Australia wide.’

Steve Snow says pay rates have risen considerably in hospitality – coupled with really generous tippers at Fins, money isn’t the problem.

‘We have spared no expense with amazing produce at Fins, and we have happy customers’.

‘Everyone is respected so that’s another tick.

‘The only thing I can think of is to allow more overseas workers into Australia and actively provide inducements so that people want a career in hospitality.

‘There are nowhere near enough people trained for hospitality. I love the fact that Fins is a melting pot of staff. It adds flavour and colour to our restaurant.

To effectively prohibit skilled hospitality staff from overseas working at Fins has made it hard.

‘For some workers in our region, it’s sometimes a trade-off between the amount of money the government pays you, how good the surf is and how many hours you need to work on

top of that to survive. Others want a full-time job, some are precluded from working owing to the government vaccine mandates and others are in between all of that.

‘We just need more staff – from near or far, we need more staff.’

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The Byron Shire Echo Volume 36 #23 • November 17, 2021

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ow’s the election campaigning going for December 4?

As a voter of considerable intellect and breathlessly appealing good looks, are you wanting to enter and exit the election booth as quickly as you can?

Some people are reluctant To some voters, there’s a lot to use their democratic rights in common with election to make a positive difference. booths and portable poopers.

To them, election booths are like a stinky loo at a five day outdoor festival in the rainy season. On the fifth day.

Yet we all still need to use the facility. And flush.

Do you, as a voter, feel like the people presenting themselves as mayoral/councillor candidates have the best handle on what you would like to see in local government?

Who demonstrates a willingness to listen, learn and reflect, not just to the cohort they represent, but to all of us?

Who are the humble vessels, yearning for a chance to give back to their community? And who are the ambitious rent seekers hoping to use this as leverage to further their career beyond local government?

Planning reform in Byron Shire has been conspicuously absent in the last five years of Council, and remarkably has also been conspicuously absent from councillor candidate platforms in this Council election campaign – so far.

The reason, presumably, is that it is not a sexy topic.

They would prefer to talk about brightly coloured shiny sustainable objects like solar farms or bioenergy plants.

And besides, current councillors seeking re-election can hardly say they have done a great job in maintainting Byron CBD height limits, for example.

Affordable housing, however, has been one campaign pledge. While it’s a catchy slogan, actually providing it in any meaningful way – at scale – will be perhaps the hardest promise to deliver.

Planning is perhaps the most important work of Council.

That, and governance, which includes the relationship councillors have with Council staff.

That relationship, as we have seen in the last five years, can sometimes have no bearing on what the community expects.

When councillors spend too long in closed meetings with staff, they start to drift away from the community that elected them.

And that is why, dear voter, elections are so damn important!

Full candidate replies to Echo questions on page 5 are available online at www.echo.net.au.

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B

ernard Collaery was back before the courts last Wednesday, as attorney general Michaelia Cash had her lawyers arguing that she wants to introduce new ‘super-secret’ evidence that’s so sensitive in nature that the ACT barrister wouldn’t be able to look over it himself.

According to The Guardian, this new evidence purportedly shows why it would be a national security risk to hear the barrister’s case in open court.

And Cash is suggesting that a government hired lawyer could peruse the details on Collaery’s behalf.

This new line of argument comes just a month after Collaery successfully appealed a mid-2020 court ruling that his case should be held behind closed doors, after former attorney general Christian Porter exercised national security powers that enabled the case to be shrouded in secrecy.

Collaery is facing five counts of conspiring to disclose ASIS information in connection with its functions, contrary to section 39 of the Intelligence Services Act 2001 (Cth). This disclosure is in relation to the Howard government having illegally bugged Timor-Leste cabinet offices.

In 2008, former ASIS officer Witness K went to the Inspector General of Intelligence and Security over a work dispute. And his complaint included the details of the 2004 bugging operation, which aimed to give Australia the upper hand in oil and gas treaty negotiations with East Timor.

K had been in charge of the operation. And the inspector recommended he speak to ASIS-approved lawyer Collaery. Fast forward to 2013, and just as K was about to join Collaery at the Hague to testify against Australia on behalf of East Timor, ASIO raided both men’s Canberra premises.

However, the Coalition government did not greenlight the prosecution of both K and Collaery until mid-2018, about six months after Christian Porter became the nation’s chief lawmaker.

And not only did he approve the cases to proceed, but he applied never before used secrecy powers.

In its mid-October judgment summary, the ACT Court of Appeal outlined that concerns around the ‘very real risk of damage to public confidence in the administration of justice’ trumped the

‘risk of prejudice to national security’.

So, the secrecy measures were lifted.

The Court of Appeal further emphasised that it’s important criminal trials take place in open court as it deters political prosecutions. And it remitted the matter to primary judge ACT Justice David Mossop to consider further matters not yet put by the attorney general.

The Coalition is now reeling over the prospect of Collaery’s case proceeding in open court. And Cash has had her lawyers arguing for parts of the transcript of the recent appeal judgement to be withheld from the public, and there’s even talk of her taking this matter to the High Court.

Sydney Criminal Lawyers spoke to Human Rights Law Centre senior lawyer, Kieran Pender, about the secrecy shrouding the Collaery case, why the Australian public should be concerned about whistleblower prosecutions and the national security laws permitting all this to happen.

Attorney General Michaelia Cash currently has lawyers arguing to have parts of the appeal court ruling that saw the lifting of secrecy measures relating Collaery’s case be withheld from the public. It would seem most of the cat is out of the bag in relation to the 2004 bugging operation. The ACT Court of Appeal has ruled there’s no reason to keep these matters secret.

In your opinion, Kieran, why is the government so keen to see all matters relating to the Collaery case kept secret?

‘In our view, there is no public interest in prosecuting whistleblowers, and even less public interest in prosecuting whistleblowers behind closed doors’.

‘We welcomed the recent decision of the ACT Court of Appeal to insist that the majority of the trial of Mr Collaery has to be heard in open court.

‘And it was particularly powerful of the court to mention the risk if it was to be held otherwise, as public confidence in the court would be eroded and it would open the door to political prosecutions.

‘Unfortunately, we still haven’t seen the judgment. We’ve only had a brief summary published by the court. And it remains a matter of contention between the parties as to how much of that judgment is going to be redacted.

‘I understand it was supposed to be handed down last week. And the attorney general has threatened to appeal to the High Court, which is rather remarkable when it is in relation to an interlocutory decision, about how much of the judgment should be redacted.

‘We wait to see what the court actually said. But it’s certainly a very promising development in this case – that the court has insisted that most of it be heard in public – particularly when the apparent motive of the attorney general is to ensure secrecy in relation to the underlying subject matter.

‘In the first instance decision, Justice Mossop effectively said the attorney general was seeking this order so they can maintain a position of neither confirm nor deny. What that means, when you unpack it, is [that] to successfully prosecute Collaery, the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions will have to demonstrate that Australia did spy on East Timor.

‘But the government’s position is that it will neither confirm nor deny that. So, it seems that they want to use secrecy to admit in closed court that Australia did spy on East Timor, while continuing to neither confirm nor deny it publicly.

‘That’s an extremely concerning use of secrecy – to subvert the truth in relation to the Australian population at large – and it’s very promising that the Court of Appeal has reached the position that it has.

‘As you’ve mentioned, the Court of Appeal found it’s important to keep cases like Collaery’s open as it prevents political prosecutions.

‘There are a number of prosecutions currently before the courts that have been labelled political in nature’.

Why is it important that such prosecutions don’t go ahead?

‘Political prosecutions are the hallmark of an authoritarian regime, not a robust liberal democracy, like Australia’.

‘In principle, Australia has an independent prosecutorial system, where the prosecutor makes decisions independent of government’.

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Greenwashed Shire The voting block formed by the ‘gang of four’ Iindependents should be a clear signal to the electorate that a concerted effort is underway to unseat the Byron Greens.

Byron Shire you are under attack by a smokescreen of niceties, greenwash and fantasies. Some of these characters, like former Greens Michael Lyon and Simon Richardson, we already know. We have been subjected to their arrogance, authoritarianism and deceptions with a Council given over to the administration and the likes of former General Manager, Ken Gainger, intent on turning Byron Bay into Coolangatta.

But who are the others?

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Cartoon by Gary Cavanagh. Instagram: @gary_cavanagh Shire today is largely the legacy of over 25 years of the local Greens, formed under a set of agreed principles formulated to protect the environment and support social justice and grassroots democracy etc.

If it turns out members do not measure up to some of these ideals, for whatever reason, then the organisation responds; The Greens are far more than the individual and are dedicated to giving a voice to the environment.

The Greens are evolving and remaining committed to the long run. Representatives may come and go, but the Byron Greens remain strong, their ideals have never been more relevant. Keep your standards Byron Shire and stay Green, don’t be seduced

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Alstonville upgrade Apparently a press release by the Hon Ben Franklin MLC dated 25 October 2021 shows two options for the upgrade.

One onto the Bruxner Highway to Ballina, the other from Ellis Road onto the Bruxner Highway towards Lismore. Both of these designed by Region North Roads NSW Transport.

To our knowledge no notification was sent to residents of Ellis Road, however, flyers were apparently dropped into some mail boxes in Alstonville. I rang Mr Franklins’ office rather upset with the pathetic photo/design ▶ Continued on next page

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FORGET NICE, VOTE REAL I have to point out that I was the only person in Tom Barnett’s Coorabell campaign crowd of at least 120 people who was wearing a facemask, the only one. Maybe 10% of them signed in at the door, but none of them attempted to keep any social distance. I have some sympathy with those who object to forced medication, but what I saw was simply self-centered denial that there is a Covid problem at all.

I also have to say that I find the “pro-choice” argument intellectually dishonest. These guys are “anti-vax” however they spin it. They distrust medical science, yet embrace the science behind the internet. Apparently, you can’t trust TV or newspapers but the evil geniuses who control these mass media forgot to control the internet, – even though it’s financed via exactly the same commercial propaganda i.e. the advertising industry. Duh. By the way, tobacco shops usually have “Free Choice” prominently displayed outside.

So at the opposite end of the charisma scale we have Chris McIlrath to take up the anti-vax cause. All I’ll say about him is where there’s any scent of government conspiracy, however outlandish, that’s where you’ll find Chris.

I’ve also had a little chat with Labor candidate, Asren Pugh. He told me that not all senior Council staff are bad and pointed out Shannon Burt as pleasant and helpful. God help us; as Director of Planning, Shannon’s been at the very epicentre of Council high-handedness.

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Asren needs to understand that staff are given their head on some minor matters, but if its important they follow the instructions of the National Party aligned developers who run this Shire.

Tom Barnett stuffed up his nomination, but as one potential Messiah falls by the wayside another emerges in the shape of Mark Swivel, smiling lawyer, champion of the underdog.

Mark doesn’t need to demonstrate any knowledge or enumerate any actual policies, just the usual vague crap about “independent” and “change”. He hints that his smiling brilliance alone will win the day. How Simonesque.

Personally, I also think that voters need to know that Mark is/was “friends” with the Greens, meaning the four duds who, until recently, ran the show. He also confessed on Facebook that he is a “close” friend of Sarah Ndiaye, who, in turn, is clearly aligned with the bullies who comprise the senior Council staff.

I see however that Mark now distances himself from the Greens because they are in “turmoil”. Dearie me, a fair weather friend indeed! So where is he getting his information about what’s going on inside the Greens? Surely he’s not relying on leaks from close friends…?

Vote 1 John Anderson (Fast Buck$) Authorised by J. Anderson, 95 Newes Road, Coorabell, 2479.

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I was informed by his office that I should contact NSW Roadworks (one and a half days ago I left two messages – still waiting for a return call) and not to whinge to Mr Franklin’s office, and was promptly cut off. Obviously, Mr Franklin liked press and photo opportunities with then Minister Melinda Pavey before the last election, but does not like complaints now.

How can anyone who previously designed the chaos of entry/exit to Ballina/ Alstonville be trusted to design another attempt to fix these problems? Closing date for submissions was 12 November. We’ve been mushroomed again!

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Indigenous candidate Thank you Echo online for your series on the candidates for the Lismore elections.

Patrick Healey, of the Lismore Independents team, claims to support Bundjalung heritage but also supports the Dunoon Dam – which would destroy extremely important Aboriginal living heritage, as well as burial sites that have been

dated as pre-contact.

Strangely, Patrick Healey doesn’t mention by name the people who would be shattered by this desecration: the Widjabul Wia-bal people.

I understand he is of Aboriginal descent, and all the people on his team are either Indigenous (but not local), or are apparent supporters of Indigenous people.

There are a few possible reasons for this stand: 1) Patrick Healeys’ team holds the views of the local Widjabul Wia-bal people in contempt. 2) They hope that the Widjabul Wia-bal people will not notice. 3) They have been told that the sites are, somehow, safe. This is what Patrick Healey claimed in a FB post, but when challenged to supply evidence of this claim he deleted it.

The (redacted) Cultural Heritage Impact Assessment released by Rous shows that the burial sites and other important cultural sites would indeed be destroyed by the dam.

Please Patrick, be true to your heritage and renounce this cruel support for a project that would damage the Widjabul Wia-bal so badly.

Keep the rest of your policies, but let go of this one that diminishes you and all of your team as well as the

Widjabul Wia-bal people.

Claiming that you don’t have to decide because of the newly announced CSIRO investigation does not absolve you of responsibility to stick up for your people.

You need to show where you stand right now and support Indigenous citizens.

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Letters Atmospheric carbon has amassed because fossil capital is still largely unregulated.

Almost all the scenarios described by scientist to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) that limit warming to two degrees Celsius (let alone 1.5°C) require a massive and rapid deployment of carbon drawdown infrastructure. Yet there is still not one large gas or coal-fired power station anywhere in the world that is capturing and storing its emissions. ‘Direct air capture’, taking CO2 from the atmosphere, is still a smallscale infant technology.

It is abundantly clear, that expecting our elected political leaders and corporate business CEOs to take decisive action, against imperilling most of humanity, especially the

poor, is proving futile.

The world is home to 900 million slum dwellers who live without basic sanitation, two billion sweatshop workers, and 40.3 million slaves.

What all this adds up to, is that effective action can only be taken by people mobilising and wresting power from those who own and control the institutions of economic and political power.

No easy feat, especially in our culture of individualism, where many have become atomised and estranged from any democratic decision making.

Hannah Arendt, the political theorist who survived Nazi Germany, saw hope as ‘a dangerous barrier to courageous action [and i]n dark times, the miracle that saves the world is to act.

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Ballina candidates The list of Ballina Council candidates should give you a good laugh. I mean, how many National Party backed candidates can hide behind the ‘genuine Independent’ banner?

We have two former National Party preselection candidates, one former Howard Government spin doctor, a couple of current card carrying members, and you’d find nearly all of them handed out for the Nationals at the last election.

The fact the Nationals choose not to stand an endorsed candidate in Council elections doesn’t mean they aren’t actively backing their friends.

This election has a serious consequence. Do we really want to end up like that other Nationals ▶ Continued on page 20

A GUIDE TO VOTING ON DECEMBER 4 The Byron Shire has approximately 25,000 eligible voters, of whom about 20,000 voted in 2016.

Most voters are residents, but non-residents (like property owners or ratepaying lessees) can also vote if they are on the non-residential roll.

Byron Shire is one of 35 local government areas in NSW that has a separate direct election for mayor, as well as the elections for the remaining eight councillors, so there will be two ballot papers on December 4.

Byron Shire 2016 results There were 24,856 electors last election. The mayor was elected first (Richardson) from a field of six, followed by eight councillors elected from a field of 36: Lyon (Greens at the time), Spooner (CLP), Martin (Greens at the time), Ndiaye (Greens), Cameron (OSF), Hunter, Hackett (CLP), Coorey (IND).

The importance of being grouped shows here, as once Richardson (number 1 on the Greens ticket) was elected mayor, he was no longer a councillor candidate, and therefore if people just voted ‘1’ above the line for Greens then all Richardson’s councillor votes went to the number 2 Greens (Lyon) and so on down the Greens ticket. The top three Greens in 2016 (Richardson, Lyon, Martin) are no longer Greens, and only the last Greens elected (Ndiaye) is recontesting as a Greens in 2021.

How to vote For the mayoral election, you simply number the boxes in your order of preference. Both the mayoral and councillor elections are optional preferential, so if your first-preferred candidate is knocked out, or if they have spare preferences after they are elected, those preferences will go to your second-choice candidate and so on.

Therefore if you want to maximise your voting impact it’s important to keep giving preferences rather than just put a single ‘1’.

Above the line You can vote above the line, or below the line, but not both (if you do, your vote may be declared invalid). Above the line voting makes it easy to

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vote for a ‘group’, and your preferences will be allocated within that group.

If you vote above the line, you need only place a ‘1’ in that box. But be aware that, especially if you vote for a relatively unpopular group, your preferences will be ‘exhausted’ before counting is finished, so if you have a ‘second-choice’ group then you should put a ‘2’ or even keep numbering squares above the line for as long as you can bear it.

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Postal voting You can only vote ‘in person’ in your own LGA. So, if you’ll be out of your LGA on election day (for example you’ll be in Sydney on December 4), you need to do a ‘Postal Vote’. You can get the form online, but the forms will be mailed to you, so apply early. Or you could ‘iVote’ online. Because of COVID, polling will not be conducted in, for example, retirement homes, but those residents can apply to postal vote.

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CHESS by Ian Rogers Australia’s Temur Kuybokarov scored a career best at the Grand Swiss tournament in Riga last week, his difficult struggle to reach the tournament paying off.

The West Australian had to overcome the Australian government’s reluctance to give him permission to travel. After a refusal Kuybokarov brought in the big guns – FIDE President and former Russian Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich – and permission was eventually granted.

Then, a week before the Grand Swiss began, Latvia went into a severe lockdown. When the 21-year-old Australian Champion arrived he found himself in a strict bubble of only the playing hall and hotel.

Seeded 101st in a field of 114, Kuybokarov was expected to struggle. Yet the Uzbek-born Grandmaster – recently granted Australian citizenship – played with great professionalism to finish on a 50 per cent score, with two wins, two losses and seven draws, tying for 46th place.

Kuybokarov was the underdog in every game in Riga yet was

often able to use his opponents’ determination to beat him, to his own advantage.

Playing against GM Vladislav Kovalev, Kuybokarov let his opponent exhaust himself searching for a win before hitting back.

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player, could settle for a draw with 33.Be3 but instead kept pushing: 33.Ba5!? Bd4 34.Ra8 Kovalev is happy to abandon his f2 pawn to set up a threat of 35.Bd8+ Kd6 36.Ra6+, but Kuybokarov sees that his king can go for a run.

34...Ne5! 35.Ra7+ Ke8 36.Ra8+? It was not too late to play 36.Bd5! and set up a perpetual check. 36...Kd7 37.Ra7+ Kc6 38.Bd5+ Kb5 Suddenly, with his king safe, Black takes over.

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Why we should vote with preferences in council elections Paul Jameson It is important that when we cast our votes in the upcoming Council elections, we fill in all preferences on the ballot form.

In the Byron Shire Council election on Saturday 4 December, we will be able to vote for a range of people with diverse ideas about how to run the Shire.

We will elect one mayor who will run the meetings, be the public face of the Council, and also have some backroom power between meetings.

At the same time, but on a separate ballot paper, we will elect eight councillors who are the board of directors; they set policy and vote on issues that are important for us all.

The vote for a mayor On your ballot paper for the mayoral vote (there will be nine candidates) you are required to vote 1 for your first preference but may, if you choose to, vote for other candidates in order of preference 2, 3, 4 etc. as far as you wish to go.

When polls are closed the votes are counted into piles

according to candidate, and the first candidate to get an absolute majority is elected – that is 50 per cent of valid votes, plus one, carries the day. If there is no candidate with an absolute majority (which is normal) the votes from the candidate pile with the least number of votes are redistributed to the remaining candidates according to the second preference on each ballot form.

Is there a candidate with an absolute majority now? If yes, they are elected, if no, the next candidate pile with least number of votes is redistributed according to the second preferences on those ballots to the remaining candidates.

Is there a candidate with an absolute majority now? If not, the process is repeated until a mayor is elected.

Exhausted votes If you have not placed a second, third or more, preferences on your ballot it will be discarded or ‘exhausted’, in election speak, after one round. This becomes a totally wasted vote if you

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did not vote for the winning candidate.

As an example from the last election, Jack Sugarman had the lowest vote, 483 first preferences. There were 271 of those votes that showed no second preference and were exhausted, leaving only 212 to be passed on.

The vote for councillors At the councillor poll we are voting for eight

councillors, and whilst the system is somewhat similar there is another set of rules.

You must vote for at least four candidates in order of your preference but may, if you wish, continue your preferencing up to the number of candidates standing.

Similarly, in the counting, piles are placed in first preference piles by candidate and counted. Similarly, preferences are allocated as per the voter’s wish, and if there is no preference shown the vote is exhausted as before.

Candidates are elected once they achieve a quota of votes; calculated based on total numbers of votes cast and the number of vacancies.

It is vital to preference at least 12 candidates (rather than the legal requirement of four) to ensure that your vote is not exhausted.

Make sure that your vote counts by distributing your preferences right to the end of your ballot papers.

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Future mayors, preference deals, and a little mud slinging

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Q It’s not often I agree with Cr Alan Hunter, but in this instance I certainly do, namely with his comments on the new alignment of mayoral candidates in the coming Council elections (Echo, 10 November).

Alan points to their lack of experience and the lack of openness and transparency in the proposed new arrangement – deals done ‘behind closed doors’.

I think the so-called ‘United Front’ would better be described as a coalition of the unexperienced and unadventurous; as mayoral candidate Duncan Dey points out, by tightly preferencing each other the group will just offer voters more of the same.

I am surprised that Labor’s Asren Pugh was prepared to be part of it, but Labor has a poor record, on this Council, of standing up to developers in the interests of the community.

As Hans indicated in last week’s Editorial, it seems the whole purpose of this new alignment is to wedge the other candidates, and I ask voters to foil their plan and vote for an Independent.

Councillor Cate Coorey has consistently voted for

the community interest and, based on her record, I believe Cate would make an excellent mayor.

Jenny Coman Bangalow Q In response to the article on the preference deal announced. Firstly, Alan Hunter has stated it is a backroom deal regarding the future term of Council. Absolutely not, it is just a preference deal for this election.

Completely transparent and united around the fact we believe Duncan Dey is not up to the job of being mayor and that any one of us would be better. Which is why my team is also preferencing Alan and Cate ahead of The Greens.

Speaking of Duncan, who claims somehow as an insult, that the teams are ‘pragmatic’. This pragmatic term of Council has delivered on roads, something that The Greens councillors of the past have never done. We have delivered on big picture green initiatives, with only final sign-off now required on the Bioenergy Plant and Solar Farm. We have delivered on community engagement, with better Council satisfaction ratings. We have

delivered on the Byron Bypass, Bus Interchange, the old Byron Hospital, Railway Park, the Railway corridor park, Waterlily park and more. We have delivered on finances and on the creation of affordable housing initiatives, which just need bringing home with a collaborative approach with our regional neighbours to force the State government to act next year. The last thing a Council that delivers needs is to go backwards to the ghosts of Greens past.

If I am given the honour of serving again, you will get more of the same including an inclusive approach with whoever is on Council. You will get open, transparent, sensible and pragmatic leadership that delivers by listening to all of the community.

Cr Michael Lyon The Pocket Q The naivety, or worse still, the desperation for power has clustered the independents Lyon, Clarke, and Swivel in a Faustian deal with the devil within. They are all preference flowing to the candidate who represents a major party that is still wedded to coal mining,

fracking, and dabbles in the nuclear industry. It reminds me of the amoral attitudes in past state and federal elections throwing up a candidate with a miniscule primary vote not really known in the electorate and often with a misleading name.

Remember the ‘preference whisperer’ Glen Drury who made money out of stroking the egos of aspiring ‘minnows’ – it seems we have a similar situation. Has Mark Swivel swapped preferences with the ALP before his Independent fellow travellers? If so, it has the distinct odour of ALP head office tactics.

The Greens have preferenced for the community and environment, happily placing Cate Coorey’s team at the top of our list.

Only one of the three might make it to mayor, and their backstop is the ALP whose record, under Paul Spooner, has been development oriented. Preferencing the ALP before The Greens is a risk to the community, environment that they are collectively willing to take.

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A Few of Jane’s Recommended Reads of 2021 Let Me Tell You What I Mean, Joan Didion.

Joan Didion is so wonderful!

I have enjoyed many of her books in the past and this one did not disappoint. A collection of essays from the ‘60s through to the 2000s. I love the fact that something written in 1968 can resonate so soundly for me in 2021.

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A story of an unlikely friendship. Set in Northern England, over one summer. A young man sets out to establish a different path for himself than what is expected of him. Filled with culinary delights, wonderful conversation and poetic beauty. Warm and uplifting.

Love Stories, Trent Dalton.

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The Seven Husbands of Evelyn +XJR, Taylor Jenkins Reid.

This is the third TJR book I have read, the multiple reads have added depth and helped me see a theme of fame throughout her books. What do we, as a society, deem worthy of fame; what does fame do to a person; what does it do to those around them – their children, spouses? There is a connecting character in the novels, which feels like a reward for the dedicated, which I love. Fabulous holiday reading.

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If you think the pace of development is over-the-top now, just wait until this mob take over and watch the developers really let rip.

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Farewell Councillor Basil Cameron, you have served the people of Byron Shire as a true Independent. Thirteen years is a long time to be a councillor, especially with your level of dedication across a broad spectrum, including transport and cycleways, economic recovery and banning coal seam gas in the Shire.

With your personal integrity, impeccable research and priority for social justice and environmental protection, you are a model for all the aspiring candidates who seek to follow in your footsteps on 4 December.

On behalf of The Greens, thank you, and we wish you all the best for your retirement.

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Give peace a chance If anyone would like to join with the Byron Environment Centre (BEC) to counter the

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current war-mongering we’re witnessing, please let us know. We’re creating an arts collective as a celebration of peace, life and love with art and music. A Call to Arts in Railway Park, find us on social media.

I’m referring to the recent military posturing and provocation around Taiwan where one miscalculation could result in war between nuclear powers. Although I think it’s far more likely that after being used by the USA for their war-mongering, Taiwan, like Australia, will be thrown under the bus by them.

It’s getting serious. China have always drawn the line at US attempts to put aside the internationally agreed One China policy, and quite reasonably see the US’ current militarisation of Taiwan and the South China Sea as deliberately provocative. If the USA in their pretence of ‘Global Peacekeeping’ is allowed to get away with their war-mongering it may well escalate to nuclear war, and nobody wins.

As the war clouds gather, maybe it’s time to give peace a chance. It makes far better economic sense for the majority of us, whilst war-mongering only benefits the few. It will take a loud

world-wide response to drown out the war drums, but it doesn’t have to be more sabre-rattling noise. We can have celebrations of peace, life and love with art and music in Railway Park, Byron.

Mock the war-mongers from an iconic location.

Robin Harrison Binna Burra

Bringing the fun back I noticed on The Echo’s front page the ‘Bringing the fun back’ story. ‘Oh, no,’ I groaned with my usual sense of woe and foreboding. ‘Which genius came up with that?’

I was unable to find the website for submissions regarding changes to the policy (www.planning.nsw. gov.au/Policy-and-Legislation/COVID19-response/ Bringing-fun-back-to-NSW).

But I would like to do so. If it were not for this paper, I should not have known about this matter. This is not uncommon, I find.

What I had noticed in recent times is the use of amplified bands outside, playing to small dining places, (and very loud recorded music within).

As one Echo writer recently wrote, this must deter many from patronising these joints.

As I recoil in horror from the sudden influx of crowds

and their ‘zero emitting’ vehicles to town, I feel this is the advent of a continued decline for this place. Not an economic decline; but in the quality of living here.

While commerce, and those who directly profit thereby, may rejoice, I find it just too excessive.

Though the place has generated its own publicity for years, I still believe there has been a concerted effort by vested interests in government and elsewhere to drive all this. Perhaps they live in one of these ‘McMansions’ on what was once good agricultural land.

There is no doubt the town has been and continues to be ‘sold off’. I shudder to think that the situation will continue, that the elections will be influenced by local pork-barrelling and the same suspects will be in again.

I once lived in that beautifully cared for town, Cheltenham, in England.

Now I find myself like one of those old ‘disgusted’ retired colonels, returned from India after 1947, penning letters to the Times or Telegraph.

I never imagined in the 1960s that I should feel thus in Byron Bay in the 21st Century.

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Opinion/Sport Should Byron Shire be a doggie destination?

Alison Drover There are regular paw prints along The Pass, Wategos, Whites and Brunswick Heads beaches of a morning.

Recently a local lady was bailed up and bitten by a dog in the Border Ranges National Park. So how can we better manage dogs in our public spaces?

I am a dog lover. I have done time with the RSPCA picking ticks out of the orifices of everything from a miniature poodle to an English sheepdog.

However, as an environment strategist and local I am concerned about the current canine explosion.

This has led to the Byron Shire Council (BSC) seeking to set up a reference group of volunteers aimed at the better management of dogs in our public spaces.

Does this infer that BSC are thinking to expand areas to accommodate them?

Sarah Nagel, Manager of Public and Environmental Services at BSC states ‘the management of dogs in public spaces can be a very divisive issue for our community. We know that there are around 10,000 dogs living in the Byron Shire and this number has been on the rise since COVID’.

Dogs often scare local wildlife when they are offleash on beaches in nature areas. Photo supplied The Working Group will look at existing conditions, what could be done better, and whether there needs to be ‘new dog exclusion zones, off leash areas or more enclosed dog areas’.

This statement is about dog owners. The area has a reputation of being ‘relaxed’ and is known to be underresourced in managing dogs.

There are very few fines issued or repercussions for negligent dog owners.

On average in Byron we own larger dogs and more per household. The shift to working from home, flexible working hours, and the impact of the pandemic has contributed to more people acquiring dogs. Dogs are catered for in cafes, restaurants and hotels and are a lucrative consumer industry.

This is having a negative

impact on our local nature areas. Dog owners are now exercising their dogs in National Parks, native wildlife habitats or border sensitive areas. They let them run, leash free, to exhaust them so they will settle at home.

We can’t attribute blame solely on our visitors or new arrivals. Excuses for having dogs in dog-free areas include ‘I budget for fines’, ‘don’t you know I am a local’ and ‘my dog is sensitive and therefore exempt’. Daily, dogs roam off leash in no-go areas, destroying wildlife as well as confronting people.

I’ve seen dogs knock people over causing major injures, people get bitten and other dogs get mauled as a result of non-compliance and owner mismanagement.

There are daily accounts on the local social media of dogs found wandering.

Not a doggie destination The key is how this is framed and presented to the community and of the reform required for these Council reference groups.

Byron Shire should never become known as a doggie destination. This is what a biodiversity commitment is. An education strategy

explaining that, as a Shire, we prioritise native wildlife over pets is needed. The high risk of ticks needs emphasising.

Globally we are witnessing a watering down of what is needed to keep climate and biodiversity crises in check. On a small scale this is no different. We can’t just continue to do things in the same way as we always have. We need to change our behaviour.

Yes, to a reference group on dog issues, however, let’s revisit the terms. Byron is many things, but is not a ‘doggie destination’.

Byron Shire is founded on biodiversity in nature. It is central to our community recreation, and our tourism.

It’s what every single political party in the current elections is claiming to prioritise, yet which one will do what it takes to develop an action plan that actually walks the green line?

There is the opportunity to develop dog-friendly playgrounds, but not by sacrificing habitat. We need the resources, fines and rangers to enforce these strategies.

We are home to thousands of species that live predominately in the areas that dog owners love.

Wildlife needs more love, and our dog owners need a tighter lead.

Fijian rugby team moves into Lennox Head

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The Fijian Drua was traditionally and formally welcomed to their new base camp for the 2022 Super Rugby Pacific season at Lake Ainsworth Sport and Recreation Centre on 5 November.

The Drua received a traditional Welcome to Country ceremony acknowledging their presence on Ngangbul Country in the Bundjalung

Nation. The squad reciprocated the welcome by singing Vanua Domoni, a traditional song about their beloved land and country.

‘We thank the traditional owners, community heads and of course the NSW Government for making us feel so welcome here,’ Fijian Drua interim CEO Brian Thorburn said.

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Local surfers were among the winners in all four age divisions of the Surfer Groms Competition at Coffs Harbour.

Ocea Curtis and Mia Baker from Lennox Head finished third and fourth in the U/14 girls. Maz McGillivray (Evans Head) won the boys division for this age ahead of Lachlan Arghyros of Kingscliff.

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The proposed building fronting Clifford Street would be home to commercial/retail at ground level with parking to the rear and a tree shaded open café area with adjacent kids’ play and public art on the eastern end. Above and set back from the street frontage would be apartments, predominantly dedicated to affordable/key worker housing. Seven townhouses are proposed for the building to the rear.

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OS Garden Club The Ocean Shores & District Garden Club is holding a meeting on Monday 15 November at The Hub Church, Rajah Road, Ocean Shores at 1.30pm. Guest speaker is Stephanie from Miss Tree Nursery talking about the biodiversity and myths about Native plants. New members very welcome. Phone Margaret on 0412 246 310 for more info.

Bruns CWA Xmas stall Brunswick Heads CWA is holding a Christmas stall on Saturday 4 December, 8–1pm, at the CWA Rooms, on the corner of Park and Booyun Sts, Brunswick Heads. Cakes, jams, handmade clothes, plants and bric-abrac. Cash only, COVID Safe.

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All libraries in the Richmond Tweed Regional Library network have reopened to the public from Wednesday, 10 November 2021. COVID19 guidelines will remain in place. At all times patrons must wear face masks, sign in and out with a QR code, show their vaccination certificate when asked and maintain social distancing.

For unvaccinated patrons the Click and Collect service will continue to operate.

BYS AGM Byron Youth Service Annual General Meeting is on Thursday 18 November at 5pm at the Byron Youth Activity Centre, 1 Gilmore Crescent, Byron Bay.

Green and Clean team The Green and Clean Awareness Team’s monthly Dunecare Day is on Sunday 21 November from 9am to 12 noon, meeting in front of the Beach Cafe at Clarkes Beach. We plant in the sand dunes from Clarkes Beach

to Main Beach. From 12 noon to 1pm, enjoy a delicious free BBQ and be in the draw to win one of four excellent prizes. It’s good fun. Inquiries to Veda 6685 7991 or Miles 0403 206 190.

First Fleeters The next meeting of the Northern Rivers Fellowship of First Fleeters will be held on Sunday 28 November at the Cherry Street Sports Club, Ballina, at 11.15am. The guest speaker will be speaking on the third Fleeter John Durrington. Contact Roddy Jordan on 6687 5339 or email: hollysbuddy1@ bigpond.com for more info.

Youthful Bangalow art This year’s Bangalow Community Children’s Centre’s art show has transformed into an art trail that displays four to five year old children’s work. It will be on display in the shop fronts of Bangalow businesses from 13 till 21 November for everyone to enjoy.

Rosebank C’ty AGM This longstanding not-for-profit community group, which oversees The Village Journal, will be holding its AGM on 18 November at 6pm at Rosebank Hall/ Community Preschool. Residents of Rosebank, Repentance Creek and surrounding hinterland villages are warmly invited to attend. Enquiries/ to register interest please call Aletha on 0410 380 496.

Drug support groups Call Alcoholics Anonymous 1800 423 431 or 0401 945 671 – 30 meetings a week in the Shire – www.aa.org.au.

Are you experiencing difficulties and challenges because of the alcohol or drug use of someone close to you?

Learn coping skills and gain support from others. Narcotics Anonymous is a fellowship of men and women

for whom drugs had become a major problem. We are recovering addicts who meet regularly to help each other stay clean. For information and meetings call 1300 652 820 or text your postcode to 0488 811 247. www. na.org.au. Are you concerned about somebody else’s drinking? Al-Anon Family Groups meeting held Fridays 2pm by Zoom. Contact 1300 252 666 or www.al-anon.org.au.

Support after suicide StandBy provides support to people who have lost someone to suicide.

They provide free face-to-face and telephone support and are accessible 24/7. Follow-up contact is available for up to one year. Find out more at: www.standbysupport.com.au or call 13 11 14. If you, or someone you are with, are in need of immediate support please call an ambulance or police on 000.

Feel Good Friday A free weekly group for women to access support and relax. Feel Good Fridays happen every Friday from 1 till 3pm at the Byron Community Cabin on Carlyle Street (behind the tennis courts in the recreational grounds). Just drop-in, no bookings or commitment necessary. For any further information and any questions just let me know by calling the Byron Community Centre on 6685 6807.

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Loft Byron is perfect for summer Just like that it feels like summer is upon us. Perfect sky-blue days followed by warm balmy evenings.

Festive season vibes are on the horizon. After what feels like a year of hibernation, it’s time to enjoy all that the Byron restaurant scene has to offer.

Wander up the stairs to Loft. Sitting at the top end of town, opposite the Beach Hotel, high above the streets below. If you haven’t been before, you can’t beat a table on the terrace with one of the best vantage points in town – it’s the perfect spot to relish the beauty of summer in the Bay or bask in the energy of the Byron nightlife.

Their new summer dining menu is the talk of the town, with customers raving about the fresh, approachable, and delicious dishes.

The menu features an array of elevated snacks, cheese and charcuterie boards, oysters and larger sharestyle dishes with sides.

Highlights include the grilled king prawns, seared hiramasa kingfish, prawn buns and fried squid. For mains, the must-try is the crispy skin chicken served with ginger and shallot, black vinegar, sesame & crispy chilli oil.

If you have a sweet tooth, the white chocolate espuma cannot be missed. Layers

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of white chocolate mousse with gelato, fresh figs and a house-made caramelised white chocolate crumble.

For intimate occasions, their beautiful private dining room gives you privacy while also still feeling part of the Loft atmosphere. There are different options available for both small and large groups, including set menus and beverage packages.

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The ĶĈşŕĕǼ żƆƷĈIJĕ şĪ ĪſƖĶƐ ƐſĕĕƆ Who knew that just west of the highway there is a veritable wonderland of exotic and rare fruit trees.

John Picone was raised on a family farm in Sicily before moving to Australia in 1956. After a life in Sydney and establishing a design studio, he moved with his own family to the Northern Rivers, eventually settling permanently in Tyagarah where he fulfilled his dream to live life as a tropical fruit farmer and recreate his childhood spent amongst an edible paradise.

John grows 400 varieties of rare fruits that people would often never see.

He uses no chemicals or artificial fertilisers and has invested decades in perfecting his trees, ensuring the best health benefits and nutrient density. His species originate from South America, Europe, Asia, India and Mexico, and not surprisingly come into season during the warmer months.

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grow don’t like the wet or humidity, we really push the envelope on what we are able to achieve. I learnt by making mistakes, it really was trial and error. I try to get into the psyche of the tree and just give it what it needs’.

At the moment John is excited about his Cupuaçu.

‘It is related to the cacao and is native to the Amazon, the seeds can be dried and eaten like almonds, consumed as a drink or eaten, it is sharp, sweet and delicious.’

lƖōĈIJ ëĎş ëćşƖƐ ǖ ëưşƖſ There’s a reason why the eggs from Bangalow Eggs taste so good. Farmer Tom Bridge says it comes down to their deep-litter mulch system.

‘We use a deep-litter system, which is where we supply the paddocks that the chickens roam in with deep layers of mulch,’ Tom says. ‘I buy truckloads of bales and we fill up the paddocks with mulch so the chickens have something to scratch through.

‘This way they have access to more insects than just walking around on the grass and eating pellets. It also keeps them occupied and active so they don’t get bored, and it improves the flavour of their eggs. We get lots of people who rave about the flavour of our eggs.

‘Chickens actually came from the jungle, so this method is better for them rather than just free-ranging in paddocks. It allows them to do their natural job, which is to scratch around and find insects.’

Tom and his partner, Amanda, run between 1200 and 1500 birds on ten acres at Bangalow. Their chook of choice is a hybrid called a Bond Black, a Black Australorp crossed with a Rhode Island Red. And while it’s not the most productive breed, Tom says it is the best suited to this area and for living outside.

‘We don’t have sheds,’ he says. ‘Our birds live outside and are provided with a “house” where they can roost and lay eggs.’ The flock is protected by 1.8m high fences fitted with electric wires and cables that run through the air above them to keep predators out.

Luckily for locals, they have weekly access to Bangalow Eggs at Byron and Bangalow Farmers Markets every Thursday www.echo.net.au

‘People will come to the stall just to buy my capers, these are from the Mediterranean archipelago, it took me 25 years to work out how to grow them here.

‘I love the markets and talking to customers who visit to discover new flavours. I like finding out how their taste varies, to go along with them on their fruit experience.

‘People can be used to food from the supermarket, which is irrigated with pesticides, they end up buying an inferior product with no flavour. The fruit has been bouncing on the back of a truck, so they might think, I don’t like that taste, but I like to talk to the customers, to make sure they are eating the fruit at the right stage to get the 100 per cent best experience.

‘We pick it today and sell it tomorrow, that is how you get the best flavour from fruit.’

John sourced his seeds through his travels, ‘I found out if you put the seeds in zip lock bags, label them with their botanical name and

region then quarantine will be happy’. He also sources seeds from close contacts in FNQ and the NT and Daley’s Nursery in Kyogle, who he says are really passionate and always looking for new

things or to swap cuttings.

Picone Exotics is at New Brighton Farmers Markets Tuesdays, and Mullumbimby Farmers Markets Fridays, from 7–11am.

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Tom and Amanda from Bangalow Eggs at Bangalow Farmers Market. and Saturday. Tom and Amanda joined the farmers’ markets about four years ago. Prior to that they were wholesaling to local restaurants and cafes.

‘I really love the farmers’ markets,’ Tom says. ‘It’s very rewarding being able to sell directly to your customers because you get instant feedback – it’s so much more than just watching your boxes of eggs being loaded onto a truck. And there’s a real sense of community that you don’t get when you’re just wholesaling.’

Byron Farmers Market is held Thursdays 7–11am at the Cavanbah Centre (Butler St Reserve from 2 December), and Bangalow Farmers Market is Saturdays 7–11am, behind the Bangalow pub.

To apply: email cover letter & CV to admin@loftbyronbay.com.au

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Eateries Guide

BALLINA

BYRON BAY

Mezza at the Point 4 Martin St, Ballina 6618 1188 Book Online www.mezza.com.au

Success Thai

Serving fresh seafood, tapas, cocktails and a delicious menu available all day with beautiful views over the Richmond River.

Happy Hour Daily 3–6pm including $1 Oysters, $10 Daiquiris and Cocktails from $16 Live Music Friday, Saturday and Sunday afternoons Open every day from 8am until late.

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

New Summer Menu & Cocktail Paddle Happy Hour with Free Tapas

Lord Byron Distillery

Dine in and takeaway available at our beautiful Riverside Restaurant & Bar. Serving delicious, Italian wood-fired pizzas, local seafood & our region’s best beers & liquors

4 Banksia Drive, Byron Bay 8646 4901

Wharf Bar & Restaurant

Everyday 4–6 pm

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The Rocks Brunch 7am–12 noon, Mon–Sun 16 Lawson St, Byron Bay 6685 7663 Menus at therocksbyronbay.com.au @therocksbyronbay

BYRON BAY

Barrio

Barrio takes its inspiration from locally sourced produce and Middle Eastern cuisine.

1 Porter St, North Byron Opening Hours Mon–Sat: Breakfast 7am– 11pm; Lunch 11am–3pm Thu–Sat: Aperitif Hour 3pm–5pm; Dinner 5pm–late @barriobyronbay

Offering daily bakes, breakfast cakes, classic sandwiches, vibrant salads, smoked fish, woodfired meats and cocktails.

KARKALLA Byron Bay

Keep an eye on our socials for daily specials.

Native Indigenous Restaurant

Swaay

SWAAY is a new cafe / bar restaurant offering an experience of great food & drinks, quality service & good music. Come dine inside on one of our leather banquettes, hang amongst the plants at the bar, or chill outside and enjoy afternoon happy hours with one of our signature cocktails. Our ever evolving menu is focused on modern cuisine using only the best seasonal local produce.

Open 7 days Mon–Wed 7am–2.30pm Thurs–Sun 7am–10pm 11 Marvell Street, Byron Bay swaay.com.au

Cnr of Bay Lane & Fletcher St, Byron Bay

5614 8656

Fishheads

Restaurant & Takeaway

Byron Bay

No Bones

OPEN THURSDAY – SUNDAY FROM 5PM Please book online via our website.

Vegan Bar and Kitchen.

1 Jonson Street, Byron Bay 6680 7632

Happy Hour from 5–6pm $12 cocktails / $5 beers / $7 wines.

11 Fletcher Street 6680 7418

Our whole menu is available for takeaway.

Book online: www.nobonesbyronbay.com.au

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The Italian Byron Bay

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Yaman Mullumbimby

21, 108 Jonson St, Byron Bay Open Wednesday to Saturday - please check website or call us before dining with us OPEN WEDNESDAY TO SATURDAY – PLEASE CHECK WEBSITE OR CALL US BEFORE DINING WITH US. 5633 1216 www.theitalianbyronbay.com Incredible cocktails, locals beers & all-day snacks and food to share, with ocean views.

4 Jonson Street, Byron Bay 6680 9183

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

62 Stuart St, Mullumbimby 6684 3778 www.yamanmullumbimby.com.au

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

The Empire 20 Burringbar St, Mullum

6684 2306 Tues–Sun 9am–3pm FB/Insta: EmpireMullum empiremullum.com.au Orders: mryum.com/theempire

Espresso Martini Nights | Every day 9–11pm 2 for $25 Classic Espresso Martini.

Book online: www.loftbyronbay.com.au

Open every day from 4pm till late.

Fresh authentic Mexican in a relaxed atmosphere.

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 5–9pm 6685 3059 Wed–Sat www.chupacabra.com.au Book via Resy @chupabyron

Byron’s Freshest Pizza 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.

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

Corner of Stuart and Tincogan Streets, Mullumbimby

0498 010 881 Monday–Friday 6.30am–2.30pm Saturday 7am–2pm

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

Harvest 18-22 Old Pacific Highway Newrybar NSW 2479 02 6687 2644 www.harvest.com.au @harvestnewrybar

Free tours of the distillery with any drink, cocktail or flight ordered in our tasting room.

LordByronDistillery The Rocks is back in business!

Brand new summer menu! We have a range of freshly sourced dishes, Byron Bay coffee, and hand-made juices and smoothies at locals prices. Fully licensed, and offering $7 mimosa’s all day, and $6 schooners during happy hour! Check out our new dishes on Instagram!

We are registered as COVID Safe, and complying with all NSW health legislation.

Food with history, story & connection.

Thurs & Fri Dinner 5.30–9.30pm Sat & Sun Breakfast 8.00–11.30am Lunch 12.00–2.00pm Dinner 5.30–9.30pm Bookings recommended via our website www.karkalla.com.au @karkallabyronbay

New summer menu & cocktail paddle.

Happy hour with free tapas Every day 4–6 pm.

Enjoy our fresh, local Seafood & our region’s best beers & liquors at a beachfront table on Byron’s famous Main Beach.

www.fishheadsbyron.com.au

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.

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

Order and pay online!

Scan the QR code to view menu and order online through Mr Yum. Phone orders welcome. Takeaway is available on the whole menu.

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.

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

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Takeaway cocktails available 10am–5pm, Tues–Sat

NEWRYBAR

Open for takeaway daily, 12 midday until dinner.

Menu and more details @mainstreet_burgerbar

**Discounted Gin Classes** with 10% off for locals for the rest of October, chat to our friendly staff today

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Chupacabra

Legend Pizza

Menus available on Facebook.

MULLUMBIMBY

The Italian, Byron Bay, provides a bustling, atmospheric restaurant, dishing up contemporary inspired Italian cuisine and some of Byron’s finest cocktails and wines.

Loft Byron Bay

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.

Celebration cakes Personal catering services Event co-ordination and management

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

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Issue# 36.23 November 17–23, 2021 Editor: Eve Jeffery Editorial/gigs: gigs@echo.net.au Copy deadline: 5pm each Friday Advertising: adcopy@echo.net.au P: 02 6684 1777 W: echo.net.au/entertainment

ENTERTAINMENT

FLAMENCO! Bandaluzia Flamenco are back at the Byron Theatre in January – Bandaluzia is firmly established as one of the most enjoyable and exciting exponents of modern flamenco.

Led by ARIA nominated Flamenco guitarist, Damian Wright (also a SMH Album of the Week featured artist), Bandaluzia will deliver a spectacular new show presenting contemporary flamenco dance and music while keeping the essential characteristics of the flamenco tradition.

Bandaluzia are celebrated for their powerful performances, unique sound and explosive displays of dazzling musicianship and virtuosity. Bandaluzia performed at The Adelaide International Guitar Festival’ curated by Slava Grigoryan, and was awarded The Pick of the Sydney Fringe at The Sydney Fringe Festival.

Bandaluzia performed to a sold out Sydney Opera House Concert Hall as an invited artist to TEDX Sydney.

The troupe, features Jessica Statham, Dance Australia magazine’s Most Outstanding Dancer, and co-winner of Best Dance Show at The Adelaide Fringe; flamenco dancer Rosalie Cocchiaro, who lived in Madrid for 10 years, and has performed in many of Madrid’s premier Tablaos (flamenco venues), and outstanding percussionist James Hauptmann (James Morrison, Vince Jones, Bluejuice). Bandaluzia are highly revered for their ability to mix elements of other genres into their performances, whether being the rich harmonies of jazz, the exotic melodies of the Orient or the infectious rhythms of South America.

Bandaluzia is an experience that ignites the senses with the grace of Flamenco.

Bandaluzia Flamenco are at the Byron Theatre on Friday, 14 January at 7.30pm. Tickets are available now through: www.byroncentre.com.au.

Got a question for the mayoral candidates?

Housing, tourism, the environment, paid parking, roads, waste management, rates, and development. What concerns you the most about living in the Byron Shire?

BayFM and The Echo are teaming up to host a Byron Shire ‘Meet the Candidates’ forum at the Byron Theatre on Monday 29 November from 6pm.

We’ve invited all mayoral candidates to sit on the panel, so here’s your opportunity to ask a question live on the night. Email frontdesk@bayfm.org with your full name, the group or interest you represent and two questions by 5pm on Monday, 22 November 2021.

Book at byroncentre.com.au. Entry by donation.

This event will also be a live broadcast on BayFM 99.9 or stream live at bayfm.org

KOORI ART PRIZE Forty-nine finalists have been selected from more than 119 entries for the first Koori Mail Indigenous Art Award 2021. The award has attracted entries from established, mid-career, and emerging Indigenous artists from every state and territory, working across a wide variety of mediums. The youngest and oldest artists are separated by 58 years.

Finalist works include works by senior artists from Ramingining in the Northern Territory, Joy Burruna, who has painted sand palms, the fruits of which have been used by Yolngu people of North East Arnhem Land for many centuries as food and medicine. Testimony to the artistic heritage of Burruna, her mother was one of the first women painters from Ramingining.

Joy Burruna has continued this tradition and Joy’s daughter and granddaughter are both painters. The cross-hatching effect in Burruna’s work is a traditional technique created with the use of a rarrk brush collected from Country.

Working in a very different medium, but still within the realm of empowering traditional knowledge and culture, Moorina Bonini’s powerful video work, Gowidja, presents a new picture of the future.

In her words; ‘A near and Indigenous-led future where all centralised governance and power has been dispersed outwards amongst Indigenous people and communities. In this future we have ownership of our cultural materials and objects, autonomy over our representation and agency to achieve our selfdeterminism.’ Bonini challenges narratives placed upon Aboriginal people as a result of colonisation. Bonini’s practice is based within Indigenous knowledge systems and brings them to the fore.

The exhibition includes strong representation from Bundjalung artists and Aboriginal artists practicing in the Northern Rivers region of NSW. Kylie Caldwell is a Bundjalung artist based at Wollongbar whose image of Mrs & Mr Watcher presents a picture of ancestors watching media obsessed people of today. ‘Mrs & Mr Watcher is a digital portrait of our ancestors watching us, watching others while we are watched... Screens are now our eyes to see the world through and how the world can see us… What would our ancestors say?’.

In her work The Rainbow Experience Butchulla artist Mia Boa looks at elements of K’gari’s (Fraser Island) complicated and dark history since colonisation, as well as the consequences of the displacement of the Butchulla people. ‘The location of this painting exists between myth and truth — it is my naive imagining of what it may look like for myself, a Butchulla woman, to return to the island.’

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MANDY NOLAN’S

LEAN IN

I didn’t know true fear until my first daughter was born.

I remember this profound awakening on her arrival.

The awe of the ordinary miracle of flesh and blood. The love I felt was unbelievable. It was so much bigger than anything I’d ever felt before. It filled all of me. Like my body was full of light. I could almost see it glowing under my skin. There was a moment when I felt truly ecstatic; ‘This is what pure love feels like!’ I was so full of joy I thought I might burst.

I looked at her perfect little face. Her tiny hands. Her deep soulful eyes that seemed to look into the abyss of all things, like some newborn sage. Then it hit me. She could die. I could lose her. The world is a dangerous place.

I suddenly saw a world full of pointed corners, falling branches and wild seas. What would I do to keep her safe?

This connection to the divine, this experience of grace is fragile. There are no guarantees. No certainties. As a Godless woman it is hard to reconcile this space. I understand the need for a creator; A loving God who looks out for you. It keeps the lid on the fear. But I’m not a believer. So there’s just me; a flawed, selfish, unworthy human tasked to keep my baby girl safe. It was brutal.

In one blinding moment of awakening I had found both true love and the crippling fear of loss. That was the moment that changed me forever – not having a baby – but understanding what it meant to truly love. It makes you powerful and vulnerable all at the same time. Love’s shadow is grief and loss. It is the night that follows day.

The darkness we all fear.

Just over a week ago a mother and father lost their twin daughters. As the country celebrated the return of four-year-old Cleo Smith, two blonde-haired girls slipped away, right here in our midst. Safe in the love of their parents, then, just like that, there was no hope. No search. No alternative narrative. No second chance.

STARS

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A dramatic face-off between planetary hotheads Mars and Uranus, plus Friday’s powerful full moon lunar eclipse in Taurus, unleashes a volatile, volcanic week…

SCORPIO THE SCORPION

I have not experienced this loss. I have stood on the shores and looked out to the vast sea of human experience and I can only imagine the pain for the people in that place. It hurts to think about it. How you can wake up one day and your life has become entirely different. For the families of children who have died – I wonder where they find their strength. How do they make peace with the loss? Can they find again their belief that the world is a good place? How do they look at the children of their friends and not wonder why this agony befell them?

I think about those little girls. But mainly I think about their parents and family. The people in the shadowland.

I want to tell them everything will be okay, but I don’t know that. I don’t really even know them. This is a small community. When tragedy strikes, and the wave consumes one of us, the ripples hit the rest.

It’s both a blessing and a curse to live in a small community when you have experienced profound loss.

Everyone knows your story. Your private pain. A friend who lost a child explained this unnavigable place where an ordinary trip to the supermarket saw strangers step forward and people she knew avoid her. She yearned for the anonymity of the city. Where she could just be a woman at the shops, instead of the woman who had just lost her child. But at the same time it was the care of her community that got her through.

To the mother and father who lost their girls, you need to know, we don’t know how to act in the face of your grief. And there’s no right way. There’s nothing to say.

Even what I’m saying now might be wrong. But there is something about living in a small community… you are not alone. Your community has you. You can lean in.

That is what we are here for.

I’m so sorry. We’re all so sorry.

Dunghutti artist, Gus Kelly’s work in coloured pencil Nobody Told Me There’d Be Days Like These tells the story of colonisation of Aboriginal land with four images providing a timeline.

The judge of the Koori Mail Indigenous Art Award 2021, Djon Mundine OAM FAHA, says of the award, ‘Australia wide we need to heal our country by painting, performing, by making art. We are regaining our connection and healing.’

The winner of Koori Mail Indigenous Art Award 2021($10,000) will be announced on Saturday 4 December at Lismore Regional Gallery by Djon Mundine OAM FAHA. Additional awards to be presented on the day are the Bundjalung Art Award ($2,500), open to Bundjalung artists and/or Indigenous artists working on Bundjalung country, the Innovation Art Award ($2,500) open to Indigenous artists living in Bundjalung, Yaegl and Githabul Country, and the Youth Art Award ($500) open to Indigenous artists nationally, 12–24 years of age.

Announcement of Winners by Djon Mundine OAM FAHA, at 2pm on Saturday 4 December 2021 at Lismore Regional Gallery.

The Koori Mail Indigenous Art Award 2021 finalists’ exhibition will be on display at Lismore Regional Gallery from Saturday 4 December 2021 to 30 January, 2022.

CAPRICORN: How you feel about the past influences the way your future unfolds, and while this week’s full moon eclipse plus a powerful planetary trio in your house of friends and connections may excavate old hurts, Venus and Pluto in Capricorn also provide the necessary nudge to make peace and start a new story.

ARIES: Although Aries don’t often slow down for self-examination, the stress-relieving benefits of time spent processing built up emotions is well worth it this week. That said, choose your battles carefully. Consider whether what you fight for, or against, is worth all the conflict a Mars-Uranus opposition can ignite.

CANCER: The super-strength full moon on 19 November in securityseeking Taurus could stimulate new determination and resolve. Ready to do away with a lingering bad habit and start over? This eclipse offers the courage and resourcefulness to dive deep, find hidden superpowers and release what no longer serves you.

LIBRA: It’s necessary to monitor our energetic messaging right now. How? By avoiding stressy people and complicated situations where possible. Slowing down and keeping it simple. Not taking things personally. This week’s eruptive world is in need of counterbalancing calm, clear thinking and equanimity, so help by doing what you can to maintain yours.

TAURUS: With three planets – Sun, Mars and Mercury – in your partnership zone, Friday’s full moon eclipse in Taurus could reshuff le friends, advisors, colleagues and competitors into surprising new alignments and alliances. At the very least, expect a relationship turnaround, restart or release to change whatever’s no longer a working fit.

LEO: Best get ready for a change of direction at this year’s most potent lunar eclipse. A goal you’ve been working toward could finally come together this week. Or else be suddenly eclipsed. You might even decide it’s time to leave the whole thing and move on to something new.

SCORPIO: As Mars ignites something – a new idea or ideal – and Mercury explores if it’s worth pursuing, then figures out how to make it happen, this week’s main event is the dramatic Mars/Uranus opposition, which stubbornness and toughing up won’t solve. What will?

Softening. No need to wear Mars armour 24/7.

AQUARIUS: Debts, deadlines and demands, not to mention arguments and altercations, could ramp up this week, so you’ll have to be vigilant about mood management, control of rollercoasting emotions and rash media posts. With unpredictable Uranus, your planetary boss, opposing flammable Mars, a Do Not Disturb notification’s certainly worth considering.

VIRGO: Will the current eclipse disrupt your carefully curated agenda? Possibly.

Probably. Plans could get sidetracked or derailed. Change, even the exciting kind, can still be stressful, and during this intense, reactivity-prone week, less is definitely the new more, so use it to get anchored and organised for the plot twists in store.

SAGITTARIUS: While this week’s provoking Mars/Uranus clash could tempt you to act impulsively, sudden unconsidered moves could prove regrettable. If buttons are pushed, and that’s likely, give yourself space to cool down and unwind. You’re already processing a backlog of emotions built up during the year – why add more?

PISCES: This week’s full moon tunes us into our physical body, and by extension our greater body – this Earth, our planetary home. Find some time to sit in nature feeling gratitude for its gifts. Smell everything around you. Do some body percussion to get your blood pumping.

Commit to doing one thing daily to support the Earth.

GEMINI: Your heavenly mentor Mercury in truth-truff ling Scorpio isn’t into idle chat about this and that, or polite euphemisms. It wants to get to the bottom of things, so this high-voltage and combustible week will expect you to say what you mean, and mean what you say.

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A NEW HOME FOR THE BLUES There is exciting news for all blues music lovers – the Ballina RSL is hosting a Blues night in the club as a regular event on the first Saturday of every month, starting 4 December.

The new event is free and will showcase local blues bands and artists.

The first act under the banner of The Blues Club is The Soren Carlbergg Quartet, a dynamic and tight local outfit that mixes traditional blues standards with covers in the more modern style (Robben Ford, John Mayer, Marcus King, Eric Clapton) plus a selection of their blues originals.

The Soren Carlbergg Quartet has Soren on guitar and vocals, the very talented Louis Muller on guitar and vocals, with the powerful rhythm section of Martin Muller on bass and Derek Armistead holding it down on drums.

The second session of the The Blues Club will be on 1 January, 2022 – a special New Year’s Day event, and it will be a hoot for the survivors of the night before.

The featured band will be FBI (Federal Blues Inc.). These guys play the blues like no one else, featuring one of the finest guitarist in the area, Mr Tommy Cuyler, with Steve Foster taking it away with his brilliant harmonica.

The Ballina RSL Blues stage is right next to the restaurant and bars, so, making a night of it and making the most of the music is just too easy.

If you love the blues, put these dates in your calendar and tell your friends that The Blues Club at the RSL in Ballina on the first Saturday of each month, is the place to be.

For information and tickets visit: ballinarsl.com.au.

DRILL HALL HOT SHORTS 2022 The deadline for the Drill Hall Theatre’s HOT SHORTS 10-minute play writing competition is fast approaching.

Prizes for best scripts. Selected plays are fully staged with actors and directors at the Drill Hall Theatre.

For more info, visit: www.drillhalltheatre.org.au/ hot-shorts-2022.

SAVE THE DATE FOR THE BANGALOW FILM FESTIVAL It’s back! The Bangalow Film Festival will screen in January with more films, more locations, and more of just about everything!

The event will run 13–29 January in addition to a full week of screenings at the Bangalow Showgrounds, Admission Prices: Adults: $14 Wednesday a carefully curated program Stud/Conc: $12 All tickets Senior: $11 of talks, showcases and $10 Child: $10 workshops will take over NOVEMBER the A&I Hall, aligning with the festival’s core theme of ETERNALS M 156 MIN ‘Sustainable Futures’.

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Properties in this tightly held, premier enclave rarely come onto the market and this showpiece is being offered for the first time in almost 20 years.

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The choice is yours: There’s scope to renovate and add your own decorative touches, you could potentially redevelop the sizeable block into two dwellings (STCA) or simply move in and enjoy the home as it is.

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Expressions of Interest: Closes 14th December 2021 Open: Saturday 20th November 10–10.30am

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Charming Historic Beauty Just a Short Walk to Town 4

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Luxury Family Estate, in the Heart of Byron Shire 5

• This gorgeous north-facing home circa 1910 is one of Mullumbimby’s most historic and beautiful properties - perfectly positioned, just a short walk to everything • Set on a 974m2 block, it has been carefully and respectfully restored, and is in wonderful condition retaining all its original character • They really don’t make them like this anymore - featuring Bull nose verandas, 11 foot ceilings, beautiful fretwork, hipped gable roof, brick fireplace, stained glass and more

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• Resting on 3.5-acres of both level and undulating land, Casa Del Mundo is a luxury, elevated estate capturing magnificent views and amazing sunsets • Strong Spanish/Mexican influence with authentic materials sourced and shipped • Featuring multiple dwellings and DA approval for stage 2 build • Located only 10km to the beautiful beaches of Byron Bay and Brunswick Heads 428 Tyagarah Road, Myocum

5 Fern Street, Mullumbimby Price: Contact Agent

Price: Contact Agent Opens: Wednesday 17th November 11.30–12pm Su Reynolds 0428 888 660

Saturday 20th November 9–9.30am

Katie Teague 0417 006 667

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• Immaculately renovated, this picture-perfect property includes a beautiful Queenslander circa 1900’s with an additional wing, plus a separate studio • The ridge-line position promotes the north-easterly aspect of home and deck, enhancing the spectacular vistas, ocean glimpses and sunrise colours • The grounds are flawless and set over 1.33 hectares with manicured lawns, established trees, permaculture vegetable garden and over a dozen fruit trees

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709 Federal Drive, Federal

Price: $2.95m – $3.245m

Auction if not sold prior

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Tara Torkkola 0423 519 698

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• Incredibly rare, elevated yet level, 19 acres of lush gardens and stunning hinterland views to the west - first time on the market in 25 years!

• The home itself preserves the natural charm of a federation character style home, sophisticatedly renovated combining modern luxury living • Centrally positioned approximately 1km from famous Federal village and Doma Café, 25 minutes from Byron, 15 minutes from Bangalow and on the doorstep of the World Heritage rainforests and national parks

63 Lizray Road, Federal

35 FLETCHER ST, BYRON BAY NSW 2481 PH: O2 6685 8466

Denzil Lloyd 0481 864 049

A Rare Sophisticated Charm Set on 19 Acres with Sunsets

13300M 2

Open: Saturday 20th November 10–10.30am

Tara Torkkola 0423 519 698

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Denzil Lloyd 0481 864 049 SALES@BYRONBAYFN.COM WWW.BYRONBAYFN.COM.AU

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The Channon Cafe – Business & Building Opportunity 1

• ’Clementine’ is a lush and rare 2-acre homestead located right in the heart of the quaint village of Bangalow in the Byron Bay hinterland • Features both a 120-year-old restored Queenslander and a magical timber cabin set amongst gorgeous gardens, complete with running creek and abundant wild life • Designed to provide a self-sufficient lifestyle, this is the perfect-sized parcel to explore farm-to-table growing and hobby farming but small enough to manage

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• The Channon Cafe in the heart of the village of The Channon and is an ideal place to relax with friends for coffee or enjoy that special night out • Nestled in the hinterland behind the bustling and located within an easy drive from other popular hinterland locations including Federal, Clunes and Bangalow • Featuring multiple dwellings and DA approval for stage 2 build • Presenting one building with multiple dining zones and extensive edible gardens, this property is country-style dining at its best with a relaxed atmosphere

39 Clover Hill Circuit, Bangalow

10 Standing Street, The Channon

Auction Guide: $2.8m

Price: $1.25m to $1.35m Tara Torkkola 0423 519 698

Open: Saturday 20th November 12–12.30pm

Oliver Aldridge 0421 171 499

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Paul Prior 0418 324 297

Open: Friday 19th November 2–2.30pm

Lee Grimes 0400 462 312

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• Nestled in the hinterland behind bustling Byron Bay and the beaches of Brunswick Heads, lies this enchanting Federation style home on 166 acres • Featuring beautiful timber work throughout and verandahs that wraparound the property, it is a north facing renovator’s delight!

• Open living room featuring a slow combustion fireplace and sunroom • A permanent spring delivers ample water to house and gardens at high pressure • Just 2kms to the welcoming Channon village with general store and tavern

• Situated in one of the most sought-after central locations in Mullumbimby

1027 Pinchin Road, The Channon

9 New City Road, Mullumbimby

• Walking distance to the vibrant town centre, this property is a haven for families • This property has so much potential with 598m2 providing a perfect canvas to renovate, re-build or extend (STCA) • Featuring a private back yard and decent garden space for veggie gardens and chickens if your heart desires with a convenient rear lane access

Auction Guide: $1.05m – $1.15m

Forthcoming Auction

Opens: Thursday 18th November 2–2.30pm Opens: Friday 19th November 1–1.30pm Saturday 20th November 10–10.30am 35 FLETCHER ST, BYRON BAY NSW 2481 PH: O2 6685 8466

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Paul Prior 0418 324 297

Lee Grimes 0400 462 312

Saturday 20th November 11–11.30am Auction: Saturday 27th November 12.00pm Onsite

Oliver Aldridge 0421 171 499

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Quintessential Beach Cottage, əɔm from the Sand and Sea

2 Terrace Street, New Brighton Scan for Listing

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Auction On-Site, Sunday 5 December at 11am 3

Open for Inspection Saturday 1pm - 1:30pm Brian and Denise Dangerfield 0418 962 548

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Perfectly placed beachside, in an idyllic setting between the river and ocean, escape to this charming elevated gem that oozes character. Lovingly looked after, yet ready for a new lease on life, it currently hosts a welcoming kitchen, a light bright and inviting living and dining zone (where timber flooring shines) as well as a wide, shady veranda that wraps around it's north and east sides.

Sit here and savour the beautiful sea breezes, relax to the soundtrack of the ocean or gather with loved ones in the ideal spot for relaxed living and entertaining. Spread across a single upper level, you are free to use your own flair and capitalise on the lower level with garage and storage area.

There are three sunny bedrooms and two bathrooms to enjoy including a master with ensuite and walkin robe. Outdoors, enjoy the beauty of the colourful and lush garden that adds even more whimsical charm to this authentic classic, a mere 50 metres from the sand and the sea. *approximate

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Ocean Shores 12 Banool Circuit Ocean View & Bilinudgel Nature Reserve Situated on a large 892sqm elevated block with ocean view at front and back to the Billinudgel Nature Reserve this home is perfect for family, investor or down sizer. The open plan living seamlessly flows from the kitchen to the balcony area over looking the ocean & nature. Plus the potential to add/convert on/to a studio, granny flat in front of the property (STCA). This is the one you’ve been waiting for.

Featuring: - Planned with purpose & poise this is open-plan living at its finest; - Large entertainer’s kitchen in the hub of the home featuring a sky light and ample cupboard spaces - Spacious master bedroom features a build in-wardrobe, walk through ensuite, - Spacious 2nd Bedroom with building wardrobe with direct access to the backyard.

- Additional 2nd living area or can also use as the third bedroom - Sizeable laundry with external access for ease - Double carports

892sqm

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Location Benefits (all approximations): - 1km walk to Ocean Shores Public School - 2km walk to South Golden Beach & Mrs Bird Cafe - 7km Ocean Shores shopping centre - 5km Ocean Shores Country Club - 5km to New Brighton beach - 8min drive to Brunswick Heads - 20 mins to Byron Bay - 30min Gold Coast International Airport or Ballina Airport View: Price:

By Appointment Contact Agent

Steve

Call Steve Leslie M 0413 833 077 E steve.leslie@harcourts.com.au www.echo.net.au

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Gary Brazenor Negotiating strong results for my sellers for over 20 years

0423 777 237 gary@byronshirerealestate.com.au

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Open For Inspection Big Family Home on Huge Block 17 Ryces Drive, Clunes 4

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Byron & Beyond Real Estate

LJ Hooker Brunswick Heads

• 1 Hulls Rd, Crabbes Creek. Sat 10–10.30am • 38 Waranga Cres, Burringbar. Sat 11–11.30am

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Elders Real Estate Brunswick Valley

• 33 Morrison Ave, Mullumbimby. Sat 11–11.30am • 3 Dignan St, Burringbar. Sat 12–12.30pm First National Real Estate Byron Bay

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Room to grow on leafy, private lot of over 2,300m2. This large family friendly home sits proudly on a generous block surrounded by established trees and gardens. The property has a cool leafy feel and offers privacy, yet is close to the many amenities of the historic village including the Clunes Store and Cafe, schools and public areas.

The huge open plan family spaces flow out to the covered outdoor living areas and beyond. The house offers 4 generous bedrooms, a second lounge space and room for a home office.

Let your imagination run wild with plenty of room to expand or design your landscaped pool area.

Retired vendor wants action on or before Auction day.

Open:

Thursday 18 November, 4–4.30pm Saturday 20 November 11–11.30am Auction: Saturday 27 November, 1pm on-site Contact: Greg Price – 0412 871 500 Ray White Rural Bangalow

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1 Mona Ln, Brunswick Head. Wed 10–10.30am 5 Fern St, Mullumbimby. Wed 11.30am–12pm 4 Henderson Dr, Lennox Head. Wed 1–1.30pm 15 Pepperbush St, Suffolk Park. Thu 11–11.30am 9 New City Rd, Mullumbimby. Thu 2–2.30pm 32 Fairview Rd, Rosebank. Thu 4–4.30pm 5/7 Cooper St, Byron Bay. Fri 11–11.30am 1027 Pinchin Rd, The Channon. Fri 1–1.30pm 10 Standing St, The Channon. Fri 2–2.30pm 5 Fern St, Mullumbimby. Sat 9–9.30am 2/53 Stuart St, Mullumbimby. Sat 9–9.30am 1027 Pinchin Rd, The Channon. Sat 10–10.30am 14 Bangalay Ct, Bangalow. Sat 10–10.30am 63 Lizray Rd, Federal. Sat 10–10.30am 1 Mona Ln, Brunswick Head. Sat 10–10.30am 32 Fairview Rd, Rosebank. Sat 11–11.30am 9 New City Rd, Mullumbimby. Sat 11–11.30am 4 Elkhorn Pl, Bangalow. Sat 11–11.30am 83 McGettigans Ln, Ewingsdale. Sat 11.30am–12pm 39 Clover Hill Cct, Bangalow. 12–12.30pm 3/60 Lawson St, Byron Bay. Sat 12.30–1pm 26B Alcorn St, Suffolk Park. Sat 12.30–1pm 4 Henderson Dr, Lennox Head. Sat 1–1.30pm

Harcourts Northern Rivers

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8 Camoola Ave, Ballina. Sat 10–10.30am 3 Camden Ln, Ballina. Sat 10–11am 68 Dolphin Dr, West Ballina. Sat 11–11.30am 10 Lindsay Ave, Cumbalum. Sat 11–11.30am 4 Summerhill Cres, Cumbalum. Sat 12–12.30pm • 7 Oak Crt, Suffolk Park. Sat 12.30–1pm • 9 Gorton Ave, East Lismore. Sat 12.30–1pm • 1/163 Fox St, Ballina. Sat 1–1.30pm

16 Mia Ct, South Golden Beach. Sat 10–10.30am 69 Rajah Rd, Ocean Shores. Sat 11–11.30am 35 Yamble Dr, Ocean Shores. Sat 11–11.30am 8/2 Langi Pl, Ocean Shores. Sat 12–12.30pm 76 Fingal St, Brunswick Heads. Sat 1–1.30pm

McGrath Real Estate Byron Bay

• 3/174 Fowlers Ln, Bangalow. Thu 11–11.30am • 3/174 Fowlers Ln, Bangalow. Sat 11–11.30am • 80A Balemo Dr, Ocean Shores. Sat 9–9.30am North Coast Lifestyle Properties

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18 Nurubuan St, Mullumbimby. Wed 4–5pm 11 Dalley St, Mullumbimby. Wed 11am–12pm 18 Nurubuan St, Mullumbimby. Sat 10–10.45am 11 Dalley St, Mullumbimby. Sat 12–12.45pm

Raine & Horne Ocean Shores/Brunswick Heads/Murwillumbah

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108 Laurel Ave, Lismore. Wed 9.30–10.30am 7 Yalla Kool, Ocean Shores. Thu 12–12.30pm 108 Laurel Ave Lismore. Sat 9.30–10.30am 61 Riverview St, Murwillumbah. Sat 9.30–10am 7 Yalla Kool Dr, Ocean Shores. Sat 10–10.30am 44 Lalina Ave, Tweed Heads West. Sat 10–10.30am 22 Palmer Ave, Ocean Shores. Sat 10–11am 4 Condong St, Murwillumbah. Sat 10.30am–11am 55 Walker St, East Lismore. Sat 11–11.30am 426 Tweed Valley Way, South Murwillumbah.

Sat 11.30am–12pm 108 Orana Rd, Ocean Shores. Sat 11.30am–12pm 61 Balemo Dr, Ocean Shores. Sat 11am–12pm 16 Clifford St, South Golden Beach. Sat 12–1pm

Ray White Rural Bangalow

• 17 Ryces Dr, Clunes. Thu 4–4.30pm • 17 Ryces Dr, Clunes. Sat 11–11.30am Real Estate of Distinction Byron Bay

New Listings Elders Real Estate Brunswick Valley

• 3 Dignan St, Burringbar First National Real Estate Byron Bay

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5 Fern St, Mullumbimby 1027 Pinchin Rd, The Channon 3 Cudgerie Ct, Mullumbimby 709 Federal Dr, Federal 4 Tyagarah St, Mullumbimby 14 Bangalay Ct, Bangalow 8 Gin Gin Cres, Ocean Shores

North Coast Lifestyle Properties

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Unit 7/121 Dalley St, Mullumbimby 11 Dalley St, Mullumbimby 18 Nurubuan St, Mullumbimby 419 Left Bank Rd, Mullumbimby 361A Huonbrook Rd, Huonbrook Lots 389/390 Middle Pocket Rd, Middle Pocket

Raine & Horne Ocean Shores/Brunswick Heads/Murwillumbah

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22 Palmer Ave, Ocean Shores 112 Riveroak Dr, Murwillumbah 30 Somerville Cct, Murwillumbah 2 Condong St, Murwillumbah

Auction First National Real Estate Byron Bay

• 3/60 Lawson St, Byron Bay. Sat 20 Nov, 12.30pm onsite

• 4 Elkhorn Pl, Bangalow. Sat 27 Nov, 10am onsite

• 9 New City Rd, Mullumbimby. Sat 27 Nov, 12pm onsite

• 1 Mona Ln, Brunswick Heads. Fri 3 Dec, 10.30am onsite

• 23 Greenvale Ct, Burringbar. Sat 10.30–11am • 203 Tweed Valley Way, South Murwillumbah.

• 14 Bangalay Ct, Bangalow. Sat 4 Dec, 11.30am

Sat 3–3.30pm • 139 Bishops Creek, Coffee Camp. Sun 11–11.30am

• 4 Henderson Dr, Lennox Head. Sat 11 Dec,

Tim Miller Real Estate

Tim Miller Real Estate

• 9 Rosewood Ave, Bangalow. Thu 12–12.30pm • 187 Cameron Rd, McLeans Ridges. Thu 1.30–2pm

onsite 10am onsite

• 9 Rosewood Ave, Bangalow. Sat 1.30pm onsite • 187 Cameron Rd, McLeans Ridges. Sat 3pm onsite

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Funeral Services ............................43 Veterinary Surgeons......................45 Garden & Property Maintenance....43 Water Filters .................................45 Gas Suppliers ................................43 Water Supplies ..............................45 Graphic Design ..............................43 Welding ........................................45

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

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Quality workmanship, and reliable and personalised service.

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ACUPUNCTURE

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ARCHITECTS

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ACCOUNTING * BAS * TAXATION saltwateraccountancy.com.au ...............................02 66874746

Lic: 317362C

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

Guttering ......................................43 Window Cleaning ..........................45

ACCOUNTANTS & BOOKKEEPERS

Friendly Reliable Prompt Local

JP DIGITAL ANTENNAS Reception problems, new antennas, extra TV points, all areas .....0432 289705

Electricians ...................................43 Transport ......................................45 Fencing .........................................43 Tree Services .................................45 Floor Sanding & Polishing..............43 Upholstery ....................................45 Flooring ........................................43 Valuers .........................................45

AH

Digital TV ALL Antenna Installations & Repairs ALL Electrical Work

Lic. 266174C

Architects .....................................42 Locksmith .....................................44 Automotive...................................42 Osteopathy ...................................44

0439 624 945

Lic. 266174C

Antennas & Installation.................42 Landscape Supplies .......................44 Antiques/Restoration ....................42 Landscaping .................................44

BAYSIDE RADIATORS Windscreens & air-con. Billinudgel. AU29498 .................................66802444

FRANCHISE OF THE YEAR!

BLINDS, AWNINGS, CURTAINS, SHUTTERS LOCAL

SHOWCASE DEALER SHOWROOM

SUNSCREENS

Green & Clean

Carpet and upholstery cleaning, urine extraction, rust removal, heavy traffic areas, deodorising and sanitation.

Far North Coast NSW John & Teresa

0408 232 066

Cleans deeply, dries in 1-2 hours

Commercial / Domestic / Insurance

CHIMNEY SWEEPING AIR CONDITIONING & REFRIGERATION

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

1/84 Centennial Circuit Byron Bay

66 680 0 8862

FREE E MEASURE E QUOTE E

CURTAINS

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

6684 2783

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

BLACKS CHIMNEY SWEEPING & REPAIRS AHHA member, insured. 3rd generation .....66771905

ROLL BLINDS

NORTH BYRON BLINDS For all your window furnishings................................................ 0404 421518

BRICKLAYING BRICK/BLOCK LAYING Contractors. Lic 291958C. Phone Mark ........................................0409 444268 BRICK & BLOCK LAYING 15 years exp. Reliable & competitive. Call Andrew for a quote ..0423 151092

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

www.echo.net.au

Service Directory 5 Stars

EARTHMOVING & EXCAVATION

CLEANING SERVICE

Phone Mick 0409 009 024

Philip Toovey

Email: mickbhl@gmail.com

DETAILED CLEANER/GUEST HOUSE MANAGER All natural products 4.8 Stayz rated ..0410 723601 PROFESSIONAL LOCAL CLEANER excellent references, good rates. Shire wide. Ph Krissy ..0410 860330

COMPUTER SERVICES RENT-A-GEEK Mobile PC Repair (Byron Shire) ....................................................................66844335 WEB-WIZZ Wordpress, Templates, Carts, SEO, Custom Codes & more. SMS Laurent ......0405 811271

CONCRETING & PAVING

0409 799 909

PROPERTY MAINTENANCE SPECIALISTS, ACREAGE MOWING AND MORE.

CONSCIOUS EARTHWORKS

0459 619 187 HINTERLANDPROPERTYSERVICES.COM.AU

DRAINAGE DESIGN • DRIVEWAYS • PADS • WATERWAYS ALL ASPECTS OF EARTHMOVING Phone: 0468 344 939

MULLUM.MOWING@gmail.com. Ride-on, large lawns & acreage. Ph Peter................0423 756394

www.360earth.com.au

GUTTERS CLEANED Solar panel cleaning, all areas, free quotes, fully insured ... 66841778 or 0405 922839 A-Z Lawns & acreage, trees & hedges, clean ups & tip runs, all gutters ..........................0405 625697

DARYL 0418 234 302

Over 25 yrs local experience. All forms of concreting.

Residential • Civil • Industrial

Lic.136717c

CONCRETING

•Tipper RESCO HAULAGE

0428 871 166

ACES LANDSCAPED GARDENS Mowing, gardening, landscaping. Ph Sam ..................0477 851493

Truck Hire

LEAF IT TO US Specialists in acreage mowing, garden, and tree services ......................0402 487213

•Quarry

and landscape materials

COSTAL GARDENS Landscaping, garden restoration & maintenance...........................0403 717215 TIP RUNS & RUBBISH REMOVALS 4m3 trailer..............................................................0408 210772 BRUSHCUTTING Rubbish, Property Maintenance, Lawns.............................................0412 469109

NORTHERN RIVERS TRENCHING 65hp chain trencher, excavator, cable locating & tpr.0402 716857 RICK’S PROPERTY MAINTENANCE Mowing, brushcutting, gardening, hedging.........0424 805660

ALL AROUND

Lic No. 337066C

Murray 0434 244 310 | mc_mower@hotmail.com

various implements available for limited access projects

SALISBURY

CONCRETING

0424 876 155 Licence No. 117289c

Trevor 0410 591 251 trevduncan2783@gmail.com

Weighbridge Specialists – Domestic – Commercial House Slabs – Shed Slabs – Driveways

GREEN DINGO for all your mowing and gardening needs. Ph Michael .........................0497 842442

ELECTRICIANS

GW MAINTENANCE Acreage & residential mowing, garden maintenance ...................0408 244820

24 HOUR SERVICE

Call Daniel

Concreting & Bricklaying For all your concreting needs

Aeration & lawn renovation. Residential, commercial & acreage mowing. General gardening, mulching, pressure washing.

TINY EARTHWOR

CLEANS: Holiday, Residential, Bond, Commercial, Spring

Free Quotes

MC MOWER LAWN, GARDEN & PROPERTY

0439 624 945

AH

POLLEN GARDENS Lawn & garden maint’. Professional & reliable. Dip. Hort. Dave ......0438 783645

GAS SUPPLIERS

02 66 804 173

Domestic Commercial

All Jobs Small or Large

Lic: 154293c

Byron Bay

Free Delivery Reliable

ELECTRICAL Steve Nicholls ph: 0455 445 343 lic: EC28753

SECURITY, DATA, TV Tim Nicholls ph: 0468 384 203 lic: 000102498

Locally Owned Est 18 years

No Rental

www.brunswickvalleygas.com

0408 760 609 GRAPHIC DESIGN

PLATINUM CRETE CONCRETING Lic 225874C. 20 years exp. Free quotes. Justin .........0458 773788 EXCAVATION & TIPPER HIRE Concreting & landscaping. Ph Steve ..............................0431 678130

DECKS, PATIOS & EXTENSIONS • 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.

www.fullcirclerefinishing.com

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0455 573 554

nichollselectrical@outlook.com

COUGHRAN ELECTRICAL 24 hour service, Lic 154293C .......................... 0439 624945 or 66804173 RONNIE SPINKS Everything electrical. Lic 27673 .........................................................0429 802355 JP ELECTRICAL All electrical. Level 2 ASP. Solar, data + TV. Lic 133082C .......................0432 289705 JIM LABELLE ELECTRICAL O.Shores, Mullum, Byron, Brunswick. Lic 176417C..............0415 126028

DENTISTS

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

BRUNSWICK HOLISTIC DENTAL CENTRE.......................................................................66851264

FLOORING

ASK US HOW.

BAREFOOT BUILDING DESIGN www.barefootbuildingdesign.com..........Bob Acton 0407 787993 DAVID ROBINSON DESIGN DRAFTING All Council & construction requirements ......0419 880048 BYRON ENERGY EFFICIENT DESIGN & DRAFTING www.beedad.com.au ...............0423 531448 FENG SHUI DESIGN CONSULTANT Lizzie Bodenham livingbalancedesigns.com.au.......0431 678608

Gutter guard Gutter cleaning Locally owned Fully insured Free quotes Call Junior for friendly, genuine advice and service.

FUNERAL SERVICES

NORTHFACE DESIGNS www.northfacedesigns.com.au..............................Cody Greer 0434 272353 All-inclusive and local. $2200 ........................................................................................1300 585778

DRIVEWAY MAINTENANCE oast Asph alt st C Ea

GARDEN & PROPERTY MAINTENANCE

BUILDING SERVICES R E S I D E N T I A L | C O M M E R C I A L | I N D U S T R I A L | S T R AT A | M A I N T E N A N C E S E R V I C E S

HANDY MAN SERVICES

0414 210 222

24 hr response time guaranteed

Fully Insured

paul.munten@bigpond.com.au

ASAP Decks, fences, bathrooms, plaster, paint, handy, jobs over $500 ..........................0405 625697 HANDY ANDY Carpentry, plastering, welding ......................................... 66884324 or 0476 600956 AWESOME REPAIRS Professional, commercial & domestic. Wayne...............................0423 218417

ALL ASPECTS OF ASPHALT & BITUMEN SERVICES

6677 1859

NG

HANDYPERSONS

THE TIMBER FLOORING SPECIALISTS NEW DISPLAY 10 Dudgeons lane, Bangalow T 6687 2483 | M 0410 406 334

borrelldesign.com.au Design & drafting. Residential & commercial..........................0412 043463 DIRECT CREMATION Sacred Earth Funerals. Personal service, female-led exceptional care, 24 hours.

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0413 252 115 | mick@livinghouses.com.au

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FLOOR SANDING & POLISHING THE FLOOR SANDER New & old floors, decks, non-toxic finishes, special effects, free quotes..0407 821690

WE DESIGN & BUILD HEALTHY MOULD FREE HOMES!

GUTTERING

BEN FORSYTH, Electrician. Lic:240691C. Ocean Shores & surrounds. No job too small ...0422 136408

FENCING

DESIGN & DRAFTING

www.thinkblinkdesign.com

BLUE BEE ELECTRICAL 25 years experience. Lic 189508C. Call Dave ............................0429 033801

THE DECK DOCTOR Sanding & refinishing, cable balustrading. Free quotes. Richard ...0407 821690

LITTLE LANE DENTAL, MULLUMBIMBY ...........................................................................66842816

Graphic Design / Print Branding / Websites Tutoring

SERVICING THE EAST COAST OF THE NSW NORTHERN RIVERS Burringbar

ABSOLUTE HANDYMAN. Repairs, renovation, maintenance, painting. Call Mark ........0402 281638 HIGHPOINT Repairs & handyman services. Painting, plastering & tiling. Michael ........0421 896796 KEEN HANDYMAN SERVICES Repairs, maintenance, gardening, odd jobs ..................0428 679704 MOWING, LANDSCAPING, gardening, odd jobs, painting etc. Ph Jordan ....................0434 129966 HANDYMAN 40 years experience in the building game. The reno master. Call Paul......0422 017072

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Service Directory HEALTH

KNIGHTSBRIDGE

• OTHER HEALTH RELATED SECTIONS IN THIS SERVICE DIRECTORY: Acupuncture,

PAINT & DECORATE

Chiropractic, Counselling, Dentists, Osteopathy, Physiotherapy ACUPUNCTURE & COSMETIC MEDICINE Dr Adam Osborne ...........................................66857366 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

INTERIOR & EXTERIOR

• Restoration • Free Quotes • Commercial/Domestic • Fully Licenced • Clean & Reliable • Fully Insured

Lic. 213034C

North Coast news online

LLOYD SHERLOCK

CL PAINTING & RESTORATIONS - Painting/Wood Restoration/Wallpapering Lic 363935C0432 776959

PEST CONTROL

0409 917 646

MULLUM HIRE Builders, party and much more ........................www.mullumhire.com.au 66843003

Professional Property Protection you can Trust

AUSURE BYRON BAY General insurance. Phone Mick Urquhart .................................. 0428 200310

• Freight services to Brisbane weekly • Carriers of fine art • Furniture removal • E-bay pick up & delivery

0411 784 926

HIRE INSURANCE

SHIRE REMOVALS & FREIGHT CO

From Middle Pocket to Middle Earth – just give us a ring

• 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

6685 4490 or AH on 0414 769 018

www.sanctuarypest.com.au

LANDSCAPE SUPPLIES

02 6681 6555

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02 6684 2198

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• Sand • Soils • Gravels • Pots & statues • Lots, lots more

YOUR PEST & TERMITE SPECIALISTS

6684 2323 / 0418 663 983

THE PEST MAN EXTRAORDINAIRE Second opinion / alternative views. 50 yrs exp .....0418 110714

Byron Coast Removals

BRUNSWICK BYRON PEST CONTROL................................................................................66842018

SERVICING THE NORTHERN RIVERS AND BEYOND.

PHOTOGRAPHY

Competitive rates and packing supplies available.

0432 552 067 | 6684 5481 | byroncoastremovals@gmail.com

1176 Myocum Rd, Mullumbimby (just past golf course)

LANDSCAPING

www.allpestsolutions.com.au

Tree Faerie Fotos Professional • Commercial • Personal 30+ years experience in commercial photography and photojournalism

www.treefaeriefotos.com • 0417 427 518 BEAUTY IN EVERYTHING Professional photography. Personal and commercial ..........0415 505457

0488 063 646

PHYSIOTHERAPY

We take the stress out of moving.

0413 892 277

cedarridgepropertyservices.com.au

MAN WITH A VAN/TRUCK Reasonable rates. Phone Don ............................................0414 282813

NICK EDMOND Physiotherapy & Acupuncture. Open Tuesday, Wednesday & Friday 466 Main Arm Road, Mullumbimby.....................................................................................66845288

Garden Makeovers – Excavation – Drainage – Rock Walls Paving – Design – Project Management – Retaining Walls

Pr o fe ssio n al Packin g se r v ice

BENNY CAN MOVE IT! .................................................................................................0402 199999

ROOFING

ANTHONY D’ORSOGNA Physiotherapy, acupuncture, hydrotherapy Suffolk Park 1 Bryce St ... 66853511 OCEAN SHORES PHYSIOTHERAPY Manual therapies, dry needling, custom orthotics,

LEMONTREELANDSCAPES.COM.AU Liam. Lic No 277154C .........................................0423 700853 shock wave therapy, real time ultrasound. Nigel Pitman, Ilse V Oostenbrugge....................66803499 PELVIC FLOOR PHYSIOTHERAPY 88 Byron St, Bangalow with Lisa Fitzpatrick on

DOMESTIC • INDUSTRIAL COMMERCIAL

LOCKSMITH

Wednesday and Thursday. Home visits also available. ...................................................0422 993141

Brendan Duggan Locksmith. Automotive car keys and lock installation/repair .......0412 764148

PICTURE FRAMING

MONTYS METAL

OSTEOPATHY

MULLUM PICTURE FRAMERS Stuart St rear lane behind Mitre 10 ............................0403 734791

Licence NSW: 30715C Licence QLD: 1227049

BILLINUDGEL CUSTOM PICTURE FRAMING. 7/1 Wilfred St. Call for appointment ......66803444

NORTH COAST OSTEOPATHY Jodie Jacobs. Tues/Thurs/Fri .............................................66857517

PAINTING

ROOFING

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

PLASTERING RESIDENTIAL / COMMERCIAL NEW ROOFS / RE-ROOFS INSULATED ROOF PANELS FASCIA & GUTTERS REPAIRS & MAINTENANCE

SUNRISE PLASTERING. No job too small. Renovations + patchworks. Gtd sat. Free quote ....0418 992001

• DEPARTMENT OF FAIR TRADING INFO: When dealing with home owners, painters are required J. RAY PLASTERING 30 years experience. Quality workmanship. Ph John ....................0467 598038 C A WARWICK PLASTERING Free quotes, COVIDSafe. Ph Craig ....................................0413 451186 to quote a licence number only for external work valued over $5000.

PLUMBERS

• Domestic & Commercial • Servicing all areas • Workmanship guaranteed • Attention to detail

0438 784 226 • 6685 4154

NEED A PLUMBER? DRAINER? GASFITTER?

Chay 0429 805 081 20 YEARS LOCAL SERVICE

0 4 1 1 6 8 3 0 0 3 | Z A C . M A C TA G G A R T @ G M A I L . C O M | L I C 2 2 3 4 8 9 C Licence No. 207479C

BYRON BAY

Lic No 189144C

ALL-WAYS PAINTING

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Lic# 109783C

RUBBISH REMOVAL

YVES DE WILDE

• Drain clearing, inspections and repairs. • Fully insured.

• Wastewater servicing and septic tank pump outs.

Call James on 0429 888 683 unblockall.com.au QUALITY PAINTING SERVICES

X FINALIST OF THE MASTER PAINTERS OF AUSTRALIA AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE X ENVIRO FRIENDLY PAINTING X 6680 7573 0415 952 494 X www.yvesdewilde.com.au LIC 114372C

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Lic 167371C

www.duluxaccredited.com.au

JARRAH DAVIDSON Plumbing, draining, gas fitting & roofing. Lic 187712C................0438 668025

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

BILL CONNORS All plumbing/draining. Lic #1051 .................................. 66801403 or 0414 801403 THIS IS RUBBISH Tipper truck for hire. Call or text Jono ...............................................0412 871438 MARK STRATTON All plumbing & emergency. Sewer drain camera/locator. Lic 57803C ....0419 019035 TIP TOP TIPPING RUBBISH REMOVAL Domestic, garden, strip-outs .........................0422 017072 ADM PLUMBING SERVICES… (NO JOB TOO SMALL)… Lic 234528C. ....... Call Adam 0466 992483

REMOVALISTS

Andy’s Move & More

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

0429149 533 Est 2006

SELF STORAGE

BBSS

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

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Home sewage solutions Commercial wastewater treatment Rainwater tanks concrete and plastic

Lic 312643C

SEPTIC SYSTEMS

Sales Installation Service

Northern Rivers Pty Ltd • plumbing.td@bigpond.com 0418 754 149 • 07 5523 9930 • 1300 Taylex • www.taylex.com.au

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CHOPPY CHOP TREE SERVICES

The Echo

The Fully Insured Professionals

• Stump Grinding • Bobcat • Cherrypicker • Crane Truck • 18" Chipper

Service Directory online anytime at

Mark Linder Qualified Arborist 0408 202 184 choppychoptrees@bigpond.com

TRINE SOLUTIONS Local sewerage specialists. Plumbers, drainers & gas fitters. Lic 138031C. 0407 439805

SNAKE CATCHERS

JACK HOGAN

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0411 039 373 PRUNING ~ REMOVALS ~ STUMP GRINDING • 20 years local knowledge and experience • Fully insured / free quotes • 19 inch chipper • Bobcat • Cherry picker • Crane truck

SOLAR INSTALLATION

www.harttreeservices.com.au

0427 347 380

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Serving Northern NSW since 1998

Call us on 6679 7228

Your local, qualified team. m 0428 320 262 Specialists in standalone & e sunbeamsolar@bigpond.com grid interact system designs.

Electric Lic 124600c

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0408 232 066

Servicing the Far North Coast for 20 years.

Free quotes. Experienced local technicians.

ChemDry’s patented cleaning systems.

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0412 026 441

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Quick Clues

1. Opposed to cereal? That’s contrary to commonsense – even perverse!

(7,3,5) 9. Rogers, what about English cereal?

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LEAF IT TO US 4x4 truck/chipper + crane truck. Local, qualified, insured. Free quotes .......0402 487213

UPHOLSTERY

BYRON BAY VALUERS NSW & QLD reg’d. Chartered Valuers ................... 0431 245460 or 66857010 SIMPSON PROPERTY GROUP - Valuation, Advisory & Asset M/ment. Specialists in: Residential, Rural, Commercial & Industrial. www.simsonproperty.com.au..........0400 134562 or 0427 220976

VETERINARY SURGEONS MULLUM VET CLINIC: Richard Gregory, Bec Willis, Mark Sebastian – After hours avail ...66843818

WATER FILTERS The Water Filter Experts for home, commercial and rural properties

6680 8200 or 0418 108 181

WATER SUPPLIES DRINKING WATER Byron approved truck. 12,500L. Phone Paul .....................................0411 648638

WELDING WELDING & FABRICATION Structural, General, Repairs: Steel, Aluminium & Stainless ..0408 410545

WINDOW CLEANING CLEAN VIEW Prompt, professional, insured. Phone David .............................................0421 906460

WINDOW TINTING SUNRISE W. T. 3/19-21 Centennial Cct, Byron. Cars, homes, offices, etc. High quality ..0412 158478 SURFWAGON - Car/Home/Office tint. Lifetime Warranty. W/sale price .........................0434 875009

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Door to Door Charter Services

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PETER GRAY Grad. Cert. Arb. AQF8. Consulting arborist................................................0414 186161

TILER / STONEMASON / WATERPROOFER. Lic 24418C. Ph Karl................................0439 232434

BYRON BUS Co

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BYRON TREE SERVICES Qualified, insured. Call Alex ....................................................0402 364852

NORTH COAST VETERINARY SERVICES Dr Lauren Archer .................................................66840735 info@theshowersealer.com.au

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VALUERS

TILE & GROUT CLEANING

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BANGALOW UPHOLSTERY Now at Billinudgel. Re-covering specialists.............................66805255 DIGITAL ELECTRONICS REPAIR & SERVICE TV. Audio. Antennas .......... 66843575 or 0414 922786 UPHOLSTERY & CURTAIN MAKING Free quotes. Phone Rebecca .....................................66840427

TILING

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SUMMERLAND TREE SERVICES ............................................. Call Tim 66813140 or 0417 698227

accredited on/off grid installer.

Earn 20¢ extra F.I.T.

Mungo’s Crossword

ACROSS

DOWN 1. A man born pink – could be Curtley! (7) 2. Racecourse like a bed (5) 3. A port city? Can we? Let’s try it! (9) 4. Rank, disgusting rite (4) 5. Trouble with diseased wheat rot (3,5) 6. Look up in the jewel – but it’s artificial! (5) 7. Entry in publicity quest (9) 8. The no no girl! (7) 14. Sack teams from places by the hearth (9) 16. A Downer – but they sat he’s great! (9) 17. Grizzly with the power to be patient (8) 18. Dog dog – cut it short! (7) 20. Turns and eats around – eaten! (7) 22. French word to become a slogan (5) 24. Turn back, leper – turn back! (5) 25. Sturdy enterprise (4)

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DOWN 1. Popular social golf format (7) 2. Type of necktie (5) 3. Where we take coal to! (9) 4. Row (4) 5. Difficult situation (3,5) 6. Inept person; automaton (5) 7. Acknowledgement (9) 8. Hannah Gadsby’s stand-up show (7) 14. Areas surrounding the fire (9) 16. Macedonian king (9) 17. Tolerable (8) 18. Abbreviate (7) 20. Spins (7) 22. Maxim (5) 24. Fight off (5) 25. Unmoving (4) Last week’s solution N412 B A C K G A M M O N L I M P

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BYRON BAY HERB NURSERY AGM at the nursery, Thursday 25 Nov, 5pm.

Ph Nick 66855109

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AGM CHANGE OF VENUE

BYRON TWILIGHT MARKET Every Saturday Railway Park 4-9pm MEET MAYORAL CANDIDATE CHRIS MCILRATH at

CWA MULLUMBIMBY Sat 2pm, 20 Nov Email: chris@znews.tv

The Mullumbimby Rural Co-op wishes to advise its members that due to COVID restrictions the AGM will now be held on the forecourt of the Co-operative at the new time of 5.30pm Wednesday 24 November, 2021.

As it is outside, it will be open to COVID vaccinated, single dose, and unvaccinated shareholders alike.

The Co-operatives COVID Safe Policy will apply.

BYRON BEACHSIDE ARTISAN MARKET

PROF. SERVICES

Thursday 6 January.

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Stall registration now open. byroncentre.com.au

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LOOK GOOD FEEL GOOD Free consultation. SANDRO 66805002

WaterNSW Lower Oxley River Water Source WaterNSW has received an application from Neil Godfrey Baker and Michelle Lynette Baker for an approval for a Water Supply Work and Water Use, for a 75mm pump with a capacity of 11 l/s at Lot 4 DP705636, Parish Wollumbin, County Rous and water use for Irrigation at Lots 3 and 4 DP705636, Parish Wollumbin, County Rous. The application relates to Lower Oxley River Water Source, on the Oxley River, subject to the Water Sharing Plan for the Tweed River Area Unregulated and Alluvial Water Sources 2010.

Objections must be submitted in writing to PO Box 1400, Grafton NSW 2460 or to customer.helpdesk@waternsw.com. au Objections must specify the grounds of the Objection and contain the name, address and signature (or authentication) of the Objector. You may use the Objection form waternsw. com.au/advertising-and-objections. All Objections should reference Application Number A027980. Objections must be lodged with WaterNSW within 28 days of this Notice, please refer to the NSW Water Register (“closing date” column) for the final date to lodge an Objection. For enquiries contact Melissa Hundy, Water Regulation Specialist, on 1300 662 077 or by email customer.helpdesk@waternsw.com.au.

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FOR SALE 2 SEATER RECLINER SOFA As new, wine coloured fabric, $500. 0424009046

MIELE WASHERS Dryers and dishwashers available at Bridglands Mullumbimby. 66842511

This Sunday 21 NOV Shrine making @ 3.00 Ceremony @ 4.00

BAMBOO PLANTS: clumping, screening, hedging, flowering gingers, bromeliads.

Close to Mullum. 0458535760

Zenith Virago & NDCC Bring a blanket & mementos. naturaldeathcarecentre.org

HYPNOSIS & NLP www.wendypurdey.com Make profound changes in your life. Achieve personal goals and reach your true potential within every aspect of your life.

Call Wendy 0497 090 233

AQUA - X

Exercise in water to great music

GET FIT & HAVE FUN All ages & fitness levels Tuesday & Thursday @8.30am Saturday @9am.

Byron Bay Swimming Pool Cost - $15 + pool entry $120 for 10 classes.

1hour class. Qualified instructor For enquiries please call Franca 0414 658 088

Beginners Courses Yoga Yogalates Pilates

KINESIOLOGY Clear subconscious sabotages.

Reprogram patterns and beliefs.

Restore vibrancy and physical health. De-stress.

Ph 0403125506 SANDRA DAVEY, Reg. Pract.

HYPNOSIS & EFT Simple and effective solutions Anxiety, Cravings, Fears & Trauma.

Maureen Bracken 0402205352

PURA VIDA

Mon & Fri 10–11.30am Yogalates Wed 6–7pm Yin Yang Yoga Sun 6.30–7.30pm Hatha Fuse Yin Rejuv SPECIAL: Book in for a month @ $95, try as many classes as you like.

See website for additional classes.

0432 047 221 yogalates.com.au

BROTHER & SISTER looking to rent, within cycling distance of Mullumbimby, one room for shared office, two level-ish parking spots for sleeping in campervans, use of bathroom and laundry. We can pay $280pw. We are both in our 30s, employed locally, do not drink or smoke and have no pets or children. We are happy to share space with pets and children. Approx. 6 months stay. Phone Chris 0455631213.

WORK WANTED IRONING & REPAIRS. Text 0479122470 Byron service: Pickup and delivery

DISHY REQUIRED for Beach Byron Bay. Days, nights, weekends. Award rate.

Please call 0266858445

LP RECORDS: good condition, no op shop crap! Ph Matt 0401955052

GARAGE SALES 3 KONDA CRT, O/S 8am start. Furniture inc beds, table, fridge/freezer, h/hold, tools, fishing gear, plants. All gotta go.

HUGE COMBINED From 7am until sold out.

Clothes, toys, h/hold, car seats, bedding, furn, jewellery. Old Brunswick Way, Bruns, next to The Brunswick Motel.

0408 210 772 CARAVANS CARAVANS We buy, sell & consign.

All makes & models.

0408 758 688 2013 SWIFT EXPLORER 564, $44,999 Brunswick Heads 0417005218

PROPERTY FOR SALE • Arborist • 15” Wood Chipper • Stump Grinder • Fully Insured

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COORABELL HALL WEDDINGS, GIGS, CLASSES 66871307 www.coorabellhall.net

Mon 6–7pm Hatha slow flow Sat 8.15–9.30am Yogalates Wed 6–7.15pm Yin Rejuv Yoga

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POSITIONS VACANT

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LEAF IT TO US 4x4 truck/chipper, crane truck, stump grinding. Local, qualified, insured, free quotes. 0402487213

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TREE SERVICES

RESIDENTIAL Mullumbimby 3 bed 1 bath new $850 Ocean Shores 2 bed 1 bath $550 3 bed 2 bath new $850 North Ocean Shores 2 bed 1 bath $650inc 3 bed 2 bath $780

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Thursday 9 Dec, 2021 AGM 6pm & drinks 7pm WILSONS CREEK COMMUNITY HALL wilsonscreeklandcare@ yahoo.com.au Text: 0421 701 949

Summerland Storage Bangalow From $105 to $290 per month Call GNF Bangalow 6687283

O/SHORES. Available now. Large room, built-in robes in nice 2bdr unit. Close to shops. $250p/w plus bills. 0435831164

$17 for two lines is the minimum charge.

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HUONBROOK Lovely & private share on a well established M.O. Materials onsite to build a dwelling; caravan & annexe in place. $579k. 0266840044

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Training provided. Call Ant 0475744096 EROTIC MASSAGE STAFF reliable and friendly for Gentlemen’s Relaxation Centre 18+. Tweed. Grace 0418185791 LADIES WANTED, MUST BE 18+ Casual or permanent work available in busy adult parlour. 66816038 for details.

PAINTERS WANTED Must have experience. Immediate start. Must have transport. Call 0415952494.

Dental Receptionist • experienced receptionist with DA skills.

• casual with potential to move to full time.

• located in Byron Bay. • small, close knit, fun, supportive team.

We are looking for a motivated, highly organised, reliable, hardworking dental receptionist to join our exceptional team. Must be experienced, have excellent communication skills and a positive, friendly, bubbly personality. Great remuneration, with the possibility of permanent long-term position for the right candidate.

If this is you, please send your resume to omdbyronbay@gmail.com

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If you have a space available please call 0466 956 110 or email nursery@hwyhaven.com.au

TUNTABLE FALLS COMMUNITY SCHOOL Positions Vacant

Primary Learning and Support Teacher (LaST) 2 days/week Modern award + 25% Start in Term 1, 2022

The Learning and Support Teacher will work closely with the teachers and teachers’ aides to improve student achievements in literacy and numeracy. The successful candidate will be selfTV[P]H[LK OH]L LɈLJ[P]L [PTL THUHNLTLU[ ZRPSSZ HUK ^PSS OH]L previous experience with identifying students with learning needs and developing appropriate support for these students.

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Casual Teachers

We always welcome hearing from prospective relief teachers or teachers’ aides. Please email us your resume, along with a brief introduction,if you are interested in being added to our relief pool.

TUNTABLE FALLS COMMUNITY SCHOOL

02 66891423 or tuntableschool@gmail.com

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An amazing opportunity to work in a unique parent-run school in the rainforest. The importance of environmental sustainability, integration between family, community and school, the freedom to interact with natural surroundings, and a recognition of each child’s gifts and learning style is fundamental to our philosophy.

The Northern Hotel at Byron Bay is under a new management group with over 20 years of experience in Hospitality.

The Northern is an exciting entertainment venue offering vastly different experiences for all ages including both family and restaurant dining, events and concerts, bars, gaming, sporting, TAB plus a late-night venue.

NOW HIRING:

Highway Haven Nursery

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 English Teacher. Expertise and experience in Stage 4, 5 and 6 English is essential.

The successful applicant will be dynamic and creative, working with the educational principles inspired by Rudolf Steiner and be committed to a high standard in teaching and professional learning.

Registration with NESA and holding a current NSW Working with Children Check is essential.

Applications close 4pm Tuesday 16 November.

Position description and application process available capebyronsteiner.nsw.edu.au

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wanted for baby product photoshoot.

Happy natured baby approx 6–12 months old. $250 p/h.

Phone Grant 0499 991 640 or email googoolooki@outlook.com AGED CARE SUPPORT WORKER Byron Respite’s values are: Celebrating Life, Integrity, Creativity, Connection and Being Present. Our service is seeking experienced inhome Aged Care Support Workers who align with our values. Immediate start.

Must have a minimum qualification of a CERT III in Individual Support and experience in dementia care is preferable. To request a position description please email peterdevine@ byronrespite.com.au or simply email your CV and Cover Letter.

Applications are invited for the position of Science Laboratory Assistant 30 hours per week, commencing January 2022.

The successful candidate will work within the Xavier Catholic College Science faculty and support staff and students.

To view the full position description and apply, please visit careers.lism.catholic.edu.au Applications close on 26/11/2021.

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It’s with great sadness that the Family of NOEL JAMES announces his passing.

A true gentleman and Mullumbimby icon.

A Celebration of Life for Noel will be held at the Mullumbimby Leagues Club, 25 Manns Road on Tuesday 23 November 2021 at 1.45pm. Seating and shade will be provided. The Brunswick Mullumbimby Lions Club (of whom Noel was a life member) will be providing a sausage sizzle and there will be refreshments on hand to celebrate his wonderful life.

The family request that you wear something colourful, as this is a celebration. As Dad had many stories and knew so many people, there will be time made available if anyone would like to say a few words about any of Dads escapades.

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MUSICAL NOTES

IN MEMORIAM GLORIA McLEAN 11/05/1936–16/11/2002 The world crashed at our feet the day we lost you.

Each day we fight a silent battle surviving another day without you.

We never knew the true value of the moments with you until they became memories that we cherish forever.

Our hearts will never be able to say goodbye, so in our hearts you live always.

We love and miss you so, so much.

Lyn, Cheryl, John and families.

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SOCIAL ESCORTS

VIOLIN/VIOLA PLAYER wanted for jazz duo. Good reader/improv. 0488235179

LOTS OF GORGEOUS LADIES available for your pleasure nearby. Spoil yourself.

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Backlash So which mayoral candidate has a buyer’s agent (similar to a realtor) on their advisory team? And which Independent candidate is willing to name publicly the people funding them? Find it all out on page 5, where The Echo throws up first round questions.

TEDxByronBayWOMEN are looking for speakers who are ‘imagining new possibilities and exploring new ideas for how we might live and work better together in the years to come’.

Organiser Kate Walsh says ‘We want to learn the “what now?” in fields including design, technology, science, and culture – and together, envision a future we can build together. Have you got an idea for a speaker? Do you think you fit the bill?’

To apply, visit www.tedxbyronbay.com.au.

TEDxByronBayWOMEN will be held March 19, 2022.

Local team, global knowledge Wealth Adviser Sean Farrelly is passionate about assisting clients with their financial affairs, and helping them create wealth through superannuation (accumulation and retirement strategies) and personal insurance and investments.

According to www.thehotelconversation.com.au, Shaws Bay Hotel and Fenwick House, East Ballina, have sold for around $31 million to Sydney group Parras Hospitality. The ‘rapid fire’ transaction will see a ‘fully-integrated renovation and rebirthing proposition that will see the evolution of an exciting hospitality precinct offer’.

Visit Sean today at Findex Ballina, Suite 3/174 River St, Ballina, NSW 2478

Given avocados have been dumped during a glut in domestic supply and overseas imports, does this mean first home buyers can afford a house now?

In case you missed the Deputy Prime Minister, Barnaby, on ABC TV, saying he didn’t sign the COP26 final agreement, here is a transcript: ‘Coal jobs coal jobs coal jobs [hiccup] coal jobs coal jobs coal jobs [hiccup] coal jobs coal jobs coal jobs [hiccup] coal jobs coal jobs coal jobs [hiccup, burp, wheeze, snort, hiccup]’.

The PM’s position on electric vehicles in 2019 was that the technology wasn’t ready yet, yet his 2021 climate policy relies on technologies that don’t exist yet. Now that’s ‘Can Do Crony Capitalism!’

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Attempts by mayoral candidate, John Anderson, to overturn Council’s banning of him from the building failed in its first round in the Land and Environment Court last Friday. For more info, see David Heilpern’s report at www.echo.net.au.

Psst – Byron Farmers Market is returning to Butler Street Reserve on December 2 from 7am to 11am. Customer parking will now be adjacent to the toilet block on Somerset Street.

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The Bangalow Film Festival is back! Organisers have pegged January 13 to 29, 2022 for the event, with opening night film, The Drover’s Wife: The Legend of Molly Johnson. Directed by, written and starring Leah Purcell, the film is a post colonial reworking of Henry Lawson’s 1892 short story. Full festival program to follow shortly. For more information visit www.bangalowfilmfestival.com.au.

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