Backlash Heads Markets in Banner Park on Saturday October 7 from 9am until 3pm. Council staff say, ‘Emergency Services Community Connect will offer the community a chance to come and meet local emergency response members and showcase some of the equipment used in an emergency’.
Your input will be sought from Council – from next week – on what Byron Shire lands should be developed for future housing – see page 9. Yet their plans do not include the 2022 flood levels, because the NSW government haven’t released that data (which you supplied them with). Will this doom future residents to flood-prone land risks with no option to insure their properties? Water utility Rous is asking the Northern Rivers community to use less water now, to help delay the need for water restrictions. Rocky Creek Dam, which supplies most of the north coast with water, was at 84 per cent on Tuesday, according to rous.nsw.gov.au.
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Mullumbimby-based rainforest restoration program, Rainforest Rangers, is recruiting volunteers for a new regeneration project in Goonengerry and Wilsons Creek. From Wednesday October 11, four enthusiastic volunteers are needed on four consecutive fortnights. Organisers say in return for their time, volunteers will receive expert education on best practice in bush restoration. Visit www.rainforestrangers.org/volunteer for more info. Byron Bay Chamber of Commerce are inviting retail stores in Byron CBD to get into the festive spirit by decorating their storefront windows. Prizes are on offer, and the chamber says winners will be announced at the Christmas Cheer in the Bay event on December 23. Visit www.byronbaychamber.com to get involved.
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The Alcohol and Drug Foundation has highlighted new data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) which reveals there was a 9.1 per cent increase in the alcohol-induced death rate in 2022 – the highest rate recorded in over a decade. Australia’s annual growth of 2.2 per cent (563,200 people) is ‘undemocratic and unacceptable’ according to advocacy group, Sustainable Population Australia (SPA). They say ABS figures for the year ending March 31, 2023, show the growth comprised Net Overseas Migration (NOM) of 454,400 and natural increase of 108,800. SPA National President, Jenny Goldie, says ‘NOM now makes up over four fifths of population growth’. The BOM says ‘A large number of Bureau stations had their lowest September rainfall on record’. Yet they say, ‘The highest totals during the week were in NSW, with the highest weekly total (at a Bureau
gauge) of 69mm at Clunes, and the equal highest daily total of 68mm at Clunes and Rosebank, in the 24 hours to 9 am on September 29’. Emergency services will be on show at the Brunswick
Psst: next time you attend a music festival and police want to search you, ask them if they have completed specialist music festival training. A recent report found that less than half of the officers had completed it. See page 5. This week (October 4) marks 17 years since WikiLeaks launched, which exposed US government war crimes. And ever since, it’s all been going really well for its Aussie founder, Julian Assange.
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