Byron Bay’s Russian Garlic Boom Crop

Byron Bay farmer Josh Dooley of The Farm with some of his harvested Russian garlic which is expected to fetch up to $55 a kg. It’s only his second season planting garlic and the crop is already selling like hot cakes. Photo: Mike Batterham.

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GARLIC IS supposed to keep vampires away but for everyone else this garlic crop is a magnet.

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Byron GM Maintains Hard Line on Rate Rise

Byron Shire Council General Manager - Ken Gainger
“Rate increases are never popular, but in this case they are necessary”: Byron Shire Council General Manager Ken Gainger.

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CALLS FROM local Country Labor Party branch members to crack down on holiday letting, increase commercial rates and raise paid parking in certain areas to address the Shire’s ailing road infrastructure have been rejected by Council’s general manager Ken Gainger as an inadequate revenue source.

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