Byron Shire Council to Fund Shark Watch Program

The launch of Shark Watch in Byron Bay. Jan Gilbert, sitting, and Andrew Nieuwenhof of Shark Watch NSW, with Mayor Simon Richardson at today’s launch at Tallow beach. Photo: Jeff Dawson.
The launch of Shark Watch in Byron Bay. Jan Gilbert, sitting, and Andrew Nieuwenhof of Shark Watch NSW, with Mayor Simon Richardson at today’s launch at Tallow beach. Photo: Jeff Dawson.

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BYRON SHIRE Council is putting its money where its mouth is in providing funding for a shark spotting program by Shark Watch in the Byron shire.

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Byron’s New Councillors Show Signs of Unity

Byron Shire Councillors - elected September 2016. Left to right: Cr Paul Spooner, Cr Jeannette Martin, Cr Cate Coorey, Cr Michael Lyon, Mayor Simon Richardson, Cr Sarah Ndiaye, Cr Alan Hunter, Cr Jan Hackett and Cr Basil Cameron
Byron Shire Councillors – elected September 2016.
Left to right: Cr Paul Spooner, Cr Jeannette Martin, Cr Cate Coorey, Cr Michael Lyon, Mayor Simon Richardson, Cr Sarah Ndiaye, Cr Alan Hunter, Cr Jan Hackett and Cr Basil Cameron

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THE NEW Byron Shire Council class of 2016–20 took just five-and-a-half hours to get through their agenda last Thursday, with many unanimous votes taken accompanied by plenty of rhetorical flourish and some good questions of staff and each other.

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