$5000 Up For Grabs in Tiny Homes Design Comp

The Sustainable House Day Collaboration – from left: Kim Mallee – Byron Shire Council, Paula Newman – Lismore City Council, Cindy Picton – Dorroughby Environment Educational Centre, Karrie Bowtell – North Coast TAFE, Debbie Firestone – Tweed Shire Council, Alice Moffett – Self Seed Sustainability and Sandi Middleton – Sandi Middleton Consulting.

FOR SOMETHING so tiny, it’s gathering a huge following.

That’s how Sandi Middleton, event coordinator from The Sustainable House Day Northern Rivers Collaboration, sees the future of tiny homes as they become more mainstream in our urban and rural landscape.

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Off & Running: Shire Mayoral Campaigns

Byron shire mayor Simon Richardson was on hand and getting sorted this week checking out the deliveries of the new organics bins. Photo supplied
Byron shire mayor Simon Richardson. Photo supplied

 

Affordable housing to be campaign cornerstone for Greens, Labor

Mayor Simon Richardson (Greens) has announced his intention to run again for the top job, and promised that affordable housing will be a cornerstone of the campaign.

It’s also a topic that will be a key issue for Cr Paul Spooner, who told The Echo that he also intends to stand for mayor and will be announcing a Labor Party team of councillors shortly.

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New Council App For Garbage Collection

Photo: Common Ground Australia
Photo: Common Ground Australia

Your bin collection days

NEVER MISS another bin collection day.  Use Byron Shire Council’s Recycle Coach app to display or print your collection calendar, set a bin collection reminder or find information about what to put in each of your household bins.  The Recycle Coach can also be downloaded as an app from the App Store or Google Play.   
 

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Secret Council Business Today: Class Action Lawsuit

Byron Shire Council workers undertake emergency beach scarping works at Belongil following a storm. Photo Jeff Dawson
Byron Shire Council workers undertake emergency beach scarping works at Belongil following a storm. Photo: Jeff Dawson

BYRON SHIRE councillors and staff will be in a confidential session today, July 14, to presumably thrash out the implications of ‘legal options and likely impediments to the implementation of planned retreat, so as to identify the processes and the challenges.’

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