Lighthouse Run to Help Crack Cancer
THIS YEAR’S Byron Lighthouse Run turns 10 years old and all funds will go once again to local charity, Crackin’ Cancer.
POLL: What’s the Best Solution to Byron’s Shark Problem?
Voice of Byron reader and active poster/commenter, Leonie Braggins-Faram, popped this excellent short video into our Inbox earlier today. Amazing stuff, and cheers for the heads-up, Leonie!
THE ISSUE of sharks in our local waters is the hot topic of the day. But recent ‘either/or’ polls don’t do justice to an issue as complex and multi-faceted as shark control. This one gives you more scope. Vote now!
Former Byron Mayor to Resign From Parliament
Story by Echonetdaily
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NSW GREENS MLC Jan Barham, a former mayor of Byron Shire, has announced she will be resigning from the NSW parliament next year to care for her elderly mother.
Fluoride Health Issues Prompt Australian Review
Story by The Sydney Morning Herald.
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AUSTRALIAN HEALTH authorities are reviewing the case for fluoride in drinking water amid concerns scientific evidence supporting the benefits and risks to people’s health may have shifted.
Tyler Wright Wins Surfing World Title
Story by ABC News.
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LENNOX HEAD’S Tyler Wright has won her maiden world surfing title sparking emotional scenes on the beach at Hossegor in France.
Belongil Train Project Steams Along
Story by Hans Lovejoy, Echonetdaily
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THE NEXT stage of creating a train service from Belongil into Byron’s CBD has passed its latest hurdle with Byron Shire Council allowing a change in condition that will allow for railway infrastructure, including a rail shed, two railway platforms and tree removal.
Byron’s New Councillors Show Signs of Unity
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
Story by Hans Lovejoy, Echonetdaily
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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.
Byron Shire Beaches to Get Shark Nets: NSW Gov North Coast Program
Story by Coastal Watch.
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NEW SOUTH Wales Premier Baird has announced Far North Coast beaches will get shark nets after another surfer was attacked by a shark at Sharpes Beach, north of Ballina.
Uni Boffin Cans Desert Farm That Uses Only Sun and Seawater
IN A TYPICALLY negative academic take on a South-Australian farm growing 180,000 tomato plants using only sun and seawater, Paul Kristiansen at the University of New England, Australia, questioned the need for energy-intensive farming in a desert, when there are ideal growing conditions in other parts of Australia.
Sara Charged With Murder, Assault: Transferred to Kerobokan Jail
Story by News Ltd.
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INDONESIAN PROSECUTORS have confirmed that Byron Bay’s Sara Connor and her British boyfriend David Taylor will face three charges — murder, violence causing death and assault causing death — when their case comes to court next month.
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