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31: Byron Shire Council To Consider Woolworths Sewerage Proposal On June 11

Byron Shire Councillors will vote this Thursday 11 June, on the Woolworths onsite sewage application (S68). Council’s Director of Planning and Environment Services, Ray Darney, has written a letter to the people who expressed concern about the Woolworths S68, assurin...
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Posted: 4Jun2009 11:00   Similar items

32: Stopping Woolworths: Your Support Is Vital Now!!

Tell your councillors that Byron Shire Council needs to be brave. Surely Council would feel much happier taking on an appeal by Woolworths in the Land and Environment court, with support from the community, rather than Council facing a challenge by the community if ...
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Posted: 17May2009 17:36   Similar items

33: Planning Minister Keneally Approves Ninety Plus Part 3A Projects In 170 Days ...

The NSW Opposition is accusing Planning Minister Kristina Keneally of rushing through too many major developments. Keneally has passed 90 Part 3A projects in 170 days, nearly one every two days, claims the Australian Liberal Party....
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Posted: 27Feb2009 17:14   Similar items

34: Woolworths Supermarket Approval In Mullumbimby Slammed

Woolworths supermarket and bottleshop has now been approved for Mullumbimby. Mullumbimby Community Action Network’s response is that we are appalled that the State government has ignored Byron Shire Council’s condemnation of the proposal as “unacceptable”, the non-en...
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Posted: 30Jan2009 15:50   Similar items

35: Wallaroo Win Against Woolworths In South Australia

The Copper Coast Community Watch group at Wallaroo in Sth Aust were successful in their campaign to prevent Woolworths moving into their town. Another Woolworths exists less than 9km away in Kadina the next town....
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Posted: 15Jan2009 12:50   Similar items

36: Residents Triumph Over Proposed Erskineville Supermarket

13 January 2009 A proposal to build a two-storey supermarket on Erskineville Road in Newtown has been dismissed by the Land & Environment Court today after the Commissioner found it would create significant traffic impacts and erode the amenity and character of Erski...
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Posted: 15Jan2009 12:33   Similar items

37: Queensland Acts On Climate Change Risks

Brisbane, 8.12.2008: The Queensland Government has responded to warnings from climate change scientists and planners by embedding climate change as its number one issue in the draft Regional Plan for South East Queensland. This will lead to major changes in the location...
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Posted: 27Dec2008 15:13   Similar items

38: Fix The Sewerage Pipes In Mullumbimby Please!!!!

A small group of locals and a couple of Japanese Wwoofers held a demonstration outside the Council Chambers last Thursday to persuade the councillors to ‘fix the poo pipes’ rather than immediately spend money on a new STP. Their priorities were: replace disintegrating t...
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Posted: 5Dec2008 09:32   Similar items

39: Big Win For The Community At Hastings Point

How many Councillors does it take to save a village? The question was answered in the Tweed Shire Chambers this week. Hastings Point is a tiny hamlet on the NSW north (Tweed) Coast which has suffered enormous development pressure recently. It sits at the head of a (f...
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Posted: 21Nov2008 10:53   Similar items

40: Bob Brown Speaks At Community Centre In Byron Bay

"We are here to replace the old political parties, not just to keep them honest" stated Greens Senator, Bob Brown, at a public forum in Byron Bay on Saturday the 1st of November. "I feel fantastically optimistic to be Green and our aim is to put smiles on the fac...
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Posted: 4Nov2008 10:58   Similar items