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Mullumbimby’s David-v-Goliath battle moves up a notch with a case pending in the local Land & Environment Court, from 28 September, 2009.
The corporate giant Woolworths is appealing against Byron Shire Council's refusal of their on-site sewer application, n...
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Posted: 20Sep2009 09:44
The Land and Environment Court yesterday quashed ex-Planning-Minister Sartor's approval of 800-home development at Gwandalan and Catherine Hill Bay (see below).
The Land & Environment Court will sit in Ballina soon to hear another appeal case where the origi...
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Posted: 1Sep2009 14:54
Woolworths is challenging Byron Shire Council's refusal of their sewer on a bog in the Land and Environment Court and has requested that rate payers pay Woolworths legal costs.
A couple of Council Meetings back, our General Manager stated emphatically,...
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Posted: 24Aug2009 09:55
Sylvia Hale, Greens MLC, visited Mullumbimby this week as part of a regional tour which included Lismore and Hastings Point.
On Wednesday Deborah Lilly and Sylvia discussed some of the current pressing planning issues, including section 3A and the Provisional Ce...
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Posted: 15Jul2009 22:42
Small communities can be the birth of big things! The New South Wales Southern Highlands town of Bundanoon voted this week to ban the sale of bottled water. The community voted overwhelmingly this week to ban the bottle!. The town will install filtered water fountain...
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Posted: 10Jul2009 12:42
After 18 months of a fiery community fight to keep the Big Box out of Mullumbimby, Woolworths have now left town with their tail between their legs. Byron Shire Councillors voted 6-1 to refuse their onsite sewer (s68) application, which means that Woolworths cannot st...
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Posted: 3Jul2009 15:02
Previewed in Mullumimby recently was “THE ECONOMICS OF HAPPINESS” - a new film by Helena Norberg-Hodge, our local ‘localisation’ guru. The film highlights the environmental, social and economic effects of globalisation worldwide, but pays particular attention to the i...
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Posted: 27Jun2009 15:16
Watch the video clip that was presented on ABC TV Stateline NSW on the 5th June. This is our latest video to go on TV in the saga of Woolworths vs Mullumbimby.
DEBORAH: Well, here we are on the site that Woolworths bought and they announced on 1 January, 2008 las...
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Posted: 8Jun2009 16:30
On 27th May, Mullumbimby residents met at the proposed Woolworths Supermarket site in Mullumbimby to demonstrate that Woolworths proposed sewage disposal system is unworkable and will require much of the effluent to be trucked off the site for a large part of the year.
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Posted: 27May2009 22:32
Milli O’Nair, a local woman, was tragically killed in an accident last Sunday 10 May whilst riding her bike on the Pacific Highway. A celebration of Milli's life will be held on Monday 18 May at Kohinor Hall, Upper Main Arm at 1 pm (10 am for her closest friends)...
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Posted: 13May2009 17:02