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Valuable insights for growing the Visitor Economy (Parkes Shire Council)

Edit Public Technologies 29 Mar 2016
Parkes Shire Council) ... The 2016 conference was held 9-11 March in Byron Bay co-hosted by Byron Shire Council and Ballina Shire Councils. Parkes Shire Council was well represented at the conference with both Council's Brand and Marketing Manager Katrina Dwyer and Tourism Team Leader Tracey Ellery attending ... Site visits were also included in the 2016 conference program throughout the Byron Bay region....

Lunchtime seminar: Beyond zero emissions (James Cook University)

Edit Public Technologies 15 Feb 2016
(Source. James Cook University). The head of the climate change think tank Beyond Zero Emissions will present a free public seminar at The Cairns Institute at James Cook University in Cairns this Wednesday (17 February) ... Beyond Zero Emissions is partnering with Byron Shire Council in its planned transition to Australia's first zero emissions community over a ten year period ... (noodl....

Parents who keep anti-vaccination stance a secret 'put others at risk' – researchers

Edit The Guardian 24 Jan 2016
@MelissaLDavey ... Related. Parents share video of baby's last days to promote whooping cough vaccination ... Among them are the New South Wales north coast where an average 88% of five-year-olds are fully immunised, Cottesloe in Western Australia where about 85% of children are fully immunised at age two, and the Byron Shire near the border of Queensland, where there is an immunisation rate of 66.7% among five-year-old children ... Related ... ....

Compliance officers issue warning to Boral Concrete (NSW Department of Planning and Environment)

Edit Public Technologies 18 Dec 2015
Infrastructure and other projects inspected by the Compliance Officers within the Byron Shire region were. Brunswick Residential Development, Bayside Road (Byron Shire Council) Mullumbimby Supermarket (Byron Shire Council). Compliance Officers inspected the Pacific Highway Upgrade between Tintenbar to Ewingsdale within the Ballina Shire and Byron Shire areas....

Corporate leeches merit shaming

Edit Sydney Morning Herald 18 Dec 2015
Steve Barrett GlenbrookMindfulness in short supply in Byron Bay. Good grief! Unauthorised yoga classes operating on a rural property without approval ("Byron Bay venture runs foul of neighbours", December 18). Stopped by council during a dawn raid? Neighbouring residents and the Byron Shire Council need to get a grip ... Get over it, Byron Bay....

Byron Bay's boutique farm probed over stampede and unapproved yoga allegations

Edit Canberra Times 17 Dec 2015
In one recent incident, a Mercedes-Benz product launch on the property involving a laser light show and a pyrotechnics blast is alleged to have sent cattle from a neighbouring property bolting through internal fences raising fears of animals ending up on public roads according to Byron Shire councillor Diane Woods....

Small is beautiful: the community solar projects taking on big energy

Edit The Guardian 08 Dec 2015
Lismore City Council in NSW is looking into solar farming options, while Byron Shire Council, also in NSW, is supporting the creation of Australia’s first community-owned renewable energy retailing and installation business, Enova ... “There are two great benefits of community energy,” Byron Shire Mayor Simon Richardson explains ... Byron Shire council is ......

Member for Ballina to congratulate ‘Hidden Treasures’ of the region (Australian Greens)

Edit Public Technologies 01 Dec 2015
Rae Cooper (Byron Bay). Rae Cooper has shown a dedicated commitment to healthcare services, and currently serves as a member of the Byron Shire Health Services Community Action Group and Byron Central Hospital Reference Group. Rae's volunteer effort had been integral to the establishment of the new Byron Central Hospital ... framework at Byron Bay....

Culture should rate second to open space

Edit Sydney Morning Herald 25 Nov 2015
LETTERS. I agree with Paul Keating's comments, that expansion of the Art Gallery of NSW into the Royal Botanic Gardens and the Domain should be resisted ("Gallery plan shows a harbour snobbery", November 25) ... Never ... Driving around Brisbane is bliss compared with Byron Shire, where locals resort to putting signs on potholes saying, "Fishing prohibited". Margaret Wills Byron BaySticking with a winner  ... 2 ... ....

Shark spotters to fly over Byron beaches this summer

Edit Australian Broadcasting Corporation 19 Nov 2015
Shark-spotting aircraft will patrol beaches in the Byron Shire this summer ... ....

Greening from the grassroots up: Councils step ahead on climate action

Edit Sydney Morning Herald 13 Nov 2015
Byron Shire mayor Simon Richardson is headed to Paris in December to share his council's experiences at the United Nations Climate Change Conference ... Byron Shire is aiming to become Australia's first council to completely eliminate greenhouse gas emissions by 2025 ... The Australian Climate Leadership Summit recognised Lismore and Byron ......

Byron left out in the cold on shark decisions

Edit Australian Broadcasting Corporation 22 Oct 2015
The Byron Shire Mayor says despite Byron Bay's history of shark fatalities the council is being left out of shark solution meetings ... ....

SCU releases CSG baseline atmospheric and groundwater studies (Southern Cross University)

Edit Public Technologies 12 Oct 2015
(Source. Southern Cross University) ... The air and groundwater samples collected in two separate studies showed no evidence of methane gas leaking naturally from coal seams in the Richmond River catchment (extending from the Byron Shire in the north, Evans Head in the south, and west to Casino and Kyogle) where decommissioned exploration wells are in place but production has not yet commenced ... Regional Studies ... Photo ... Media contact ... (noodl....
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