Jan Barham’s family connection with our region goes back to the 1870s. She was educated in Wollongong and completed Fashion at East Sydney Technical College. After ten years in the Sydney fashion industry Jan moved to Byron Bay in 1989.

Here she became involved with local environment groups, Byron Environment Centre and BEACON. She was Tweed Byron Greens secretary 1993-94 and assistant secretary for The Greens NSW in 1994. Jan was the secretary of the Byron Shire Businesses for the Future for 4 years during which the group successfully challenged the Club Med approval for Byron Bay.

When Ian Cohen was elected to the Parliament in 1999 she was appointed as his adviser and researcher. She remained there part time until 2004. In 1999, Jan was elected to Byron Shire Council, became Deputy Mayor in 2003 and in 2004 became Australia's first popularly elected Green Mayor.

Richard Staples - Councillor, Byron Shire Council

Richard Staples has been on the Byron Shire Council since 1995 after successfully campaining against Club Med.

Active over the last ten years Richard has had significant on water and waste management policy as well as many other issues.

He is currently working with a broad range of community groups on trying to control the destructive development of a freeway through the shire.

Tom Tabart - Councillor, Byron Shire Council

Green's councillor Tom Tabart is a founding member of the Tweed Byron Greens circa 1993. Born in Sydney at a very early age he attended Manly Boy's High, RMC Duntroon, Royal Military College of Science UK and Swinburne University Melbourne.

Trained in killing, economics and environmental science he left the army in 1975 shortly after reading Rachel Carson's 'Silent Spring' and after never having had to actually kill anyone.

Worked in a number of areas ranging from car tuning to hospital logistics to environmental health before becoming unemployable on the North Coast in 1990 (with an attitude like that I wouldn't have employed him either).

Remaining a member of Tweed Greens after the mitosis he is a Byron councillor courtesy of having moved to Brunswick Heads from Burringbar a couple of years ago. Main hobbys are gentle letter writing, indoctrination of 10 YO granddaughter and standing for public office. Religion is Rugby Union.