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31: New Council Introduced

Thursday 9th October and there was some excitement around the council chambers as a small crowd gathered for the first sitting of Byron Shire Council since the recent NSW local government elections. The new councillors were there with their families and supporters a...
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Posted: 14Oct2008 23:48   Similar items

32: Clean Green Sweep Leaves Traditionalists Gnashing Their Teeth

Developers up and down the Northern NSW Coast have been wailing into their beer this week after unprecedented votes for The Greens in Ballina, Byron Bay and Tweed Heads. Jeff Johnson is the first Greens candidate in Ballina and he led the pack in the B Ward with a cl...
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Posted: 30Sep2008 15:30   Similar items

33: Join The Greens And Make A Difference

The success of the Greens in the 2008 council elections across the Northern Rivers is a strong indication of the health and vibrancy of the party. The Greens party has been growing steadily over the last 15 years, in both the number of representatives and voter accept...
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Posted: 28Sep2008 07:04   Similar items

34: Green Change On North Coast

The clean green sweep of Ballina, Byron and Tweed on Saturday involves a certain degree of polarisation. Some conservative voters see the Greens as a new fangled bunch of feel good softies. They contrast these Johnny-come-lately's with the hardened pioneers who bat...
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Posted: 17Sep2008 04:46   Similar items

35: Northern Rivers A Natural Rice Growing Area

Southern Cross University and The Department of Primary Industry are joining forces to create new varieties of rice appropriate to the climate and soils of the Northern Rivers. They have found that this area is ideal for rice growing. In fact some local farmers are a...
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Posted: 30Jul2008 05:38   Similar items

36: Early To Bed For Byron Shire Councillors!

In what could be considered a slap in the face for democracy in Byron Shire, the local council last week voted 7-3 against a motion moved by Greens members of Council to change meeting times from daytime back to night-time....
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Posted: 4Jul2008 07:01   Similar items

37: NSW Greens Discuss Their Future.

A group of Bryon Ballina Greens travelled to Sydney recently to attend the NSW Greens Futures Conference. This was just the second time in 10 years that such a get together had been held and the topics for discussions were a real testament to how much the party has prog...
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Posted: 4Jul2008 05:06   Similar items

38: High Court Decision Puts State Forests Under Threat

In a move that could signal a decline in the level of protection for State forests the High Court last week rejected a special leave to appeal by Greens Senator Bob Brown. Senator Brown was seeking to have upheld an earlier Federal Court decision that logging in the Wi...
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Posted: 5Jun2008 05:57   Similar items

39: Byron Shire Council Announces Greenhouse Action Strategy

Byron Shire Council Mayor Jan Barham, said today,"The development and implementation of our Greenhouse Action Strategy is one of the key successes of the current council." The 2008 Greenhouse Action Strategy is designed to guide Council and the wider Byron Shire com...
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Posted: 14May2008 05:59   Similar items

40: John Kaye Foresees A Bright Future For Publicly Owned Electricity

Last night at a meeting in Brunswick Heads (near Byron Bay), John Kaye Greens MLC outlined the reasons why electricity privatisation is a bad idea in New South Wales. John started by saying that we now stand at a significant point in Australia's history, where ...
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Posted: 2May2008 10:46   Similar items