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Volume 27 #18
Tuesday, October 9, 2012
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Realtor Will
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Council Notices
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clusion that police, the local community and myself all came to that this
is not the right location for another
liquor outlet in Byron Bay. I made a
submission to the Authority stating
concerns that I shared with various
sectors of the Byron community. The
concerns included the proposed location in the CBD and the high rate of
alcohol related assaults that have been
occurring in Byron Bay, he said.
I note the crime statistics that the
Authority relied on in coming to its
decision, which are a major concern.
According to the NSW Bureau of
Crime Statistics the Byron LGA recorded almost four times as many alcohol-related non-domestic violence
assaults as the statewide average.
That is 787.6 incidents per 100,000
persons compared to a statewide rate
of 209.5. As I stated in my submission,
I am not opposed to a Dan Murphys
in Byron Bay, but I strongly believe
that the CBD is not the right location
for another liquor outlet.
Neither of the Dan Murphys outlets in Lismore or Ballina is located in
the CBD and I believe the argument
against it being located in the Byron
CBD is even stronger, Mr Page said.
President of Byrons chamber of
commerce, Byron United, also agreed
that the location was not appropriate.
Paul Waters, who is also on the board
of the Byron Bay Liquor Accord, said,
Byron United has said all along this
was not the right place for an alcohol
outlet, and we were happy for it to be in
the industrial estate, for example.
The decision came after a public
meeting last month, organised by the
NSW Office of Liquor, Gaming and
Racing, heard overwhelming community concern against the plans.
As reported in The Echo on September 11, arguments for the outlet
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Creeping over-development of Mullumbimbys Station Street is what residents feared when they lost the battle
to stop a Woolworths supermarket
from being built there.
Now just over a year since the supermarket was built, a controversial
plan for a two-storey block of five flats,
involving demolition of an old house,
has many thinking a domino effect in
development has started in earnest,
putting the whole character of their
street at risk.
More than 100 residents fear it will
continued on page 2 happen and have vowed to fight it,
You are invited to the Grand opening of Byrons World Peace Stupa
with the Gyuto Monks on Saturday 27th October
at 11.30am. Free entry for all, all day.
After 3 years of vision, planning and construction this beautiful,
sculptured Kalachakra Stupa is complete. Filled with the sacred relics
and precious items from so many of you in our community,
this stupa is dedicated to love and peace for all beings, to the
Tibetan people and their quest for freedom.
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Woolies options
When asked if Dan Murphys would seek to re-apply,
Woolworthss media relations
manager told The Echo, We are
examining the decision.
No appeal available
His property manager Jamie
Bourke told The Echo, I have
been told by the landlord not
to discuss the property at this
point.
As to what options are now
available to Woolworths, a
spokesperson for the Independent Liquor & Gaming
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Ms Mulhearn has just returned from Iraq, and will be
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Donna has spent a significant amount of time in Fallujah, west of Bagdad, a city that
shows itself as a microcosm
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I spent a week there last time
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if the people who live in these
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