Hans Lovejoy

To get a sense of what happened in the past 12 months, I trawled through The Echo's 2024 editions.

Additional updated reports have been quietly added to Council's website regarding a exclusive 38-large-lot subdivision DA near the busy Mullumbimby Road and McAuleys Lane intersection.

NSW Labor have passed new laws around what they say are improvements to how development impacts vulnerable ecology.

Do you care about ecological diversity? Many living in this region do, and we are lucky to live in a place where there is some of the highest biodiversity in the state.

With up to 1,500 new homes and commercial expansion planned for the exclusive hilltop along The Saddle Road, The Echo sought to clarify Council's traffic plans given new roads will be needed to accommodate the proposal.

It was shocking to learn from Elon's vanity project X (formerly Twitter) that the ongoing LA fires were the fault of extreme environmentalists, the Democrats and trans people, who apparently now run the LA fire department and have infiltrated the deep state.

While the federal election is yet to be called, it mustn't be far off, with Labor MP Justine Elliot launching her campaign last Saturday at the Ocean Shores Country Club.

Byron Shire Council's Satisfaction Survey Report is available on its website, having been quietly published in November last year.

The Australian Greens are calling for the $73 billion AUKUS nuclear submarine deal with the UK and the US to be scrapped in favour of ‘building constructive relationships with our regional neighbours', while spending the money on Australians' needs instead.

Further to the page 4 report on Byron Shire Council's Draft Community Strategic Plan (CSP) 2025, let's look a little closer at how such documents are incorporated into improving our wonderful life in the much envied Byron Shire.