Paul Bibby
Byron Shire Council has handed responsibility for managing the new community services hub, being created at the Old Byron Hospital, to a major not-for-profit organisation based in Lismore, overlooking a bid from the Byron Community Centre.
Following a discussion conducted entirely behind closed doors at last week’s Council meeting, councillors voted unanimously to award the tender to Social Futures. Byron Shire Mayor Simon Richardson hands over $1 for the purchase of the old Byron District Hospital in late 2018. Photo Paul Bibby.
Based in the centre of Lismore, Social Futures is a major provider of services across regional Australia in the areas of homelessness and housing, youth and family, and disability support.
Byron Bay is awash with celebrities. A Netflix reality show is the last straw for locals. Nick Baker
SYDNEY For residents of Byron Bay, living in paradise can be both a blessing and a curse.
The Australian beachside town of around 10,000 people has long been a magnet for those wanting to escape city life and experience the scenery and serenity of the country’s eastern coastline.
But over the years Byron Bay’s popularity has exploded, attracting millions of visitors annually and more recently, social media influencers and Hollywood celebrities seeking laid-back shelter in the country’s near pandemic-free conditions.
Byron Bay, known for its relaxed lifestyle, is fighting back in an effort to stop the show and what some see as a "vacuous, vapid, inaccurate depiction" of their hometown.
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Byron Bay locals protest planned Netflix reality series
ROD McGUIRK, Associated Press
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CANBERRA, Australia (AP) Angry Byron Bay locals are protesting the filming of a reality television series that some fear will damage the reputation of their trendy Australian tourist town.
Around 100 surfers paddled to sea Tuesday to form a cancel symbol off the coast of the New South Wales state town in the hope that Netflix will can the series about social media influencers.
Several Byron Bay businesses have refused to sign filming permits that would allow “Byron Baes,” a contemporary abbreviation of “Byron Babes,” to be shot on their premises.