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A Byron Shire councillor has slammed streaming giant Netflix for not consulting with key stakeholders – including the local Indigenous community – before production of its new reality series started.
Filming has reportedly started on ‘Byron Baes’ which has been at the receiving end of widespread community criticism, including a paddle out protest last month.
Councillor Cate Coorey raised an urgency motion to help businesses understand their rights relating to people filming productions in the shire.
The motion passed 5 votes to 2.
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Well, it’s all over bar the shouting.
The $6.3 million mixed use ‘Corso’ development in Bayside Brunswick Heads featuring a 38-room boarding house, a small retail hub, and shop-top apartments, has been given the green light by Byron Council.
With legal action already underway, a majority of councillors voted to accept a revised development application put forward by developers Oniva and The Kollective rather than proceed to trial.
The ‘Corso’ development in Bayside, Brunswick Heads. Image courtesy of the developer
The decision is a bitter pill for the dozens of residents of Bayside who ran a committed and disciplined campaign against the proposed development.
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The date of the Byron Bay Triathlon has been changed from May 8 to 9.
This change, approved by Byron Shire Council, means the event, which involves street closures in the Byron CBD, will now be held on Motherâs Day.
The matter went before the councilâs meeting on Thursday.
Cr Cate Coorey said the event âdoes cause some problems on main streetsâ.
Cr Basil Cameron said the matter was discussed by the Local Traffic Committee every year.
âItâs quite a disruptive event,â he said.
âI think they made a change a couple of years ago to some extent.
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A matter of urgency regarding Telstra’s 5G technology rollout was brought before Byron Shire Council’s recent meeting.
Before the meeting closed on Thursday afternoon, the motion was brought before the council by Cr Sarah Ndiaye and deputy mayor Michael Lyon.
Mayor Simon Richardson allowed the matter of a planned upgrade of an existing communications tower at Bottlebrush Crescent in Suffolk Park to be put to a debate as an urgent item, in light of the fact submissions on the proposal are due prior to May 3.
They asked that the council send an objection to Telstra for a range of reasons, including the fact Byron Bay Preschool is 300m from the tower, the Beech Flying fox camp is 100m away and the council “is still yet to see a comprehensive plan as to how 5G could be implemented across the shire safely and with appropriate infrastructure with real time monitoring”.