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Asren Pugh, Labor candidate for Mayor
Labor has a very long and proud history as part of the Byron Shire community with the Byron Bay branch recently celebrating its 100th anniversary. We have seen this community change from farming, to working class industrial, then through the Aquarius revolution to the beautiful, kind and progressive community it is today.
It was Labor that created all of our local National Parks and Nature Reserves, from Tyagarah to Cumbebin Swamp to Arakwal National Park.
Sandra Heilpern asks what Labor has to do with local government.
It has been Labor councillor, Paul Spooner, who has driven the Community Land Trust model to help housing affordability and the need to use some of our rail corridor for emergency small housing. It is Labor councillor, Jan Hackett, who has championed the arts and the protection of our beaches while on Council. Right now there are more Labor councillors on Byron Shire Council than Greens members.
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Nick Buckley, Byron Bay
Another mega DA (development application) in Byron? Who would have thought it! This one has, so far, snuck under the radar. It is probably the last large undeveloped parcel of residential land in town at 6 Keats Street, Byron Bay.
Currently there is only one two-storey building adjacent to this site, and this DA is for ten two-storey townhouses!
From my understanding of the DA, the scale and bulk of this development will dwarf and overlook all other residences on the north and eastern sides. The location of all the living and outdoor/pool areas being on the northern side guarantees that the maximum visual and noise interference will be to these residents. These buildings, despite the setback, will be looking directly into their gardens and windows. The privacy of these residents will be permanently destroyed and their house values with it.