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51: Land And Environment Court Hears Residents Submissions In Mullumbimby

Today, the28th of September The Land and Environment Court held session in Station Street and the adjacent Woolworths site. In a ceremony reminiscent of ancient times the hearing was held in the open air in the middle of Station Street with many residents listening to ...
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Posted: 28Sep2009 21:08   Similar items

52: Please Come And Support Byron Shire Council’s Stand Against Woolworths!

PEACEFUL VIGIL/PROTEST Please come and support Byron Shire Council’s stand against Woolworths! WHERE: Apex Park, next to Mullumbimby Railway Station WHEN: Monday 28th September, 9 am. Our council refused Woolworths sewerage application because it does not ...
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Posted: 22Sep2009 14:56   Similar items

53: Ruling On Legal Costs: Support For Community Groups

One of the major hurdles that environmental and community groups confront when they decide to take on a corporate or government entity in the courts is what happens if they lose the case? Every year there are fundraisers for community-based organisations that, having l...
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Posted: 20Sep2009 17:18   Similar items

54: Woolworths Involved In Accusations Of Toy Test Conflict Of Interest

How far does Woolworths impose into our lives? Not only does Woolworths control a large chunk of Australia's Retail Industry but also it has a sizeable chunk of the toy testing laboratory market as well. Qualtest owned by Woolworths is one of only two laboratori...
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Posted: 5Sep2009 13:57   Similar items

55: Byron Council Votes To Vigorously Defend Sewer On A Bog

Woolworths intention to challenge Byron Shire's recent rejection of their sewer on a bog in the Land and Environment Court has been met with more Councillor mettle. MCAN thanks the Councillors for their passionate support of local community concern about the impa...
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Posted: 24Aug2009 12:02   Similar items

56: Update On Repco Rally Protest

Members of this organisation intend to demonstrate our opposition to the Repco Rally and peacefully protest against the undemocratic way it was imposed on our region. We encourage the public to attend our protest gatherings which are designed to be creative and non-c...
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Posted: 23Aug2009 16:02   Similar items

57: Samford (Brisbane) Stops Wolworths

The proposal for a large Woolworths supermarket to be built in the middle of Samford (near Brisbane) has been withdrawn. This is a major victory for the community and flies in the face of the conventional wisdom that large and well cashed-up Supermarket chains can not ...
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Posted: 8Aug2009 11:53   Similar items

58: Tribute To Terrie Wells(Red Terra)

Terrie Wells, local activist and presenter of Bay FM's "The Shakedown" programme on Friday mornings, has died. She collapsed at home last Thursday, and was taken to Tweed Hospital where she did not regain consciousness, and died on Monday. There will b...
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Posted: 24Jul2009 19:06   Similar items

59: Does Family Planning In NSW Equal Corporations In Bed With Government?

When do the dealings between a Development Applicant and the Assessing Authority go from being a process of negotiation to collusion? Last week our Councillors 6-1 refused Woolworths ‘sewer on a bog’. How the NSW Department of Planning approved that ludicrous ons...
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Posted: 7Jul2009 12:10   Similar items

60: New Mullumbimby Stickers Now Available

HOT PRESS!! A new batch of our popular black and yellow Mullumbimby stickers are now available. As well as the popular "I shop local", and "Woolworths I won't shop there", we have two new ones. "Mullumbimby a Woolworths free zone&quo...
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Posted: 27Jun2009 17:53   Similar items