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Byron Shire Council is composed of nine councillors, including the mayor, for a fixed four-year term of office. The mayor is directly-elected, while the eight other councillors are elected proportionally to a single ward. The most recent election was held on 14 September 2024, and the makeup of the council (including the mayor) is as follows:
Cape Byron Lighthouse Looking south from the lighthouse along Tallow Beach Wategos Beach with Julian Rocks out to sea Byron Bay with sugar cane burning in the distance. Byron Bay (Minjungbal: Cavvanbah) is a beachside town located in the far-northeastern corner of New South Wales, Australia (in Bundjalung Country).
Byron Shire Council is composed of eight councillors elected proportionally to a single ward, as well as a directly elected mayor. In August 2024, mayor Michael Lyon was charged with assault and stalking after an alleged domestic violence incident. [22]
The move is part of a broader strategy launched by the Byron Bay Shire Council, which unveiled a plan for managing the Nature Reserve. On February 22, the council will vote on whether to revoke ...
Broken Head is a coastal feature (promontory/headland) and suburb located in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales, Australia, approximately 9 km south of Cape Byron, the easternmost point of Australia, the closest town being Byron Bay. The locality is within the Byron Shire local government area. [2]
Ballina Byron Gateway Airport is the region's main airport, located on Southern Cross Drive and 5 km (3 mi) from the Ballina CBD. It has links to Newcastle, Melbourne and Sydney with FlyPelican, Jetstar, Rex Airlines and Virgin Australia operating services. The airport is a 30-minute road trip to Byron Bay and 40 minutes to Lismore. [42]
The Byron Shire Council offices were relocated to Mullumbimby in September 1996. [ 17 ] Byron Shire, including Mullumbimby and nearby Byron Bay , became a centre of alternative or counter culture alongside the extant mainstream culture in the 1970s and 1980s, and remains so today.
In 1999, Barham was elected to Byron Shire Council. In 2002, after the Greens gained minority control of the council, she became deputy mayor and, in 2004, she was the first Green mayor to be popularly elected in NSW [ 3 ] and served a second term as Mayor of Byron Shire , [ 4 ] having been reelected in 2008.