Greens Byron Shire Councillor Elia Hague joins us in the studio to discuss changes announced to state planning laws that reduce council powers, the controversial Station Street units proposal in Mullumbimby and the prospect of retaining public land at the old Mullum hospital site for housing.

We also hear about this week’s buyback house auction in Lismore, thanks to our new newsroom cadet Emma Setterfield-Smith, a regen group proud to be planting their millionth tree,  and how NSW Police’s Operation Amarok the Twelfth targeting domestic violence offenders went on the Northern Rivers.

1. 21 DV arrests on the Northern Rivers as police prepare to march in Ballina featuring Richmond Police Acting Superintendent Susie Johnston and Tweed Byron Police District Detective Acting Inspector Gary Sheehan (Parts 1 and 2 of 2-part interview
2. )mpulse buying at the latest buybacks auction in Lismore featuring PRD Northern Rivers Principal Rob Horder (Emma Setterfield-Smith)
3. Greens Byron Shire Councillor Hague on loss of planning powers, selling public land in Mullum and her support of carpark units proposal featuring Greens Byron Shire Cr Elia Hague
4. Regen group celebrates millionth tree planting featuring ReForest NOW CEO Maximo Bottaro
5. Northern Rivers News with Emma Setterfield-Smith (Karen Crick)

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PIC: Greens Byron Shire Councillor Elia Hague (Emma Setterfield-Smith)