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Local News National yoga Local cop sacked after drug test festival in town Aft er the success of last year’s Detective inspector Shane Diehm, formerly crime manager at Tweed-Byron Local Area Command, will be sacked aft er allegedly testing positive to cocaine, The Daily Telegraph reported on Sunday. Mr Diehm, who was well known and grew up in the area, was suspended on full pay in August, as previously reported in The Echo. Hans Lovejoy A motion to hold quarterly informal meetings between councillors, staff and business and community members got the green light this week at Th ursday’s Council meeting. The Byron Shire Business Roundtable was put forward by Cr Simon Richardson and Mayor Jan Barham and was passed with all in favour except Cr Tom Tabart. Cr Richardson told the chamber it would be an informal meeting that would provide an opportunity for business and community members to mingle with Council staff and councillors. ‘It was a request from the Byron chamber of commerce (Byron United) and Council’s general manager. It’s to build bridges and would not be an impost.’ During discussion, Cr 6 day super sale on Coopers Pale Ale carton $ 39 95 Suffolk Park Hotel/Motel 223 Broken Head Road, Suffolk Park info@parkhotelmotel.com At that time police media confi rmed his suspension but would not explain why. Yesterday’s report says that Diehm, together with another serving police offi cer, Inspector Matthew Dennis and an AFP Sky Marshall, Darren Kolosque, were all facing the sack aft er allegedly taking cocaine at a farewell party for retiring detective superintendent John Alt. Ross Tucker said he was cautious, saying such a roundtable had been tried before but didn’t last. ‘People would come with a bee in their bonnet.’ He claimed staff would could potentially be accused of inactions and then eventually the GM would be blamed. Cr Tucker regaled his fellow councillors with a story of a former business owner who used the platform to air his grievances and then became a councillor and endured the same treatment. Cr Diane Woods sought to find the humour in such an encounter. ‘I think it would be funny,’ she said. ‘Th e numbers that would turn up would be dependent on the issues at hand… It’s good to have a go.’ Cr Tom Tabart kept his response short and to the point: ‘I am against it. It is the triumph of hope over experience.’ Coopers 62 Pilsner carton $ 41 95 Specials available December 14–19 Sunrise Cellars Shop 10 Bayshore Drive, Sunrise/Byron Bay sunrisecellars@bigpond.com Stock up now for Christmas! Coopers Clear carton $ 38 95 Th ere is no suggestion the detective superintendent knew anything about the alleged incident. Th e newspaper said that Mr Diehm will not face criminal charges but will be dealt with via a ‘loss of confi dence’ motion by Commissioner Andrew Scipione and stood down. Police media declined to comment. NEFA slams federal logging report Th e North-East Forest Alliance (NEFA) says it is ‘outraged at the bias’ of the federal House of Representatives report ‘Inquiry into the future of the Australian Forestry Industry’ and its refusal to consider the timber supply crisis and the overlogging of north-east NSW’s public forests. NEFA spokesperson Dailan Pugh said that most of the evidence presented in NEFA’s 111- page submission was ignored by the inquiry on the grounds that it ‘criticised the industry’. ‘What they didn’t ignore they misrepresented. This pretend inquiry was a sham,’ he said. ‘Th e Commonwealth is party to the North East Regional Forest Agreement (RFA) and claims that it satisfi es its national and international obligations for the protection of world heritage, national estate and threatened species. ‘While national heritage values were meant to be addressed as part of the RFA, they were not… ‘A decade later and there has still been no assessment.’ The Mayor, however, was more positive and pointed to recent public meetings. ‘It’s not about being liked, it’s about listening to our community. We’re in this together and it would serve us well.’ Chamber supportive Byron’s chamber of commerce president Paul Waters told The Echo, ‘Th is is a welcome development and in line with my eff ort to communicate and work better with councillors and staff . ‘I would hope that this doesn’t turn into another talk fest and we can actually see some positive action taking place with some of the key concerns of the chamber of commerce that have already been outlined and discussed. ‘Th is includes traffi c, parking, cleanliness and presentation of the town, graffiti re- Coopers Mild Ale carton $ 31 95 AUSTRALIAN MADE AUSTRALIAN OWNED “Independent & Local – Your Local Liquor Store” Court House Hotel 31 Burringbar Street, Mullumbimby courthousemullum@bigpond.com Get Echo news daily: www.echonetdaily.net.au Melbourne and Sydney events, Th e Evolve Yoga and Wellness Festival is coming to Byron Shire. ‘The burgeoning of yoga festivals is testament to the growth of the yoga and wellness industry,’ says festival director Miranda Burne. ‘Evolve Yoga and Wellness Festival will be a haven away from Byron’s busy mid-summer streets, and will off er an enlightening line-up of yoga, breathing and mediation classes with high-profi le teachers, voice and dance workshops, discussion groups, kirtan and more.’ Th e Evolve Yoga and Wellness Festival will be held on January 21 at the Byron Bay Public School. For more visit www.evolveyogafestival.com. au. Volunteers welcome. Council plans more public meetings moval etc. Th en of course there are the more recent topics such as branding and marketing campaigns, the community market policy and the formation of an LTO (Local Tourism Organisation) that would handle a lot of the current work that BU does. Th at may include the Byron Naturally marketing campaign and helping run the new year’s eve festivities.’ Psoriasis & Skin Clinic SERVICING NORTHERN RIVERS Effective, natural-based treatment Psoriasis Eczema Dermatitis We investigate allergy involvement with Eczema and Dermatitis 1300 754 625 6/97 Main Street Murwillumbah psoriasis.com.au wallace I clothing I shoes Gant Blazer Lacoste Nautica Industrie Gazman R M Williams Ben Sherman 109 River St Ballina 6686 2081 Have you subscribed yet? netdaily www.echonetdaily.net.au www.echo.net.au The Byron Shire Echo December 13, 2011 7 Before After HOLDSWORTH HOUSE MEDICAL PRACTICE
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