Byron Shire Mayor, Michael Lyon, has asked the NSW Government to lift the lockdown on the Northern Rivers region after a month of no recorded Covid-19 cases.
Mr Lyon does acknowledge the three positive family members who allegedly travelled from Sydney and is grateful there have been no new infections from them, saying the sustainable absence of Covid-19 in the area is a good reason for the local lockdown to be lifted.
The Northern Rivers region is also subject to harsh border restrictions from the Queensland Government and Mr Lyons says a lift of the lockdown will hopefully show Queensland the region is covid free and those restrictions can be eased for the cross-border communities.