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Blacks Drain crossing fully reopens after $2.56 million rebuild

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The Blacks Drain crossing on Tweed Valley Way at South Murwillumbah has fully reopened after a $2.56 million rebuild designed to reduce the risk of another washout.
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From Spinifex Country to Lismore for a $23,000 art prize

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In Michelle Anderson’s Kanpala, circles of red, orange and yellow bring a place in Western Australia’s Spinifex Country into view. It’s a place she returns to often in paint: Kanpa, the Country where her grandmother was born.
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Work starts on eight-lane athletics track in Lismore

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Construction has begun on an eight-lane athletics track at Southern Cross University’s Lismore campus, giving Northern Rivers schools and clubs a competition-standard venue closer to home when it opens in mid-2027.
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Questions remain over October Belongil Creek fish kill

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The artificial opening of the Belongil Creek, an Intermittently Closed and Open Lake and Lagoon (ICOLL), on Monday, 12 October led to yet another significant fish kill with locals and vistors advised to avoid the area and not swim nearby.
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Bus politics: more public transport for Northern Rivers

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The state government has announced more than 670 additional weekly bus services to run across Northern Rivers bus networks starting from 6 December, 2026.
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Byron surfing community gathers for positive change

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On Sunday the community came together, with close to 200 people gathering at Clarkes Beach for a paddle out, and shore action, to raise their voices and say there are no more excuses for violence against women and girls.
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Northern NSW hospitals fall short on emergency and mental-health targets

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Fewer than half of Northern NSW emergency patients needing admission or transfer met a six-hour hospital access target in 2025–26, according to a health district review released yesterday.
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Jewellery theft leaves Bangalow artists without work to sell before Christmas

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Hundreds of handmade jewellery pieces have been stolen from a Bangalow artists’ collective, leaving some members without any work to sell ahead of the crucial Christmas trading period.
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Kinvara centre relocation would allow taller shop-top housing

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The planned village centre at Kinvara, west of Lennox Head, would move to flatter land and allow taller shop-top housing under planning changes now open for public comment.
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Call for Mel Davis to be permanent Byron Public principal

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Parents at Byron Bay Public School (BBPS) have started a petition to ask the NSW Department of Education (DOE) to reconsider their decision to replace Acting Principal, Mel Davis, and to allow her to continue permanently as principal.
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Extra $9 million for Lismore flood pumps and higher spillway

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An additional $9 million will fund two more pumps at Lismore’s Browns Creek pump station and raise the levee spillway, with the works intended to reduce flood risk for 300 buildings.
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Make a SHIFT and support women at risk of homelessness

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The Small SHIFT: I Will Survive event where seven women, spanning seven decades, tell their story in seven minutes, is back for the fourth year running on Thursday, 5 November.
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Vale Robin Harrison aka Professor Cuddlebumps

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Robin Harrison, aka Professor Cuddlebumps and Apprentice Earth Wizard, was a much-loved figure and friend to many in the Caldera and Byron Shire. He was a performer, an activist, a change maker and sustainability advocate extraordinaire.
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Byron proposes limits on putting residents’ personal information into AI

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Byron Shire Council is proposing restrictions on entering residents’ personal and health information into artificial intelligence tools, with exceptions requiring an approved privacy assessment or the individual’s consent.
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New approach needed for Northern Rivers public transport says Cadwallader

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It is the age-old story – the lack of public transport across the Northern Rivers that leads to high car ownership and a failure of local and regional public transport infrastructure and use.
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Conservation zoning proposed for disputed Hastings Point site

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Environmental protections and tighter housing controls are proposed for a disputed Hastings Point development site, following a court decision allowing its subdivision.
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Surfboard shapers swap the sander for the microphone at Lennox

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Surfers can spend hours arguing about the merits of a board. On Friday, they can hear from three men who have spent decades making them.
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Seven women, seven decades and seven minutes to tell their stories

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Most of us would struggle to squeeze a lifetime into seven minutes. Seven local women are about to give it a go, with stories of what they have survived along the way.
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Fatal injury in Ocean Shores

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About 2pm on Friday 30 October 2026, emergency services were called to a home on Warrambool Road, Ocean Shores, following reports a man had been injured.
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New Tweed Heads Hub backed by $3.8 million commitment

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The newly opened Veteran and Family Hub at Tweed Heads will be backed by a renewed $3.8 million commitment from RSL NSW to sponsor veteran and family services, delivered by partner charity RSL LifeCare.
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Casino Truck Show crowned NSW’s Best Visitor Experience

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The North Coast Petroleum Casino Truck Show has taken out the Outstanding Visitor Experience category at the 2026 NSW Business Awards in Sydney.
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Major building restorations in Lismore

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The government says dozens of cultural and sporting hubs across Lismore, including the town’s iconic City Hall, are now restored and revitalised after suffering flood damage in 2022.
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Inter-hospital transfer for Westpac chopper

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Around 8.30am yesterday (Monday 2 November) the Westpac Rescue Helicopter was tasked by NSW Ambulance on an urgent inter-hospital transfer from Byron Bay Hospital to Gold Coast University Hospital.
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Overland flood studies open for community feedback

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Ballina Shire Council says it now has three new overland flood studies on public exhibition for community feedback. The studies cover Alstonville, Wardell and Lennox Head.
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Make Byron merry with some Christmas cheer

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It is time to make Byron cheerful for Christmas and myou can join the fun with handmade bunting to decorate your shop windows and help make Byron shine this Christmas.
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Lismore icon made homeless by NSW government

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Well known Northern Rivers artist, musician and puppeteer Jimmy Willing is now living in a tent, having been evicted at short notice from the Joy Love Studio in North Lismore late last week.
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Ghouls just want to have fun

Jeff Dawson - 0
Brunswick Heads Public School just held another fantastic Halloween Fair to raise funds for the school, in a celebration of creativity, hard work and spookiness.
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Man charged over firearm and pursuit in a stolen car

Eve Jeffery - 0
NSW Police say a man – wanted by virtue of two outstanding warrants – has been charged after a firearm and stolen car were allegedly seized following a pursuit near Coraki.
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Shara Community Gardens wants you!

Eve Jeffery - 0
Community gardens are about so much more than soil and vegetables with many being a central hub for families to gather and celebrate.
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Are you interested in guiding the future of Byron Bay?

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Many members of the Byron Bay community are questioning what the future of Byron is – this is your chance to have a voice.
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Bruns Brekky looking for a home

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The Bruns Brekky, for homeless people, is looking for a place to set up twice a week with water, electricity and a bit of storage space, said organiser Jon Dale.
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Mullumbimby poster cleanup

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The Mullumbimby Chamber of Commerce and Community along with local businesses and volunteers, were out in force last Sunday morning cleaning up the town.
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Fatal three-vehicle crash – Suffolk Park

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Two people have died following a three-vehicle crash on Broken Head Road.
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Rescue helicopter service promises reform after harassment findings

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The Westpac Rescue Helicopter Service has apologised and committed to workplace reforms after an independent review found inadequate disciplinary responses to substantiated sexual harassment and bullying complaints.
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Michael Cook turns the tables in Tweed exhibition

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A bus full of passengers, a city street, a railway tunnel. The settings are familiar. Look at the people, though, and a different picture of Australia emerges.
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Northern Rivers flood experience informs school disaster lessons

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The Northern Rivers disaster experience has helped shape a new classroom resource aimed at preparing young people for floods, fires and storms.
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Super Halloween fun returns to Brunswick Heads Primary

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It is time to get spooky, and perhaps a little bit kooky at Brunswick Heads Primary School’s Fairtastic this Saturday.
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Mullum Chamber calls for action on Scout Hall – not demolition

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Mullumbimby Chamber of Commerce President says demolishing the historic Mullumbimby Scout Hall is not good enough and that Byron Council need to step up and relocate the building.
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Council seeks public-art vision for Byron foreshore

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Byron Shire Council is seeking a curator or creative team to develop a public-art plan for Byron Bay’s foreshore, identifying potential sites and ways to share local culture and history.
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Building healthier waterways and slowing floodwaters

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There are increasing examples of ways that natural flood management can help waterways recover, slow flooding waters, and improve the waterways and catchments.
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Gary Opit invites Byron to explore what moves after dark

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Most of us notice nocturnal wildlife when it darts across the road. Gary Opit has spent decades listening to people who reckon they have seen something rather harder to identify.
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Two left feet welcome as Byron Latin Fiesta starts tonight

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You don’t need to know your salsa from your bachata to join Byron’s Latin dance crowd this weekend. Everyone is welcome. The Byron Latin Fiesta...
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Blacks Drain crossing fully reopens after $2.56 million rebuild

The Echo - 0
The Blacks Drain crossing on Tweed Valley Way at South Murwillumbah has fully reopened after a $2.56 million rebuild designed to reduce the risk of another washout.
Read more
Local News

From Spinifex Country to Lismore for a $23,000 art prize

The Echo - 0
In Michelle Anderson’s Kanpala, circles of red, orange and yellow bring a place in Western Australia’s Spinifex Country into view. It’s a place she returns to often in paint: Kanpa, the Country where her grandmother was born.
Read more
Local News

Work starts on eight-lane athletics track in Lismore

The Echo - 0
Construction has begun on an eight-lane athletics track at Southern Cross University’s Lismore campus, giving Northern Rivers schools and clubs a competition-standard venue closer to home when it opens in mid-2027.
Read more
Local News

Questions remain over October Belongil Creek fish kill

Aslan Shand - 0
The artificial opening of the Belongil Creek, an Intermittently Closed and Open Lake and Lagoon (ICOLL), on Monday, 12 October led to yet another significant fish kill with locals and vistors advised to avoid the area and not swim nearby.
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