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July 18, 2025

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Big names and big issues explored at writers festival

This year’s Byron Writers Festival is a star-studded celebration of national icons and local legends gathered under the festival theme Passion & Purpose.

Other News

Rates and swan pontoons on the agenda for today’s Tweed Council meeting

The death and injury of swans and other birdlife at Lake Kimberley in Banora Point led to significant community concern and Tweed Shire Council is now considering a floating platform for roosting birds at Lake Kimberley.

New Lennox Head roundabout finished

Work on a new roundabout at the intersection of Byron Bay Road and Byron Street at Lennox Head has finished.

Uncle Tom’s flooding

If the community copes with the extended travel time, the disruption to businesses, and inadequate alternate routes only for...

Bruns tunes in for new piano

Brunswick Heads celebrated the arrival of a new community piano, with a joyful outdoor concert at the Soundshell in Terrace Park.

Update on Salty Lakes emptying and filling over four day period

Recently it was reported on the fact that Salty Lakes in Broadwater National Park had emptied, leaving behind an almost dry lake bed covered with brown sludge.

Lennox residents say it’s ‘crazy’ to put 300 houses on flood area next to Ross Lane

Ross Lane is closed because it rained? No surprises there. What is surprising to some local residents is the plan to build 300 residential houses on the land adjacent to Ross Lane which floods regularly.

Mandy is struggling with the notion of becoming middle class as she prepares to move into her purpose-built home.


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Was Socrates right about democracy?

The Acropolis of Athens, the embodiment of Athenian power, birthplace of democracy, and cornerstone of Western civilisation, was recently closed to tourists owing to a deadly heatwave across parts of Europe.

Update on Salty Lakes emptying and filling over four day period

Recently it was reported on the fact that Salty Lakes in Broadwater National Park had emptied, leaving behind an almost dry lake bed covered with brown sludge.

Rates and swan pontoons on the agenda for today’s Tweed Council meeting

The death and injury of swans and other birdlife at Lake Kimberley in Banora Point led to significant community concern and Tweed Shire Council is now considering a floating platform for roosting birds at Lake Kimberley.

Was your business or not-for-profits impacted by Cyclone Alfred?

The NSW government has now opened applications for these organisations that suffered direct damage from Tropical Cyclone Alfred and severe weather events since 18 May.