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One river, many voices

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Police seize 22 e-bikes in Sydney

As part of a crackdown on e-bikes across the state, 22 illegal e-bikes have been seized following a NSW Police Force and Transport for NSW joint operation across southern Sydney and the Illawarra.

Melbourne’s sparkly showgirl, Miss Friby (aka Elizabeth Dawson-Smith), is bringing her big haired glamour, razor sharp wit and bent burlesque to the Byron Brewery on Thursday, 8 January.

Hot off the festival circuit, 7-piece Portland band, The Underscore Orkestra, joins Melbourne’s sparkly show girl, Miss Friby, for a wild tornado of exotic glamour and sequins, gypsy jazz, dance and comedy.

Treasured-Memories-Photography-Miss-Friby-1357Described by UK comedian Dawn French as ‘strange and frothy and original and fresh’, Miss Friby’s preposterous acts of showmanship, bent burlesque and vaudeville mayhem are sure to bring a smile to your face.

The second set features the toe-tapping gypsy, jazz and New Orleans street style music of The Underscore Orkestra (USA), guaranteed to perk your package and get you up and dancing! They are joined onstage by three members of Irish bellydance troupe, Suadela.

The Underscore Orkestra is an ever-changing collective of 30 musicians from the US, Australia, NZ, Mexico, France, Ireland and everywhere in-between.

Intrepid band leader and multi-strumentalist, Jorge Kachmari, is the only constant member and has been on the road for over 10 years doing what he loves – ‘changing the world just a little bit and making people happy’.

Miss Friby and The Underscore Orkestra

Thursday 8 January 8pm

Byron Bay Brewery

Tix $18/presale $25/door

Available at www.wildhoneyevents.com

 



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‘Coal mines are writing the laws’

The Minns government has announced it will bypass the independent planning process and legislate an increase in coal production at MACH Energy's Mount Pleasant mine, following the landmark High Court decision that found the mine's expansion approval was invalid because the climate pollution from exported coal had not been properly considered.

BBFF Young Australian Filmmaker of the Year

Melbourne writer-director Jake James Whitford has been named the 2026 Young Australian Filmmaker of the Year at the Byron Bay International Film Festival (BBFF), for his short film 'The Squatters and the Fairy Princess'.

Two men charged following alleged robbery

Two men have been charged following an alleged robbery in Casino last week.

Free Musicland talk in Byron

Local author Tricia Shantz will be talking about a seminal time and place in her new book Musicland: When the Music Came to Byron 1970–1995 at the Byron Bay Library on Thursday, 29 October at 3pm.