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June 2, 2026

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Advocates and civil society organisations call to drop the charges against Herzog protestors

In an open letter to the NSW Premier, Attorney-General, Minister for Police, and Commissioner of Police, advocates and civil society organisations have called for the charges to be dropped against people protesting against the visit of the President of Israel on 9 February 2026.

Other News

Highway night works around Tweed Heads South from Sunday 31 May

Motorists are advised of changed traffic conditions on the Pacific Motorway’s northbound off ramp and on ramp at Darlington Drive, Tweed Heads South for essential vegetation maintenance work from Sunday, 31 May.

Liberal backflip means harsher criminal sentences for vulnerable people

Sue Higginson says Liberal Leader Kellie Sloane has backflipped on reforms to character at sentencing, supporting a total removal of good character as a mitigating factor at sentencing across all offence types.

Spurious assertions

It is fascinating, yet not unexpected, that Marianne McCormack’s response to my previous letter bares very little factual relevance...

Trains vs buses

As one of the many thousands of locals who have been involved in the long campaign for accessible, socially, environmentally, and cost...

Booyong killing fields II

Having moved to Booyong Road a year ago, I assumed the Booyong abattoir was a small operation serving local...

Interview with Pacific Avenue

South Coast rockers, Pacific Avenue, have left an indelible mark on the music industry, their debut studio album Flowers secured a spot as a number one Australian album earning two ARIA nominations. Now, their recently released second studio album, Lovesick Sentimental, looks to be heading in the same direction.

John Scrivener, Main Arm

Robert Podhajsky (Letters, 22 April) identified a significant source of data that helps reveal the true nature of the response to this year’s viral pandemic. That is, comparative rates of viral infection and mortality relative to previous years – a wealth of evidence that has been glaringly absent from mainstream discourse. This is just one of many evidence streams that clearly demonstrate the fraudulent nature of this manufactured crisis. Other sources include, for example, Event 201; a pandemic simulation sponsored by vested interests, including John Hopkins Center for Health Security, the CDC, the World Economic Forum, and the vaccine-promoting Bill Gates Foundation, staged in October last year, just prior to the pandemic becoming ‘real’.

And we’re meant to believe the multi-trillion dollar bailout of Wall Street and the lockdown of the global economy, entailing the devastation of untold livelihoods, is necessitated by a virus that turns out to be neither as deadly nor as infectious as the common flu.



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Eclectic Selection for the week beginning 3 June 2026

Eclectic Selection: What’s on this week is a taste of some of the events that can be found in the Byron Shire and beyond this coming week.

Stout Blackout Blowout at Earth Beer

Nestled among the rolling green hills of Cudgen, just minutes from Kingscliff on the Tweed Coast, Earth Beer Company has become one of the...

Greens from The Farm are flourshing

At the heart of a thriving market garden is timing, soil health, and a deep connection to the seasons – something Josh Dooley from...

Interview with Pacific Avenue

South Coast rockers, Pacific Avenue, have left an indelible mark on the music industry, their debut studio album Flowers secured a spot as a number one Australian album earning two ARIA nominations. Now, their recently released second studio album, Lovesick Sentimental, looks to be heading in the same direction.