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Byron Shire Rebels gutsy efforts

A day of contrasting rugby fortunes for the Rebels at Ballina, with the Men’s XV putting in a gutsy...

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The Pocket Winter Festival bringing you music, food and fun

The Pocket Winter Festival is set to return on Sunday, 21 June, from 10am to 2pm, bringing together the community for a day of music, food, entertainment and family fun at The Pocket Public School.

Call for nominations for NSW Australian of the Year 2027

Nominations are now open for the NSW Australian of the Year 2027.

Discovering Byron’s influence on Australian music

For a small regional area the Byron Shire and Northern Rivers have had an outsized impact on the culture and music in Australia.

Kyogle adopts $64.6m budget, promises big investment for the future

Kyogle Council has adopted its 2026/2027 budget, with Mayor Danielle Mulholland saying it delivers a clear commitment to strengthening essential services, supporting emerging needs, and positioning the community for the future.

Struggling Byron businesses

I appreciate the difficulties facing Byron businesses regarding the drainage works, but with all due respect to those affected,...

Nimbin village boil water alert lifted, but remains for outskirts

After just over a month, Lismore City Council say the boil water alert for the village of Nimbin has been lifted, effective immediately. Yet these living in the outskirts of the village, a boil water alert is still in place.

Robert Podhajsky, Ocean Shores

I have stopped thinking about the COVID situation and I am rarely feeling good in myself. I feel more alive. The usual pursuits of living are now full of people’s thoughts about this COVID disease. All sorts of restrictions are happening that keep bringing back thoughts of being fearful of the COVID. It causes me to feel very unsettled. The continued conflicting information being given to people have left me with only one way out and that is not to think about it.

I can get worried about the information, because there is not any way that I can get access to the facts that prove what is being said. If I could see the proof of the facts instead of just being told the facts there would be no need for worrying about the statistics and projections.

People have always been dying from illness of some kind, recorded history tells us. People are even saying that if I don’t follow the advice being given, I am contributing to the spread of illness. That’s like me saying it’s someone else’s fault if I am ill, when it’s my body that accepted the illness, that’s my responsibility.

Doctor, can you provide the physical facts that I can access that will prove to me everything being said about the COVID.

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