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Entertainment in the Byron Shire for the Week Beginning 17 August, 2021

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How can we keep paying for incompetence

The only way forward is going backwards. That’s how I explain the current situation of Byron Shire Council. The...

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Cameras rolling on Ballina crime fight

A $1 million CCTV network targeting crime hotspots and major roads in Ballina and Lennox Head is finally moving into the installation phase, following years of calls for greater surveillance across the shire.

Bangalow community rallying for the Bowlo

A major town rally for Bangalow is planned for Saturday, 19 September at 2pm as the next phase of action to have the Bowlo reopened and back in community hands.

Appeal to locate man missing from Broadwater

Police are appealing for public assistance to help locate a local missing man.

Trains on tracks

Give the Northern Rivers a fair go on rail I was surprised to see The Echo promoting the Rail Trail...

Monster rich

For a while we visited Northern Rivers until one year we felt and saw the changes. The rich elsewhere...

NSW gambling reforms announced

The Minns government says it is delivering on a key election commitment with its latest tranche of gaming reforms, giving people and families stronger protections against gambling harm and tightening the rules concerning gambling promotion and marketing.

Broadwaters styles and moods at the New Brighton Farmer’s Market.

The Waters are Here

Matt Day and Jessie Rose are Broadwaters, playing a vast variety of styles and moods. The duo formed shortly after meeting, in late 2019, when Jessie was recording Matt as part of her SAE degree in Audio. They were bunkered down in their home studio for the better part of 2020 and are currently working on a music video for their next release ‘Home’. Matt says it’s been  a tough year. ‘Trying to manage finances as a musician during a global crisis hasn’t been easy. Having the opportunity to play live again means I have the ability to sustain myself, not just in the body but in the mind and spirit.’

Get an early start to see Broadwaters at the New Brighton Farmers Market on Tuesday from 8am.


Three Lords get to Inception at Byron Theatre

The Inception Adventure

Featured in last week’s Seven – Three Lords had to postpone their Christopher Nolan’s Inception adventure, but the crew are back at the end of the month. Three Lords bring you their next collaboration with local artists for a mind-bending A/V show for this science fiction thriller adventure.

The show is scheduled to go ahead on Saturday 28 August 7.30pm at the Byron Theatre.



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Greens urged to back pathway to end native forest logging

Some of NSW’s most respected and long-standing forest campaigners and scientists have today urged the Greens not to support the Nationals' attempt to disallow the Improved Native Forest Management (INFM) method.

Ballina Council makes decision on Ross Lane

With the absence of all four of its progressive councillors for various reasons, Ballina Council pushed ahead with its agenda at yesterday's monthly meeting, including a decision which is likely to close Ross Lane for months while the road is upgraded.

Mullumbimby puts new governance models first, and now wants to build it

Imagine Northern Rivers says Mullumbimby is the only community across the region to rank new models of governance and decision-making as the number one element of its preferred future, and last week locals gathered to work out how to make it real.

Appeal to locate man missing from Broadwater

Police are appealing for public assistance to help locate a local missing man.