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June 23, 2026

Heilpern ‘on the money’

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No Small Thing: NRCF Women’s Giving Circle event, Murwillumbah

Cheek Media founder, Hannah Ferguson, will headline a panel of prominent women leaders at the Regent Theatre in Murwillumbah next Thursday, in an event the organisers say brings, 'the kind of line-up you'd usually travel to Sydney for' to the Northern Rivers.

Byron High brings you SAAM – full of humour and chaos

In the vein of a speculative sci-fi, this comedy misadventure is simultaneously relatable, playful, hilarious, and unnerving. SAAM will be performed for three nights by Byron Bay High’s Year 11 Drama troupe on 23, 25 and 26 June from 6.30pm.

Hemp industry given boost with development plan

A Hemp Industry Development Plan has been announced by the NSW government, which promises 'to unlock new opportunities for NSW businesses and add value to the state's low-THC hemp industry, which is forecast to become a $100 million Australian industry by 2032'.

Handcrafted delicious French pastries at Mullum Farmers Markets

Allie Godfrey A taste of France has arrived at the Mullumbimby Farmers Market, with local pastry chef Dan introducing his...

Shark culls not the answer

It has been a confronting and devastating year with a 12-year-old killed by a shark in Sydney and another shark attack in Coogee over the weekend. The NSW government has said there is nothing off the table in response to the latest shark incident. But it is vital that we don’t just start going out there and randomly culling sharks.

Will council support community participation in MHS development?

This Thursday (today), Byron Shire Council (BSC) will be discussing the establishment of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) between Byron Shire Council and Homes NSW (HNSW) as well as the potential for a Community Assessment Panel for the old Mullumbimby Hospital site.

I have watched and read so many responses, comments and discussions about this bloody war in Gaza. I’m fed up and very disheartened at the Australian government’s response in general, and the divisiveness of the Israeli government taking a right-wing fascist approach to a terrorist attack. The hypocrisy and irony is breathtaking.

David Heilpern is so ‘on the money’, he described it so well: it’s the only real comment I’ve read that sees it the way it is, a humanitarian disaster and a political blunder of a huge magnitude. Man’s inhumanity to man. We’ve now got such perfect and plentiful weapons to unleash, in the hands of mad men.

The Palestinian and the Ukrainian people, the mothers, children and innocent fathers have been the real victims. 

Savaad Churcher-Wells, Byron Bay



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