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June 19, 2026

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The NT intervention laws that shape lives

local filmmaker Sinem Saban will be presenting back-to-back screenings in Murwillumbah of her two award-winning films that not only expose draconian Australian intervention policies, but also present the catastrophic fallout from these laws that have been unravelling in Aboriginal communities to this day.

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Caring for community

The Rotary Club of Mullumbimby presented a cheque for $10,000 to the Brunswick Surf Life Saving Club (BSLSC) in support of its ongoing operations.

Eclectic Selection for the week beginning 17 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.

Lismore Council spruiks 150 projects since 2022 floods

A milestone of 150 projects has been reached since the 2022 disasters, says Lismore City Council.

A bit of fun to raise some funds

Bobby Conn and Molly O’Neil, from Drover (either end) Paul Tansley from Stone & Wood (back) with Damian Farrell from Fletcher St Cottage pulling out his best Ray Charles moves. Join them and plenty of other performers at the 12th Festival of The Stone on Saturday, 20 June

Lismore rallies to save homes from demolition

Around hundred residents met at the Lismore Quad on Saturday to demand the demolitions of heritage homes cease, the flood recovery promised is delivered, and that every person be housed.

The dust has now settled on what was the most important election in a generation, the voters have resoundingly returned the Albanese Labor government with a huge mandate.

Congratulations to Justine Elliot and all the hardworking Labor volunteers who helped make it happen.

Australia must now stay on track to continue the orderly transition to a renewable future. As climate change gains intensity, this difficult transition can only continue with the support of Aussie voters, where thousands of workers are not put out of work and the country does not run out of reliable base load power.

Aussies have overwhelmingly elected a stable, centrist, majority Labor government in an increasingly unstable world for a very good reason. On the right lies a shattered, climate-denying coal-fired Coalition that is now struggling with relevancy, still intent on introducing outdated and discredited policies, shamelessly supported by the right-wing Murdoch press constantly selling ‘outrage’ and waging political culture wars. On the left also lies a very shattered, inept Greens political party, also struggling for relevancy, that wants to prematurely shut down the very industries that are sustaining this difficult transition to that renewable future, and damage the Australian economy in the process. That future is now ours; we must embrace it.

Keith Duncan, Ballina Labor



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Dancing and fundraising for our children’s future

The recent premeditated killings of several children in Australia by their fathers has raised the issue of filicide (the deliberate act of a parent killing their own child) alongside the issue of domestic violence (DV) and femicide (the intentional murder of women or girls) as key areas that need research to help understand why these things happen.

Artist Gerwyn Davies exhibits at Tweed Gallery

From 3 July, a major new body of work by Gadigal/Sydney-based artist Gerwyn Davies will be exhibited at the Tweed Regional Gallery & Margaret Olley Art Centre.

Lismore Council spruiks 150 projects since 2022 floods

A milestone of 150 projects has been reached since the 2022 disasters, says Lismore City Council.

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.