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June 2, 2026

Keeping safe

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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

Byron Spaces Gallery hosts Ocean Magic exhibition

Ocean Magic, a new winter exhibition by local artist Yvonne Fenech, will open at Byron Spaces Gallery on Friday 5 June.

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.

Hamas war crimes allegations

Gazans accuse Hamas of war crimes against Gazans. Lawyers for the Gazan residents have submitted a 40-page application to...

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...

Booyong killing fields III

We live in what feels like the forgotten corner of the Byron Shire. Our neighbourhood of Booyong is a...

Spurious assertions

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

Keeping Australians safe, says our prime minister, is the Albanese government’s first priority.

I question, what am I being kept safe from? Is it the UN, WHO and NATO’s plan for one world government? That our government is proceeding with, with the compulsory voter’s consent. Most Australians think Australia is an independent nation.

How can we be independent when our government follows the directives of foreign entities, foreign powers. In which the voter has no say, in the decisions that have been made and continue to be made.

Am I being kept safe from the dangers of toxic chemicals that they, the TGA, are allowing to be used? I wasn’t kept safe during Covid, I was shocked to the core by the government’s (federal and state) directives, of the violence against Australians.

The threats, intimidation, punishments, coercion, the demise of small business, inflation, immigration etc.

We pay the price of the costs incurred, because they are obedient to the foreign powers.

Robert Podhajsky, Ocean Shores



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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.