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Casino Suspension Bridge opens

Minister For Small Business, Recovery and North Coast Janelle Saffin joined Mayor Robert Mustow and Member for Page Kevin Hogan to officially opening the Casino Suspension Bridge today (Saturday).

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Site confirmed for future high school at Pottsville

The NSW government says it has secured a site for a future high school in Pottsville, delivering on its commitment to future-proof public education for the growing Tweed community in the Northern Rivers.

A man and woman have been arrested after a man died in Tweed Heads on Saturday morning.

About 2am on Saturday 6 June 2026 emergency services were called to a home on Seaview Crescent, Tweed Heads, following reports a man had been assaulted.

Officers attached to Tweed/Byron Police District attended and were told a man aged in his 30s had allegedly been assaulted at The Hermitage, Tweed Heads South, by a man known to him, before making his way to Seaview Crescent.

NSW Ambulance paramedics treated the man; however, he died at the scene. He is yet to be formally identified.

A short time later, police arrested a 31-year-old man and a 29-year-old woman at a home in Tweed Heads. They were taken to Tweed Heads Police Station where inquiries are continuing.

Crime scenes have been established and an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the incident has commenced.

A report will be prepared for the coroner.



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Byron’s Winter Whales raise $43,000

The Byron Bay Winter Whales (BBWW) took to the ocean for the 39th time this year on the first Sunday of May and raised $43,000 for local organisations and charities.

When it comes to real estate, everyone can use an advocate

With 45 years combined experience across both sales and property management, husband and wife team Mark and Michelle Errichiello have recently moved to the Northern Rivers and teamed up with Byron Property Search to provide advocacy services for people looking to buy or sell across the region.

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Conservationists welcome carbon credit scheme to protect forests

Today’s release of the government’s proposed Improved Native Forest Method, which allows governments to claim carbon credits in return for stopping logging has been welcomed by the North East Forest Alliance and North Coast Environment Council as "providing a way to end native forest logging on public land".