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Cinema: NAZA

A must-see, award-winning documentary investigating AI warfare in Gaza. Fresh from winning the Special Jury Prize at the 2026 Venice International Film Festival, NAZA, the latest documentary from Academy Award-winning filmmakers Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor (No Other Land), examines artificial intelligence and surveillance in Israel’s military operations in Gaza.

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McAuleys estate changes approved, but pet ban and cycle path stay

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Wanderlust come to Mullum

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Nuclear hypocrisy

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Why bribe government when you can just buy it?

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Deputy mayor

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Professor Richard Hil and Dr Jean Renouf are launching Unspeakable: Facing up to the climate catastrophe and its consequences in Australia on Wednesday, 26 August. Photo supplied

Unspeakable: Facing up to the climate catastrophe and its consequences in Australia by authors Professor Richard Hil and Dr Jean Renouf, both of whom live and work in the Northern Rivers, launches on Wednesday, 26 August at The Regent Cinema, Murwillumbah from 5pm.

Hil and Renouf will be in conversation with regenerative futures practitioner Carmen Stewart of Imagine Northern Rivers. The community resilience charity Dr Renouf founded in 2019 will share Plan C’s new three-year strategy and explore how its community-led approach to resilience connects with the themes of the book.

‘We wrote this book a few kilometres from where we will launch it, in a region that has already lived through what much of the country still imagines as a future event,’ said Renouf. ‘The 2022 floods showed us how quickly the systems we rely on can be overwhelmed, and they showed us how much capacity sits in ordinary neighbourhoods when people decide to act together. Launching at home first felt right, because this community taught us a lot of what the book discusses.’

Former Fire and Rescue NSW Commissioner Greg Mullins AO calls Unspeakable ‘a must read’ that ‘provides hope rather than despair and throws us a lifeline.’

Mel Bloor, founder and president of Resilient Uki, said, ‘for an exhausted community leader, this book has both fanned my activist flame and reminded me of the deep still pool that I can be, for both myself and my community.’

Entry $5 at the door with the discussion from 6pm to 7.30pm.



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Interview with Genevieve Clay-Smith, director of Boss Cat showing at the Byron Bay Film Festival

When Sonja (Olivia Hargroder) loses her mother without warning, the only steady presence left in her life is her grandmother, Doris. But Doris’s idea of stability means dismantling everything Sonja has built. For Sonja, who lives with Trisomy 21 (Down syndrome) and has spent her life fighting to be underestimated by no one, Doris’ plan feels less like protection and more like erasure. Directed by Genevieve Clay-Smith, Boss Cat is a vibrant, big-hearted Australian dramedy about independence, family and self-determination, anchored by a fearless lead performance.

Something for everyone at the Picture House

From Australian superstar musos, to brand new documentaries, to comedians at the top of their game, there really is something for everyone at the Brunswick Picture House.

Thirty-six unmissable films

The 2026 Russell Hobbs British Film Festival features an unmissable line up 36 films, including five retrospectives which will screen from 28 October to 29 November at Palace Byron Bay and Ballina Cinemas.

A timeless story of self-discovery

A husband with a promotion, two adorable children and a lovely new house. Nora thought she had it all. But did she? What was the discontent that was whispering to her in the shadows?