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50-metre Olympic-sized pool

We definitely need an updated 50m swimming facility closer to Tweed Heads. My preference is an outdoor facility. The...

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Data centres for the Northern Rivers?

What regulations are there to stop or manage data centres in the Northern Rivers?

Sex Drugs and Handrails

The near sell-out show Sex Drugs and Handrails (Stiff in all the wrong places!) has added an extra show for Sunday, 23 August that will raise funds for refugee settlement in the Northern Rivers.

Clarkes Beach gets another $1.6m line of defence

Six years after government agencies were talking about ‘future retreat’ from an eroding Clarkes Beach, another $1.6 million is being spent trying to hold the line.

Monster rich

For a while we visited Northern Rivers until one year we felt and saw the changes. The rich elsewhere...

Developer seeks to remove Alstonville road-widening requirement

An Alstonville developer is asking Ballina Council to drop a requirement to widen part of Whites Lane, arguing road-safety works recommended by an audit should be enough instead.

Mullum Gold Club charity day Saturday

This Saturday, 29 August  the Mullumbimby Golf Club (MGC) is hosting its rescheduled MND (Motor Neurone Disease) Charity Day in honour of Steve Ryan.

The Ocean Shores division one team created club history earlier this month by winning the clubs first ever NRDGA division one pennant flag. Congratulations to (left to right) Will Fry, Charlie Dean, Ben Adams, Andrew Jordan Brown, and Steve Heptonstall. Photo supplied



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Imagine

‘Imagine there’s no heaven, it’s easy if you try No hell below us… above us only sky, Imagine all the people, living for today…’ These are probably...

Mullum water investigation comes with $322,000-plus price tag

Byron Council faces a bill of at least $322,000 to complete the next stage of its long-running investigation into Mullumbimby’s future water supply, as it simultaneously prepares the ground for a possible 35 per cent increase in general rates.

Lynda Dean – a life of love and making the world a better place

My beloved Lynda Dean was the rock and the heart that held in place not only me and our family, but an extraordinary network of friends and communities throughout the Byron Shire and far beyond.

Wollumbin Art Award winners to be revealed this Saturday

The winners of one of the Northern Rivers’ major regional art awards will be revealed at Tweed Regional Gallery this Saturday, as the 2026 Wollumbin Art Award exhibition opens in Murwillumbah.