
Visitors to The Channon Market on Sunday got a surprise when the Metre and a Half Maid, a goddess in gold, was setting the social distancing wrongs, to right.

For Australia’s hardline, copper-bottomed, hide-bound conservatives, federation was always a mistake.

Tamara Smith MP, Member for Ballina and NSW Greens spokesperson for the North Coast, and Greens Clarence Valley Councillor Greg Clancy, say the Nationals Member for Clarence and his party are out of touch.

At a press conference in Byron Bay this morning Byron Shire Mayor Simon Richardson, Detective Acting Superintendent Cameron Lindsay and NSW Local Health District's Wayne Jones, met to make an announcement about the upcoming Schoolies week in the town.
Tina Petroff, Ocean Shores Great letter David Froggett I couldn’t agree with you more! Byron Shire Council (BSC) rates are now higher than Tweed Shire residential rates, and they’ve still stuck all our ratepayers with the highest water and sewerage rates... Read More →
Jo Faith, Newtown John Lazarus’s letter (26 August) addressed the possibility of a new art installation. I was hoping that [a proposal to spend] ratepayers’ money would include the possibility of a First Nations artist being included. First Nations artists are... Read More →

For Australia’s hardline, copper-bottomed, hide-bound conservatives, federation was always a mistake.

The last ‘surf train’ ran in 2004, and the rusty tracks have lain quiet since then while railway enthusiasts lobbied for its return, and others championed a scenic ‘rail trail’.