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November 9, 2026

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Green Heroes among 2026 NSW Environment Award winners

The NSW Environment Awards, hosted by the state’s leading environmental advocacy organisation, Nature Conservation Council NSW, was recently held at Customs House in Sydney.

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Council must stand firm on Wallum

As a Bayside resident and Byron Shire ratepayer, I am concerned by suggestions that Council may be preparing to...

Casino Truck Show crowned NSW’s Best Visitor Experience

The North Coast Petroleum Casino Truck Show has taken out the Outstanding Visitor Experience category at the 2026 NSW Business Awards in Sydney.

Walking the talk

Under the leadership of Labor’s Minister for the Environment, Hon. Penny Sharpe MLC, the NSW Parliament recently legislated several...

Love books? Join Friends of the Library

Friends of the Libraries, Byron Shire are looking for some fresh, new, younger faces to join the group and help keep it moving forward.

Remembrance Day 2026: 11am, 11 November

It is estimated that in WWl there were 20 million dead and 20 million injured. From a population base...

Graffiti vandals strike Norries Head and Cabarita Beach

Repeated acts of graffiti vandalism at Norries Head and throughout Cabarita Beach, are drawing interest from the police and Tweed Shire Council.

A remarkable example of fortitude, graciousness, consciousness and generosity has been viewed this week with the First Nation people sharing the preparation of the required process to present the democratically-structured Voice to parliament, a democratic document to enhance the Australian Constitution….and all citizens.

Per capita Australia holds the most incarcerated First Nations people in the world and the recent deaths in custody toll (there have been 516 deaths in custody since 1991) keeps rising despite ignored recommendations advised by the Nagle Report over 30 years ago!  Shame Australia!

The faces of the pollies in the Coalition remain with po-faced-coat-hanger mouths and even the new glasses do not enhance the intelligence gene of Peter Dutton. They all have a problem with reading, more so Peter who advised the public during the demise of the queen that she had ‘also to endure an Anus Horriibilis year’. Well, Peter, think of us in voting land enduring your illiterate  mob for years? 

Jo Faith , Newtown



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Remembrance Day 2026: 11am, 11 November

It is estimated that in WWl there were 20 million dead and 20 million injured. From a population base of fewer than five million,...

Love books? Join Friends of the Library

Friends of the Libraries, Byron Shire are looking for some fresh, new, younger faces to join the group and help keep it moving forward.

Racehorses shot for pet food by NSW breeder

Thirteen thoroughbred horses deemed no longer useful, have been destroyed with eight horses destroyed by firearm at Berkeley Park Stud.

Byron Bay Surf Lifesaving Club youngsters shine

Two young members of Byron Bay Surf Lifesaving Club have delivered outstanding performances at the Paddle NSW State Sprint Championships, held at the Penrith International Regatta Centre over the weekend.