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October 20, 2026

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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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No short-term solutions

Here we are, put into the very precarious situation of funding Byron Shire Council’s (BSC) infrastructure shortfalls. By no...

Dear Brunswick

After 11 wonderful years, the time has come for our family to say farewell as owners of the Brunswick...

Editorial – Time for a little respect

In 2020 unpaid care was estimated at three million unpaid carers in Australia that provide approximately $80 billion of unpaid care a year, that is $1.5 billion a week.

Let’s not sell the only CBD carpark

The ongoing logistics disaster that is the ‘affordable’ housing proposed to be built on the public carpark at 57...

Reef-building corals face elevated risk of extinction

A new paper from Dr C. Isabel Núñez Lendo shows nearly half of reef-building corals face elevated relative risk of extinction.

Courtney Act puts Gerwyn Davies’ colourful world in the spotlight

Sequins, spandex and seaside souvenirs will be up for discussion when Courtney Act takes the interviewer’s chair in Murwillumbah next month.

The dust has now settled on what was the most important election in a generation, the voters have resoundingly returned the Albanese Labor government with a huge mandate.

Congratulations to Justine Elliot and all the hardworking Labor volunteers who helped make it happen.

Australia must now stay on track to continue the orderly transition to a renewable future. As climate change gains intensity, this difficult transition can only continue with the support of Aussie voters, where thousands of workers are not put out of work and the country does not run out of reliable base load power.

Aussies have overwhelmingly elected a stable, centrist, majority Labor government in an increasingly unstable world for a very good reason. On the right lies a shattered, climate-denying coal-fired Coalition that is now struggling with relevancy, still intent on introducing outdated and discredited policies, shamelessly supported by the right-wing Murdoch press constantly selling ‘outrage’ and waging political culture wars. On the left also lies a very shattered, inept Greens political party, also struggling for relevancy, that wants to prematurely shut down the very industries that are sustaining this difficult transition to that renewable future, and damage the Australian economy in the process. That future is now ours; we must embrace it.

Keith Duncan, Ballina Labor



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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?