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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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Why bribe government when you can just buy it?

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Restricted mobility

Our mobility choices are an expression of our freedom of movement. Yet, not everyone in our community is able...

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.

BSC insolvency

After numerous warnings, some more than a decade ago, why haven’t our two longest standing public servants Ndiaye and...

Free Musicland talk in Byron

Local author Tricia Shantz will be talking about a seminal time and place in her new book Musicland: When the Music Came to Byron 1970–1995 at the Byron Bay Library on Thursday, 29 October at 3pm.

Call for the community to join the Mullumbimby clean up

The Mullumbimby Chamber of Commerce and Community (MCCC) are calling on local businesses and the community to join them in cleaning up the main street of town on Sunday, 25 October from 8am to 10am.

Bradley Pike at The Garage Gallery – 4 Burringbar Street, Mullumbimby. Opening Saturday until Monday from 4pm to 8pm each day, or by appointment.

This is the inaugural retrospective solo exhibition of Bradley Pike, of Pikes Hotel fame in Ibiza, Spain, a long-time local resident who’s an award-winning jeweller, architectural designer and artist, with an international career spanning over 45 years. His extensive scope of design disciplines and artworks have been commissioned for major commercial, private developments and collections in Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and Australia.

The exhibition coincides with his sixth appearance on centre stage at Kinky Drawers, at the Brunswick Picture House.

This exposé includes recent oil paintings, drawings and figurative works of riotous colour and movement depicting intertwining and layered bodies and faces. Some were created with over a 120 life-model poses, conveying the complexity and story of the forever-changing perception and moods within our lives, our private thoughts and those ignited by our interactions with others.

From deep contemplation, desire, through to whimsical rash joy, and our need for continual movement to hinder entrapment by stagnation of our thoughts and actions. Created using multiple mediums with a combination of the realistic through to the abstraction of layered confusion, that draws the viewer in, searching and discovering the complexity of emotions, and the repercussions of our choices and decisions, that we are continuously traversing through in life.

Proceeds from this exhibition will support his future projects, including the creation of an affordable art gallery for local artists in Upper Main Arm. And to establish a floating art school for the orphans of remote island villages in Raja Ampat, in Western Papua, as well as artist retreats and residencies.

The Garage Gallery – 4 Burringbar Street, Mullumbimby.

Opening Saturday until Monday from 4pm to 8pm each day, or by appointment. Bradley Pike – 0418 881 144.

Email – [email protected], Instagram @bradleypikesart, or @bradleypikejewellery.



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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?