Could AI survive without humans, a species that looks like deleting itself in the next 80 years? It would certainly spare the machines the drudgery of eliminating us as proposed by the Terminator franchise.
Clunes locals gathered last week to discuss the current proposed Clunes Masterplan process that is being run by Living Lab Northern Rivers on behalf of Lismore City Council
I am compelled to write after hearing an early morning ABC RN report addressing the current upper house abortion debate in South Australia (my former home). In desperation it would appear that the Pauline Hanson representative assure upper house...
Whilst all levels of government are talking about the ‘housing crisis’, little exposes the role of ‘bankocracy’ and how it works in that market and fuelled the crisis. Australia’s four banks are the most profitable in the world and...
As a resident in what is generally a quiet neighbourhood, I have been very disappointed to find myself now living next door to a community hall that was originally built and used as a senior citizens’ hall. Activities once...
This Sunday will see an irresistibly eclectic and electrifying line up that includes Bobby Alu, Emily Lubitz, Hayley Grace, Way Out West and DJ Salve Jorge making the 2024 Music in the Valley shine.
New Byron Bay Golf Club (BBGC) board members Fiona Grigg and Ralf Pelz have said that transparency and planning for the future of the BBGC is how they want to move forward.
I thank Greg Wilson from East Ballina for his letter last week. I echo his thoughts on the Greens party. They have, indeed, become just a bunch of screamers on the sidelines without anything worthwhile to contribute to the...
On the local news last night Mayor Ndiaye plus a Byron Council staffer talked about spending, 92 million dollars I believe was the figure, on the Byron Bay pool and on the Mullumbimby pool. Mentioned was Lot 22 as an...
The people of Gyra are faced with the same degenerate issue we of the Northern Rivers faced when we lost, firstly our freight train from Sydney to Murwillumbah, two-and-a-half years prior to the passenger XPT service in 2004. Our branch...
It is amusing to read a piece called ‘Using transparency to build trust’ by PwC; it reminds you that they should have followed their own advice.
Testing for bowel cancer uses a simple, at-home test called a faecal occult blood test (FOBT). This test looks for traces of blood in your poop which are invisible and could be a sign of bowel cancer.
It’s a hot summer’s afternoon in Byron Bay and, after finishing your fermented kale bubble tea, you’re ready for the beach. But walking just seems so 2023, so you decide to use your smart phone to hail the town’s driverless busbot.
As part of the Albanese Labor government’s national ‘500 frontline workers initiative’, the Mullumbimby and District Neighbourhood Centre (MDNC) has three new frontline community workers who will support those experiencing family, domestic and sexual violence on the North Coast.
‘Thank you for not ignoring us’ was one of the most alarming tributes to retired Byron Shire councillor Duncan Dey at a gathering of 30 or so people at Torakina Park last Thursday. It was said, along with: Thank you...
Regarding the recent editorial on the new Adelaide University (opening 2026) abandoning traditional in-person lectures it should be noted that there will still be plenty of opportunities for on-campus tuition (dull or otherwise). There has been plenty of hysteria...
As a financial member of the Byron Bay Golf Club (BBGC), I can’t understand what is happening. We have an incredible golf course in one of the most beautiful and desirable places in Australia. The question is really this:...
I am not sure of today’s definition of ‘modern history’ but when I was at school the HSC topics included ‘German Unification’; ‘Causes of World War I’; and ‘Causes of World War II’. We didn’t study the actual wars – I guess Hollywood filled in many of those gaps.
Will the controversial decision to close Mullumbimby’s local water supply at Lavertys Gap be reversed by Byron’s newly-elected mayor and her fellow councillors?
With revenue down 50 to 90 per cent for some shops on Lawson Street compared to this time last year, local business owners are doing it tough as the Byron Bay Town Centre Drainage project continues to dig up the street.
Brunswick Valley Historical Society and the Mullumbimby Chamber of Commerce have teamed up to try and save the recently burnt Mullumbimby station and the historical signalman’s cottage in Mullumbimby.
Huge congratulations to all the wallum heathland vigil protectors and support teams. Thank you for all your long hours, camped alongside the sometimes wet and swampy frog habitat, ancient scribbly gums, and incredible wildflower heathland. Now it is time for...
Sandhills Estate park development is appreciated but why close Cowper Street beach access when you don’t need to? It’s overkill and may go on well past Christmas. This is a busy thoroughfare. Could the ‘powers that be’ please open it? Wally...
Nobody criminalised journalism. Calling yourself a journalist while initiating release of confidential military knowledge while that same military (our allies) were fighting a common enemy of democracy is a crime. Calling it truthful information when you have put lives at...
Apparently menopause lasts one day. You could have fooled me. I thought it was the chapter title for this weird bloaty, flushy, foggy, angry, teary decade of my life. But apparently menopause only describes the day, 12 months after your last period when you are no longer peri-menopausal. Which by the way, no doctor I saw ever mentioned was a thing. And perimenopause can go for a decade. And postmenopausal goes for the rest of your life.
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