An application to remove/demolish a single-storey 1920s home in the Bangalow Heritage Conservation area and replace it with two, two-storey houses with swimming pools has been refused by Byron Shire Council.
A renowned wildlife advocate who helped spearhead the campaign to end Japanese whaling in the Antarctic has been awarded the prestigious Peter Singer Lifetime Achievement Award.
Stone & Wood has unveiled this year’s lineup for Festival of the Stone, to be held on Saturday, June 14 at the brewery’s HQ in the Arts & Industry Estate.
Why does it matter whether we ‘build back better’ after the floods or storms?
Byron Bay’s CBD will become the first NSW regional area to establish a trial Special Entertainment Precinct (SEP) to ‘promote and preserve its nightlife’, says the NSW Labor government.
Imagine Northern Rivers is launching its first series of workshops in the Byron Shire in early May.
The next Elders’ Hub meeting will be on Saturday, April 26, starting at 9.30am, say organisers.
With a sigh of relief, Bluesfest was a success. Yippie! And the weather was splendid (It’s been raining constantly otherwise for years, it seems).
The Mullum Plant Fair is on this Saturday, April 26, after being delayed by Cyclone Alfred. It will be held at the Mullum Showgrounds from 9am till 2pm.
We have a chance at this election to break the two-party system. By voting for independents and the Greens, we can support the formation of a minority government – one where power is shared, decisions are more transparent, and...
To the bemused people consulting Google, the heading to my letter (April 9) should have read ‘Fanariphobic vision’. Fanariphobia is a fear of traffic lights. Along with pertussis, and now measles, there are too many unfortunate outbreaks in this...
I write with disbelief at the silence surrounding young Australians who have travelled to Israel to join the Israeli Defence Force (IDF), taking part in a war many now call a genocide. It is illegal for Australians to travel and...
Anzac Day, observed on April 25 each year, is a national day of remembrance in Australia and New Zealand.
It’s tedious so much misinformation is disseminated during elections. I’ve heard the same lie about ‘wasted votes’ since I first stood for the Australia Party in the 1972 federal election.
Greens Cr Elia Hauge has put a motion for the upcoming Council meeting asking staff to inform the public with the legal advice around enforcement action on unauthorised dwellings.
Land owned by Byron Council would be used to build an emergency housing village under a plan being proposed by Mayor Sarah Ndiaye, and her Green’s colleague Elia Hague.
While the PM may like to try and deceive the country with half truth and lies about weapons sale to Israel, the facts revealed last week by the ABC, which have been called out for months by the Greens,...
2025 election: a challenge to candidates for the electorates of Richmond and Page. The Hon. Tony Fitzgerald AC KC developed a set of principles, or charter of governance, for those in public office, or candidates for public office, viz, To...
‘When you treat a damaged child like an animal, they will behave like one – and if you want a monster, this is how you do it.’ – Children’s Court President Hylton Quail, February 2022. Labor and the Liberals are...
Labor councillor Asren Pugh has taken issue with the Mullumbimby Residents Association (MRA) questioning of Council plans to develop 32 units and a commercial shop on a busy carpark in the town’s CBD.
I never meant to become a comedian. It was an accident. Just something I could do. To be honest I never meant to become a mother either and I had five kids. It seems my destiny in life is to take the unintended path.
I recently had the pleasure of sitting on my deck and chatting to Paul Bibby about my experience of the start of the Byron Community Centre 45 years ago. At the time there was a movement of people from the...
I am very much aware that I live in an area where anti-vaxers abound but I just want to emphasise that I am not one of them, and to that end I am writing to urge Byron Shire Council...
Regarding the proposed Ocean Shores boardwalk, which wishes to push through the Marshalls Creek Marine Reserve, an ecologically protected area: cyclists wish to ride here, fishermen want to fish here, boaties wish to moor their boats here, jet ski...
One of the country’s most awarded dance schools has just announced two community events. The school says it is hoping to repeat their UK win next year, and is inviting the broader community to some fun events to help get them there.
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