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How can we keep paying for incompetence

The only way forward is going backwards. That’s how I explain the current situation of Byron Shire Council. The...

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Big Council rates rise coming – We’ve got mail

Dear Mayor Ndiaye, councillors and general manager, we got your letter. You’re telling ratepayers that Council needs more money...

New research highlights pressures facing Northern Rivers community organisations

More than 50 representatives from grassroots organisations across the Northern Rivers came together at Bangalow A&I Hall last week for the Northern Rivers Community Sector Sustainability Summit.

Two charged over alleged Ballina machete attack

A man and woman have been charged after a 22-year-old man was allegedly attacked with a machete in central Ballina on Sunday night.

Byron’s Philo Café

Byron’s long-running discussion group – Byron Philo Café – is inviting members of the general public to join them on Friday, 4 September, at Marvell Hall, to welcome one of Australia’s most respected journalists.

Monster rich

For a while we visited Northern Rivers until one year we felt and saw the changes. The rich elsewhere...

Big Council rates rise coming (1)

I can remember maybe five years ago when Byron Shire Council implemented a ‘one-off rates increase’ (probably not the...

Stories about "arrest":

Man wanted on outstanding warrants charged

A man arrested on outstanding warrants faced court in Lismore yesterday, charged with domestic violence offences.

Mur’bah woman arrested over alleged bomb threats

A 23-old woman accused of making multiple bomb threats to public places across the state was arrested in Murwillumbah on Friday.

Sex Crimes Squad detectives charge man for allegedly possessing child abuse material, drugs and firearms

Strike Force Angler was established in May 2026 by detectives attached to State Crime Command’s Sex Crimes Squad Child Exploitation Internet Unit (CEIU) to investigate individuals who allegedly use the internet to access, purchase or transmit child abuse material.

Police charge man over alleged historic bank robberies

Robbery and Serious Crime Squad detectives have extradited and charged a wanted man from Queensland over two historic bank robberies almost 30 years ago.

Shots fired at police, woman arrested following pursuit

A woman is in custody after allegedly shooting at police during a pursuit near Grafton last night.

Byron beach-goers help arrest man linked to child abuse

A Byron Bay man is to face court next week accused of deliberately taking photographs of children at Byron’s Clarkes Beach late last month.

Driver charged over alleged pursuit south of Ballina

A man will face court today after an alleged pursuit near Ballina.

Lismore servo attendant allegedly threatened with knife

A 29-year-old man is due to face court next week over an alleged armed threat at a Lismore service station.

Teenager charged over alleged series of offences in Ballina area

A teenager has been charged and refused bail after a spate of alleged break and enters around the Ballina area.

Woman accused of violence, stealing food in Lismore

A 51-year-old woman is to face court in February after allegedly stealing food from a shop in Lismore’s city centre and biting the shop owner when confronted.

Greens urged to back pathway to end native forest logging

Some of NSW’s most respected and long-standing forest campaigners and scientists have today urged the Greens not to support the Nationals' attempt to disallow the Improved Native Forest Management (INFM) method.

Ballina Council makes decision on Ross Lane

With the absence of all four of its progressive councillors for various reasons, Ballina Council pushed ahead with its agenda at yesterday's monthly meeting, including a decision which is likely to close Ross Lane for months while the road is upgraded.

Mullumbimby puts new governance models first, and now wants to build it

Imagine Northern Rivers says Mullumbimby is the only community across the region to rank new models of governance and decision-making as the number one element of its preferred future, and last week locals gathered to work out how to make it real.

Appeal to locate man missing from Broadwater

Police are appealing for public assistance to help locate a local missing man.