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Burn After Dark: Three Blue Ducks

Following a sold-out debut in 2025, Burn After Dark returns to Three Blue Ducks on Thursday, 3 July from...
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Lismore rallies to save homes from demolition

Around hundred residents met at the Lismore Quad on Saturday to demand the demolitions of heritage homes cease, the flood recovery promised is delivered, and that every person be housed.
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Flood buyback homes, pods to be offered as social, transitional, crisis homes

Buyback homes in the Northern Rivers are set to get a new lease of life as part of a housing reuse initiative by NSW Reconstruction Authority (RA) and Homes NSW.
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Kyogle petition calls to restore daytime train service to Brisbane

A Kyogle petition with more than 1,000 signatures is calling on ‘key stakeholders and policymakers’ to provide a ‘practical daytime train service’ to Brisbane, with claims that the current train service, which leaves at 3am and returns at 8am, is 'inconvenient and frustrating’.
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Load limit increased for Byron Creek Bridge

The load limit for Byron Creek Bridge has been increased to 24 tonnes, say Byron Shire Council, following structural analysis of the bridge.
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Echo Love Awards

Last Saturday night, Yuti and I had the privilege of attending the 40th anniversary celebration of The Echo. The trip...
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Council appeals for help as deliberate tree destruction spreads

Tweed Shire Council is appealing for community help after a spate of deliberate destruction of trees on public land across the Tweed, including the poisoning of mature Norfolk pines at Cabarita Beach and damage to established trees at a local cemetery.
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Ocean Alley guitarist Mitch Galbraith joins Save Wallum supporters at court case 

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The Save Wallum court case is now in its fifth day in the Federal Court of Australia with dedicated Save Wallum supporters gathering outside the court as the hearing proceeds. 
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Food precinct could endanger Bangalow’s koalas: Greens

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North Coast Greens MP and koala protection spokesperson Dawn Walker has raised the plight of Bangalow’s koala population in NSW Parliament and thrown her support behind the community campaign against the proposed mega food precinct at Lot 201 Lismore Road, Bangalow.
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Are Byron’s black spots being addressed?

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Jo Faith, Newtown.  Travelling the east coast stretch of highways from the south to the north reveals moments of good news and bad news. Good...
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Bluesfest koala claims not supported by science

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Peter Noble & Bluesfest management team, Tyagarah Tea Tree Farm. We note with alarm that there have been claims by Dr Phillips that ’…of 20 surveyed koalas initially found close to the site of the northern NSW festival in 2010, none were alive today’. He said ’the noise from the festival, which stressed the animals and forced them to move, was the main cause of the deaths.’
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Wanchap’s propaganda and actions betray shire’s koalas

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Dailan Pugh, Byron Bay. I consider Byron Shire councillor Rose Wanchap’s claims about West Byron to be misleading propaganda. I find it extremely worrying that someone with such a poor grasp of the facts is in a position of power to decide our future.
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A rainforest table

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If you’ve driven the stretch out to Suffolk Park, you may have passed it without quite knowing it was there. Forest sits inside luxury...
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Pottsville Beach Community Hall celebrates 40 years

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The Pottsville Beach Community Hall is celebrating its 40th birthday and the whole community is invited to join the party.
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Remembering Pete Woolnough with song

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It is with great sadness that the community heard the news of the death of Peter Woolnough.
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Police chase stolen vehicle in Tweed, man charged

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Police say a man will face court today charged after an alleged pursuit in a stolen vehicle at Tweed Heads yesterday morning.
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