From memorial benches overlooking the ocean to plaques honouring local identities, Byron’s commemorative tributes could face regular review under a proposed Council policy.

South Golden Beach and Byron’s Lilli Pilli have been identified as having ‘unacceptable bushfire risks’ in the region’s new bushfire management plan, paving the way for increased prescribed burning and tree clearing in the towns.

Old Bangalow Road was once a quiet, leafy backwater – the kind of place where the arrival of a car was greeted with mild surprise. These days the road is, to use a local phrase, ‘like flamin’ Pitt Street’.

How will Byron’s elected councillors respond to the largest community petition they have received this year?

So discovering a sewer main underneath a major ‘affordable housing’ development in Mullumbimby – after five years of planning – is was what it took for Council staff to conclude it was an inappropriate site.

Could the Shire’s only queer and trans support service, Queer Family Inc, have finally found a long-term home?

The RFS say they have delayed the start of the statutory Bush Fire Danger Period owing to ongoing wet weather in the Far North Coast Team area.

I attended the Byron Shire Council planning meeting last Thursday and listened to Chris Hanley OAM – well-known Byron citizen of the year, Byron Writers Festival curator, and local realtor – speak about the Special Entertainment Precinct (SEP) for Byron.

Byron Council’s current approach to implementing a Special Entertainment Precinct (SEP) policy in the Byron CBD is set to create a ‘world class battle’...

There were plenty of winners at the recent 2025 North Coast Regional Tourism Awards.