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The numbers behind Byron’s proposed rate rise

Byron Shire ratepayers are staring down the barrel of a proposed 33–35 per cent rate increase over three years, with Council arguing the extra revenue is needed to secure its long-term financial future.

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Screen industry leaders to converge in Lennox Head

Film-maker advocacy group, Screenworks, has revealed the first speaker line-up for Regional to Global Screen Forum 2026, which will be held in Lennox Head on Wednesday 9 and Thursday 10 September.

Plastic not so fantastic

There is nothing healthier than drinking some water – or so I’ve always told my kids. It doesn’t contain sugar or colour additives – as one person used to tell us as children, ‘it’s sky juice’! What could be better?

Cinema: Look who’s come down for dinner

Failed musician Joe arrives home from work to discover his stay-at-home wife Angela has invited their upstairs neighbours, divorcee Pína and her partner, widower Hawk, over for dinner at their apartment.

Mandy’s column

John Heaton (Letters 8 July) is correct in stating that allowing Mandy Nolan a weekly column is no longer...

Backup plans

We carry a spare tyre in the car in case the unexpected and unpredictable happens. Byron Council needs to consider...

Inaugural DINGO Music & Arts Festival to light up Bangalow in October

It is a fusion of local and international art, music, performance, food, and thought that will be coming to you in Bagalow as part of the inaugural DINGO Music & Arts Festival across four days from 8 to 11 October.

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NSW industrial manslaughter unit launched

The NSW Labor government has announced the launch of a dedicated unit for the prosecution of industrial manslaughter.

Gig worker fatalities and assaults must be properly reported

The Transport Workers' Union says it will write to gig platforms including Uber and Hungry Panda calling for answers on whether several horrific fatalities and violent assaults of gig workers have been properly reported to regulators like SafeWork.

16 arrested for traffic offences in Tweed Byron, 2 fatal

Tweed Byron police say they arrested 26 people in the week to last Friday, including sixteen for road and/or traffic offences.

Northern Rivers activists wear ‘media vests’ at Brisbane’s Palestine march

A group of around 150 Northern Rivers residents travelled over the state border on Sunday to join Brisbane’s march in support of journalists killed in Palestine.

Three days, three killed on Northern Rivers roads

Three people are dead as a result of three separate crashes on the Northern Rivers over the weekend.

COVID-19 reduces Australian life expectancy

New data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics Life shows life expectancy in Australia has decreased slightly for the second year in a row.

Northern Rivers has highest rates of skin cancer in state

Local government areas on the Northern Rivers account for eight of the top ten areas with the state’s highest rates of melanoma.

Salmon deaths in Macquarie Harbour

The Bob Brown Foundation says that it is time for the RSPCA to act, with shocking numbers of farmed salmon dying in Macquarie Harbour and around Tasmania.

Report shows increased drownings in NSW

Coastal drowning deaths and drownings across NSW are up for the 2023-24 year, as detailed in the latest National Drowning Report.

Fatal crash near Coffs

Three people have been involved in a horrifying crash today, leaving two dead and one in critical condition, police said. 

Organic produce sharing

I would like to thank all the kind people putting their excess citrus out the front of their houses. This is community sharing at...

Gulgan Village meeting

I attended the Brunswick Progress Associations (BPA) meeting on 6/07/2026 at the CWA for a discussion on the impact the proposed Gulgan Village development...

Blow up the pokies

It’s pleasing to see further action on predatory poker machine reform being attempted by some intelligent politicians. It may – by some miracle – encourage...

Mandy’s column

John Heaton (Letters 8 July) is correct in stating that allowing Mandy Nolan a weekly column is no longer appropriate now that she is...