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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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Two rescues in one day

Last Friday, Queensland Government Air (QGAir) Rescue 500 was tasked with two separate search and rescues in Tallebudgera Valley.

Bangalow community rallying for the Bowlo

A major town rally for Bangalow is planned for Saturday, 19 September at 2pm as the next phase of action to have the Bowlo reopened and back in community hands.

NSW gambling reforms announced

The Minns government says it is delivering on a key election commitment with its latest tranche of gaming reforms, giving people and families stronger protections against gambling harm and tightening the rules concerning gambling promotion and marketing.

Byron Writers Fest

Like everyone else, I am still bathing in the warm inner glow and sanctuary of being surrounded by like-minded...

Swain on Station St

This morning at Ocean Shores Shopping Centre, a lovely lady by the name of Janet Swain was holding an...

Call to keep Bangalow Showgrounds in community hands

The Bangalow Park Trust, a volunteer community group that have successfully run the Bangalow Showgrounds since at least the 1950s, say they just want to get on with managing the showgrounds and don’t want Byron Shire Council to take over their role.

Stories about "disaster recovery":

Busy Lismore road section to close for two weeks

The Lismore City Council says Wyrallah Road is to be temporarily closed to all traffic at Bridge Street for the next two weeks.

Lismore Regional Gallery re-opens after $5.1 million restoration

Lismore Regional Gallery will re-open to residents and visitors on Friday after the completion of a multi-faceted restoration project jointly funded by the federal and NSW governments.

April 2025: new deadline for temporary housing pod villagers in Wollongbar

The recovery horizon for last year’s Northern Rivers disasters continues to stretch, but the government seems determined to finalise ‘exit plans’ for survivors staying in temporary housing in Wollongbar.

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.