A 70-year-old woman has died in hospital after a three-vehicle crash at Suffolk Park last weekend, bringing the death toll to three.

Surfers can spend hours arguing about the merits of a board. On Friday, they can hear from three men who have spent decades making them.

About 2pm on Friday 30 October 2026, emergency services were called to a home on Warrambool Road, Ocean Shores, following reports a man had been injured.

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Parents at Byron Bay Public School (BBPS) have started a petition to ask the NSW Department of Education (DOE) to reconsider their decision to replace Acting Principal, Mel Davis, and to allow her to continue permanently as principal.

The arts are an essential industry. We need artists as much as we need accountants. We need dancers as much as we need doctors. We need comedians as much as we need civil engineers. We need filmmakers as much as we need financial planners. We need musicians as much as we need ministers.