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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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Appeal to locate man missing from Broadwater

Police are appealing for public assistance to help locate a local missing man.

It’s Scam Awareness Week

Quick thinking and strong scams awareness from a bank branch manager has prevented a woman from losing almost $10,000 to an impersonation scam.

Katie Milne responds to Tweed’s draft housing and employment strategy

The former mayor of Tweed Shire Council, Kate Milne, has shared her submission to Tweed's Draft Growth Management Housing & Employment Strategy.

New police recruits welcomed

Lismore MP Janelle Saffin today welcomed 22 new probationary constables deployed to regional police districts, including two in the Northern Rivers.

Byron Bay fights for its low-rise character as 16m to 21m height breaches loom

Urgent questions are being raised about Byron Bay’s future as the NSW government increasingly uses fast-tracked planning pathways that can allow major developments to bypass or vary local planning controls, including height limits, raising concerns about how Byron’s unique character, built environment, and community expectations will be protected.

No food fraud at the farmers’ market

Food fraud has made headlines recently after an investigation by ABC program Four Corners found the issue is rampant in major supermarket aisles in Australia.

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Tyagarah Road, Myocum, closes Thursday

Essential Energy say contractors will carry out vegetation management around the electricity network in parts of Myocum on Thursday, 4 June.

Outages and detours for Byron CBD with EE crew in town

Essential Energy says some Byron Bay homes and business may be affected by planned power outages over the next fortnight as a result of maintenance work on the grid.

2,300 without power in Northern Rivers

Essential Energy said that the number of homes and businesses that are without power was down to 2,300. 

Bay FM back on air after ex-Cyclone Alfred outages

Volunteers and staff at community radio station Bay FM 99.9 are celebrating a return to regular programming after power outages cut services leading up to and during ex-Cyclone Alfred.

Do not approach fallen power lines

Essential Energy have received a number of reports of the community approaching fallen powerlines and is reminding everyone in Northern NSW to stay at least eight metres away from fallen powerlines.

Essential Energy crews begin restoring power to 42,600

Weather conditions have been favourable in parts of Northern NSW this morning (Saturday, 8 March) giving way for Essential Energy crews to get out...

35,000 homes and businesses without power North Coast

As of 6am Tropical Cyclone Alfred has left over 35,000 homes and businesses without power in Northern NSW overnight.

Ocean Shores and South Golden Beach without power overnight

With a temperature that only got down as far as 22º, residents felt the heat last night as power and ceiling fans, dropped out.

Winds up to 125km per hr in Lismore storm

More than 3,500 homes in and south of Lismore were reportedly still without power this morning after an overnight storm.

Northern Rivers blacked out as Essential Energy ‘sheds load’

24,500 customers in Ballina, Lismore and surrounding areas experienced an unplanned power outage after Essential Energy was directed to ‘shed load to protect transmission security’.

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.