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The only way forward is going backwards. That’s how I explain the current situation of Byron Shire Council. The...

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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.

New research highlights pressures facing Northern Rivers community organisations

More than 50 representatives from grassroots organisations across the Northern Rivers came together at Bangalow A&I Hall last week for the Northern Rivers Community Sector Sustainability Summit.

A hole in one!

Mullumbimby Golf Club’s Cody Watego get a hole in one.

Need a little free legal advice?

Lawyers from Tyndall & Co say they will provide free legal advice covering most areas of law including domestic violence, elder abuse and visa issues at their upcoming Pro Bono Cafe in Byron.

Wollumbin Art Award winners to be revealed this Saturday

The winners of one of the Northern Rivers’ major regional art awards will be revealed at Tweed Regional Gallery this Saturday, as the 2026 Wollumbin Art Award exhibition opens in Murwillumbah.

Interhall Committee volunteers’ hazard update

As the weather warms up, so too are community volunteers. In mid August regional volunteers gathered at Clunes for the quarterly Interhall Committee meeting.

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Women key to empowering communities facing disasters

A study by McNaugh and Inwood from University of Sydney’s University Centre for Rural Health (UCRH) agrues that, based on their research, as climate-related disasters become more frequent and severe, Australia must rethink who it sees as leaders in disaster response and recovery.

Major upgrade for Murwillumbah’s Budd Park

The riverside Budd Park in Murwillumbah has been revamped and now offers an inclusive, flood-resilient space.

Lismore Council ask RA to salvage materials from buyback homes

Lismore City councillors voted to write to the NSW Reconstruction Authority (NSW RA) asking to ‘investigate a partnership for the sale of salvaged materials from buyback properties condemned for demolition to the community’.

Recycling houses and Santin Quarry costs on the agenda for LCC

Lismore City Council are meeting today with a number of key issues on the table including will ratepayers foot the bill to defend the failed Santin Quarry decision

Human cost of floods captured on film

A locally-made film exploring the social impact of the 2022 floods in Lismore is being launched this week, with a screening taking place in Lismore on May 8.

Lismore Cinema reopening this December

The Lismore Cinema is about to receive a reinvention, not just a refurbishment, and is due to reopen this December in time to show Avatar: Fire and Ash.

Protesters in Sydney as Lismore squatters face court

Squatters in the Lismore and Mullumbimby homes bought back by the NSW Reconstruction Authority are facing the Supreme Court in Sydney today. 

Squatter case ends in Supreme Court

The NSW Reconstruction Authority (RA) is taking homeless people in Mullumbimby and Lismore to the Supreme Court this Friday, April 11, to evict them from structurally sound houses they bought back as part of the post-2022 flood buyback program. 

Houses being demolished in Lismore today – call for ‘RA to pause demolitions’

Yesterday saw the start of the NSW Reconstruction Authority’s change of approach to relocation of houses in Lismore with the demolition of a house. 

The Conversation spoke to kids after the Lismore floods – to recover, they need support, time and hugs

Many children in Queensland and northern New South Wales have had their lives disrupted by ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred.

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.