Saturday's program at the 2026 Byron Writers Festival covered a lot of ground, from politics to favourite novels, from myths to the manosphere.

'From today it gets harder for Australia to build the 1.2 million homes governments have committed to,' according to HIA Chief Economist, Tim Reardon.

Homelessness Week is now under way, with the St Vincent de Paul Society NSW revealing that close to 2,400 people were unable to access its homelessness and housing services in the past year, primarily due to services operating at capacity.

Byron Council has formally partnered with Homes NSW in a bid to accelerate social and affordable housing projects across the Shire, with the former Mullumbimby Hospital site identified as a key priority.

Around hundred residents met at the Lismore Quad on Saturday to demand the demolitions of heritage homes cease, the flood recovery promised is delivered, and that every person be housed.

New polling data from The Australia Institute and the Everybody’s Home housing rights alliance shows most Aussie voters want reduced tax breaks for property investors and more money for social housing.

This week in Lismore people were gathered at an encampment outside the Lismore office of the Minister for Recovery, Janelle Saffin. They wanted to highlight the urgency of the housing crisis

Like thousands of others, I happily wandered the packed streets of Lennox a couple of Saturdays back, during the Love Lennox festival. But does Lennox Head really want to get into bed with Airbnb?

Byron Shire Mayor Sarah Ndiaye says she will move to retain emergency pod housing in Brunswick Heads after residents were recently ordered to vacate by 27 June.

ROR says Premier Chris Minns’ remarks on 2GB radio yesterday calling for the demolition of Lismore homes and the eviction of occupants were clearly intended to name a scapegoat, 'as a distraction from the many failures of the ill-designed recovery programs since the 2022 floods.'