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No Small Thing: NRCF Women’s Giving Circle event, Murwillumbah

Cheek Media founder, Hannah Ferguson, will headline a panel of prominent women leaders at the Regent Theatre in Murwillumbah next Thursday, in an event the organisers say brings, 'the kind of line-up you'd usually travel to Sydney for' to the Northern Rivers.
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Speaking and listening

All of a sudden Council’s supposed experts condemn the Wilsons Creek weir water quality during rain events, which would...
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Douglas Dickie retires after 51 years as firefighter

As the bagpipes let out their mournful melody approaching Wandana Brewing, Douglas Dickie was celebrated for his 51 years of service in fire brigades from Scotland to Australia.
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Facing the River in chapters

Tweed Shire Council is telling the full story of how the Tweed community has rebuilt since the 2022 floods, and further damage from the 2024 floods and Ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred.
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E-bikes destroyed by police in Tweed

Thirty-five e-bikes that were seized during police operations near Tweed Heads have been destroyed, say police.
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Riparian restoration works sees improvements over four catchments

Creeks and riverbanks damaged by the 2022 floods are being restored, thanks to the work of landowners and the NSW government Caring for Catchments program.
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Morrison Avenue a ‘disgrace’

Local Mullumbimby residents are saying Byron Shire Council (BSC) needs to step up and fix Morrison Avenue properly.
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Stories about "housing":

Consultants hired for Tweed’s vacated floodplains

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A ‘resilience-focused master plan’ and ‘specialist consultants’ were announced on Friday for a new South Murwillumbah flood buyback precinct, more than four years after the 2022 disasters.
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NSW govt says highest number of homes under construction in past seven years

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The NSW government has spruiked the state’s highest number of homes under construction figures recorded in seven years, ‘leading the nation with more than...
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Mullum Hospital site plan on exhibition

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Byron Shire Council says the next stage of the redevelopment of the Mullumbimby Hospital site is underway, with the exhibition of a Draft Development Control Plan (DCP) for the site, at 1 Azalea Street.
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1.1 million landlords with tax breaks

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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.
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Real estate underquoting and ‘dummy bidding’ targeted

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The NSW government says they will introduce new laws this week targeting misleading property advertising.
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Show us your sustainable homes, Byron!

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Byron Shire residents have until end of day this Wednesday to apply for their home to feature as part of Sustainable House Day in mid-May.
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Byron Council moves for housing MOU with state

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The Byron Shire Council says a proposed Memorandum of Understanding with the state’s housing department will focus on more social and affordable housing.
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First Kings Forest sales registered after 30 years of planning

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Land approved for development of thousands of new homes in the Tweed Shire decades ago has sold, with around 150 dwellings in the new estate also registered as sold.
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The global emergence of the ‘surf town’ trend

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Gentrification is the makeover process that a town undergoes when wealthier people move in, improving housing, and attracting new businesses, and often displacing current inhabitants in the process.
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Housing boost for Northern Rivers with 112 new social homes

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The Minns government says it's building more homes, more quickly in the Northern Rivers, delivering 112 new dwellings across Alstonville, Casino and Lismore, as part of $6.6 billion of investment into social housing, delivering 8,400 new homes across NSW.
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Consultation closes Friday on Lismore’s 60,000 population plans

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The future of Lismore is now up for discussion, with Council's Strategic Planning Framework currently out for public exhibition. Now is your time to have your say – consultation closes 26 June.
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Science in the Pub, Lismore, 16 July

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An engaging and informative Science in the Pub event is planned on Thursday, 16 July, from 5pm at Two Mates Brewing, South Lismore.
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Six dwellings proposed on flood-prone Mullum block

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Six units are proposed at the eastern end of New City Road, Mullumbimby, on a site that was inundated during the 2022 floods. Submitted by Duncan Band's Kollective, Development Application (DA) 10.2026.269.1 at 73 New City Road is on public exhibition with Byron Shire Council, and sits within the Shire's flood planning area.
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Mullum Scout Hall fire overnight

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At 1.45am this morning the NSW Fire and Rescue Mullumbimby Station 388 Sans and Brunswick Station 240 were called to a fire at the Mullumbimby Scout Hall.
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