NSW Police say detectives have commenced an investigation after a man was seriously assaulted in the local area overnight.

A Tweed Shire commercial fisher pleaded guilty last week to six offences in relation to illegal fishing activity.

A 23-old woman accused of making multiple bomb threats to public places across the state was arrested in Murwillumbah on Friday.

A reward for information into the suspicious disappearance of a woman reported missing in Byron Bay nearly thirty years ago has been increased to $1 million.

A passenger has died, and a driver and passenger remain outstanding, following a single vehicle crash in Tweed Heads.

Police have issued a public appeal for information as part of investigations into a serious two-vehicle crash near Kyogle last Friday.

Police are asking the public for help finding 73-year-old Tweed Shire woman Yvonne Whear, reported as missing for more than a week.

The Law Enforcement Conduct Commission says it expects some time will be required to receive and assess a ‘very substantial volume of material from the public and the NSW Police Force,’ as part of its investigation into police conduct in Sydney earlier this month.

Police have been trying to pull a car from the Richmond River at Ballina.

Richmond Police District has released this CCTV image in relation to an alleged assault in Nimbin in April 2025 (photo supplied)