Following the Ballina-Byron Greens preselection ballot, Mandy Nolan has been selected as the party's candidate to contest the state seat of Ballina in the 2027 election, currently held by Tamara Smith.

Byron Shire Greens Mayor, Sarah Ndiaye, has confirmed with The Echo that she is putting her hand up for Greens preselection for the state seat of Ballina, following Greens MP Tamara Smith announcing she would not be contesting the seat in the 2027 state election.

With Member for Ballina, Tamara Smith (Greens), saying she will not be contesting next year’s state election, Mandy Nolan says she will run for Greens preselection for the state seat of Ballina.

It’s holiday time. It’s hot. The beach is pumping. There’s a sparkle in the air. They’re here. The people who work in shit jobs that are killing them, with people they hate, to save for this two weeks of Byron.

The Byron Chamber of Commerce is bringing the global F*ckup Night movement to Byron on Wednesday, June 25 at The Northern Hotel.

A good f*ckup changes your life... At the time it’s excruciating. But sometimes it opens a door to something quite unexpected. It was a...

The north coast comedic baton, or more appropriately, a microphone, has been passed over, with Mandy Nolan saying she will retire from stand-up comedy. Yet...

Vote counting in the seat of Richmond has officially reached tipping point in the two-candidate preferred race with Labor’s incumbent Justine Elliot the clear winner at nearly 60%.

The federal electoral race for Richmond was officially too close to call as counting finished Sunday but a nation-wide so-called ‘Labor landslide’ looked likely to include the marginal seat.

We spoke with The Greens federal candidate for the seat of Richmond, Mandy Nolan, on day three of pre-polling at the Richmond Room pre-poll booth in Ballina.