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Mullum Food Box opens for 2025

Mullumbimby Uniting Church Food Box have commenced their 13th year of operations, distributing nutritious food to those in need every Thursday, from 9.30am till 11.30am.

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Local triathletes fire up for the Tweed Enduro 

A contingent of the Byron Tri Club joined 600 other competitors in Pottsville last weekend for the 2025 Tweed Enduro. 

‘Stitch up’ or a step in the right direction?

Electoral reform legislation to cap political donations passed the Senate last week, with many crossbenchers expressing their fury at the process and the major parties claiming the moral high ground as they joined forces.

Farmers’ markets

I’m Louis and I’m ten years old. I love the Byron Farmers Market and have been going all my...

Man’s body found in Iluka surf

Police say they recovered a man’s body from the surf in Iluka early Saturday morning.

Where’ve you been Justine?

Three years ago my town of Mullumbimby, and many other towns in the Northern Rivers, flooded. That’s not news...

Lennox free-campers given a months notice to move on

Free campers at the Crown land reserve off Camp Drewe Road at Lennox Head have been asked to move after complaints about ‘the illegal occupation, erection of unauthorised structures, and alleged anti-social behaviour.

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Masks are back and so are QR code check-ins

In a media release late this afternoon, the NSW Government reps say they are taking precautionary steps to maintain its safe and measured approach as we continue to learn to live with COVID – which means, they have changed their mind.

One hundred and fifty-three arrested in protests across NSW

Thousand across the state protested against what say is the loss of freedom and rights brought about by Australia’s COVID laws.

Detection in Byron sewage and masks on when outdoors next week

NSW will introduce new rules from 12.01am Monday, 23 August – including mandatory mask wearing when outside your home, except while exercising, until 28 August in rural and regional areas.

Lismore Council keeping residents safe with free mask and sanitiser packs

Lismore City Council will operate two drive-thru services to distribute face masks, hand sanitiser and disinfection wipes to help the community stay safe during COVID-19.

Byron and Bangalow farmer’s markets to go ahead

With many markets making the move to cancel rather than run the gauntlet of making market goers compliant, the Byron Farmers Market organisers say the event will be going ahead on Thursday as well as the Bangalow Farmers Market on Saturday – with a few changes in place.

COVID-19 fines issued while mask sign legalities unclear

As the Greater Sydney area heads into further lockdown, local health authorities say a known COVID-19 infected case stopped at Chinderah truck stop at the Ampol service station (northbound), 112 Tweed Valley Way, near Murwillumbah turnoff.

Cancer patient tears up loyalty card over mask issue

A local man says he has torn up his loyalty card to Eden’s Landing Health Foods because of what he says is their active promotion of non-mask wearing.

Face masks for Ballina and Byron businesses

As masks become harder to find across the Northern Rivers following the latest COVID-19 health alert, NSW Health has provided masks for business operators in Ballina and Byron Shires.

To mask or not to mask: that is the question!

The use of masks has been a point of discussion since the COVID-19 pandemic began. We have been used to seeing images coming out of Asan countries for many years with people wearing masks but it is something it took the Australian public a while to get used to.

Hate crimes beefed up – what do federal candidates think?

Despite the Law Council of Australia raising serious concerns over risks to freedom of political speech, federal parliament has passed a new hate crime law that will see jail time for publicly displaying prohibited Nazi symbols or giving a Nazi salute.

Giving Albo the elbow: Bradbury to contest PM’s safe seat

Local filmmaker, David Bradbury, says he will run against PM Anthony Albanese in his safe Sydney seat of Grayndler as an independent at the upcoming federal election.

‘Stitch up’ or a step in the right direction?

Electoral reform legislation to cap political donations passed the Senate last week, with many crossbenchers expressing their fury at the process and the major parties claiming the moral high ground as they joined forces.

Face-recognition tech proposed for excluded gamblers

The New South Wales government says it’s inviting the public to have their say on two gaming reform schemes.