A community gathering last night heard of the concerns around the second attempt to plonk a large block of units at the entrance to Mullumbimby.

Independent Byron Shire councillor, Michael Lyon, appeared in the Tweed Heads Criminal Court this morning for what turned out to be his last appearance in the matter concerning an Apprehended Violence Order (AVO) that the police sought against him in August last year.

Aboriginal housing in the Byron Shire looks set to get a significant boost, after the company behind a major development in Brunswick Heads offered to provide five per cent of the residential land on the site for this purpose.

Byron Bay's former mayor and current councillor Michael Lyon was back in court today, following his breach of an AVO earlier this month at The Pocket.

While Cr Michael Lyon was affirming himself to undertake the duties of office on Thursday morning, what most people didn’t know was that he had recently spent a night in the police watch house after allegedly breaching an AVO placed on him in August.

The Byron Shire Council is to be led by a Greens’ mayor again for the first time since Simon Richardson’s departure before the 2021 local government election.

Counting in the 2024 Byron Shire Council election after polling booths closed Saturday suggested a Greens-majority was again in sight for the first time since 2016.

The Byron Shire Council election campaign in 2024 has triggered a series of personal attacks from candidates and former councillors as the fall-out from...

Incumbent Mayor Michael Lyon (The Pocket) leads his team with Max Foggon (Wilsons Creek), Rhett Holt (Byron Bay) and Jeannette Martin (Mullumbimby). Michael Lyon has...

An interim order prohibiting reporting of the AVO and criminal case in which Byron Shire mayor Michael Lyon is the defendant has been lifted.