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Green Heroes among 2026 NSW Environment Award winners

The NSW Environment Awards, hosted by the state’s leading environmental advocacy organisation, Nature Conservation Council NSW, was recently held at Customs House in Sydney.

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Work starts on eight-lane athletics track in Lismore

Construction has begun on an eight-lane athletics track at Southern Cross University’s Lismore campus, giving Northern Rivers schools and clubs a competition-standard venue closer to home when it opens in mid-2027.

A new season on the plate at The Imperial Hotel

As summer approaches, the Imperial Hotel in Murwillumbah has once again let the seasons shape what’s on the plate.

Remembrance Day 2026: 11am, 11 November

It is estimated that in WWl there were 20 million dead and 20 million injured. From a population base...

Northern NSW hospitals fall short on emergency and mental-health targets

Fewer than half of Northern NSW emergency patients needing admission or transfer met a six-hour hospital access target in 2025–26, according to a health district review released yesterday.

Horse lovers say nup to Melbourne Cup

As more horses risk life and limb at The Melbourne Cup today, animal lovers are gathering at Flemington Racecourse and across the country to stand up for the victims of what has been described as an outdated and exploitative horseracing spectacle.

Surfboard shapers swap the sander for the microphone at Lennox

Surfers can spend hours arguing about the merits of a board. On Friday, they can hear from three men who have spent decades making them.

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Questions remain over bungled Mullum affordable housing project

Byron Shire Council staff are refusing to answer questions around the cost to ratepayers around plans to develop, along with government-run developer Landcom, the 57 Station Street carpark into ‘affordable housing’ units.

Outrageous and heartbreaking – neighbour speaks of Council/developer failures with large subdivision

A controversial large exclusive 38-lot DA, proposed by wealthy developers John Callanan, and Tim Mundy – with help from lead designer and now Deputy...

38 large-lot Mcauleys Lane DA back on exhibition

A 38 large-lot development applications (DA) near the busy Mullumbimby Road/ Uncle Toms intersection has quietly been re-advertised on Council’s website, with senior planning...

Tweed Shire Council wants YOU for Northern Regional Planning Panel

Tweed Shire Council is calling for expressions of interest from experienced professionals to join the Northern Regional Planning Panel as Council-appointed members. 

GemLife pushes plans for seniors’ estate on ecologically sensitive West Ballina land

A proposed seniors’ housing estate featuring nearly 150 units on ecologically sensitive West Ballina land protected by recent rezoning is subject to a Northern Regional Planning Panel assessment process.

Byron residents oppose overdevelopment of Ruskin Lane

Residents in Browning Street and Ruskin Lane Byron Bay say the development proposed for the three house sites on Jonson Street fails to meet Council's planning regulations.

Iron Gates development in Evans Head opposed by locals

The decision on the controversial Iron Gates development for 175 residential building blocks on the Evans River near Evans Head is being strongly opposed by locals on environmental and fire impacts.

Controversial DA for North Coast Recycling passed by NRPP

The approval of the DA to expand the operation of North Coast Recycling to 30,000 tons of processing of construction waste a year has shocked some local residents and local businesses.

Northern Regional Planning Panel says no to Villa World’s West Byron

On Monday at the Byron Theatre it was standing room only as over 200 community stakeholders gathered to listen to the final public submissions and hear the Northern Regional Planning Panel’s (NRPP) decision on Villa World’s component of the West Byron development.

Remembrance Day 2026: 11am, 11 November

It is estimated that in WWl there were 20 million dead and 20 million injured. From a population base of fewer than five million,...

Love books? Join Friends of the Library

Friends of the Libraries, Byron Shire are looking for some fresh, new, younger faces to join the group and help keep it moving forward.

Racehorses shot for pet food by NSW breeder

Thirteen thoroughbred horses deemed no longer useful, have been destroyed with eight horses destroyed by firearm at Berkeley Park Stud.

Byron Bay Surf Lifesaving Club youngsters shine

Two young members of Byron Bay Surf Lifesaving Club have delivered outstanding performances at the Paddle NSW State Sprint Championships, held at the Penrith International Regatta Centre over the weekend.