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Wallum ponds
There are currently two proposed developments in the Byron Shire that will endanger, if not locally exterminate, frog species.
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Ballina Greens announce ticket for 2024
Aiming to build on their two existing councillors, the Ballina Greens have announced their team of candidates for the upcoming Ballina Shire Council elections, set for 14 September this year.
Tweed Council wants your ideas on future sports facilities
Tweed Council is looking for feedback from residents about future plans for sport and recreation in the area.
Cartoon of the week – 17 April, 2024
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New insights into great white shark behaviour off California coast
Marine scientists using tracking devices have been able to shine a spotlight on the behaviour of great white sharks...
Byron’s Sydney-centric policies
Very interesting comments slipped out of the mouth of Premier Chris Minns during the recent Sydney/regional floods: ‘There shall...
Some spending cannot be questioned
The euphemisms were flying when Australia's Defence Minister Richard Marles announced last week that an extra $50 billion would be spent on our military over the next decade, and that $72.8 billion of already announced spending would be redirected.
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Rebels drug suppliers to pay Qld $28m
A Qld court has ordered that two men who supplied drugs to the Rebels Motorcycle Club must pay the state $14 million each.
Further charges laid against Ballina bikies
Two alleged Rebels bikies are facing further charges of manufacturing methylamphetime (Speed and Ice) as police continue a crackdown on outlaw motorcycle gang activies.
Police target bikies in dawn raids across the north coast
Update: At least seven alleged members of an outlawed bikie gang have been arrested in police raids across the north coast today that allegedly netted half-a-million dollars worth of drugs and numerous sawn-off firearms.
Police raid Tweed bikie clubhouse
Police have raided a Rebels outlaw motorcycle gang's clubhouse in Tweed Heads as part on investigations into the alleged unlawful sale of alcohol.
Alleged Ballina bikie facing sexual assault charges
A man believed to be a member of the Ballina chapter of the Rebels outlaw motorcycle gang is facing 23 charges for allegedly sexually assaulting his former partner in Toowoomba last month.
Cops taser Rebels ‘leader’ in Ballina pub
Police tasered and arrested a man they claim is the Ballina president of the Rebels motorbike club at the Henry Rous Hotel in the early hours of Saturday morning.
Bangalow bikie in court again
A man police allege is the Sergeant at Arms of the Ballina Chapter of the Rebels motor cycle club appeared in Southport Magistrates Court yesterday to face a range of new police charges.
Bangalow man in solitary confinement
Bangalow resident Jamie Adams has languished in solitary confinement in a Queensland prison for two days following his arrest on the Gold Coast on Wednesday.
Guns, drug lab in Bangalow
Police arrested five people yesterday and found what they allege is a methamphetamine lab a suburban street of Bangalow as a result of cross-border crime-gang investigations.
Ballina bikies ‘exporting’ drugs to Qld
Police say they have smashed a cross-border drug smuggling operation allegedly involving the Ballina chapter of the Rebels outlaw motorcycle gang .
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Man dies in hospital following an E-bike crash – Byron Bay
A man has died in hospital following an E bike crash in Byron Bay earlier this month.
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Byron’s Sydney-centric policies
Very interesting comments slipped out of the mouth of Premier Chris Minns during the recent Sydney/regional floods: ‘There shall be no more developments on...
Science Goes Viral
New insights into great white shark behaviour off California coast
Marine scientists using tracking devices have been able to shine a spotlight on the behaviour of great white sharks (Carcharodon carcharias) with the publication...
Byron Echo
Increased Byron Council fees on the cards as fossil fuel investments decrease
Paul Bibby - 0
Byron Council’s financial ship is beginning to list concerningly, taking from its reserves and other funds in order to bail out its bottom line.
