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Farmers’ markets

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

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Extension of NSW youth bail laws fails to address root causes of youth crime

Extending the NSW temporary youth bail laws from 12 months to four years has been condemned with data showing 80 per cent of young people charged with certain offences have been refused bail since March last year.

Stand off between squatters, police and NSW Reconstruction Authority in Lismore

Yesterday’s attempt to cut off water to nine houses that the NSW Reconstruction Authority has bought back post-flood and are currently occupied by around 30-40 people has led to a standoff. 

Goodwill lost over museum backflip

Lismore City Council yesterday chose to ignore the pleas of the Richmond River Historical Society and its supporters that the city's museum be allowed to return to its home in Molesworth Street, which has been renovated following the 2022 floods.

Hinterland Way, Mcleods Shoot – changed traffic conditions

From next week traffic conditions on Hinterland Way, St Helena will be changed to carry out slope stabilisation work just east of the intersection with St Helena Road.

Something extra for NSW nurses and midwives

The NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association (NSWNMA) has called on the Minns government to put its extra share of federal health funding towards NSW nurses and midwives’ wages.

Forest forum in federal parliament

A delegation of forest campaigners, scientists and activists brought the plight of forests and wildlife to federal parliament yesterday.

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Local dancers win $25,000 for the SHIFT Project

Local charity the SHIFT Project has benefitted from a $25,000 donated because of a pair of Celtic dancers.

SHIFT your recycling for women

If you recycle at the Cavanbah Centre in Byron Bay in January and February, Byron's SHIFT Project is one of the local beneficiaries of your recycling payment.

Women celebrate making the SHIFT

Marking two years since it began, the SHIFT project in Byron Bay have launched their new website. Celebrating the launch at a fundraiser on International Women's Day they were inspired by the communities support and generosity.

Help for homeless women on offer

Where government fails, individuals act. A new not-for-profit charity that aims to work with women who are homeless or at risk of homelessness has just been established for Byron Bay.

Bill and Carol and Mandy

Given the content of Mandy’s story about her parents’ Vietnamese ‘intruder,’ I’d love to have had the opportunity to retitle her story, ‘Empathy, Kindness,...

V-Day welcomes the sun for 2025

Around 140 women came together at Byron's Main Beach this morning to dance, celebrate, and dip into the water as part of the annual...

130 new parking spaces for Tweed Valley Hospital sorely needed

For anyone who has to go to the new Tweed Valley Hospital parking is a significant problem.

Bob Brown to join Mandy Nolan in Murwillumbah

Mandy Nolan will be talking to former Greens leader Bob Brown in Murwillumbah on Friday, February 21 to look at the issues Mandy will be working on if she is elected.