17.6 C
Byron Shire
June 17, 2025
Home Tags Sydney

Latest News

Illegal logging by Forestry NSW called out by Nature Conservation Council

Recent on-ground community checks in the Styx State Forest in Northern NSW reveal that the area has already been logged by Forestry Corporation of NSW prior to legally required surveys being conducted.

Other News

Police fine boy more than $3,000, seize his bike

Police say they’ve seized an unregistered electric bike and issued multiple fines to a teenager after investigating dangerous riding around the NSW/QLD border.

Lismore’s DISengagement

How many people know that Lismore City Council (LCC) is about to take away their right to know about,...

Passion & Purpose program at Byron Writers Festival

The organisers of the 2025 Byron Writers Festival have announced the program for this year’s event, themed Passion & Purpose.

Two Northern Rivers locals arrested in Tasmania

Northern Rivers filmmaker Juliet Lamont and local Hamish Paterson have been arrested after locking onto logging machinery to protect the endangered Tasmanian Wedge-tailed Eagle.

Ugly bitumen

I’ve given up my walk on the beach this morning to defend our ugly bitumen beach carpark. Sad because...

Overcome anxiety and claim back your life

Anxiety disorders are the world’s most common mental health issue. And women are twice as likely to be diagnosed than men

Stories about "Sydney":

Albie’s Archie artwork is an absolute gem

It was a slightly melancholy selfie sent from the other side of the world that inspired Albie Eeles to paint a picture of her dad.

MLC Sue Higginson calls out ‘shameful betrayal of country and culture’

The Native Title Tribunal has handed down a decision that extinguishes the land rights of the Gomeroi People in order to allow multinational gas giant Santos to proceed with its coal seam gas project in the Pilliga Forest.

Farmers donate organic produce outside depleted supermarket

More essential supplies are expected to return to the Northern Rivers today after chronic shortages across the region ever since ex-Cyclone Alfred’s risks first became urgent late last week.

Waiting, waiting, waiting…

Many flower lovers have spent the weekend glued to their screens waiting for a flower to bloom…

New intake of paramedics and call takers for NSW Ambulance

Just before Christmas, NSW Ambulance welcomed 16 new paramedic interns and 18 trainee emergency medical call takers after they were officially inducted into the service at a ceremony at the State Operations Centre in Sydney.

Professor Helen Christensen AO named NSW Scientist of the Year

Internationally renowned mental health researcher Professor Helen Christensen AO from UNSW Sydney and the Black Dog Institute is being recognised as the NSW Scientist of the Year in the 2024 Premier’s Prizes for Science & Engineering.

Right to protest wins the day

The NSW Police application in the Supreme Court to prohibit pro Palestine assemblies in Sydney on 6 and 7 October has failed.

PFAS water contamination spreads

The NSW Greens will move for an urgent upper house inquiry this week after more revelations that cancer-linked forever chemicals have been detected in Sydney’s drinking water catchment – this time well above Australian drinking water guidelines.

Daniel Mookhey walks the line with NSW budget

NSW Treasurer Daniel Mookhey's second budget in nine months, unveiled last week, was a classic Labor document in its support for education and health, somewhat brave in its slugging of property investors, and disingenuous in its blaming of the GST carve-up for the financial woes of NSW going forward.

Cocaine on the beach

Police are warning the public after seven packages – suspected to contain cocaine – have washed up on beaches between Newcastle and Sydney since late Friday night.

Temporary traffic changes – Hinterland Way, Newrybar

Landslip repair works along Hinterland Way, Newrybar will be carried out  from today, Tuesday, 17 June, 2025.

Lismore Lantern Parade celebrates 31 years this weekend

Join in the celebration of the Winter Solstice for its 31st year as part of the Lismore Lantern Parade’s free family event this Saturday, 21 June. 

Hastings Point residents calling on community support against flood-prone development

Residents of Creek Street, Hastings Point are calling on the community to turn up and show their support to reject the development of 40 Creek Street, Hastings Point on flood-prone land.

Former Nats MP Donald Page awarded OAM

Former local NSW Nationals MP, Donald Page, has been awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia in the King’s Birthday Honours List.