Tweed Shire Council says Old Lismore Road will be upgraded to improve safety and restore local rainforest habitat.

Tweed Council's latest meeting included motions on solar panel recycling, free speech, financial sustainability and Clarrie Hall Dam.

Community concern about large-scale water extraction in a quiet rural area, the use of heavy vehicle trucking on narrow, winding, country roads and unsustainable one-use bottling led to the formation of Tweed Water Alliance.

Tweed Shire Council says it has adopted one of the lowest rate increases in the cross-border region for 2026/27, with the average household bill rising around 3.6 per cent once all charges are counted. This is below the current annual rate of inflation of 4.2 per cent.

Tweed Shire Council is appealing for community help after a spate of deliberate destruction of trees on public land across the Tweed, including the poisoning of mature Norfolk pines at Cabarita Beach and damage to established trees at a local cemetery.

Increased surveillance on public place bins aims to deter offenders from dumping household waste around the Tweed.

Access to one of the Tweed’s most popular waterfront destinations has been boosted with the introduction of a new self‑service beach wheelchair at Jack Evans Boat Harbour’s Central Beach.

Sweetnam Park in Uki has been rebuilt with new facilities and is now flood‑resilient, welcoming and accessible, after being badly damaged in the February 2022 flood.

Residents and visitors to Kingscliff are advised to exercise caution around swimming at the local beaches over the next 24 hours following the discovery of a dead whale washed up on the beach at Kingscliff North near Jack Bayliss Park yesterday morning.

The proposed Cudgen Connection development for State Significant Farmland next to the Tweed Valley Hospital is before Tweed Shire Council this afternoon.