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How can we keep paying for incompetence

The only way forward is going backwards. That’s how I explain the current situation of Byron Shire Council. The...

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Lower the age

It was pleasing to see smart young people around the county coming out recently to protest idiotic political leaders...

New research highlights pressures facing Northern Rivers community organisations

More than 50 representatives from grassroots organisations across the Northern Rivers came together at Bangalow A&I Hall last week for the Northern Rivers Community Sector Sustainability Summit.

Can you help our rainbow community find a home?

For four years Queer Family Inc has lived the perilous life of a homeless community organisation – bouncing from one temporary venue to the next, sometimes without anywhere to stay at all.

Wollumbin Art Award winners to be revealed this Saturday

The winners of one of the Northern Rivers’ major regional art awards will be revealed at Tweed Regional Gallery this Saturday, as the 2026 Wollumbin Art Award exhibition opens in Murwillumbah.

On rail

Northern Rivers Railway Restoration: Licensing Progress: Northern Rivers Rail Ltd (NRRL) and Northern Regional Railway Company (NRRC) are highly...

It’s Scam Awareness Week

Quick thinking and strong scams awareness from a bank branch manager has prevented a woman from losing almost $10,000 to an impersonation scam.

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Upper Main Arm School celebrating 99 years with another great Music in the Valley

Once again, it is a fun and exciting line-up for the free Music in the Valley at Main Arm Upper School with Kooii and Versace Boys headlining on Sunday, 23 August, from 11am to 4pm.

Wanted man seen in hinterland

Tweed-Byron Police have confirmed that wanted man, Vaughan Cumming, approached a resident on their property in Upper Main Arm last week.

Upper Main Arm Road falls through the cracks

Responsibility for Upper Main Arm Road seems to be falling between the cracks – and some of them have been larger than the road over the last three years

Cr Hauge pushes for suspension of home demolition orders by staff

Greens Cr Elia Hauge has put a motion for the upcoming Council meeting asking staff to inform the public with the legal advice around enforcement action on unauthorised dwellings.

Editorial – Destroying houses during a housing crisis is so 2025

The front cover of the NSW Department of Environment and Planning’s Low Cost Country Home Building, published in 1981

Council GM, Greens mayor, support home demolition threat on Main Arm community

The threat of multiple home demolitions is still a reality for a small vulnerable community of long-term locals living in Main Arm, with renewed support from Greens Mayor Sarah Ndiaye and Council’s General Manager, Mark Arnold for the compliance department's actions.

Greens mayor backs compliance over hippy raids

Mayor Sarah Ndiaye (Greens) has defended Council staff’s threat of demolishing the homes of a small community after an inspection allegedly found unauthorised activities and dwellings in Upper Main Arm.

Demolition threats

Home demolition orders have been placed on a small community of long-term locals in Upper Main Arm after Council compliance raided their shared multiple occupancy (MO).

Big funds promised, but is it enough for roads?

Disaster recovery funding of $52.5 million has been announced by the NSW Labor government, to help cash-strapped Byron Shire Council restore damaged rural road infrastructure. But will it build back better?

Enjoy a little music in the valley

This Sunday will see an irresistibly eclectic and electrifying line up that includes Bobby Alu, Emily Lubitz, Hayley Grace, Way Out West and DJ Salve Jorge making the 2024 Music in the Valley shine.

Greens urged to back pathway to end native forest logging

Some of NSW’s most respected and long-standing forest campaigners and scientists have today urged the Greens not to support the Nationals' attempt to disallow the Improved Native Forest Management (INFM) method.

Ballina Council makes decision on Ross Lane

With the absence of all four of its progressive councillors for various reasons, Ballina Council pushed ahead with its agenda at yesterday's monthly meeting, including a decision which is likely to close Ross Lane for months while the road is upgraded.

Mullumbimby puts new governance models first, and now wants to build it

Imagine Northern Rivers says Mullumbimby is the only community across the region to rank new models of governance and decision-making as the number one element of its preferred future, and last week locals gathered to work out how to make it real.

Appeal to locate man missing from Broadwater

Police are appealing for public assistance to help locate a local missing man.