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Interview with Finn Ress – keyboardist, composer and producer

A new music and arts festival is coming to the Northern Rivers, with Bangalow set to host the inaugural Dingo Music & Arts Festival across four days from 8 to 11 October.

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Operation Yankee Rumour sees 18 arrested

Detectives from Gold Coast Major Organised Crime Squad (MOCS) have closed an operation targeting the trafficking of dangerous drugs and money laundering, resulting in the arrest of 18 people.

Sandhills Wetlands wins Green Apple Award

Byron Shire Council (BSC) have won the international Green Apple Award for their Sandhills Wetlands project in Byron Bay.

Sunrise farewell for Mullum High’s Year 12

Year 12 Mullumbimby High School students watched the sunrise together this morning as they get ready to start the final sprint towards their HSC exams next month. 

Dance and raise funds for Nepal’s flood victims

Byron Shire’s music community is coming together on Sunday, 20 September from 2pm at Haven, Byron Bay to raise funds for flood relief in Nepal after the devastating floods and landslides.

Olympics: a national event

The 2032 Olympics need to be managed by the federal government, a major financial contributor to the multi-billion dollar...

Free community BBQ for men and their families in Lismore

Parenting can be a challenging experience, with parents often expected to know the answers or how to respond. And sometimes it’s not so simple. Lismore’s Men & Family Centre is inviting Northern Rivers men and their families to a free Community BBQ and forum.

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Bulldozers being delivered to Wallum site in Brunswick Heads as protestor locked on

Trucks have been bringing in bulldozers to the Wallum site at Brunswick Heads today as locals attempt to keep the off the site.  

Wallum judgment – devastated, but not giving up!

The community gathered at Bayside Park in Brunswick Heads, on Monday to hear Her Honour Justice Perry bring her findings in the Save Wallum Inc vs Clarence Property Anor, and dismiss the community’s application for a permanent injunction.

Save Wallum judgment to be handed down on Monday

On Monday, 7 September, the community is invited to come together at Bayside Park, Brunswick Heads to hear Federal Court Justice Perry deliver judgment in the Save Wallum case.

Honeyeaters of the Wallum

To the untrained eye, Wallum might appear to be a chaotic tangle of vegetation intersected here and there by foot-made pathways through the sandy soil. But this surface view belies the intricate and complex web of life woven over epochs.

Community gathers as Wallum verdict nears

With the campaign to Save Wallum approaching the three-year mark, Saturday’s powerful community gathering clearly demonstrated that the determination of the local community and Bayside residents to protect this land is not waning.

Wallum campaign at critical crossroads

The Northern Rivers community is being called back to Wallum this Saturday, 8 August, at 12 noon for the opportunity to stand together at the Brunswick Heads site at the end of Omega Circuit, Bayside.

Locals say public road should remain public access at Bayside, Brunswick

Byron Shire Council is currently seeking community feedback on the closure of part of 35 Bayside Way, Brunswick Heads – a former Crown road...

Aboriginal protection sought for Wallum development site

An application to protect the Wallum development site at 15 Torakina Road, Brunswick Heads has been submitted under the Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islander Heritage Protection Act 1984 (Cth) (ATSIHP Act) by Minyungbul Mulanjali woman Ms Arabella Douglas of the Bundjalung Nation.

Wallum fashion fundraiser extravaganza

Mullumbimby is set to host the inaugural Wallum Extravaganza, a vibrant community celebration and fundraiser.

Time for Council to take action to save Wallum

In 2012 the creek that runs through the centre of the proposed Wallum Estate development at Bayside Brunswick was acknowledged by the developers, Codlea Pty Ltd, as a ‘Natural Watercourse under the NSW classification scheme’.

Prost, Byron! Oktoberfest is back

Grab your steins and throw on your lederhosen, Stone & Wood is doing Oktoberfest properly this year.

Byron Ballet’s 20th Anniversary Nutcracker

After a successful season performing with the Victorian State Ballet in Beauty and the Beast, dancers from the Byron Youth Ballet Company are preparing to take the stage once more – this time for their own production of The Nutcracker.

The Whitlams Return to Rock Island

The Whitlams are coming to the Hotel Brunswick on Friday, 2 October for the first show of the Return to Rock Island tour. The band is revisiting its favourite rock venues down the East Coast, where long, sweaty nights formed the bedrock of The Whitlams’ reputation as a memorable force in the Australian live music scene.

Greasing up Bright Lights

Bright Lights senior musical theatre troupe is proud to present Grease for their 2026 musical production.