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Highway crash heading north from Byron
A crash on the Pacific Motorway heading north from the Byron Shire on Monday morning reduced traffic to a single lane around 11am.
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Queen at home on Country
Colony Bees, based in Mullumbimby, are pleased to advise that a native nest of the Apidae family has made home inside the hollow of an old growth tree on Bundjalung Country.
Mandy Nolan’s Soapbox: Why The Nude Beach is a Wicked Problem
How do you keep a nude beach safe from sex pests, accepting nudity is not the cause, but that a remote location can encourage predatory opportunism? For me, Tyagarah nude beach is a wicked problem. And I don’t mean morally. I mean culturally.
Itching for a Mullum flea market?
A new flea market will launch this Saturday, April 13 from 8am until 2pm at the Mullum Community College campus.
Earth Day message from Santos Organics: a reflection on our power to make a positive impact
‘As Earth Day approaches each year, our focus often centres on the urgent need for environmental action to address pressing issues like climate change, pollution, and biodiversity loss, especially with the threat of the proposed development on our local and sacred Wallum site right here in Brunswick Heads,’ says Jolene Ryan
Bangalow retaining wall damage
The wall supporting the western end of Deacon Street has failed – opposite the Roman Catholic Church. Fortunately, this...
Flood-prone frog habitat slated for industrial expansion
The Byron Arts & Industry Estate would expand onto the other side of Ewingsdale Road under a new project before Byron Council which is currently on public exhibition.
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Mass tree-planting planned for Bruns River in Mullum
More than five thousand native plants are to be planted along Brunswick River banks in Mullumbimby.
Political Comment
Who is our next GG?
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Sam Mostyn has been announced by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese as Australia's next governor-general. So what sort of woman is she, and why has her appointment sent the right wing media into a tizz?
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Byron swimmer airlifted to hospital
A man swimming in Byron Bay on the weekend was airlifted to the Gold Coast University Hospital, rescuers said.
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Pedestrian killed in Woodburn after ute crash
A 30-year-old woman walking in Woodburn died on Sunday morning when a teenager driving a ute crashed into her, police said.