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Israel not Hamas

Danny Wakil, our local apologist for the state whose deliberate starvation policy, and the indiscriminate slaughter of thousands of...

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One in five NSW young people vaping

The number of people in NSW who smoke cigarettes has fallen to its lowest level on record while vaping rates are said to be stabilising.

Not forgotten: six years without Théo

Last Saturday marked six years since Théo Hayez went missing. Hayez, a Belgian tourist, was last seen leaving Cheeky Monkey’s bar in Byron Bay at approximately 11pm on May 31, 2019.

Fresh macadamia harvests at Rainforest Foods and Organic Forres

It’s macadamia harvest time, and the stalls at Mullumbimby and New Brighton Farmers Markets are overflowing. Local growers Rainforest...

NSW budget: half a billion extra to address DV

The NSW Government says it will invest an extra half a billion dollars in a justice system package to support victim-survivors.

Appeal to locate woman missing from Banora Point

Carly Bohringer, aged 39, was last seen on Vintage Lakes Drive, Banora Point, about 3.15pm on Saturday, 31 May.

Lack of progress on Stolen Generations highlighted during Reconciliation Week

National Reconciliation Week commemorates two significant milestones in the reconciliation journey with First Nations’ mob – the successful 1967 referendum, and the High Court Mabo decision respectively.

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Woman winched from Wategos

The Westpac Rescue Helicopter team says they winched a woman to safety from an isolated rock shelf at Wategos Beach Sunday morning.

Wategos mega-mansion fight goes to court

The battle over the future of a stunning, tree-filled mega block at Wategos has ended up in court, with its multi-millionaire owner appealing Byron Council’s rejection of his plans for the site.

Family shocked by Wategos tree poisoning

For more than 45 years, an old Tuckeroo tree has stood resolutely beside the Roberts family home at Wategos.

Applicant defends large Wategos DA in littoral rainforest 

Public submissions have been extended until September 10 around a large development slated for Wategos.

Wategos DA proposes to remove littoral rainforest

A large development proposal (DA 10.2024.230.1) for two homes by Rae’s Residents Pty Ltd at Wategos is on public exhibition, prompting concerns by neighbours over the potential removal of littoral rainforest, and a threatened ecological community.

Raes on Wategos

Our booking was for 4:00pm on a Sunday, so I was surprised to see the restaurant almost full, particularly as it was pouring with...

Council staff to look at limiting bulk and scale in Wategos  

A motion by Cr Sarah Ndiaye (Greens) to amend the LEP to reduce the building height limits in the Wategos residential area from 9m to 8m was unsuccessful at last Thursday’s Council meeting. 

Inghams’ plan for Wategos pad

Plans for the construction of a $6.46 million home at Wategos Beach have come before Byron Council, and are now on public exhibition.

Vale Byron girl, Patricia Marcia Dailhou 

Patricia, better known as Pat or Patsy, was born in Byron Bay in 1933 and was the second eldest of nine, to Horace Cecil Vernon Freeman (better known as ‘Bluey’) and Dorothy Lulu Freeman (nee Daniels). 

Defibrillator fundraiser launched in Phil’s wake

A fundraiser has been established to buy three defibrillators for Byron Bay beaches, after local surfer, Phillip Jones, died after being pulled from the water on Thursday, August 26.

DYT?

To drive a car we need to be trained and get a licencse. To sell milk we need a licence. To teach children we need to...

130 years of NORCO celebrated with a flashback to free school milk 

It began under a tree in Clunes in 1895 when a group of 40 farmers gathered to discuss how they could collaborate to secure a better and more profitable future for the dairy farmers of the region.

Ten of Lismore’s buyback homes up for auction

Ten relocatable homes from Lismore will go up for auction on July 8 from 5.30pm with a 6pm start at the Lismore Heights Sports Club.

Sunday locals’ passes on offer

In what has become a cherished local tradition, the Byron Writers Festival is once again teaming up with First National Byron to offer the Sunday locals’ pass.