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Indigenous Authors Dominate Book Sales at Byron Writers Festival 2019
This weekends Byron Writers Festival, wrapped its 23rd year with record ticket sales and Indigenous authors dominating the best selling books at the Festival.... Read Story
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Lismore Opens Australia's Largest Floating Solar Farm
The City of Lismore yesterday formally opened the country’s largest floating solar installation, and flagged plans to increase its size five-fold or more and to... Read Story
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Superb Splendour
2019 Splendour Day 1 dawned sunny and bright as did Days 2 and 3. It was definitely warm enough to justify those summer dresses and... Read Story
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Byron Writers Festival Presents The Art of Crime
Celebrated crime writers Michael Robotham and Jock Serong along with author Kristina Olsson and poet Omar Sakr are doing their time for crime, on the... Read Story
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Baby White Humpback Spotted From Lennox Head
A baby white whale has been spotted off Lennox Head on the New South Wales far north coast. Ballina man Kynan Wall saw what appears to... Read MorePosted: , in News & Events -
NAIDOC Week Celebrations
People are invited to join together and celebrate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture at our annual NAIDOC Celebrations with a celebration day in Lismore... Read MorePosted: , in News & Events -
New Protest Regulations Labelled 'a fundamental attack on democracy'
New protest regulations which come into effect on July 1 have been called “a fundamental attack on democracy” by a university law lecturer. Northern Rivers academic... Read MorePosted: , in News & Events -
Zero Emissions Byron Event June 27
While many governments around the world are introducing measures to address climate change, the Australian government has failed to develop an action plan to reduce... Read MorePosted: , in News & Events -
A shiny, new creature is gradually emerging from the earth in downtown Byron Bay. For the past 18 months, workers have swarmed over a large building... Read MorePosted: , in News & Events -
Wilsons Creek Residents Oppose Telstra Tower
A crowd of over 70 concerned Wilson Creek residents packed the local hall on Wednesday night to hear about and form opposition to Telstra’s plans... Read MorePosted: , in News & Events -
Byron Writers Festival 3 Days of Glorious Storytelling and Conversation Released
Byron Writers Festival 2018 (3-5 August) has today announced a thrilling program featuring 140 writers, thinkers and commentators who will converge in Byron Bay for... Read MorePosted: , in News & Events -
Local community energy company Enova has received a thumbs-up for its new ‘solar garden’ plan from none other than Mark Butler, the Shadow Minister for... Read MorePosted: , in News & Events -
Greens, ALP Slam Sydney-Centric Holiday-Let Rules
People renting out their empty Sydney properties through online home-sharing services will soon be subject to state government restrictions. But they won’t affect properties in the... Read MorePosted: , in News & Events -
Little Splendour Registration Open Now
For those older Splendour goers now is the time to sort out your young’uns, Splendour is once again lining up a raft of activities and... Read MorePosted: , in News & Events