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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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Student power rises up across the country
From breast feeding babies up children, teens and their supporters came together across the region as part of the school strike 4 climate action this... Read MorePosted: , in News & Events -
Parklands Wins Permanent Approval for Splendour and Falls
The popular Falls and Splendour in the Grass festivals have a permanent home after the state’s Independent Planning Commission (IPC) today signed-off on a $42-million... Read MorePosted: , in News & Events -
A Little Love Brings Mullum Gateway Back to Life
The entrance to Mullumbimby was brought to life some 30 years ago with the carving of totem poles and the erection of the rotunda to... Read MorePosted: , in News & Events -
Nats Promise $25m to Fix Byron’s Roads
The NSW Deputy Premier has promised to provide $25 million to fix Byron’s roads and other basic infrastructure if his government is re-elected at the... Read MorePosted: , in News & Events -
Byron’s A&I Estate looks to the future
The Byron Arts and Industry (A&I) Estate was developed in the early 1970s and by 1975 there were businesses established and operating in what was... Read MorePosted: , in News & Events -
Pokies Gone – Green Room is Here
The Beach Hotel in Byron has changed hands and is making big changes to how it approaches its operation from improving recycling to getting rid... Read MorePosted: , in News & Events -
World First Fine Repayment Scheme Changes Lives
In some parts of Australia you can go to jail for not paying a fine, but in the Work and Development Order (WDO) scheme in... Read MorePosted: , in News & Events -
Bluesfest Director’s Outrage at State Govt
Byron Bluesfest director Peter Noble has threatened to move the iconic festival interstate if the Berejiklian government refuses to withdraw its draconian new festival policy. The... Read MorePosted: , in News & Events -
‘Locals’ West Byron DA refused
Few shows at the Byron Theatre receive such a resounding standing ovation as the Joint Regional Planning Panel on Monday (February 4) after it voted... Read MorePosted: , in News & Events -
Australia Day Recognition to Byron's Local Heroes
The founder of a program offering a transitional program for women at risk has been named Byron Shire’s 2019 Citizen of the Year. SHIFT Project founder... Read MorePosted: , in News & Events