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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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Man Charged With Murder of Byron Bay DJ
A man has been charged with the murder of popular Byron Bay DJ Chris Bradley, known as DAD BOD, who died while attending Christmas Day... Read MorePosted: , in News & Events -
Drones Deployed to Monitor Sharks
A $430,000 fleet of drones fitted with shark spotting technology will be patrolling north coast beaches this summer. The drones will be deployed at beaches in... Read MorePosted: , in News & Events -
North Coast Disability Services Under Threat
Greens North Coast MP and disability spokesperson Dawn Walker has lashed out at the NSW Government’s planned cuts to disability advocacy funding for the region. Ms... Read MorePosted: , in News & Events -
Mega Sand Mine Proposal for Lennox
Opponents of sand mining at Lennox Head say an existing mine operator in the area has ‘snuck in’ a proposal for a massive expansion just... Read MorePosted: , in News & Events -
World-first Solar Train in Byron Bay
What is claimed to be the world’s first fully solar-powered train is now operating in Byron Bay. A refurbished 70-year-old ‘red rattler’ is running on a... Read MorePosted: , in News & Events -
NORTEC Pulls The Plug on Local Start Ups
More than a dozen local businesses have been left reeling after NORTEC abruptly terminated the leases of all the small businesses located at the three... Read MorePosted: , in News & Events -
The Bentley Effect Editors Recognised With Award
The editors of the documentary, The Bentley Effect, which tells the story of the region’s fight against coal seam gas mining, have won a prestigious... Read MorePosted: , in News & Events -
Greens Slam Lismore Ski Jump Proposal
The Lismore City Council will next week consider a proposal to build an Olympic aerial training ski jump amid claims from the Lismore Greens that... Read MorePosted: , in News & Events -
Casino Cannabis Venture One Step Closer with Licence Application
PUF Ventures Australia (PUFA) the group seeking to set up a medical cannabis farm and extraction plant near Casino, has filed application with the Australian... Read MorePosted: , in News & Events -
Call to Ban Water Extraction and Bottling in Tweed
Tweed Shire Council is set to call on the state government to ban water extraction and bottling on rural land in the shire, where a... Read MorePosted: , in News & Events