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The Casino RSM Club will officially open the Casino Youth Hub on Friday tomorrow at 5pm – the hub is a new space designed to ...
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‘Community insultation’

Mayor Sarah recently posted on social media that she was rather upset about a community meeting being held about the proposed Special Entertainment Precinct for Byron Bay while she was away and unable ...
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So many questions

Hi readers! How many of us ratepayers are questioning the lack of maintenance and upgrade to our failed infrastructure by our Byron Shire Council (BSC)? How many of us have had Council regulations ...
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Enough with the cloud-seeding

Wonder why it’s rained so much in the Northern Rivers? Just look up at the skies, like I do when walking my dog on Belongil Beach daily. Whoever is doing this – please stop. I hear the planes take off ...
A local wildlife rescuer was sent on a mission after a fisherman called WIRES to report a koala in trouble on the rocks at ...
The current weather system is a reminder, possibly triggering, of the disastrous impact rain can have on the water systems ...
NSW Police say a body of a man has been located during a search for a man missing near Nimbin. The 67-year-old man was last seen in Nimbin about 4pm on Friday, August 8, 2025. When he could not be ...
Planning to build a new house or open a restaurant in the Byron Shire in the next few years? Probably best to let go of the ...
In 2012 the creek that runs through the centre of the proposed Wallum Estate development at Bayside Brunswick was acknowledged by the developers, Codlea Pty Ltd, as a ‘Natural Watercourse under the ...
This morning Bureau of Meteorology, meteorologist, Helen Reid, said there was significant rainfall across New South Wales and South East Queensland over night.
We’re all living in the shadows of the climate crisis. But sometimes the clouds part and blue skies appear briefly.
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New Gold Mountain

The Chinese name for California was ‘gam saan’ or ‘gold mountain’. After the Californian goldfields petered out, gold was discovered in Victoria and the Chinese name for Australia became ‘new gold ...