Byron Shire news, weather, jobs, sports and classifieds

Byron's own bachelorette

News WILL Ashlea find true love with the Honey Badger or will she remain a bachelorette

Power plays everywhere as Premier drops into Byron

News NSW Premiere acknowledges Byron's special status

Eat, sing, drink, laugh and help farmers

Whats On Events across the Northern Rivers to help Aussies in need

New letting policy fight

News Letting policy fight doesn't let up

More Local News

Different community fundraiser

News FUNDRAISING event will look at boosting creative jobs for young people in the region.

Bangalow adopts drought stricken town for the long haul

News GET on board the convoy of hope heading West from Bangalow to support our rural cousins.

Your chance to win Simple Pleasures photo competition

News ADD some love into your photography by taking a photo showing what you love about Brunswick Heads.

EDITORIAL: An idea even bigger than this headline

News PERHAPS this idea is just so big and disruptive we are scared to face it for fear that all other human endeavour will seem as nothing and of no consequence.

EDITORIAL: Hashtag us back to the Stone Age

News SOCIAL media makes it possible to hear just what you need to hear - what feels right for you.

Koala tree planting volunteers needed

News HELPING koalas couldn't be easier at this Saturday morning's Koala Tree Planting Working Bee in Bangalow

Collective is never letting up

News THE Byron Hinterland Collective is continuing its campaign against the state government's proposed new Short Term Holiday Letting rules

Parmas serve farmers

News EAT generously: As the drought bites hard locals are biting into Parmas for Farmers.

Music to make the Burning Man dance

Whats On THIS Northern Rivers band will take their new music to the popular US festival this month, but you can also see them soon locally.

Splendid support grants

News SHARING the Splendour love around to local community organisations and schools.

Man charged over burned father’s death

22nd Aug 2018 5:45 AM

‘Killed Diana’: Harry and Will’s big mistake

22nd Aug 2018 5:14 AM

Peeping tom allegedly targeted 161 victims

22nd Aug 2018 5:07 AM

The new KitKat flavour you can get for free

22nd Aug 2018 4:53 AM

Around the Region

Drought-hit farmers to receive ‘substantial’ rain

Weather A SUBSTANTIAL rain event is barrelling towards NSW and is expected to relieve one of the driest Augusts in Australian history.

Worker dies after being trapped in water tank

News Emergency services were called to a property near Casino

Firefighters are once again protecting homes

News The fire had burnt 255 hectares before jumping road

Speeding idiots’ shocking reasons for breaking the law

News BLOKES speed because they reckon they can handle it while women do so because...

Rubbish-rifling recyclers earning $2000 a week

News Cottage industry is infuriating residents because of mess they leave

Fire crews are protecting properties from fire

News Watch and Act levels have been enacted for three fires

Winter cold snap to sweep across NSW

Weather This may not be the last we’ve seen of the cold this year.

Sport

'Each day is more golden': MOL's gift to embattled local

News Community bands together to help Tweed man after surfing accident

Foxtel to launch Australia's first 4k channel

Entertainment AUSTRALIANS will finally be able to tune into next-generation television broadcasts later this year.

Updating the score at Red Devil Park

News New scoreboard for Red Devils Park.

Learning from game's best

News Rugby skills day in Bangalow

Ocean Shore lads cruise to win

News Ocean Shores are winners.

National Sport

Ex-NFL star ‘sobbed during gay confession’

22nd Aug 2018 4:06 AM

NRL teams: Big guns return for Roosters and Rabbitohs

Eels slam ex-staffer over new salary cap claims

Zorko ‘embarrassed’ by handshake spat

Jameka retired after lacklustre trial

New South Wales News

Man dies after veering to avoid hitting kangaroo

News A KANGAROO has caused the death of a man in far northern New South Wales, after he swerved to avoid hitting the animal in his ute.

The crash that killed three mates and its ripple effect

News So far this year 223 families have been shattered.

UPDATE: Fire conditions ease after 'huge response'

Environment 2000ha bushfire at Ellangowan near Casino is still being controlled

Dramatic pictures of ferocious fire

Weather TOWERING firefronts, burnt bush and some rescued wildlife.

Change saw bills rise up to $1400

Environment The changes to the NSW feed-in tariffs has changed the financial equation for many...

Train driver vents amid rail chaos

News SYDNEY’S stranded rail commuters are fuming.

Trio charged over bikie boss’ murder

Crime It comes six months after the bikie boss was gunned down in his car.

Business News

Holden to invest $120m in local jobs

Careers GENERAL motors has confirmed Australia will help spearhead future global electric and driverless cars.

US trade mission discusses pilot plant for Gladstone

Politics Talks in US to bring pilot plant to city.

Chinese giant’s warning to Australian retailers

Smarter Shopping IT’S one of the fastest growing retailers in the country, yet most Australians have...

Gladstone builder crowned eco home champion for third time

News This family business have been crowned Central Queensland's best.

What's On

Doco separates fact from fiction in the vitamin industry

Get ready for this testosterone-charged clash of voices

The funk is back for fans of Skunkhour

5 things that need to improve at Splendour

Diary of a grumpy old man at Splendour

Lifestyle

Aussie petrol prices at a four-year high

Lifestyle IT’S not just you. Petrol is really, really expensive right now. The latest consumer watchdog report has revealed why.

Foods that have more sugar than Coke

Health YOU might think you’re choosing a healthy option, but have you looked at what’s in the things you’re eating?

COWS ON THE RUN: Two beasts yet to be recaptured

Offbeat UPDATE: Two cows which escaped an overturned truck at the top of the Toowoomba Range are yet to be captured.

Outrage over woman’s Tinder stunt

Dating DOZENS of single men were left furious after being tricked by a woman on Tinder into competing in a “Hunger Games” style dating stunt.

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Entertainment

Actress slams teen ‘sex abuse’ claims

News ASIA Argento has admitted she paid off a former co-star over sexual assault allegations, but says her late boyfriend Anthony Bourdain urged her to do it.

Kim and Kanye ‘visited’ by dead parents

Offbeat They are convinced their late parents visit them as birds.

Pink’s hubby after Queensland run-in: ‘WTF!’

Celebrity PINK’S husband, motocross star Carey Hart, has taken to social media

'Daft old fart': Connolly hits back at claims about health

Celebrity Connolly hits back at Michael Parkinson, calls him "a daft old fart"

Stars shock on VMAs pink carpet

Celebrity The best and worst dressed on the pink carpet in New York.

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GKI Demolition gallery

Andrew Jackson's 1968 International C1100 Utility

1955 Ford Thunderbird

Spring pastels

GKI demolition update

Jobs

Administration and Inventory Control Support Officer

Full Time

Classifieds The Spring Grove Fresh Food Company is a family owned meat wholesale and primary production company that has been operating out of the northern rivers since 1996.

The vital job not for the faint-hearted

News Team of specialists to make claustrophobic water pipeline journey

The $150k job no Aussies want

Careers Mining positions can now barely be filled

Why fun and fit workplaces matter

Careers “Happy, healthy employees generally perform better than those who are tired."

Union blasts JCU over job cuts

Education The NTU has finally responded to James Cook University

Move here to earn big money

Careers Melbourne or Sydney perhaps? Nope, you have to go a lot further

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