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Museum to benefit from grant

News HISTORICAL Society receive much-needed grant to restore Mullum museum

OPINION: Pill testing overdue

News Calls for community pill testing.

The big Byron Shire News art quiz

News That's right. Capital A, capital R, capital T.

Fireworks and flying chips

News Brunswick skies set to light up.

More Local News

Ancient recipes refresh

News STAYING cool on a summers day is deliciously simple if you follow this advice.

New year brings fun waves

News WAVES have been rolling into The Shire the past week and with more north winds coming.

Learning to care for our natural pest controllers

News LOCAL chook owner catches more than he bargains for when he sets his rat traps.

Gymnast's big year

News THREE titles in 2018 made it a year to remenber for one local gymnast

Surfing the wave of support

News AFTER a monumental 2018 Byron Boardriders' Soli Bailey comes home and feels the love

EDITORIAL: Feeling partially shut down yet?

News ACCORDING to the Chinese Zodiac, 2019 is the year of the jellyfish or was it the cane toad?

Labor candidate pushes pill testing in wake of death

News FESTIVAL deaths sparks call from candidate for pill testing to be on the table at drug summit

PHOTO GALLERY: Celebrating year's end Byron Shire

News PHOTOGRAPHER Lyn McCarthy was out and about in the shire on Christmas and New Year's Eve.

Supporting community

News COUNCIL cash splash sees local community groups prosper.

‘Giant dildo’ gobsmacks irate Aussies

Offbeat A massive penis-like sculpture is being taken apart by irate and sarcastic Aussies alike, but there’s more to it than meets the eye.

World’s Cutest Dog dies of ‘heartbreak’

20th Jan 2019 1:17 PM

May baffles EU by asking for nothing

20th Jan 2019 1:04 PM

Trump's shutdown compromise sounded awfully familiar

20th Jan 2019 12:58 PM

BMW X5’s formula for success

Around the Region

Man shot in the face by masked gunman on the run

Crime POLICE are still searching for the gun wielding man.

Witnesses sought after couple hit by car at Ballina

News One woman was seriously injured in the incident

Expect delays after Pacific Motorway crash

News Emergency services are at the scene of a crash

Car crashes into fast food restaurant

News Man crashes car at Hungry Jacks

$100,000 lotto win for 'over the moon' Ballina woman

News When she was told of her win, she asked: "Are you fair dinkum"

Beach evacuated after 2m bull shark sighting

News Lifeguards have ordered swimmers and surfers out of the water

Pacific Highway crash: Traffic affected in both directions

News Emergency services have been called to the scene

Sport

Kicking goal with facilities upgrade

News NEW facilities to be built at Mullum Bruns Valley Football Club for women players.

Silver medal for Mono at surfing championships

News THE Byron Bay surfer has gone one better, claiming silver at this year's World Adaptive Surf titles in California.

Success at Kingscliff Tri

News Local triathletes making moves at Kingscliff

Rams back-to-back titles

News Youth league win for Byron

Boardriders' big year

News Boardriders come home strong

National Sport

Manny Pacquiao’s crazy payday at 40

Heartbreaking moment Petra Martic collapses on camera

Hilarious Federer snub goes viral

Fighter begs to stop, keeps getting bashed

Nishikori makes Aus Open fourth round for seventh time

New South Wales News

Toddler’s cheeky sign targets stupidity

Health AS CALLS for pill testing become increasingly dominant, Sydney parents used their toddler and his hilarious sign to get their message across.

Melbourne rap artist charged with murdering Aiia Maasarwe

Crime Details on man accused of teen's murder

A child a day rescued from locked cars this summer

Parenting Children lose their lives in hot cars due to inattention from parents

Officer’s kind act in unbearable heat

Pets & Animals “As you can see, she has her seat belt on too. Safety first!”

Man mortified as his phone plays porn at gf's family wedding

Dating He was hoping to score some brownie points that day...

What we missed in Gillette controversy

Health There’s more to the story that’s gone unnoticed

Man killed in morning crash

News Male killed in road incident

Business News

Digital-only banks now available in Australia

Money DIGITAL-only banks are creeping into the banking space and giving customers more choice on who they do transactions with. Find out what they can offer you.

Scary illness led to million-dollar idea

Business Sydney woman’s brain trauma leads to seven-figure business

The lotto curse could be enough to put you off entering

Money Is there something sinister behind winning big?

Profits wobble: Is Kmart’s golden run over?

Business Kmart, Target, Myer: Performance of big name department stores in the spotlight

What's On

Mambo is here for the summer

Iggy pops for Bluesfest 2019

TV show comes to North Coast for political discussion

Who's just been announced on the Bluesfest lineup for 2019?

MOVIE REVIEW: The Cleaners digs into online censors' lives

Lifestyle

Ford’s new anti-SUV tested

Motoring BUYERS that are looking for a car with extra space are left with few choices that aren’t big, high-riding SUV but Ford is changing all that.

Why new Commodore isn’t selling

Motoring Holden knew the risks of retiring the Commodore and rebadging an import. Here’s why rusted-on buyers fled.

Hatch that can hold a surfboard

Motoring Honda’s Jazz city car keeps its price but also packs in the cargo, thanks to the ingenious seating

The heartbreaking reason O’Dwyer quit

Health Kelly O’Dwyer has revealed the heartbreaking personal crisis that helped her decide to give up her successful career in politics.

Latest Videos

Entertainment

Why Meghan didn’t go to Kate’s birthday

Celebrity The Duchess of Cambridge threw a huge party last weekend but Meghan and Harry were nowhere to be seen — now we know why.

Ten rising stars to watch in 2019

Entertainment Here’s who the New York Post says you should keep your eye on

Sony dumps R Kelly amid abuse claims

Celebrity Artists are walking away from the alleged disaster of a human

Chrissy and John spill on their ‘biggest fight’

Celebrity They're the golden couple, but even they fight from time to time

Netflix show doomed for cancellation

TV The Punisher: An angry guy with no purpose.

Latest Photos

Most awesome celebrity yearbook photos

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Real Estate

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3000 more rentals vacated in a month as glut hits market

Business Property prices set to drop as glut of empty rentals

Opal Tower support beams may not be strong enough

Property Support beams in ill-fated building may not be strong enough

Fallout from Hemsworth mega-mansion

Property Shift in Byron Bay property prices

Property: Top tips for best first impressions

Property If you're keen to get out of the property market, this should help

Top architect’s humble dream home ambitions

Business He builds dreams for others, but his own ambitions are quite humble