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Young talent glitters at the Gold Coast

News FUTURE surf stars sparkle after another successful competition

Museum to benefit from grant

News MULLUM musem set to be revamped

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.

More Local News

Fireworks and flying chips

News AFTER this weekend's fireworks display the chips will fly in Brunswick Heads next week.

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.

Afterpay slams ‘broke AF’ ad

22nd Jan 2019 3:49 PM

LNP leader duped by fake Facebook account

22nd Jan 2019 3:44 PM

Man's body found after large-scale land, water search

What your stressful job is doing to your health

22nd Jan 2019 2:26 PM

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

‘Dumb, ignorant, lazy’: Open’s mega feud

Test hopeful’s unreal pink-ball advantage

NRL SuperCoach L-plate guide

‘Horrendous’ decision ruins Socceroos

Patterson selection ‘two years’ late

New South Wales News

LEAKED INFO: iPad Mini's rumoured return

Technology APPLE'S latest iPads are rumoured to be coming sooner rather than later — including a long awaited update to an old favourite.

Mum's fight to keep killer locked up

Crime "Tania deserves more justice than this"

'Whatever b*tch': Mum's abusive rant over breast milk

Parenting It all started innocently enough.

True identities of British ‘unruly tourists’

Crime “I’m very, very frightened, honestly"

Shocking note left on car

Motoring Nasty note left on parked car in northern NSW

Is Yamba going to be the new Byron Bay?

News Development growing to be a concern for the laid-back town

Fitzy lashes Premier: ‘You can’t be that naive’

News Fitzy lashes NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian on pill testing: ‘You can’t be that...

Business News

Bolt calls Australia a 'sitting duck' as world economy slows

Opinion AUSTRALIA may pay for racking up a decade of deficits, leaving the Federal Government with no money to cushion the blow of a recession.

Warning of world economy shock

Money IMF issues warning on global economy weakening ‘faster than expected’

Sinister truth behind Fortnite craze

Crime Your kids are being used for criminal activity on Fortnite

BHP accused of $300m royalty rip-off

Politics BHP accused of underpaying Western Australia Government up to $300 million in...

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

Hospital stay confusion as 'stressful as buying home'

Health Going to hospital is like going to a foreign land for some patients, with medical jargon, strange noises and unfamiliar surroundings.

22nd Jan 2019 2:21 PM

Obnoxious passenger’s gross demand sickens onlookers

Travel A shaken flight attendant has told how a man demanded she carry out a disgusting task as he moaned in pleasure in a plane toilet.

Shorten's hospital funding fix to grow emergency department

Politics ALP Leader Bill Shorten has budgeted $15m to make urgent fixes to a Qld hospital's emergency department while ScoMo sat with journos for a Q&A.

Burgers are better than these health foods

Food & Entertainment While you may think you’re eating something good for you, many ‘healthy’ meals actually have more calories than a tasty burger.

Latest Videos

Entertainment

Thorburn’s surprising new TV gig

TV According to an insider, the ex-wife of Karl Stefanovic is set to make a splash on prime time TV in a role that ensures she stays in the spotlight.

22nd Jan 2019 3:36 PM

Another Netflix series bites the dust

Entertainment It was a shining jewel among Netflix’s first wave of original content

22nd Jan 2019 3:33 PM

Movie that made top critic walk out

Movies Only one film was so bad she actually walked out of it

Karl’s strange swipe at former co-stars

TV Georgie Gardner opens up about ‘very tough week’

Why Sunrise guest dropped f-bomb

TV "Someone stood up during take off, ‘I gotta do a f***ing piss’.”

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Real Estate

Prestigious Possum Creek location offering position & perfect privacy

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Classifieds Situated on a protected, level hilltop overlooking green rolling hills of the Byron Bay hinterland is Friday Hut Estate. Arriving on the meandering drive one feels...

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