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Fireworks and flying chips

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

Ancient recipes refresh

News Refreshment just a moment away

New year brings fun waves

News Wave Rave Gaz Morgan

Learning to care for our natural pest controllers

News When the hunter get trapped

More Local News

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.

This map should terrify us all

Weather Australia — beautiful one day, an oven the next. Scientists warn that deadly fire seasons will get more extreme and last longer.

Weird baby name predictions for 2019

Parenting Move over Ava and Oliver, experts predict there will be some unusual new additions to the baby name leaderboard next year.

Rewarded for hard work

News DUX of Byron High wants to be role model fot indigenous students and the community.

Five ‘armed’ teens arrested at Westfield

17th Jan 2019 6:28 AM

UK in crisis after Brexit humiliation

17th Jan 2019 6:12 AM

‘Our hearts are shattered’: Annabelle Potts, 5, dies

17th Jan 2019 6:22 AM

How Serena’s daughter’s doll is becoming an Instagram star

Around the Region

$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

Motorbike rider airlifted to hospital after crash

News The man suffered head and limb injuries in the crash

'Backyard' tattoo parlour raided by police

Crime This Alstonville home was hiding a big secret

UPDATE: Sharks force closure of Ballina, Byron beaches

News Surf life savers are urging beach-goers to take care

Thrash metal classics to be played by metal titans

Entertainment New tour announced for legendary thrash metal brothers

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

Kyrgios: ‘You should be ashamed’

17th Jan 2019 6:03 AM

Reigning champ Wozniacki enters Australian Open third round

Simmons playing the best ball of his life

Gold Coast tennis sensation storms into Aus Open third round

Excelsior to get true test of sprinting talent

New South Wales News

Man critical after Bondi swim

News A man is fighting for his life after being dragged from the water at the south end of Sydney’s Bondi Beach overnight.

17th Jan 2019 6:56 AM

Teen charged with sex assault of boy, 9

Crime Teen accused of raping boy, 9 in NSW

Missing woman’s body found in outback

News Woman's body found on isolated dirt track

Unprovoked assault puts ambulance officer out of work

Crime Paramedics press charges

Uncomfortable truth about men

News Why men are more violent than women

Disturbing reality of horror heatwave

Weather Horror heatwave uncovers disturbing reality about Aussie homes

NSW truckie sheds 60kg, turns life around

News At 145kg Brendon knew he had to turn his life around

Business News

Ford and Volkswagen to team up to build utes

Motoring Australia’s second most popular vehicle will form the basis of a new two-make ute offensive.

17th Jan 2019 6:44 AM

Another Aussie fashion retailer going into administration

Business Horror year for big brands as another retailer falls

iPhone XR: 15 great tips to get the most out of your phone

Technology Tips for photography, Face ID, memojis and augmented reality.

Back-to-work trend exposing sleazy habits

Crime Sexual harassment claims need to be made within six months

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 reveals most powerful Mustang yet

Motoring New street-legal pony car will have supercar beating performance thanks to a supercharged V8.

17th Jan 2019 6:41 AM

'Marie Kondo ruined my home'

Home & Decorating "It’s a big call to go up against the undisputed monarch of organisation, but there, I’ve said it."

Paris checks into treatment facility

Celebrity The daughter of Michael Jackson is reportedly seeking help for her “emotional health” in a treatment facility.

UPDATE: Health NSW addresses hospital site safety concerns

News The CFMEU put a stop to the works earlier this morning.

Latest Videos

Entertainment

Reid dishes on bathroom encounter with singer

TV The king of Hollywood gossip revealed how one awkward meeting left him wondering if he had missed out on an opportunity with a famous singer.

17th Jan 2019 6:34 AM

Toto’s Africa to play ‘for eternity’ in desert

Music It’s the classic song that just keeps giving.

How star pulled off incredible stunt

Movies Secret behind dazzling Mary Poppins scene stuns fans.

Bad news for password sharers

TV Is this the end for password sharing?

First look at Gyllenhaal in Spider-Man sequel

Movies Sony and Marvel drop the first trailer for Spider-Man: Far From Home

Latest Photos

Most awesome celebrity yearbook photos

MAKEPEACE ISLAND

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Summer style

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