10+ hour, 24+ min ago   (862+ words) The government’s draft bill for a new approach to online safety is currently up for public discussion, and various people are getting hot under the collar about it, particularly those whose political and business model relies on Australians being as…...

6+ day, 1+ hour ago   (482+ words) Good news for dog lovers and beer lovers alike: the pups are heading back to Stone & Wood on Saturday, 19 September for a special Dog Adoption Day, Spring Edition! The Byron Bay brewery is once again teaming up with Willow Tree…...

6+ day, 7+ hour ago   (619+ words) NSW Greens MP and spokesperson for the environment and climate change Sue Higginson has called on the Australian Greens and Greens senators to vote against a motion by the Nationals that would cause the NSW Labor government to continue logging…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (451+ words) On Monday, 7 September, the community is invited to come together at Bayside Park, Brunswick Heads to hear Federal Court Justice Perry deliver judgment in the Save Wallum case. ‘After more than two years of Federal Court proceedings, judgment in the…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (559+ words) Food fraud has made headlines recently after an investigation by ABC program Four Corners found the issue is rampant in major supermarket aisles in Australia. While the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission is investigating further, in the meantime the best…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (559+ words) So, what is a home? I have only ever owned one house. This one. I have no intention of selling up and moving on. This isn’t an investment. This is our home. I am not going anywhere. As someone who…...

1+ mon, 1+ day ago   (501+ words) From fencing off creeks to experimenting with cover crops, Tweed farmers are being offered up to $4,000 to try ideas that are good for both their farms and the environment. Applications are open for Tweed Shire Council’s Sustainable Agriculture Small Grants…...

1+ mon, 2+ day ago   (441+ words) Of course, if you are driving under the influence (meaning adversely affected), whatever the reading you will rightly still commit an offence. The NRMA is perhaps the most surprising opposer – many of their members (like me) must have supported the…...

1+ mon, 2+ day ago   (654+ words) Plans for a network of massive flood detention basins across the Richmond River catchment have drawn opposition from Byron’s mayor, who wants governments to instead investigate nature-based alternatives to reduce the impact of future floods. Mayor Sarah Ndiaye will take…...

1+ mon, 4+ day ago   (1008+ words) NSW Police have formally withdrawn charges against 125 protestors from Rising Tide’s 2024 People’s Blockade of the World’s Largest Coal Port, which organisers say was one of the largest civil disobedience protests in Australian history. At Newcastle Local Court on Friday, 125 people…...