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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.

15th Aug 2018 5:59 PM

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 Northern Rivers band takes new music to popular US festival

Splendid support grants

News Splendour grants abound

Byron Shire builders win big

News Master Builders recognition for Byron Shire

Going above and beyond for Vets Without Borders

News Local vet volunteers in India

Helping celebrate chopper rescue day

News Thank the Westpac Rescue helicopter

Steve Irwin sails in friendly seas

News SEA Shepard's Steve Irwin calls in.

Droning on about vital air safety

News Dangerous drone operation

Volunteers the heart and soul of festival

News Volunteers make the Byron Writers Festival go round

Tyalgum's Festival of Heart

News Tyalgum Hearts Festival is coming up.

LETTERS: Holiday letting data questioned

News Holiday letting rule change saga continues

Network News

The truth about Coles Little Shop

Lifestyle In a world of war, want and wickedness, a little bit of whimsy is good for the...

15th Aug 2018 6:00 PM

Iconic pub at war with Macca’s

Business A HIPSTER version of McDonald’s, the world’s most recognisable fast food chain...

15th Aug 2018 5:32 PM

MAFS star reveals baby joy

Celebrity MARRIED At First Sight star Sarah Roza has revealed she is pregnant with her first...

15th Aug 2018 4:55 PM

Touching tribute to terror attack victim

Crime “He was my whole world, my whole life."

Sport

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.

Byron AIME-ing high

News Byron Rugbys Charity Day home game this Saturday

National Sport

Shocking admission made about student’s death

eXtra American university addresses tragic death of football player

15th Aug 2018 5:48 PM

Furious footy WAG: ‘You should be ashamed’

Rugby League NRL star Ben Hunt’s wife launches savage attack on his critics

15th Aug 2018 5:34 PM

Bulldogs handed fine over NRL ref spray

Rugby League Bulldogs fined over NRL referee spray by trainer

15th Aug 2018 5:18 PM

Manly refuses to confirm Barrett exit

Rugby League Manly refuses to confirm coach Trent Barrett has quit

15th Aug 2018 5:10 PM

New South Wales News

Wild winds whip up rain and bushfires

Weather SEVERE weather warnings are in place as gale force winds batter parts of the...

‘Too late to leave’: Monster blaze traps residents

Weather AN “out-of-control” bushfire is threatening homes in far south NSW.

‘Ultimate’ numberplate set to fetch $1m

Motoring A 100-YEAR-OLD numberplate, expected to fetch up to $1 million, is on sale for the...

Disturbing video of new train game

Offbeat ‘Idiot’ teens play chicken with trains.

Business News

DOMINO’S is more tech firm than pizza company. It’s obsessed by two numbers that it hopes will mean it thrashes Pizza Hut. But industry watchers say danger lies ahead.

3 and 10: Numbers key to Domino’s success

Business DOMINO’S is more tech firm than pizza company. It’s obsessed by two numbers that it hopes will mean it thrashes Pizza Hut. But industry watchers say danger lies...

Telstra flips switch on mobile future

News The company announced today it had switched on 5G technology

Email scam nearly lost mum thousands

News AN Aussie family has narrowly avoided being scammed out of “tens of thousands” of...

‘I hope you are ashamed of yourself’

Money “People are paid to clean, why take jobs away,”

If you were Mark Zuckerberg, what car would you drive?

Motoring You'll never guess what billionaire Mark Zuckerberg drives.

What's On

Doco separates fact from fiction in the vitamin industry

Whats On Advance screening of Vitamania next month

Get ready for this testosterone-charged clash of voices

Whats On The vikings from the Blue mountains are coming

The funk is back for fans of Skunkhour

Whats On The band is coming to perfom their first album

5 things that need to improve at Splendour

Music And three that were really good this year

Lifestyle

STARTLING new research has found that Aussie kids as young as eight are suffering from poor body image, and the consequences could be catastrophic.

Kids battling body image at eight

Health STARTLING new research has found that Aussie kids as young as eight are suffering from poor body image, and the consequences could be catastrophic.

The 80-year-old vegan activist

Health THINK all vegans are young, inner city hipsters?

Big problem with six hours sleep

Health AUSTRALIANS aren’t getting nearly enough sleep each night

WATCH: Paddler's close encounter with whale

Environment "An experience we will not forget.”

Taking weight off mental illness

Life CrossFit Fenrir is aiming to raise $25,000 for charity Beyondblue

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Entertainment

FOLLOWING Demi Lovato’s shock overdose last month, new details have surfaced about what was reportedly happening in the hours beforehand.

Demi overdosed on drug that killed Prince: report

Celebrity FOLLOWING Demi Lovato’s shock overdose last month, new details have surfaced about what was reportedly happening in the hours beforehand.

AUSSIE producer Michael Di Francesco, the man behind bangers Pizza Guy and Lay Down, is on the road with the Corona Sunsets Tour.

Touch Sensitive bringing his free show to Byron

Music Aussie producer is on the road with the Corona Sunsets Tour.

HUGE. Insatiable. Unstoppable. The megalodon shark was the most deadly beast to ever live on Earth - but it could not reign forever.

The demise of nature’s most vicious killer

Movies Prehistoric survivor? How we know the ‘Meg’ is well and truly dead.

THEY’RE juicy and sweet and in abundant supply at the moment, so a festival in their honour is perfectly timed. This event will have something for everyone!

Love strawberries? Don’t miss this!

Whats On "It gets the community involved and there’s nothing like it in the area"

STEVIE Wonder and other celebrity friends have flocked to the bedside of Aretha Franklin amid reports that the singer’s health is failing.

Famous friends visit ‘gravely ill’ Aretha

Celebrity STEVIE Wonder and other celebrity friends have flocked to bedside.

Latest Photos

1955 Ford Thunderbird

Spring pastels

A man has been charged after $8 million of ice was found concealed in a consignment of industrial equipment addressed to a business on the NSW Central Coast.

Drug bust: $8m worth of ice

“Double upgrade?” Don’t mind if I do! And the only thing more attractive than this spot is the cracking price now on offer — with flights and extras thrown in.

The two words you want to hear at check-in

Explore Brisbane

Real Estate

Peacefully positioned only metres from Byron Bay's town centre, this airy ground level apartment offers a relaxed low maintenance lifestyle, presenting fantastic possibilities for home buyers and investors alike.

Currently used as a holiday home, this comfortable property features an easy...

15/5-9 Somerset Street, Byron Bay 2481

Apartment 2 1 1 Price Guide on...

Classifieds Peacefully positioned only metres from Byron Bay's town centre, this airy ground level apartment offers a relaxed low maintenance lifestyle, presenting fantastic...

AUSSIE homes are among the biggest in the world. But more and more of us are now squeezing into tiny spaces — for good reason.

Unlikely solution to housing crisis

Property More and more of us are now squeezing into tiny spaces — for good reason.

A $4 MILLION luxury property with unrestricted views of one of Sydney’s most popular beaches is being offered for the unlikely price of $5.

Beach house on offer — for $5

Property A $4 million luxury property offered for the unlikely price of $5

BRISBANE rentals are filling up fast as fed-up southerners flee Sydney for the sunshine state, new data shows.

Renters flee Sydney for Brisbane

Property Brisbane rentals are filling up fast as southerners flee Sydney.

Jobs

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.
Spring Grove Fresh Food is looking for an organised, enthusiastic and team orientated candidate to fill the position of the...

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.