Tiny Coomba Park won four Tidy Towns category awards, Bellingen and Byron Shire picked up more, and Dungog took the state’s top prize. See how North Coast towns did.
Byron Shire Council
Posted inBallina Electorate, Ballina Shire, Feature, NSW Votes 2027
Cadwallader declares as independent for the region’s most contested seat
Ballina’s mayor is latest independent candidate to announce her campaign for the next state election, and the man behind Ballina News Daily is in her corner. Sharon Cadwallader says she is in this to win. Can she beat the parties?
Posted inBallina Shire, Byron Shire, Feature, NSW Politics, NSW Votes 2027
Byron councillor Janet Swain to run for Labor in Ballina
She teaches music, founded a festival in Brunswick Heads, and sits on Byron Shire Council. Now Janet Swain wants Ballina’s seat in NSW Parliament, with Labor’s backing for the March 2027 State Election.
Posted inEmergency management, Feature, MidCoast, Northern Rivers
Five councils fight $18.9 million grants cut as disaster funding rules stay
Canberra is keeping disaster funding largely as is, but five North Coast and MidCoast councils say a proposed NSW grants change could strip $18.9 million a year from flood-hit communities.
Posted inBrunswick Heads, Community development, Recreation
Torakina Reserve gets $220,950 makeover at Brunswick Heads
Cars and kids no longer have to share the same patch at one of Brunswick Heads’ most-loved foreshore spots. Here’s what’s changed at Torakina Reserve.
Posted inBangalow, Brunswick Heads, Environment, Housing
Wallum appeal deadline looms as bulldozers reach Brunswick Heads site
Save Wallum Inc has lost a second bid to protect the Wallum site at Brunswick Heads from clearing, after the NSW Land and Environment Court dismissed an application for an interim injunction on Tuesday, adding to a Federal Court defeat on 16 September and hardening the odds against the campaign as its 5 October appeal deadline approaches.
Posted inByron Shire, Emergency management, Environment
Byron joins calls for polluters to pay for flood damage
Byron Shire Council has joined a push for a national “polluter pays” approach to climate disaster recovery
Posted inByron Shire, Grants and funding, Lismore, Tourism
Councils, MP, vow to keep fighting after Rail Trail funding rejection
Northern Rivers leaders say they remain committed to completing the rail trail despite a federal funding application for the next stage of the project being rejected.
Posted inByron Bay, Recreation
A trail without rail for Byron shire
Byron Shire Council will forgo aspirations of a light rail option between Mullumbimby and Byron Bay to speed up the completion of the Northern Rivers Rail Trail.