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The Latest Breaking News from Byron Bay

Byron Bay council gets go-ahead for 90-day holiday letting cap

The Mayor believes the measure could help to ease the housing crisis, but a business group is not convinced.

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NSW flood warnings as heavy rain continues

A hazardous surf warning is in place for much of the NSW coast from Byron Bay in the north to Batemans Bay in the south, as widespread rain continues.

AAP

This Unhinged Rental Ad For A Home Near Byron Bay Has Unaligned Every Single One Of My Chakras

At least this word soup is organic. x

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Increase in northern NSW COVID cases following increased tourism, Byron Bay festival activity

The region hosted more than 100,000 people at Bluesfest in Byron Bay over the weekend, but the local health boss says the 50 per cent increase in cases is probably due to more movement generally.

ABC News

Byron Bay Bluesfest music festival returns after two years of COVID-19 cancellations

It's the "return of music on a major level" but organisers have a warning for the thousands arriving to catch headliners including Midnight Oil and Crowded House.

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NSW Flood Victims Are Being Relocated To Qld Before Tourists Hit Byron Bay For The Easter Hols

Around 60 people will be moved from their emergency accommodation before Easter.

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Flood victims told to leave emergency housing in Byron Bay to make way for Easter holiday-makers

At least 60 people left homeless after the northern NSW floods have been ordered to leave their emergency accommodation to make way for Easter holiday-makers

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Lismore 'exhausted' after second flood

A Lismore City councillor says climate change action is the solution to devastating floods that have rocked northern NSW, with the town again in shock.

AAP

Paradise underwater: the floods that caught Byron Bay off-guard

Locals in the NSW town shocked by floods, but are now turning their attention to climate action

The Guardian - AU

Australian beach town of Byron Bay inundated by floodwaters

Sydney (AFP) - The Australian coastal enclave of Byron Bay, known for its celebrity residents and idyllic beaches, was inundated by floodwaters Wednesday as severe storms again battered the country's east.

AFP

Byron Bay CBD under water for most of the day amid widespread flooding in northern NSW

The district received 300mm of rain in the last 24 hours, leading to flash flooding of an intensity locals say they've never seen before.

ABC News

Here in Byron Bay we survived last month’s flooding – but this is something else

The northern rivers is experiencing a disaster that never ends. It’s climate change manifest

The Guardian - AU

Torrential rain sees 430mm fall in some parts of NSW as Sydney March records broken

The Wilsons River at Lismore is expected to reach a peak of about 12 metres this evening as the NSW SES says the state's flood crisis "still has a number of days to go".

ABC News

Worst could be yet to come for flood-hit areas – as it happened

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A Deep & Spiritual Investigation Into Which Byron Baes Star Manifested The Best Edit

Whose story arc was a steaming pile of ceremonial cacao?

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Byron Bay Bluesfest preparations underway, marking the 'return of major events' in Australia

After two years the Byron Bay Bluesfest is finally set to return and festival director Peter Noble says the event is a kickstart for the entertainment industry after the hardships of the pandemic.

The Guardian - UK

Netflix’s Byron Baes is contrived, trashy and awful. It’s practically a public service

The streaming giant has served up a new reality show full of horrible characters, says Guardian columnist Emma Brockes

The Conversation

From cringe to binge: the ingredients that make Byron Baes compelling reality television

Netflix’s first ever Australian reality docu-soap series Byron Baes follows a bunch of young, beautiful Instagram influencers in NSW beachside town Byron Bay.

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Last witness at Theo Hayez inquest

The inquest into the 2019 disappearance of Theo Hayez in Byron Bay has heard from its last witness, with the NSW coroner to deliver her findings on October 21.

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Despite petitions and protests, Netflix forges ahead with Byron Baes and releases official trailer

Netflix has unveiled the trailer for controversial reality TV series Byron Baes, set in the world of influencers, entrepreneurs and models in ... Byron Bay.

ABC News

What is Byron Baes? Here's your shortcut guide to Netflix's newest Australian show

Netflix divided Byron Bay locals when it announced last year it was filming a reality TV show in the town. Now the streaming giant has unveiled its first look at Byron Baes ahead of its premiere next month.

AAP

NSW reward for missing Belgian backpacker

A $500,000 reward is being offered for information about the disappearance of teenage Belgian backpacker Theo Hayez in the NSW town of Byron Bay, in 2019.

ABC News

Theo Hayez inquest resumes in Byron Bay as reward offered for information on missing backpacker

NSW Police hope the offer can help solve the mystery of what happened to the Belgian backpacker, as a coroner is told there's new evidence regarding Theo's phone activity around the time of his disappearance.

The Guardian - AU

In northern NSW, housing instability is becoming a health risk

Hospital workers say the affordability crisis for buyers and renters in Byron Bay and surrounds is having far-reaching effects

Daily Mirror

Teacher suffered horror 'margarita burns' while making cocktails

Ashleigh Booth, 23, from Byron Bay, Australia, decided to put her bartending skills to good use and whipped up strawberry daiquiris and margaritas - but later woke up with throbbing hands

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