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Police commissioner rejects critical findings into woman’s bashing death
It took police nearly an hour to respond to a Triple Zero call that a man was “bashing the hell out of his woman”.
- Amber Schultz and Jessica McSweeney
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Beach closed after shark knocks surfer off board
A surfer has been knocked off their board at a beach south of Byron Bay as new details emerge about the death of a boy in Sydney Harbour.
- Jack Gramenz
The Triple Zero call came at 7.03pm. Lindy’s body wasn’t found until after midnight
Emergency services were told “there’s a man bashing the hell out of his woman”. Lindy Lucena later died 600 metres from a police station.
- Amber Schultz
‘Great place to live’: NSW regional towns where house prices rose most
Tree-changers, locals and investors armed with interest rate cuts are pushing up property prices beyond Sydney.
- Elizabeth Redman
Mass fish kill chokes waterways in Byron region
The rivers of the NSW North Coast are clogged with thousands of suffocating fish, prawns, eels, and crabs.
- Angus Dalton
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Evacuation orders extended as Alfred bears down on northern NSW
Areas from the Tweed on the far north coast, inland at Lismore, and as far south as Port Macquarie are subject to the orders as Cyclone Alfred edges closer.
- Riley Walter and Amber Schultz
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Alfred to slow and lessen in severity, but window of destruction remains open
Cyclone Alfred may be downgraded to a category 1 storm by the time it makes landfall early on Saturday – about 24 hours later than first expected.
- Riley Walter, Amber Schultz and Kayla Olaya
How Cyclone Alfred is impacting Northern NSW
Supermarkets, health clinics, transport, schools and roads have all been impacted by Cyclone Alfred. Here’s what you need to know.
- Kayla Olaya
‘Byron 20 years ago’: Best towns if you can’t afford Byron Bay
Even locals are relocating along the coast for more affordable living and deeper community ties that the popular locale once had.
- Carmen Forward
Where you can buy a beach house in NSW under $1.5m, $1m and $750,000
The typical house in Byron Bay now costs more than $2 million, but buyers who look a little further along the coast can spend much less.
- Carmen Forward