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Byron Bay property prices plunge as some regions buck trend, according to CoreLogic data

In a case of what goes up must come down, property prices in Byron Bay have plunged 25 per cent in the past 12 months. But not all regions have fallen. Here's how they performed.

ABC News · Feb 15, 2023

NSW government strips Byron council of authority to cap short-term rentals such as Airbnb

Intervention came a day before council voted to cap use of some residential accommodation at 90 days per year

The Guardian - AU · Dec 15, 2022

Byron Bay's 90-day holiday rental cap vote shut down by NSW government intervention

The Byron Shire Council was on the verge of making a ground-breaking vote today to restrict holiday rentals around the tourist hotspot. Then the state government took the decision out of its hands.

ABC News · Dec 15, 2022

‘Somebody knows something’: the Byron Bay death that remains a mystery a year on

In August 2021 Melbourne man Jackson Stacker’s body was found in a field near his van. His family is still looking for answers

The Guardian - AU · Sep 16, 2022

Byron holiday rental debate flares as renters struggle to find homes amid housing squeeze, floods aftermath

In flood-ravaged northern NSW people are repeatedly being forced out of their homes or into financially dire living situations that are breaking up families.

ABC News · Sep 8, 2022

The key to Byron Bay's transformation from 'reeking' abattoir town to coastal hotspot — American surfers

With all that Byron Bay has become, it's remarkable to think that the same town was once an industrial hub with a piggery, an abattoir, sand mining and a whaling station — until surfers came along.

ABC News · Aug 20, 2022

Flood-ravaged communities split amid backlash to temporary pod housing plan

Denise Lowe says opposition from North Coast residents to the installation of the pods in parks makes her feel "less essential than people being able to walk their dog".

ABC News · Aug 12, 2022

Splendour in the Grass 2022 fiasco was foreseeable and ‘just plain dangerous’, local councillors say

Organisers apologise to tens of thousands of music festivalgoers who were left bogged, stranded and out of pocket

The Guardian - AU · Jul 27, 2022

Splendour in the Grass 2022: bus chaos, noxious mud and public urination at an ‘unbelievably awful’ time

Organisers of the Byron Bay music festival underplayed the reality of the situation as rain and transport woes created a perfect storm that left punters shell-shocked

The Guardian - AU · Jul 24, 2022

Gumboots galore at Byron music festival

A weather system hitting the Queensland and northern NSW coast has eased as it moves south, while Byron Bay festival organisers call for patience.

AAP · Jul 22, 2022