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The savvy Byron Bay home redesign that could more than double the owner’s money
Steve Nasteski bought the Wategos Beach residence for $12 million a few years ago. Now $30 million is the going rate on Marine Parade.
- by Lucy Macken
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Ali and Michael started their dream Byron reno. Then everything changed
The interior designer and her builder partner found a 1927-era house and began work. Then their access to tradespeople was cut off.
- by Lou Sweeney
Media boss Antony Catalano quietly buys $9 million Byron Bay house
The lure of the European summer has not stopped the former Domain CEO from adding to his landholdings in the glamorous beach town.
- by Tawar Razaghi
Byron wildlife hospital faces closure after government pulls funding promise
The wildlife hospital was banking on a $6 million grant from the previous government that would allow it to operate for four years, but that dream has dried up.
- by Laura Chung
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Whale dies after washing ashore near Ballina
The 30-tonne humpback whale died at a Lennox Head beach after maritime rescuers spent much of the day scrambling to save it.
- by Anthony Segaert
Byron’s new luxury villas are for lovers of food, nature and design
A lot of homework, strong attention to detail and a little help from their friends have helped NSW couple Greta and Perry Smith create the Byron Shire’s newest luxury lodgings.
- by Julietta Jameson
Bitter debate over what to do with Byron’s ‘jewel in the crown’
There is a huge debate underway over plans to build a sprawling bike path over old railway tracks in northern NSW.
- by Catherine Naylor
Almost 80 per cent of flood victims denied ‘pathway to safety’
Thousands of people in the Northern Rivers will miss out on a $700 million program set up to help them escape the disaster zone or make their homes safer.
- by Catherine Naylor
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Afterpay’s Anthony Eisen buys $23 million Byron Bay house
The fintech entrepreneur already owned one of the dozen houses fronting Byron Bay’s Wategos Beach before he added a second one on Wednesday.
- by Lucy Macken
Byron’s million-dollar ‘lifestyle’ properties the latest target in fight for more housing
Multimillion-dollar properties in the Byron hinterland are taking over once important agricultural land that should be used for housing instead, Byron Shire Mayor Michael Lyon says.
- by Catherine Naylor
‘Huge difference’: 60-day cap on short-term rentals recommended for Byron
Mayor Michael Lyon says other councils across NSW will look closely at the Independent Planning Commission finding.
- by Catherine Naylor