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Premium Content Subscriber only Ballina is about to change. It's expected to grow in all directions and we better be ready for the growing pains and the opportunities it will bring. But, what's in it for you? Covering around 485 sqkm, and with a population of approximately 41,790 (2016), the shire already has a prosperous economy based on building, retail, tourism, hospitality, agriculture and education. And it's going to get busier and bigger. Demographer Bernard Salt praised the idea of the Greater Ballina area during the launch of the Aureus development in August 2020. "The more I st...

Byron comes of age with billionaires, blockbusters and a COVID-19 bump Its magnetic energy and beauty have long made it a utopia for many. But now that the film industry has moved in, Byron Bay is growing up fast. Byron Bay business owner Emma Lane: "There’s an old community here who will test your authenticity. It took years for us to prove we were a family who wanted to give back."  Paul Harris Share It's 10.30 on a Saturday morning in October and a Porsche Macan, a Mercedes GLE and a mud-splattered Range Rover Vogue follow each other down a pine tree-lined gravel driveway. They park and...

Premium Content Subscriber only BYRON Shire filmmakers Will Gammon and Mark Holden have a dream ‒ to have a new 3.5ha film complex in a future Southern Cross Expansion and Innovation Precinct in Ballina by 2023. The company currently has offices at the Byron Bay Industrial Estate, and recently started leasing the Alstonville Cultural Centre from Ballina Shire Council. Charlotte Brigel, Sales and Marketing for Byron Studios, said the idea had always been to offer jobs for local professionals and to give young residents a start in the industry. "The idea is to create 1000-plus jobs within...