Australian Olympic silver medalist Nathan Jon Baggaley, and his younger brother, were found guilty of trying to smuggle $200 million worth of cocaine into Australia. Nathan, 45, a world champion kayaker, and brother Dru Anthony Baggaley, 39, were found guilty by the Brisbane Supreme Court on Thursday for plotting to smuggle 650 kg (1,433 lbs)…

The Byron Bay Bluesfest has been cancelled for a second consecutive year as a preventative measure to minimise the risk of transmission of the CCP virus which has been spread in the local area. The NSW Minister for Health Brad Hazzard signed a public order on Wednesday afternoon to cancel the popular annual music festival…

Health authorities in New South Wales (NSW) are on alert after two Queensland women infectious with the CCP virus visited several venues in Byron Bay, a tourist hotspot near the state’s northern border. This comes after Queensland imposed a snap three-day lockdown for the Greater Brisbane area on Monday after recording four locally-acquired cases of…

Australia’s real estate market is continuing to boom, but unlike the 2016 housing surge, investors are coming not from China. Residential housing experienced its strongest month of growth in February since 2003, with overseas investors from America, the UK, Singapore and Hong Kong showing a keen interest in the Australian residential property market as investors feel…

An increase of Hollywood productions in Australia has attracted famous and rich names to a small seaside town in northern New South Wales which has driven up real estate prices in the once quiet surfers’ paradise. Inquiries about properties in Byron Bay have surged, with city-dwellers inspired by the onset of working-from-home during the pandemic…