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Lord Howe Island Board News – September 2026

Seabirds return to Lord Howe Island to breed from early September. The Lord Howe Island Board has closed Mt. Eliza track for the season and asks residents to take care on roads at night.

Lord Howe Island Central School – September 2026

The latest news from Lord Howe Island Central School.

Police News – September 2026

Superintendent Shane Cribb, Commander of the Mid North Coast Police District and the Island’s Local Emergency Operations Controller, met the Board, community members and emergency services volunteers.

Lord Howe Island Board News July 2025

The Program will provide the Lord Howe Island Board with improvements to essential infrastructure which are critical to day-to-day services and operations.

Delicate Balance: Freight, Tourism, and the Pressure Quietly Reshaping Lord Howe Island’s Economy

My team has spent the past year mapping the impact of rising freight costs, technological labour shocks, and shifting consumption patterns across Australia’s regional economies. Of all the locations we studied, Lord Howe Island stood out, not because it is unstable, but because it is so finely balanced that small changes offshore are now having disproportionate effects onshore.

Editor of Signals meets editor of Signal

Like everybody’s first visit to Lord Howe Island, ours in early May, 2025, completely charmed my wife, Anna and me, here to celebrate her 70th birthday.

“Firefox”

On May 28, the boat “Firefox” capsized in a big storm hitting the Island and caused significant damage.

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