DEAR News Of The Area, In recent media, climate change has been blamed for the rising frequency and intensity of bushfires. However, climate change does not cause bushfires and hiding behind climate change does not provide a practical strategy to combat the increasing number and severity of bushfires. Fire requires three elements – an ignition […]
DEAR News Of The Area, I FULLY support former Mayor Paul Amos’ encouragement to contact Minister Paul Scully requesting he take note of the overwhelming confirmed views of our locals. I have taken up his suggestion (NOTA 26/9). It is indeed sad that our community has been abandoned in connection with the Jetty foreshores. Minister […]
DEAR News Of The Area, I WRITE with deep concern and desire to draw attention to the lack of insects, especially bees, in our local gardens. This year, despite the presence of citrus blossoms, mango flowers, jasmine, wisteria, clover, nasturtiums, orange jasamine and many more blooms, usually vibrating with sound, I am yet to see […]
DEAR News Of The Area, EVERY year Daylight Savings Time (DST) creates lots of reactions on social media. For me it is a bit of a love-hate relationship. Love the extended evening light, hate the mild jet lag that comes with it. Many countries around the world switch on DST. In the UK in summer, […]
DEAR News Of The Area, THE announcement of the Great Koala National Park (GKNP) this month has not only been a win for all the threatened species that live in the forests of the Mid North Coast, but also for the future of this region. In a time when the world is rapidly changing, the […]
DEAR News Of The Area, LAST week the Nambucca Valley Council rescinded an original resolution from 2018 to not support the Great Koala National Park (GKNP). This now gives the Council an avenue to explore the economic and environmental opportunities provided by the State Government announcement of the GKNP, an election promise, for our local […]
DEAR News Of The Area, IN response to “Farmers slam government over banana import review”, 26/9. The Australian Banana Growers Council stated that imports of bananas are unnecessary and risky, so what is the real agenda of the Federal Government? Is it to placate foreign business and political stakeholders, to undermine the power of local […]
DEAR News Of The Area, AUSTRALIANS quite rightly believe that there is no place for antisemitism in this country, and I am sure that many right-thinking people will be moved to join a movement to resist, schooled as we are in the horrors of the Holocaust (‘Never Again is Now in Coffs Harbour’, NOTA Letters, […]
DEAR News Of The Area, LAST Thursday evening, members of the Little Arrawarra community attended the Council meeting where councillors unanimously voted in favour of a feasibility study to improve public beach access. For more than 20 years, this issue has been raised, debated, and deferred, but never before has it reached this point of […]
DEAR News Of The Area, IT is so sad, the way our community has been abandoned on the Jetty Foreshores. The NSW Planning Minister has just released, for his electorate, a foreshore plan for a “lasting, resilient and unique parkland area providing recreation, entertainment, dining and more”. Remember that this is in his own electorate. […]
