DEAR News Of The Area, I RECENTLY saw a notice advising that a dear friend, Mrs Shirley Whackett, had passed away. For many years Shirley volunteered at the Woolgoolga Retirement Village and Seagulls Day Care Centre, which gave daily respite for aged and disabled people in the vast Woolgoolga area. Shirley helped with many craft […]
DEAR News Of The Area, I WRITE in reply to Peter Dingle (Enough of the virtue signalling, Bellingen Council, NOTA, 24.7.26). When did teachers, nurses, essential service workers and others who can’t afford a $1 million mortgage become “minority and activist groups”? As someone who had the good fortune to buy a home in the […]
DEAR News Of The Area, THE silence from Labor and the so-called feminists on Prime Minister Albanese’s appearance on the Deep Bush podcast has been deafening with Labor MPs seemingly condoning their boss’s appalling behaviour. If a male from the Opposition had made the same comments, the outrage from the Left party would have been […]
DEAR News Of The Area, I DISPUTE the Letter to the Editor submitted by Mark Hardy (Coffs CBD has a critical lack of parking, NOTA, 24/07/26). The CBD area of Coffs Harbour is a dead zone for the majority of Coffs Harbour shoppers already, and now it is suggested that we pay for a big […]
DEAR News Of The Area, THE future of the Coffs Harbour CBD hangs in the balance, and without immediate, strategic action on parking and traffic congestion, we risk watching our local business district completely wither away. The primary issue plaguing our town centre is the critical lack of parking. The continued choking of vehicular traffic […]
DEAR News Of The Area, DURING the week my husband, Con, was admitted to Coffs Harbour Hospital with a heart problem. He was treated so well by all staff – cleaners, nurses, doctors, specialists, and so on. What professional and humane treatment he received. Con was able to be discharged within two days because of […]
DEAR News Of The Area, THE Royal Commission into Antisemitism and Social Cohesion has produced some interesting insights. The most interesting one, to my mind, is to clarify what is meant by antisemitism, and what is the distinction between Judaism, Zionism, and the state of Israel. Judaism is an ethno-religion, comprising a mix of faith, […]
DEAR News Of The Area, WE now have a Prime Minister who said he would be willing to shag Kylie Minogue, made a smirking sexualised joke about the female Prime Minister of Japan, and showed he is still a liar saying she gave him two melons when it was only one very special melon. Then […]
DEAR News Of The Area, HAVING had two previous letters published in NOTA recently regarding Jetty Dunecare (JDC), I have been criticised for having a conflict of interest in attempting to defend the work and integrity of the group. In the interest of full transparency, I wish to clearly state my interest in this matter. […]
DEAR News Of The Area, IN all the housing crisis talk by Federal or State governments, the biggest elephant in the room is unhosted Airbnbs, entire home Short Term Rental Accommodation (STRA). Homes that should be available for first-home buyers, normal buyers and long-term renters are instead being bought up for Airbnb during the worst […]
