DEAR News Of The Area, HARRY Creamer’s dream of a foreign funded high-speed rail for Australia (25 July) sounds like another eye-wateringly, never-ending, expensive AUKUS scheme. Australia simply doesn’t have the population to support high-speed rail projects. Even if most city-to-city travel was taken by rail, there still won’t be enough usage to pay for […]
DEAR News Of The Area, ON Wednesday 23 July at 3.00 pm a group of us gathered outside the office of Michael Kemp MP in Kempsey to welcome and support KoaLaMan deliver a letter to Mr Kemp. KoaLaMan is walking from Coffs Harbour to see the Premier in Sydney and is delivering letters to local […]
DEAR News Of The Area, THE growing calls from eminent and expert Australians for an urgent review of the AUKUS strategic defence pact and issues over sovereignty are sadly 50 years too late. The recent US Administration pressing Australia to up our defence spending and make a pre-commitment to engage in conflict with our major […]
DEAR News Of The Area, I visit Yarrila (YAM) at least twice a month. Library, art gallery, museum, cafe. It’s exciting to see the facility so widely used and enjoyed by so many. The quality is of a high standard and equal to any I have seen Australia wide. I feel confident council and majority […]
DEAR News Of The Area, LOCAL State MP Gurmesh Singh has the cheek to say most residents quietly support the proposed Jetty Foreshore revitalisation project “even if they have been drowned out by the noisy minority”. Mr Singh is completely ignoring the 68-plus percent of residents who voted against the proposal; hardly a noisy minority! […]
DEAR News Of The Area, CONGRATULATIONS to the City of Coffs Harbour for the recent awarding of the Sulman Medal for Public Architecture by the Australian Institute of Architects to Yarrila Place and architects BVN. This is the highest honour for public architecture in NSW and the building has also been shortlisted in the 2025 […]
DEAR News Of The Area, AFTER more than 25 years as a Landcare volunteer and 15 years as a professional Bush Regeneration Contractor along the Coffs Coast, including the Jetty Foreshore, I feel compelled to put the record straight in response to Bob Cameron’s letter from 11/7/25 titled “Vegetation Intrusion” The North Bank Planting project […]
DEAR News Of The Area, EVEN a cursory glance at the empty shops in the western end of the CBD show a bleak aspect. That area of town is dying. There is no quick fix, however, over time it can change. The main revenue for the town comes from tourism. We have a problem; we […]
DEAR News Of The Area, MR Cameron (NOTA 11 July 2025) loves a view of the ocean. He asks the council what they are doing in regard to the view-blocking encroachment of vegetation along the Coffs foreshore. Go to a headland Mr Cameron, or go for a walk along the beach, and there you will […]
DEAR News Of The Area, WHAT is happening to our historic timber jetty? In May 2020 Council sought $16-20m of government funds in order to carry out critical repairs, with Council later threatening to resign from its role as manager of the jetty if funds were not procured. Residents are entitled to know how this […]
