DEAR News Of The Area, Recently I read the article on homelessness (‘Lost opportunity to solve homelessness’, p4, 5 September issue). This is not a new problem. Consultation, reviewing drafts, needing to deliver real change and saying the Council has acknowledged the problem sounds like just words repeating endlessly. This article should be about what […]
DEAR News Of The Area, UNSEEN by city and suburban eyes, much of the forests and farmland of our country, from far-north Queensland to Tasmania, are being devastated by uncaring multi-national renewable-energy companies, at the invitation of an ignorant Australian government. Approval of the Robbins Island wind project is the latest and greatest in the […]
DEAR News Of The Area, In response to “EPA investigates more Brush Turkey deaths”, p2, 29 August edition. I get it… Brush Turkeys are not the best looking birds and have some annoying habits, like digging. But, we do have laws, which we hope will deter the malicious killing of our indigenous species. Brush Turkeys […]
DEAR News Of The Area, THIS Labor government’s environmental policy doesn’t look like it’s being run by those in Macquarie Street, but maybe by rooftop protestors who contribute little to society and inner-city hypocrites who choose mining by consumption of the very products they campaign against. These high-end activists are screaming “koala crisis”, all the […]
DEAR News Of The Area, AT the Council meeting held on Thursday 28 August, 2025, there was a motion to endorse recommendations from the 2025/26 Environmental Levy Grants Program Panel. Various organisations had applied for funding. Sixteen submissions were received and 11 submissions were recommended for approval. Mayor Williams added an additional point to this […]
DEAR News Of The Area, WITH council’s proposed outsourcing of lifeguards, an important issue that appears to have been overlooked is the role surf-lifesaving plays in introducing young people to the culture of volunteering and community service. Volunteer lifesavers have a strong sense of purpose and social connection that starts with Nippers under ten years […]
DEAR News Of The Area, It’s just a footbridge at Moonee, not a bypass! Half a million dollars for design and planning approvals with no foreseen funding at this stage to rebuild the bridge. And with a suggestion of at least five years since closure before there may be a replacement pedestrian bridge. That’s ludicrous. […]
DEAR News Of The Area, I REFER to the article in the newspaper on 22 August 2025 with regards to the rebuilding of the Woolgoolga Great War Memorial. It is heartening to finally see an interest in rebuilding this memorial. An attempt was made many years ago, but the Woolgoolga sub-Branch and Council were not […]
DEAR News Of The Area, UNSURPRISINGLY, the rhetoric used by Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu and other Israeli and US government spokespeople following the recent Australian Government announcement on qualified recognition of Palestine statehood, follows a pretty standard formula. It starts with a one-sided focus on the terrorist atrocities and hostage-taking carried out by Hamas on […]
LIKE many fast-growing centres on the North Coast, Coffs Harbour is facing something of a perfect storm on the housing front. Real estate prices surged during Covid, and more recently we’ve seen rents continue to climb. Combined with a shortage of affordable housing stock and the broader cost-of-living pressures being felt across the nation, this […]
