DEAR News Of The Area, IN reply to Steve Dobbyn’s question in his letter to NOTA on 20 March, “How did we get to this”, the answer is simple. We cut down too many trees and have taken far too long to realise the outstanding natural and cultural heritage values of our forests we are […]
WILLIAM died at 48 without a will, leaving an estate valued at $360,000. His assets included a small rural property, a motor vehicle and minimal cash. Under intestacy rules, the estate passed to his sister, Amelia, with whom he had limited contact. William had, however, been in a long but volatile relationship with Kristina for […]
DEAR News Of The Area, I NOTE that Local Member Gurmesh Singh has been pre-selected by the Nationals to contest the 2027 State Elections (NOTA 20 Feb 2026). I note also that Gurmesh stated that he would “listen to the people of the Coffs Coast and act in their best interests”. Well it seems that […]
DEAR News Of The Area, I FIND it hard to find sensible discussion about migration coming from the opposition. Instead they seek to politicise the issue and turn it into a fear campaign. Fear campaigns work because they do not require facts, merely a grievance, and appeal to our natural desire for simple solutions to […]
DEAR News Of The Area, AGAIN, in response to Ashley Love’s Letter of 11 March 2026, I feel it is necessary to highlight his hypocrisy regarding plantations within the proposed Great Koala National Park footprint. His last two paragraphs say it all. Koalas trump taxpayer investment in plantations, no matter what. The plantations within the […]
DEAR News Of The Area, SINCE my teens, following the 1973 Arab oil embargo, we have been acutely aware of the finite nature of fossil fuels. And although scientists have warned that burning fossil fuels contributes to climate change for over a century, these concerns have become urgent since the 1980s. So, in Australia we […]
DEAR News Of The Area, AS a volunteer and staff member at Lifeline North Coast, based in Coffs Harbour, I would like to acknowledge Angela Martin, who was recently nominated as Coffs Harbour Woman of the Year and say how proud we are to have her as our CEO. Angela works tirelessly to highlight the […]
DEAR News of the Area, All wars are tragic, inevitably causing unnecessary death, destruction, chaos and misery, at great financial and social cost. Article 2(4) of the United Nations Charter prohibits war, calling for member states to: “refrain in their international relations from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political […]
DEAR News Of The Area, THE letters of Peter Sobey and Julia Merkel (NOTA Friday, 6 March) struck a resounding chord with me. Watching the Prime Minister mouthing Hansonisms like a puppet controlled from behind last week was simply embarrassing, so I Googled a couple of matters, i.e. how long have the so-called “Isis Brides” […]
DEAR News Of The Area, RESIDING in Nambucca Heads, the closest capital city is Brisbane. Being a civilised person I would like to travel in daytime hours, taking the train that leaves at approximately 3pm. However this train terminates at Casino and passengers must make a four hour indirect coach trip to Brisbane. The Transport […]
