Letter to the Editor: Here we go again
DEAR News Of The Area, WHY is it news that the coalition has a new energy policy? Will this one be any different to the 20 or so energy policies the Coalition failed to settle on in their nine years in government? They claim that ‘net zero’ is why electricity prices are too high and […]
Letter to the Editor: My thoughts on Brelsford Park
DEAR News Of The Area, I WOULD just like people’s opinion about Brelsford Park and whether $1.5 million for the second stage was good value for money? At this early stage trees still need to grow and develop over coming years, but when you look more closely I think the community was completely ripped off! […]
Legal Hypothetical: Selling the house… any day now
ANNETTE died in late 2021. In her will, she appointed her two eldest children, Fiona and Sean, as co-executors. Her estate consisted largely of a coastal cottage where Sean had been living intermittently for several years. Under the will, the cottage and the remainder of the estate were to be divided equally between Fiona, Sean […]
Letter to the Editor: Botanic Gardens are a special place
DEAR News Of The Area, THE Coffs Harbour Botanic Gardens hold a special part in our families’ lives, as my father-in-law was one of many who helped develop and open the gardens in 1988. Today my grandson had his 6th birthday party in the gardens, with the wonderful support of Toni, and her team, in […]
Letter to the Editor: Commercialisation of the foreshore
DEAR News Of The Area, THE so-called Community Building that replaced the Vendetta building in the foreshores is but a small example of what will happen to the whole foreshores if PDNSW has its way and introduces residential and short stay accommodation into the area. We were promised a community building that “would become the […]
Letter to the Editor: An incredibly moving moment
DEAR News Of The Area, I WOULD just like to send a big thank you to the management, staff, shopkeepers and shoppers at Park Beach Plaza. This Remembrance Day they held a minute’s silence. Shopkeepers turned off noisy machines, silenced their music and everyone stood head bowed in respectful silence. It was incredibly moving to […]
Letter to the Editor: The great koala exodus
DEAR News Of The Area, WHAT a busy place the Great Koala National Park will be, with loggers being replaced with four wheel drive vehicles, pistol shooters, mountain bike riders, archers, and that scourge of every quiet neighbourhood, trail bikes. I’m sure this is not what the Knitting Nannas envisaged when they chained themselves to […]
Letter to the Editor: Don’t exploit a community resource
DEAR News Of The Area, IT’S interesting to note the slow-down in letters against multi-level housing on the Coffs foreshore. Have we been bludgeoned into submission? I, along with 69 percent of other Coffs Harbour residents, am totally opposed to any housing development east of the railway line. Yes, the area needs development. Parts of […]
Legal Hypothetical: The high price of proof
SALLY and Harry have been married for 25 years. Sally transfers her home into joint names with Harry as “joint tenants”. Five years later, Sally is moved into a care facility and passes-away two years later at the age of 85. Sally leaves a daughter from a previous relationship, Penny. When Penny discovers that as […]