DEAR News Of The Area, THE COALition seems desperate to live in a fact free zone. Let us dissect their decision to abandon their Net Zero policy to concentrate on power prices. What options are available to any government to lower electricity prices? To make this simpler, let us ignore any commitment to lower carbon […]
DEAR News Of The Area, I HAVE read the article of Friday 14 November 2025 by Greg Mclntosh entitled “Reflections on the 1975 constitutional crisis”. lt contains excellent research concerning his views on Senate elections and the dramas that preceded his analysis of that dramatic event. However, he speaks from hindsight which is a valuable […]
DEAR News Of The Area, IT is sad to see that Bellingen Council is on course to set a new low bench-mark for housing development, by recommending that the last little piece of accessible bushland in suburban Urunga, Lot 1 Ferry Street, be given to a local affordable-housing group as the site for a multi-dwelling […]
PERRY’S circus was one of the earliest to be formed in Australia by convicts, George and Mary Ann Perry. Their son, Charles Perry and his wife Bridget, took over its management, with Perry’s circus becoming the first circus to circumnavigate Australia’s mainland. Charles specialised in horse riding feats and by the mid-1880s was advertised as […]
DEAR Jasminda, I’m thinking of getting an ice bath for stress relief. Do you have any views on this? Gavin H. Oh, Gavin, Sometimes I read a conundrum and my first thought is, yes, I have views on this, but do you really want to know them? I have no qualifications in ice-bath therapy, so […]
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 […]
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! […]
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 […]
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 […]
