DEAR News Of The Area, AUSTRALIA until recently had 10 oil refineries, but now has only two. Therefore we rely almost entirely on imports of finished products, of which we have only a few weeks of supply stored on Australian soil. The late Senator Major General Jim Molan pointed out the severe consequences of our […]
DEAR News Of The Area, Thank you Mike Hely for your article on the issues with the XPT service (NOTA 3 April Edition). I wrote in a few times complaining about this ‘non’ service and that their explanations were unacceptable. As I said neighbours actually went into the office at the Coffs station and were […]
DEAR News Of The Area, WHO didn’t appreciate the address to the nation by our esteemed leader? However, he omitted to utilise time honoured props: say Harris Tweed jacket complete with leather elbow patches, Toto in the background lazing in front of an open (electric fire), carbon free of course. No fossil fuel for Toto, […]
DEAR News Of The Area, I’M sure most would agree that the Jetty Foreshore area is one of the most iconic in all of Coffs Harbour. Most would have spent time there as children and then seen their own children enjoy the beaches and open spaces. This area is now under threat of being transformed […]
DEAR Jasminda, How do we cope when there is so much chaos in the world? It feels as though every new day brings a worse news story than the day before. Georgia D. Dear Georgia, There is no point denying that the world feels as though it is in a massive state of flux at […]
DEAR News Of The Area, AS Property and Development NSW struggles with the functional and commercial viability of its much hyped foreshore development, it is working on an ever-changing proposal out of sight of Coffs’ residents. We are entitled to know what we will actually end up with and what the alternative could be. Foreshore […]
DEAR News Of The Area, PEOPLE of Coffs Harbour, we are now in the midst of the second bicycle revolution (e-bikes and e-scooters) of modern times. These new products can increase the range and speed of travel, but early data point to increased risks of death and serious injury. Even now our Australian governments are […]
DEAR News Of The Area, THE proposed gifting of Lot 1 Ferry Street, Urunga to the Waterfall Way Community Land Trust, (“Community invited to have a say on Urunga’s affordable housing proposal,” 27/3), if approved, would enable one of the most ill-conceived and destructive housing developments ever undertaken in Bellingen Shire. No mention was made […]
DEAR News Of The Area, THE proposed Jetty Foreshore revitalisation plan continues to be a contentious impasse. Councillors lodged two separate Notices of Motion (NOM) at the Council Meeting held on Thursday, 19 March, seeking more public information and transparency and calling for Council to not support the proposed project. Predictably the motions were lost, […]
