Camden Haven News Of The Area 14 June 2024
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Coffs Coast News Of The Area 14 June 2024
Lake Cathie siblings share a knack for business
SOME of the most successful startups in the world came from humble beginnings and Charli and Balin Smith hope to follow in their footsteps. The entrepreneurial siblings from Lake Cathie have just launched their own businesses and are already signing…
Voices4Cowper invite expressions of interest for Federal election candidates
AFTER a listening campaign involving almost 800 voices across the Coffs Harbour, Bellingen, Nambucca, Macleay and Port Macquarie regions, Voices4Cowper is inviting people interested in running as an Independent in the next Federal election to submit an expression of interest…
Letter to the Editor: Our forgotten generation
DEAR News Of The Area, THE question being asked by many: Are we witnessing a repeat of the Whitlam era when we witnessed the introduction of the welfare era? Wages for the elite are now spiralling out of control via…
Letter to the Editor: Dutton spreading pre-election fear
DEAR News Of The Area, OPPOSITION leader Peter Dutton has been making a lot of noise recently about Rule 99 and Minister Andrew Giles “releasing murderers and rapists” into the community. Briefly, Rule 99 was introduced by Labor two years…
Free Medicare Mental Health Centre to open in Coffs Harbour
A MEDICARE Mental Health Centre is opening in late June at the Coffs Harbour Neighbourhood Centre. Healthy North Coast, who delivers the North Coast Primary Health Network program on behalf of the Australian Government, has contracted not-for-profit organisation Open Minds…
Cecil Whitney’s treasure trove of local history seeks an interested collector
BORN at Upper BoBo, Cecil Whitney has spent a lifetime collecting items of historical significance to the Coffs Coast, a treasure trove which now needs a new home. At 82-years-old, having worked in 20 different trades and industries throughout his…
The Write Direction: The Big Question
ONE issue in particular seems to be the route cause of Australia’s immediate economic failures and from my perspective, nothing is being done in order to eliminate or greatly reduce its effects. I wrote an opinion piece on this issue…
MidCoast Council Community Conversations held at Hawks Nest
PLENTY of local issues were brought up for discussion at the MidCoast Council Community Conversations held at the Hawks Nest Community Hall on Thursday 6 June. In the first of two annual ‘Conversations’ events, heads of Council’s major departments, a…