COFFS Harbour City councillors have unanimously agreed to renew Council’s partnership with Service NSW to deliver a business support program within the Coffs Harbour Local Government Area (LGA). The business support program (previously known as the Easy to Do…
EARLY in the COVID-19 pandemic, Australian healthcare and women’s safety professionals predicted an “impending increase” in domestic violence. A research team from the Queensland University of Technology (QUT) Centre for Justice conducted a nationwide survey on the impact of…
COFFS Harbour Neighbourhood Centre is running a series of fun, online art and craft workshops for anyone and everyone. Called Connect and Create, the workshops were inspired by the understanding of how art and craft can bring joy to…
CONSUMER group CHOICE welcomes the announcement by the Commonwealth Bank that it will no longer run the Dollarmites program in schools. The Commonwealth Bank announcement occurred after the New South Wales Government banned bank-run marketing schemes in classrooms, joining…
CLIMATE and weather have been in the forefront of the minds of Coffs Coast residents after the recent storms. It is of concern to many that reports keep being released warning of the effects of climate change and global…
THE Minister for Local Government Shelley Hancock has congratulated Coffs Harbour City Council for achieving certification of its Coastal Management Program (CMP) for estuaries on the southern side of Sawtell. The certification enables the Council to apply for further…
SOME sections of the Cowper community have been critical of the response to climate change by Member for Cowper Pat Conaghan. In a previous article in News Of The Area, the convenor for Voices4Cowper, Gillian Anderson, suggested that Cowper…
REX airlines reopens on November 15 and is offering a massive sale with no Christmas blackout dates. Sydney to Coffs will initially launch with three daily return flights at $99. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth…
OUR run of luck is over as COVID-19 has reached the Coffs Harbour Local Government Area with ten local cases recorded at time of publication. The Mid North Coast Local Health District (MNCLHD) continues to urge the community to…
VOICEUP Australia, the Coffs Harbour founded volunteer group based on support between adult survivors of child abuse and their support people, has been sharing the work of Blue Knot Foundation in this week of Blue Knot Day (28 Oct).…