DEAR News Of The Area, I AM writing in response to the article by Andrew Vivian (‘Koala Conservation’, p1, Nambucca Valley News Of The Area). This NSW Government commitment to provide $600,000 to support an Aboriginal koala habitat conservation project is potentially excellent news for both koalas and our Indigenous community.

HELLO, we have had a busy two months since my last Hawks Nest Tea Gardens Progress Association (HNTGPA) update and we lost some time due to COVID bouts so please take care. It was great to hear from other local service groups at the last General Meeting held Monday 20 June

DEAR News Of The Area, I SPEND a lot of my time in, on and around the lower Myall River so I have been interested to read the recent speculation in the News Of The Area about dredging in the eastern ‘shortcut’ entrance to the river. If we are to persist with

DEAR News Of The Area, I AM sure many other ratepayers would be as angry as I am to hear that both Coffs Harbour and Bellingen Councils have once again decided that it is justified to increase our rates at a time when everyone is already suffering from mortgage stress as

DEAR News Of The Area, SO Forestry Corporation have been found breaking the rules and have copped a fine. This is really disappointing. The irony is that this publicly owned corporation was set up last century to be the protector of our native forests; the manager of a vast and essential

TELLING the incredible stories of the Nambucca Valley is what News Of The Area (NOTA) is all about. The NOTA launched in the Valley in May 2021, and is proud to keep locals up to date with the happenings of the area. Now, NOTA is seeking more enthusiastic locals with a

DEAR News Of The Area, I AM responding to the report on teachers (‘Upper House Committee on Teacher Shortages Seeks Submissions’ p9, Coffs Coast News of the Area, 24 June Edition) and the banter between the NSW State Government, the inquiry led by Mark Latham and the response by the NSW

DEAR News Of The Area, THE people of Coffs Harbour elected the Coffs Harbour Council to manage and guide the current and future welfare of our area. This elected council does not have to wait for the results of any survey, or opinion, or set of deliberations before it votes on

DEAR News Of The Area, THE $56.4 million proposed to be spent building massive new infrastructure in the Dorrigo Gondwana World Heritage Area would buy-out all the wood supply contracts that are causing the extinction of our koalas via the landscape-scale industrial logging by Forestry Corporation (FCNSW) of our public native

DEAR News Of The Area, I WAS surprised to see in the Nota of 23 June 2022, a photo of a truck delivering sand to the eroded area on Jimmys Beach. I have attached a photo of a specialised vehicle doing the same job back in January 1985. I think