DEAR News Of The Area, CRITICISM of the recent Federal Budget by NSW Treasurer Matt Kean and local MPs Kevin Hogan and Pat Conaghan should not go uncontested. As noted by Business NSW the Budget was “reasonable and proportionate”. Treasurer…
DEAR News Of The Area, WHY do we allow politicians, many of whom have never set foot on a ‘real’ farm, come up with this ridiculous impost on our long suffering Aussie farmers, without a thread of evidence to the…
DEAR News Of The Area, I AM writing to add my voice to the many people in our community who are concerned about the potential loss of the community space previously provided by the courtyard adjoining the Nambucca Heads Library.…
DEAR News Of The Area, CONGRATULATIONS to Beverly Gibbs from ‘Save the Nambucca River’ for her letter in NOTA on 28 October 2022. As a child, during school holidays we would visit our relatives’ farm. I remember going down to…
DEAR News Of The Area, REMEMBER when the LNP politicians lined up to bask in the spending of $15 million dollars to restore and improve the Coffs Harbour boat launching precinct? Now that it’s finished and the problems have been…
DEAR News Of The Area, WE had a guest speaker last week from the Coffs Neighbourhood Centre speaking on the homeless people they have there. They feed them, do their laundry and find them clothing and bedding so they can…
DEAR News Of The Area, AT a time when we are already aware of the varied and all too constant avoidable threat to the health of our environment, and the extinction of our already threatened species, why do we still…
DEAR News Of The Area, I SEE in the edition of Friday October 28, another indication that people think they can do a better job of controlling all the land, rivers, creeks, and creatures of nature than Mother Nature herself.…
DEAR News Of The Area, READING articles and advertisements in your newspaper there appears to be agreement that we need trees. Trees protect the headwaters of our rivers which ensures the purity of that water. Trees protect the banks of…
DEAR News Of The Area, IT is somewhat unfortunate that Pat Conaghan and David Littleproud have realised, only after nine years of government, that there is a housing crisis and a need to listen. The current housing crisis has not…