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…
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…
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…
THE ‘All One under the Sun’ event held at the Coffs Harbour Botanic Gardens last Sunday, was advertised as a family-friendly, whole-of-community, cross-cultural event, and it was all of those. There was an amazing array of diverse cultures, music, dance…
G’DAY and welcome to my very first Mayor’s Column – and thanks to News of the Area for giving me the opportunity. I’m going to be doing these regularly now and I hope you enjoy them. My very first one…
DEAR News Of The Area, IN your Friday, 17 June article by Sam Parker (‘Plan Rejected’, p1/4, Coffs Coast NOTA), the Member for Coffs Harbour Gurmesh Singh is quoted as saying he “wished that the Council had listened to the…
DEAR News Of The Area, THE proponents of the Government’s plan to urbanise the Foreshore seem to think that building over our prime tourist attraction will trigger massive investment in the town. I can only guess at why the half…
DEAR News Of The Area, I WAS appalled by the comments from our State Member, Mr Gurmesh Singh, critiquing Mayor Paul Amos’ involvement on the Jetty Development Plan. Mayor Amos has shown excellent leadership skills and has been supported by…
DEAR News Of The Area, MAKE no mistake, the NSW Government’s draft Masterplan for the Jetty Foreshore Precinct has nothing whatsoever to do with tourism – and everything to do with their desire to further stimulate the overpopulation frenzy, driven…
DEAR News Of The Area, THERE is an identified future need for enlargement of the Jetty parklands to meet the current growing number of apartments between the railway line and Coffs city centre. This need is further increased by the…