DEAR News Of The Area, THANK YOU Keith Bensley (‘If the Nationals are not reflecting community views, have your say’, p27, Coffs Coast NOTA, April 28 Edition) for generously suggesting I join the National Party where, as a member,…
DEAR News Of The Area, THE Liberal/National Government has now detained refugees and asylum seekers on Nauru, in PNG and in various places of detention in Australia for just on nine years. There have been some fourteen deaths of…
DEAR News Of The Area, AT this time of elections and war it is worth contemplating the role of leadership, or the lack thereof, and the exercise of power. A common feature of leadership is the belief that one…
DEAR News Of The Area, IN the regular articles featured in this space about growing vegetables I would like to add a vegetable that is relatively easy to grow and does well from Autumn to Spring. It’s kohlrabi. For…
DEAR News Of The Area, I HAVE previously written to the paper suggesting it was apparent the community would be betrayed by the NSW Government’s manoeuvring in relation to the Jetty Foreshores. With the release of the Draft Master…
DEAR News Of The Area, THE recent allocation of funds for the protection of koalas is welcomed. But, Australia has one of the highest numbers of endangered native animals in the world. Significant action must be taken, if we…
DEAR News Of The Area, THE most significant change by far envisaged by the plan is the proposal to permit construction of residential accommodation. Yet this significant part of the plan does not rate a mention until about page…
DEAR News Of The Area, I WAS horrified to learn that political parties have potentially used trickery to dupe vulnerable voters into revealing their personal details for ‘mining’, data collection and forwarding of political bulletins henceforth, without their express…
DEAR News Of The Area, LIKE so many people, I have become increasingly dismayed at what passes for political leadership and governance in our Federal Parliament. I’m shocked by the lack of integrity, I despair about the lack of…
DEAR News Of The Area, I BELIEVE Coffs Harbour would have more potholes than any other major town in Australia and they always appear after any major weather event. In a recent rain event they had to shut Stadium…