WHILE I watched the Prime Minister declare that he was blessed to have two healthy children I could not help but agree. Having a healthy family is a privilege and one that should be recognised as something to celebrate.…
DEAR News Of The Area, THE face of the National Party is Barnaby Joyce. His underlings chose him as leader and one assumes they did so because they support his views. In 2019 Barnaby Joyce said he was “sick…
DEAR News Of The Area, I APPRECIATED Juliet Thomas’ letter (‘Let us be clear. These are not natural disasters’, p29, Coffs Coast NOTA, April 8 Edition) regarding the importance of tackling climate change. Despite all the overwhelming evidence, however,…
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…
DEAR News Of The Area, COLIN Grant may consider the Nationals have lost their roots (‘When did the National Party lose its roots?’, p29, Coffs Coast NOTA, 8 April Edition) but any party can only reflect the views of…
HELLO to any new food gardeners. Welcome to the family! A bit of housekeeping to begin… Please, stop planting corn! And for that matter, please stop planting pumpkin, tomato, capsicum, eggplant, zucchini, chilli, beans, okra and basil. These are…
DEAR News Of The Area, JUST a short note of congratulations to all involved with the recent inaugural Coffs Harbour Festival of Chamber Music. The organisation was faultless, especially considering the last-minute withdrawal of one of the visiting groups…
DEAR News Of The Area, SOMETIMES we feel helpless to counter the suffering of so many people in our world. In the upcoming election we have an opportunity to help refugees and asylum seekers who have experienced injustice and…
DEAR News Of The Area, PAT Conaghan, our current member for Cowper, claims on his website that he ‘works for you’, meaning us, his constituents. As of 4:45 pm on Thursday 13 April, his Coffs Harbour Electorate Office was…
THE Pink Ladies volunteers of the Coffs Harbour Health Campus have purchased a golf buggy after lots of hard work raising money with raffles etc. They felt there was a great demand for lifts from the car park to…