Letter to the Editor: The Coffs Harbour sand pit Opinion Property/Sports/Opinion - popup ad by News Of The Area - Modern Media - March 14, 2024 DEAR News Of The Area, WELL before the harbour was constructed it was recognised that sand was being naturally transported south-to-north up the coast. It was also recognised that construction of the harbour would bring into that harbour some portion of the moving sand. Many studies of the harbour
Letter to the Editor: Pigs seen flying at the Jetty Opinion Property/Sports/Opinion - popup ad by News Of The Area - Modern Media - March 14, 2024 DEAR News Of The Area, MINISTER Jackson says that she will ensure 30 percent of the proposed development at the Jetty will be affordable housing. History says this won’t happen. The time honoured form is for the glossy brochures and politicians’ promises to precede a zoning change of the land in
The Write Direction: Koala Chaos Opinion Property/Sports/Opinion - popup ad by News Of The Area - Modern Media - March 14, 2024 THE one symbol that says Australia to the rest of the world is the kangaroo. This probably stems back to the wool boom days when the price of a pound of wool reached one pound sterling. Rural Australia was the backbone of the nation and the kangaroo was the most
Letter to the Editor: Simple renewable energy solution Opinion Property/Sports/Opinion - popup ad by News Of The Area - Modern Media - March 14, 2024 DEAR News Of The Area, OUR government appears desperate to reach its emission targets by 2030 and no matter where you sit with renewable energy there is great concern about the concerted push towards wind turbines, particularly those offshore projects which are predicted to play a very large part of the
Letter to the Editor: Renewables don’t add up Opinion Property/Sports/Opinion - popup ad by News Of The Area - Modern Media - March 13, 2024 DEAR News Of The Area, I READ with interest the offshore wind and community engagement article in the 7 March edition. Comments were from a UNSW Academic and an industry representative from a foreign renewable consultancy company, who were described as representatives of Australia’s energy sector, which is misleading at
Letter to the Editor: No need for illegal dumping Opinion Property/Sports/Opinion - popup ad by News Of The Area - Modern Media - March 10, 2024 DEAR News Of The Area, I READ the article in the NOTA February 1 regarding the selfish actions of people with regards to illegal dumping in the bush. I also read the costs to take rubbish to the waste facilities. These costs do not discourage illegal dumping. However, anyone with an address
Letter to the Editor: Responding to industry rep’s “wild assertions” Opinion Property/Sports/Opinion - popup ad by News Of The Area - Modern Media - March 10, 2024 DEAR News Of The Area, YOUR frequent correspondent and unabashed timber industry lobbyist Steve Dobbyns’ recent letter in NOTA (1 March 2024) contains numerous wild assertions that must be challenged. It seems Mr Dobbyns, no doubt strongly influenced by the vested interests he champions, cannot see the forest for the wood. Like many
Letter to the Editor: Where is the loyalty? Opinion Property/Sports/Opinion - popup ad by News Of The Area - Modern Media - March 10, 2024 DEAR News Of The Area, I WAS saddened that Woolworths has decided to remove Norco milk from their Sydney shelves. Norco struggled to survive after the devastating floods two years ago. To be knocked down again must be heartbreaking. Where is the loyalty to an iconic Aussie name? Regards, Hilary MELITTAS, Coffs Harbour.
Letter to the Editor: Council decision made with ‘gun to the head’ Opinion Property/Sports/Opinion - popup ad by News Of The Area - Modern Media - March 8, 2024 DEAR News Of The Area, THE decision to grant approval for the construction of a four story unit block at number 3 High Street, Nambucca Heads, as reported in your paper of 23 February 2024, was made “with a gun to the head” of Councillors. The gun to the head was the
Letter to the Editor: Taylor Swift mania impacting Aussie entertainers Opinion Property/Sports/Opinion - popup ad by News Of The Area - Modern Media - March 8, 2024 DEAR News Of The Area, AUSTRALIAN families are going into debt spending thousands of dollars on Taylor Swift concert tickets, merchandise, accommodation, interstate flights, etc, which is already causing a major impact on attendance, ticket sales and concert cancellations for every other concert featuring local musicians! This will reverberate on