DEAR News Of The Area, I REFER to the letter from Tony Judge in the Coffs Coast 19 May 2023 publication. Mr Judge makes the claim that “the budget was good for the area”. I am not sure what planet…
DEAR News Of The Area, THANK YOU Alan Stanley for your measured and informative letter (NOTA May 19). I have read and listened to voices for and against the referendum, one to gain as much information as possible and the…
DEAR News Of The Area, BlueFloat Energy needs to improve its community engagement processes. One or two days’ notice of public consultation meetings is not good enough. The webinar, which had 31 participants listed, held on Monday 15 May, was…
DEAR News Of The Area, THE only true statement in Di Nicholson’s Letter to the Editor (‘Development at 3 High Street, Nambucca’, NOTA 12/5/25 Edition) is her apt description of Hill St, being “a dirt lane, overgrown with weeds. Not…
DEAR News Of The Area, IT is really sad to see letters like that from Wayne Duesbury published on 12 May. There is just so much ignorance on display. The Voice came from Aboriginal people through hundreds of meetings of…
DEAR News Of The Area, WAYNE Duesbury makes a number of erroneous claims in his letter last week regarding The Voice. These reflect National Party talking points rather than actual engagement with the issue. The most serious error concerns his…
DEAR News Of The Area, IN response to Di Nicholson’s letter published in your paper (‘Development at 3 High Street, Nambucca) on 12 May 2023, I can only say that Mrs Nicholson has been grossly misinformed and that her facts…
DEAR News Of The Area, IN the aftermath of every Federal Budget there is a reckoning. There is always one key question – is it good for us? In the case of the 2023 Budget the answer for the Coffs…
DEAR News Of The Area, THE recent Budget had some positives, but no incentive for those that carry the nation on their shoulders. Single mums were big winners, with the old traditional family unit of Mum, Dad and the kids…
DEAR News Of The Area, I WRITE to express my extreme disappointment that BlueFloat Energy failed to provide timely and adequate notification to the Port Stephens community of public information sessions regarding their proposal to build offshore wind farms. Consequently…