OPINION: A day for unity and harmony
DEAR News Of The Area, THE ideal concept of Australia Day is that it is a day of unity and harmony that celebrates our land and the best of our culture. It follows that the date chosen for this celebration…
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Former Coffs Suns junior plays in her second WNBL season
LIZZY Tonks has been putting her skills to the ultimate test playing in Australia’s premier women’s basketball competition. The former Coffs Harbour Suns junior is currently playing her second season in the Women’s National Basketball League (WNBL). The 26-year-old has…
Coffs woman wins Physical Culture State Title
NIKKI Smith has made a triumphant trip to Sydney, returning as a state champion. The Kannella Physical Culture Club member won the Advanced Ladies Group 2 Champion title at the Edith Parsons School of Physical Culture’s State Grand Champion Finals,…
Maddie McTernan swims and speaks at Coffs Harbour’s Summer Splash
COFFS Harbour native and Paralympic silver medallist Maddie McTernan claimed five multiclass gold medals over the weekend at the Coffs Harbour Swim Club Summer Splash Carnival. The Gold Coast-based swimmer was also a guest speaker at the carnival after a…
OPINION: Inconvenient truths
DEAR News Of The Area, THIS year is the 75th Anniversay of the UN Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (Genocide Convention), established by the UN General Assembly on 9 December 1948, ratified by members…
OPINION: How do we cope with climate change?
DEAR News Of The Area, In response to Wayne Duesbury’s recent letter on climate change I would suggest that most argument on the topic and man’s contribution to it is largely governed by one’s political affiliation rather than science, but…
OPINION: Dyed in the wool patriot
DEAR News Of The Area, IF there is anything in this world that is certain, it is change (Cancellation of Australia Day citizenship ceremony is un-Australian, NOTA January 12). Only a few years ago Australia Day was a full-on knees…
Celebrate Australia Day on the day!
DEAR News Of The Area, JUST wondering if anyone else was disappointed or dismayed to find out that Coffs Harbour City Council was on the list of NSW local councils holding their Citizenship and Award ceremonies on a day other…
OPINION: An unbelievable decision on native forests
DEAR News Of The Area, IT is unbelievable that the courts have ruled in favour of the continued destruction and clear felling of our old growth native forests! This is despite Australia’s record extinction of our precious native wildlife due…
Coffs Harbour swimmers celebrate Summer Splash and club centenary
CENTENARY celebrations and the hosting of the annual Summer Splash carnival made for a memorable weekend for the Coffs Harbour Swim Club. “The annual Summer Splash was a massive success,” Coffs Harbour Swim Club secretary Sam Bergen told News Of…