DEAR News Of The Area,

I AM visiting the Coffs Harbour area on holiday.

On Saturday morning I met a lovely group of ladies, the ‘Knitting Nannas’, protesting outside the NSW Forestry Corporation Office against the destruction of koala habitat and for the promised Great Koala National Park.

Having heard that the NSW Environment Minister, Ms Penny Sharpe, was to attend a meeting in town that afternoon with one representative invited from each community group to discuss the Great Koala National Park, I joined other concerned citizens peacefully gathered outside the venue with signs calling on the Minns Labor government to keep its promise to protect koalas.

What a lily-livered skitterbrook New South Wales has for an environment minister!

Just before the start of the meeting, a lackey announced that Ms Sharpe would not attend if she had to walk past signs supporting koalas.

We were told that all people and all signs had to be removed.

The group moved away from the entrance pathway and agreed not to approach or speak to Ms Sharpe, and do nothing but hold signs.

But Ms Sharpe was so terrified of this peaceful group (which included a couple of quietly sitting Knitting Nannas), that it was “too frightening” (her lackey’s words) and she cancelled the meeting.

What a cringeling and a pudding-heart!

Toughen up Princess Penny.

Your constituents deserve to be heard.

Regards,
Terri HENDERSON,
Narrabundah ACT.