DEAR News of The Area, IN an article in this newspaper three weeks ago, I questioned the validity of both the 2018 GHD survey and the 2021 Ethos Urban survey with regards to the Jetty Foreshores Revitalisation, given an analysis I had sent to the Minister for Planning, Anthony Roberts and

DEAR News Of The Area, IN response to the many NOTA correspondents who cannot fathom why Coffs Harbour City Council has hastily pushed through the recent name change to City of Coffs Harbour - you don't have to be Hercule Poirot to work it out. Owing to disastrous decision-making of

DEAR News Of The Area, RHONDA Davies in the NOTA on 7 October points out that a significant sum of public funding will have been spent on the Library Extension Project. The latest estimated figure is $5 million. News is that the project will be delivering an exciting new

DEAR News Of The Area, I BELIEVE Democracy is failing local residents of the Nambucca Valley. Local government must facilitate public participation. However, this is difficult with our local Nambucca Valley Council. While the council does supply Councilor contact information at www.nambucca.nsw.gov.au/cp_themes/default/page.asp?p=DOC-DGA-00-84-65, emails sent to these addresses are not responded to

DEAR News Of The Area, CONGRATULATIONS to your paper on the coverage of environmental issues facing our community. Bellingen council has voted to protect forests, soil and water so come on Nambucca councillors, please commit to the same action in our shire. Logging has to stop, and to quote

TELLING the incredible stories of the Coffs Coast is what News Of The Area (NOTA) is all about. The independently owned NOTA launched in Coffs in July 2020, and is proud to keep locals up to date with the happenings of the area. Now, NOTA is seeking more enthusiastic locals with

DEAR News Of The Area, WHY is it that toxic, cancer causing pesticides, already banned in US, Canada & Europe, are still freely used in Australia for aerial spraying and topical application, by farmers, councils and broad acre farming corporations? Not only do they poison all fruit and vegetable crops, but

DEAR News Of The Area, THE economist J. K. Galbraith described monetarism as the theory that if the rich feed their horses on barley the poor can sustain themselves by picking grain from the droppings. Why am I reminded of this whenever I hear that the best possible future for us

DEAR News Of The Area, THE draft plan as presented for the Jetty Foreshores in actual fact results in an increase of open space, compared to what is there now. The community has provided its opinion as to what the community wants to happen in the space under review. It is now not

DEAR News Of The Area, COUNCIL has had an obvious agenda to get this highly expensive place built, and let's be realistic here, the real reason is so they could put their backsides on new seats in a new office. They have cunningly let everyone know that it will be housing a