DEAR News Of The Area, IT amazes me that some people have such a poor vision for the future of the Jetty Foreshore that they adopt ideas from the last century and copy places like the Gold Coast. To this end, they plan residential buildings of multi-storeys to be erected East

DEAR News Of The area, MY son is a critical care paramedic in Queensland. Due to the additional numbers of Covid cases in patients and workers at the moment they are facing extreme loads and shortages in healthcare staff. Because of this there are multiple requests to work overtime shifts, however the

DEAR News Of The Area, OVER the past 40 to 50 years the dire predictions made by the man made climate scientists and zealots have not come to fruition. Not one, zero, zip. If only one of these predictions had occurred we would not be here to talk about

DEAR News Of The Area, Recently on Facebook many people were commenting on the price of fuel, especially the difference between ULP and diesel. I would like MP Pat Conaghan to raise with the ACCC or the Petroleum Pricing Ombudsman my concern and belief that the Australian public are being ripped off

DEAR News Of The Area, Thank you for your article on page 5 of the Coffs Coast News Of The Area last week. As a ratepayer of Coffs Harbour I have responded online to all of the public consultations regarding my opinion and wishes on the proposals put to the public

DEAR News Of The Area, THE latest estimate for the date of completion of the Nambucca Heads Library Project is the end of October. The librarians then will need a couple of weeks to move into the new building and so we are expecting the new centre to be

DEAR News Of The Area, CALLS for a Royal Commission into media diversity are long overdue. Zoe Daniel's promised introduction of a bill seconded by fellow independent MP Monique Ryan echoes the unease felt by increasing numbers, prompting former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd to make a similar proposal in 2021, putting

DEAR News Of The Area, I DARESAY the cost of the rebrand will not amount to much in terms of the council's total budget, but seems like a stratospheric waste of money nonetheless. There are roads, footpaths, pedestrian crossings (there's somehting Coffs could do with more of), homelessness - the

DEAR News Of The Area, NOT sure about a progressive and rapidly changing city Mayor Amos. More like a third world city with our potholes and stinking tip. Regardless of where the funds are coming from, why can’t the Council be upfront in stating what the total cost of rebranding

DEAR News Of The Area, AT first I thought it was the first day of April not the first day of Spring when I read your frontpage headline last week (Council Rebrand). What an exciting and innovative idea. The rebranding of ‘Coffs Harbour City Council’ to the ‘City of Coffs Harbour’.