DEAR News Of The Area, I am a very unhappy resident of Coffs Harbour. In April and through to May of this year, as we are all aware, there was a catastrophic amount of rainfall in the area. It was so unusual and heavy that potholes in roads appeared everywhere

DEAR News Of The Area, THE NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet wants to have it both ways. He describes the recent flood events as, ’disastrous’ and ‘ catastrophic’ but at the same time he and his government apparently still intend to log the upper catchment and headwaters of the Kalang River.

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DEAR News Of The Area, THE NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet wants to have it both ways. He describes the recent flood events as, ’disastrous’ and ‘ catastrophic’ but at the same time he and his government apparently still intend to log the upper catchment and headwaters of the Kalang River.

PEOPLE wonder what a normal week looks like for a Councillor. So I thought I’d give you a glimpse. Councillors normally get their Business Papers – or Agenda - for the Council Meetings late on the Friday before the next Meeting. These Business Papers can be between 100 to 2,000 pages

DEAR News Of The Area, THIS is our first trip to Coffs since the fires. I’d like to say: ‘excellent letter Mr Griffin, about politicians’ dress.’ I once challenged then Transport Minister Andrew Constance about the same thing, about ties and general dress. I said his country-style dress was not appropriate for a 'Minister

DEAR News Of The Area, Having read the story printed about York St Oval’s upgrade and that Little Athletics is having some success in having its sporting area upgraded - and the statement that training on wet ground is hard - I thought I would point out just how hard it

HELLO, A QUICK wrap up on what your Progress Association has been doing these eight weeks. Wednesday, August 18 was Vietnam Veterans Day. I would like to join our community in saying “Thank you for your service” to all Vietnam Veterans and Peacekeepers. Following on from our successful Senior’s Week celebrations, we

DEAR News of the Area, Gurmesh Singh continues to characterise all opponents of the State Government’s plan for the foreshores as an anti-progress brigade incapable of constructive input. Every single letter writer in last week’s NOTA taking issue with Gurmesh declared their desire to see the foreshores creatively developed as quality public

DEAR News Of The Area, Last week an article was published about land clearing titled “Unsustainable” (NOTA, 12 August, 2022). I would love to add to that some facts about what the NSW Liberals and Nationals have done to Australian forests and koalas. The Berejiklian Government passed laws that allowed 99