DEAR News Of The Area, WHEN someone with a vested interest in an activity provides facts about said activity we would do well to question these “facts” (We all know what happened to Little Red Riding Hood when she believed the spin from the Big Bad Wolf). The recent letter

DEAR News Of The Area, WORLD-renowned Zurich-based scientist and ecologist Tom Crowther has recently been featured on ABC Television in an outstanding and revealing documentary "The Forest". It tells the story of over two hundred collaborating scientists, a massive database, and a five-year project to understand the true potential of Earth's

DEAR News Of The Area, I share an optimistic outlook voiced in the opinion article ‘Undermining hope in society’ published 10 January 2025. I too hold hope and faith in this country and its citizens, I too live in the most beautiful part of the best nation in the world, and

DEAR News Of The Area, THIS morning I inspected the work our Council has been engaged in to repair the Norrie Park Reserve in Kendall. The last flood extensively damaged the river embankment and a series of floods have left the walkway underneath the Kendall Bridge in a hazardous condition. I

FROM 1 January, Australians will now pay more than $400 for a 10-year passport. Of course the five-year version is cheaper, but still outrageously expensive. This means that our hidden nation at the bottom of the Pacific now has the world's most expensive passport, leading Mexico at $353.90 and New Zealand

DEAR News Of The Area, AT this time every year the main topic of conversation is the problem with jet skis – this year is no different. In what has become an emotive topic, let’s take a cool-headed approach to the issue to find a suitable outcome. Firstly, let me congratulate our

DEAR News Of The Area, AUSTRALIA’S renewable energy transition has sparked heated debate, especially with the announcement of the Hunter Offshore Wind Zone, which aims to generate 5GW of electricity from over 300 massive floating wind turbines. Although untested at this scale, it is touted by Labor as a “clean energy

DEAR News Of The Area, I WRITE to you in regard to the pricing increase to the entry of Coffs Harbour War Memorial Pool. This I believe to be completely unfair to pensioners in Coffs Harbour. I noticed from 1 July 2024 my annual senior entrance fee has gone from $330.00 to

DEAR News Of The Area, CONGRATULATIONS to David for being so observant as to the number of vehicles on Jimmys Beach on 10 December. In the same paper it was noted that MidCoast Council had been conducting increased patrols of these popular spots, hence one can only conclude that these vehicles