DEAR News Of The Area, SINCE time immemorial, the Gumbaynggirr Nation has cared for country and we know that the Dunggirr is sacred to the First Nations peoples of Bellingen Shire. For over three decades, The Bellingen Environment Centre Inc. (BEC) has actively fought for the protection of our precious and

DEAR News Of The Area, THE author’s assertion of providing “a factual foundation” (‘What is sustainability in forestry?’, Nambucca Valley and Coffs Coast NOTA, 16/2/2024) ends after his reasonably good definition of sustainable, after which the usual ideological rhetoric takes over. His claims that the sustainable removal of timber from just

DEAR News Of The Area, I HAVE been following with interest all the letters to the Editor regarding the proposed wind farms off the coast of Port Stephens. It seems to me that there is a lot of misinformation regarding this project as I am not sure that even the Government

DEAR News Of The Area, THE State Government has been betting that if it neglects its responsibility to maintain the ‘free camping ground’ at the Jetty long enough, the area will become sufficiently squalid to have residents begging for development just to clean up the mess. Martyn Yeomans’ letter to NOTA

THE early medical scene in our area was a far cry from what we have today. So much is now taken for granted, but over the last few years I have been reminded of the wonderful service provided locally – a visiting surgeon seen at our medical Centre, surgery at the

DEAR News Of The Area, I HAVE only lived in the City of Coffs Harbour for a short period of time, so I have little background to go on with this Council, but I have considerable experience with local government in other states in Australia and around the world and the

DEAR News Of The Area, THE viability of short term rental properties seriously depletes the availability of long term affordable rental houses and apartments suitable for city and regional workers! It is time that the NSW Government takes a serious look at this problem. In most European countries, including the UK,

DEAR News Of The Area, Further to your report on Dawkins Park last week. These lovely seats are for the good burghers of Macksville, and visitors to the area to sit and think about how beautiful this town is to visit. Not sure a bridge is the answer. It needs to be

DEAR News Of The Area, IT used to be that when people with irrational views and ideologies ranted and raved, we were told: “Don’t listen to the crazies”. It seems that we have entered very bizarre times in which now it seems that governments and policy makers are not only listening