DEAR News Of The Area, CYCLISTS in Coffs Coast are persistently treated with contempt by our council. For many years cycle lanes on Sawtell Road have been in an appalling state with potholes, widths that vary from wide to non-existent and a range of stones, rubble and sometimes glass covering them.

DEAR News Of The Area, I, along with thousands of other folk, wholeheartedly feel that the major problems with the youth of today stem from their upbringing. Don't feel bad that your child doesn't like you today because you said ‘no’. Your job as a parent isn't to be liked after saying

DEAR News Of The Area, ACCORDING to the Secretary General of the UN Antonio Guterres the world is no longer warming, but it’s boiling. To put this comment in some perspective, failure to mitigate climate change is considered the top global risk factor in the coming decade (Global Economic Forum).

DEAR News Of The Area, THE Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice to Parliament is based on the simple principle that listening to people about matters in their lives can drive better policy, deliver practical solutions, and ultimately improve lives. Some people say to me “well aren’t you listening already?” – the

DEAR News Of The Area, WOULDN’T it be great if our dreams came true? Here in this area (Boambee/Toormina) in the last few years we have had both a new Fire Station and a new Ambulance Station built side by side on Sawtell Road, wonderful. But, wouldn't it be just great to

DEAR News Of The Area, I SEE that there is a proposal that at least 15 percent of housing in the Jetty Redevelopment will be ‘Low Cost’. If there hadn't been a mention about the TS Vendetta project nearing completion as part of the ‘Jetty Redevelopment’, we could be forgiven that

DEAR News Of The Area, I REFER to Peter Paunovic’s concerns (NOTA 18 August 2023) in relation to the Great Koala National Park (GKNP). Peter raises good questions, and answers are available. Peter only needs to go the GKNP website (https://npansw.org.au/campaigns-2/great-koala-national- park/more-information-and-resources/) for a glance at the proposal. Since then, the current Government

DEAR News Of The Area, CONGRATULATIONS to Dan Andrews for finally showing the foresight to end native timber harvesting in Victoria immediately! Surely if he can stop this pillaging of our native forests in his state, why can’t the other Premiers Australia wide be encouraged to preserve our forests for future

DEAR News Of The Area, THE opinion in your Friday 11 August 2023 issue, titled ‘Aborigines a separate nation?’ evokes a strongest response, impelling me to write for the first time, as other articles have a touch of rationality or lack thereof. I presume the writer, Wayne Duesbury, is an immigrant

DEAR News Of The Area, OUR local farmers producing blueberries, cattle, potatoes, dairy milk and products, macadamias, bananas, fruit tree plantations, horticulture, tea-tree plantations, are there for all to see. Most rural people in Australia are now realising the imposition of political policies and laws, that increasingly impact our farmers in