DEAR News Of The Area, SORRY, I cannot agree with Peter Weyling (NOTA 16/6/23) that changing the Australian Constitution is a big deal, although I certainly concede that some of our fellow Australians would subscribe to that view. In any event it is exceedingly difficult to change without political agreement

DEAR News Of The Area, IT IS timely for Anonymous (NOTA 23/6) to mention the Magna Carta. It was signed 808 years ago in a field at Runnymede near England’s Windsor Castle. It arrived in Australia in 1788, and introduced the Rule of Law into this country. It marked the beginning of the

ON BEHALF of the agricultural community, I offer our condolences to the Crean family after the loss of a remarkable man who commanded the respect of our industry. Simon had notable involvement in agriculture, landcare and regional Australia, serving as the Minister for Primary Industries and Energy in the Australian Government

DEAR News Of The Area, I FEEL compelled to respond to a recent letter written by Peter Weyling about the Voice to Parliament. Peter makes several errors in his attempt to argue the ‘no’ case. Firstly he writes “the Constitution was built on a simple democratic principle, and that is that every

THE one thing that no one wants to talk about at present is the ‘R’ word. Recession however is a distinct possibility for the Australian economy. All the available technical charts with fundamental research on economical facts say almost unanimously that a recession is now a real possibility. It panics the

LAST week the NSW Auditor-General tabled a Performance Audit Report titled Financial Management and Governance in MidCoast Council. The audit involved a retrospective look at Council’s processes between July 2019 and June 2022. The Report details the merger challenges that Council faced and highlights some inadequacies in our procedures during this

WELL winter solstice has come and gone so spring is on the way. Good news upfront, the Hawks Nest Providence Bay exercise equipment has been ordered and is being purpose built in Australia for installation before summer. To this end, we have acquitted a $50k deposit and will be seeking a variation

AUSTRALIANS have been hit with rising interest rates, consecutively, reaching levels not seen for more than a decade. For many, this has crippled their financial world. It has also been argued that other factors being equal, rising prices should be accompanied by rising wages, and therefore, ordinary Australians will feel little

DEAR News Of The Area, I LIKE the new council building. I don't know if the people complaining about its looks have looked around Coffs lately. Good looking buildings are hard to find! It is a striking green, modern building that lifts the town and its building skyline. I

DEAR News Of The Area, REFERRING to Mr Weyling (NOTA 16 June), changing the Constitution is a big deal but he must ask himself if an Act of the British Parliament conceived over a hundred years ago has kept up with advances in our Commonwealth for which it was designed as