LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Offshore wind developer must improve consultation Opinion Property/Sports/Opinion - popup ad by News Of The Area - Modern Media - May 24, 2023 DEAR News Of The Area, BlueFloat Energy needs to improve its community engagement processes. One or two days' notice of public consultation meetings is not good enough. The webinar, which had 31 participants listed, held on Monday 15 May, was a one way operation. No opportunity to provide feedback and
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: A chilly public welcome to beautiful Nambucca Opinion Property/Sports/Opinion - popup ad by News Of The Area - Modern Media - May 22, 2023 DEAR News Of The Area, THE only true statement in Di Nicholson’s Letter to the Editor (‘Development at 3 High Street, Nambucca’, NOTA 12/5/25 Edition) is her apt description of Hill St, being “a dirt lane, overgrown with weeds. Not maintained at all.” The rest is nonsense. Yes, as a new resident of
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Ignorance on display in Voice discussions Opinion Property/Sports/Opinion - popup ad by News Of The Area - Modern Media - May 19, 2023 DEAR News Of The Area, IT is really sad to see letters like that from Wayne Duesbury published on 12 May. There is just so much ignorance on display. The Voice came from Aboriginal people through hundreds of meetings of ordinary people leading up to the Uluru statement several years ago. It
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Get the facts straight on The Voice Opinion Property/Sports/Opinion - popup ad by News Of The Area - Modern Media - May 19, 2023 DEAR News Of The Area, WAYNE Duesbury makes a number of erroneous claims in his letter last week regarding The Voice. These reflect National Party talking points rather than actual engagement with the issue. The most serious error concerns his assertion that “many years ago we had a successful referendum that removed
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Grossly misinformed on High St development issues Opinion Property/Sports/Opinion - popup ad by News Of The Area - Modern Media - May 18, 2023 DEAR News Of The Area, IN response to Di Nicholson’s letter published in your paper (‘Development at 3 High Street, Nambucca) on 12 May 2023, I can only say that Mrs Nicholson has been grossly misinformed and that her facts are completely incorrect. Firstly, the “sliver of land” to which she refers
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: The Budget was good for our region Opinion Property/Sports/Opinion - popup ad by News Of The Area - Modern Media - May 18, 2023 DEAR News Of The Area, IN the aftermath of every Federal Budget there is a reckoning. There is always one key question - is it good for us? In the case of the 2023 Budget the answer for the Coffs Harbour region is a resounding yes. Census data on our region tells
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: No future without respect and discipline Opinion Property/Sports/Opinion - popup ad by News Of The Area - Modern Media - May 18, 2023 DEAR News Of The Area, THE recent Budget had some positives, but no incentive for those that carry the nation on their shoulders. Single mums were big winners, with the old traditional family unit of Mum, Dad and the kids sliding down the gurgler. It is little wonder our youth, in
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Lack of notice for offshore wind farm proposal consultation Opinion Property/Sports/Opinion - popup ad by News Of The Area - Modern Media - May 16, 2023 DEAR News Of The Area, I WRITE to express my extreme disappointment that BlueFloat Energy failed to provide timely and adequate notification to the Port Stephens community of public information sessions regarding their proposal to build offshore wind farms. Consequently I and many others have missed a valuable opportunity to gather basic
Fit for purpose: The Write Direction by John Blackbourn Opinion Property/Sports/Opinion - popup ad by News Of The Area - Modern Media - May 16, 2023 WITH fresh winter mornings now upon us, we are provided a great time in which to ponder subjects that involve the oft-mentioned criteria of being ‘fit for purpose’ or not. I start my day with two good cups of cappuccino and maybe a hot crumpet. I then fire up the brain
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Development at 3 High St, Nambucca Opinion Property/Sports/Opinion - popup ad by News Of The Area - Modern Media - May 16, 2023 DEAR News Of The Area, AS a resident and ratepayer of Nambucca for 23 years, I am concerned about the misinformation being published and put in letterboxes about the proposed development of 3 High St. It seems the protagonists are totally concerned with views. Nobody owns a view. The wording ‘High Rise’