DEAR NSW State government election candidates, THE Sandy Beach community has been lobbying for years for the recognition, protection and remediation of Hearnes Lake, a precious and vulnerable habitat, part of the Solitary Islands Marine Park, home to endangered species and threatened ecological communities and a great environmental and community recreational

DEAR News Of The Area, I HAVE a few questions to ask about the proposed turbines. Is this another uncosted blowout disaster like the NBN, NDIS and Snowy Hydro 2? 1) Where will the turbines be manufactured, by whom and at what cost per unit? 2) Where will the materials used be sourced

DEAR News Of The Area, As a friend and former workmate of Kevin Carter I have to endorse his concerns about MidCoast Council’s motion seeking to add parts of Bulga State Forest to Biriwal Bulga National Park. Kevin and I well remember the exhaustive studies and deliberations of the late 1990’s

DEAR News Of The Area, WE would like to give a very big shout out to all the supporters for the Mackays Rd Scrub who have advocated over the last twelve to eighteen months to save this precious patch. What started out as a Facebook page to log the species and

DEAR News Of The Area, The POLLS are suggesting a Labor victory in the NSW state election. Coffs Harbour has never had a female member or a Labor member and the Nats have lost twelve percent of their primary vote in the last two state contests. A national party member in

DEAR News Of The Area, I APOLOGISE that I am writing about something that occurred in the recent past but there are things I have difficulty accepting. When it first came to light that Scott Morrison had elevated himself to three portfolios he was interviewed by Ben Fordham (2GB), Ben asked

DEAR News Of The Area, I COMMEND Lesley Carroll (NOTA Opinion, 2$ February) for her actions in recycling and solar to address climate change: every little bit helps. However, I invite her to take a look at the bigger picture. We need to elect parliamentarians who will take action on climate

DEAR News of the Area, On Wednesday 22 February I attended the ‘Meet the Candidates’ event at Bowraville to gain an early insight into those running for office in the upcoming NSW state election for the Oxley electorate. Listening to all six candidates speak about their reasons and qualifications for politically representing

DEAR News Of The Area, READERS of NOTA have probably seen enough of life to tell whether the country is heading in the right direction and hopefully have given some thought to the question “what sort of country are we leaving to our grandchildren?”. We live with a variant of democracy, let’s