DEAR News Of The Area, THANKYOU for reviewing the state of affairs involving the un-approved facility at Fisherman's Village, Swan Bay. We remain firmly opposed to the current redevelopment of Fisherman's Village from a family holiday facility to a facility that mixes families with men who are sent to Connect Global

AFTER the arrival and isolation in the jetty private hospital of Sampson and his two contacts, it was discovered that the ex-soldier did not have pneumonic influenza, but ordinary flu exacerbated by symptoms of gas poisoning he sustained in France. He and his contacts were released, then the authorities and

DEAR News Of The Area, What is it with people and their pet dogs these days? Firstly, they are dogs, not people, so why do so many behave as if their dogs are people? Is this some psychological problem with these dog owners? So many dog owners must also be deaf

DEAR News Of The Area, A THOUSAND thanks to Stan Wood and Bruce Meder for their responses (NOTA 3/2/23) to Peter Weyling’s mischievous claim sourced apparently from the Institute of Public Affairs (IPA). I would be a little less kind regarding the IPA, however. Over many years this odious organisation

DEAR News Of The Area, IN NOTA letters on 10 February 2023, Barbara Davis asks the question ‘Where were Grandpa’s Scrub Activists in 2019?’ It’s a fair question Barbara and not the first time we have been asked. The short answer is that while the patch of Scrub was flagged by at

DEAR News Of The Area, CONGRATULATIONS to Cr David Jones on raising the ridiculous price of fuel that residents of the Mid North Coast have been paying for many months and years. This has been a thorn in my side for many years when you look at the cost of fuel

DEAR News Of The Area, I was concerned to see local State MP Gurmesh Singh recently voicing his opposition to ‘campers’ at the Jetty foreshore, and expressing his desire for the closing of a loophole that exists – that which prevents Council Rangers from issuing fines or ‘move on’ directions

DEAR News Of the Area, I REFER to the front page of last week’s edition ‘Nurses in Crisis - Coffs Harbour nurses seeking urgent action on staff shortages’. The elephant in the room, the current government sacked more than 180 fully qualified nurses and health care workers from the Coffs Harbour Health

DEAR News Of The Area, CONGRATULATIONS to Bruce Fidge (NOTA letters 10/2) for his informed insider’s account of the decades long struggle to save the harbour foreshores from extensive urban development. It was recognised by government forty years ago that substantial development east of the railway line was not feasible without an

DEAR News Of The Area, I WRITE to clarify our position regarding the Jetty redevelopment. Our Jetty is rare open space, a key tourism attraction bringing jobs and money into Coffs Harbour. Its redevelopment has flawed consultation including biased survey questions with data errors. Is developer bias due to political donations? Large