DEAR News Of The Area, THE Albanese Government has stated repeatedly it is firmly committed to delivering greater assistance to the Australian’s facing cost of living challenges. “Indexation together with our budget measures, means maximum rates of Commonwealth rent assistance will have increased by around 45 percent since the Albanese government was

IT has been a privilege and honour to be the Mayor of Coffs Harbour for the past three years. I am particularly proud of leading a brave Council that made tough decisions that were necessary to repair the Council’s financial situation to avoid large negative impacts in the future. All any

DEAR News Of The Area, OUR local Federal member, Pat Conaghan, plans a couple of information sessions to promote the National (Mining) Party’s proposal to build nuclear reactors in Australia. However, he wants to charge me $20.00 to attend! No problem, the address by Robert Parker is available on YouTube. Peter Dutton

THE nicest thing about the future is that it always starts tomorrow. Money will buy a fine dog but only kindness will make him wag his tail. This is basically where the debate lies when it comes to gambling and the revenue or taxation it delivers. So, where would we be without it? This

DEAR News Of The Area, THANKS to all the retiring members of our MidCoast Council and congratulations to the candidates who have been elected for the coming term. Those of us in the most southerly villages, living over 100 kilometres from the Council headquarters in Taree, already feel that the mailed