Further to last Tuesday’s announcement by the State Government on the by-pass it has been announced that the Chair of the proposed Consultation Committee will be Kathy Jones of KJA (pictured below). See: coffscoastoutlook.com.au/state-government-announces-change-of-plan-on-bypass-tunnels/ According to KJA’s site Ms Jones is “a well-respected strategic communications and engagement advisor, known for […]
Rob Oakeshott has announced he will run again in Cowper in the 2019 federal election after achieving an 8% swing on a two party preferred basis in 2016 when the seat was won by soon to retire Luke Hartsuyker for the National Party. By the Editor. As Mr Hartsuyker is […]
THE NSW Government has announced a new committee will progress the Coffs Harbour Bypass, which will now feature tunnels instead of earth cuttings – in response to community feedback. These improvements include the lowering of the road gradient, a significant reduction in the height of the viaduct adjacent to Mackays Rd, […]
By Giles Parkinson 21 December 2018 Australia’s leading scientific research group and the country’s energy market operator have released a benchmark study that shows the cost of new wind and solar – even with hours of storage – is “unequivocally” lower than the cost of new coal generation. The joint […]
Wishing all our readers who have come back to us in 2018 a very Merry Xmas and a happy New Year. 2018 has seen us relaunch this site and we aim to ‘lift the bar’ higher in 2019. There will be plenty to keep a watch on what with two […]
The past year in movies was endlessly tumultuous. For users of MoviePass, the controversial subscription service that for a brief period allowed its users to gorge on new releases with reckless abandon, 2018 was about excess and disappointment. By Dan Jackson For Netflix loyalists, the last 12 months have seen […]
The last batch of votes are in so we can now proclaim the AnyDecentMusic definitive summary of the Best Albums Of 2018 lists. anydecentmusic.com has compiled the rankings from all those magazines, newspapers and websites among our sources which publish their albums of the year. The end result is a […]
This letter (below) from the Department of Planning to the RMS highlights, confirms and justifies the communities full expectation that three tunnels WERE part of the design up until at least June 2018. By Marnie Cotton We have decided to make this letter part of the public record because it […]
State of the climate report points to a long-term increase in the frequency of extreme heat events, fire weather and drought by Lisa Cox Australia’s fire seasons are longer and more severe, the Bureau of Meteorology and CSIRO’s state of the climate report has found. Photograph: Qfes Media/PR image Australia […]
The Coalition has unleashed further budget cuts to university funding, throwing bad policy after bad. Professor Margaret Gardner reports. On Wednesday morning (17 December), the mid-year budget update unveiled research funding cuts of $328.5 million over the next four years. This budget raid on research was more than double the size expected […]