Politicians on all sides aren’t prioritising environmental issues, while the media is failing in its role in bringing the world together, writes Sue Arnold. THERE ARE SEVERAL LESSONS our politicians can learn from the current global climate emergency: Without a healthy environment, economic and ecological collapse are inevitable. Limit growth. […]
This new round of political Chicken Little is due to the latest IMF forecasts that growth will slow to 1.7 per cent in Australia this year, down 0.4 per cent from its previous forecast. By Jennifer Hewitt Labor is trying to hide its own political relief as it contrasts the […]
The Citizens’ Voice Group will be holding a public forum to address community concerns over the proposed Gordon Street Council Chambers and Cultural Space Development. The forum will be held at the Cavanbah Centre, Harbour Drive on Tuesday October 22nd starting at 6.30pm. This will be an opportunity for a […]
The Coffs Harbour City Council (CHCC) were last night recognised as the second out of 128 councils in NSW in the Bluett Awards. Here is some information on the Bluett Memorial Awards; “The award is the greatest accolade a council can achieve” and “The pinnacle of local government achievement”. The […]
Coffs Bypass Action Group (CBAG) Spokesperson Rod McKelvey said “CBAG were very pleased to accept an offer from high level Department of Planning, Industry and Environment (DPIE) representatives to attend a meeting with the CBAG Steering Committee members and also to attend CBAG’s General Meeting held on 10 October 2019”. […]
Even as Donald Trump announced he would cut and run from Syria, leaving his Kurdish allies to whatever bloody fate awaits them and opening a door for the resurgence of ISIS. our fearless prime minister was not ready to breathe a word of criticism of his friend, ally and protector. […]
The bushfires of the future are already here. They burn earlier in the season, and more ferociously, and can interact with extreme weather events to create fires we don’t know how to fight. By Ben Deacon, Kathleen Ferguson, Meredith Griffiths, Liz Keen, Meghna Bali, Andy Burns, Joanna Woodburn and Scott […]
It was in 1958 that the Dorrigo Shire Council Chambers, situated in the 1880s Gold Rush town of Coramba, became obsolete. The NSW Government Gazette announced the creation of the new Coffs Harbour Shire Council which would establish Chambers in Coffs Harbour. By Tom Strickland Our first Council Office opened […]
LAST week I had a sobering conversation with an editor from one of the BBC’s flagship science programmes. He had been reading my column and wanted to pick my brains about emerging environmental issues. After half an hour chewing over the dire state of the climate and biodiversity, he asked […]
Since opening to an eight-minute standing ovation at the Venice film festival in August, where it scooped the top prize, Todd Phillips’s origins picture about the birth of Batman’s cackling nemesis has become the focus of a moral backlash, with critics using words such as “toxic”, “cynical” and “irresponsible” to […]