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 […]
The Coffs Harbour City Council has stated that the cost of the proposed Civic and Cultural Centre Project will be $76.5 million. By Peter Higgins However, it is known that certain costs, essential to the project, have not been included in this figure, for example, the cost of the forecourt […]
Councillor Michael Adendorff recently summed up in an article in the Coffs Coast Advocate of Wednesday 25 September his reasons for voting for the Civic and Cultural Centre development. “A progressive council with healthy financials” was one of the key reasons he gave. Rob Steuermann investigates this in the […]
In the age of Donald Trump and Boris Johnson, it is tempting to assume that partisan tribalism has taken over – that a new wave of irrational loyalty to the leader, right or wrong, is the only proper way to go. By Mungo MacCallum But in fact it was ever […]
I’m reading about serious Civil & Criminal court action in America whereby the defendant Lawyer makes a case that in Jury selection, a single Juror represents the views of multiple people. The judge and Prosecution agreed this point which is made. Therefore it seems anyone who expresses a public opinion or […]
My wife and I attended the opening night of the Still Life Art exhibition (STILL) at the Coffs Harbour Art Gallery on the evening of Friday 20 September. My wife being a graduate of the University of NSW’s City Art Institute. By Chris Bramley Our congratulations to the Gallery for […]
The impact of the Commonwealth not extending its population planning efforts beyond adjusting immigration rates is being deeply felt across Australia. By David Williams First published at The Sydney Morning Herald – Tuesday 24 September 2019. See: https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/nation-is-sleepwalking-towards-a-three-megacity-debacle-20190923-p52u1y.html A recent Infrastructure Australia audit warned that business-as-usual growth would incur substantial […]
In 2015 the Coffs Harbour City Council (CHCC) decided it would follow a simple strategy to ‘financial viability’. It would continue to raise revenue by way of rate levies, grants and contributions and from loans taken out by Council. By Rob Steuermann Interestingly making up 49% of all CHCC ‘revenue’ […]
Over the past weekend we published a story outlining a motion Councillor Keith Rhoades had moved at the last Council meeting on Thursday 12 September calling for a halt on the DA application to demolish 27-31 Gordon Street until the NSW Legislatice Assembly has had a chance to discuss the […]