Some foolish female comedian got raped and murdered in Melbourne recently after walking home alone through a dark and vast park in the inner city area (pictured). To understand just how foolish this was, if my own wife had voiced a desire to traverse said park in broad daylight then […]
The truce of the last election that saw Labor leave Malcolm Turnbull’s wealth alone and the Prime Minister ignore Bill Shorten’s union past is over. By Paul Bongiorno The battle for political ascendancy has become very bitter and very personal. But a clear indication that Labor’s first attack ad is […]
Come Saturday morning the phone will ring and Mum will be on the other end. At 90, she’s still sharp upstairs but the years have taken their toll in other ways. She needs a stick to ward off the wobbles that might see her take a catastrophic tumble, makes mental […]
At last weekend’s Federal Council the Liberal Party resolved to privatise the ABC. The motion has no binding power and the federal Coalition government has moved quickly to distance itself from the motion, ruling out any move to privatise the ABC. By Harry Stuchberry It surprised some commentators that this […]
The ‘Oracle’ strikes again. Cr Rhoades has once more given the Coffs Coast community the benefit of his understanding and insight. By ‘Cob” But is it enough to be just ‘technically correct’ and to achieve an outcome that ultimately may be far from satisfactory after all the ‘grandstanding’ as per […]
“What federal council meeting? Oh, that federal council meeting – privatising the ABC, following Trump on moving our embassy to Jerusalem? No, nothing to see here. Move along.” Or so the federal government would have the electorate believe. Think about that for a moment. By Michael Pascoe The Liberal Party’s […]
It is with a heavy heart that I must inform all lighthouse enthusiasts that due to a decision taken by the Coffs Harbour City Council on Thursday evening to advance the planning for their new office block in the Coffs Harbour CBD, containing their Council Chambers, Art Gallery and Library, […]
Coffs Harbour last night voted NOT to join a new Mid Coast Joint Organisation (JO) which includes Port Macquarie, Kempsey and Bellingen so as to collaborate on major projects. Councillors said the New South Wales Government has no legal right to force it into the JO and instead will lobby […]
By The Editor At its 14 June meeting the Coffs Harbour City Council (CHCC) has a number of issues to ponder. Not the least of which is to decide whether it will become one of the very last councils in regional NSW to sign up to be a member of […]
