Forest scientists say prescribed burning is best used in a targeted way to help protect assets. By Adam Morton Hazard reduction burning had little to no effect in slowing the severe fires that devastated more than 5m hectares across New South Wales this summer, an analysis has found. Forest scientists […]
COFFS Harbour City Council has been overwhelmed with the number of public submissions in response to their development application for the $76.5m Cultural and Civic Space. By Janine Watson (Reproduced in full from the Coffs Coast Advocate online – 22 January 2020.) See; https://www.coffscoastadvocate.com.au/news/council-calls-for-more-time-to-deal-with-hundreds-/3926779/ A whopping 874 submissions were submitted […]
On September 12 this year all Council’s in NSW, including those on the Coffs Coast, will hold elections for a new Council. Recently Woolgoolga local Tony Judge announced he would be running as a Country Labor candidate for the Coffs Carbour City Council. Mr Judge, who was the ALP candidate […]
While Sports Minister Bridget McKenzie has been forced to resign over the “sports rorts” affair, the matter is far from settled. It’s likely to feature heavily in parliamentary debate in the coming days. By Yee-Fui Ng One of the outstanding issues is the very different findings by the Audit Office […]
The Australian agriculture industry faces a “multi-year rebuild”, a new report has warned, and consumers may see some price rises as a result. By Isabelle Lane 2020 will be an “extremely challenging” year for farmers, with production likely to remain “weak” and farm gate revenues set to shrink for the […]
Scott Morrison is nothing if not a marketeer. Or, to put it more precisely, he is nothing except a marketeer. By Mungo Macallum His sole area of expertise consists of convincing the gullible to buy stuff they don’t need and generally don’t want and his success can be measured by […]
Recently local Facebook pages on the Coffs Coast had a number of robust debates around increasing homelessness in the region and the role, if any, of local councils in helping with the issue. As a result Coffs Coast Outlook commissioned the following article from a resident expert, with both lived […]
you’ll go ‘blue in the face’. Parts of freedom of information laws are frustrating and illogical and keep the public in the dark By Anne Davis Want to know how Bridget McKenzie and her office administered the $100m in sports grants that are at the centre of a major scandal? […]
Scott Morrison’s puerile sneer that most of his cabinet ministers wouldn’t even know who (NSW Environment Minister) Matt Kean was actually contains a grain of truth. Not just because most of his ministers are pig-ignorant (well, not all of them, and not entirely) but because they realise that there is […]
Below are the minutes for the extraordinary Council meeting held last Wednesday 29 January. You will note two motions were passed by the six Councillors present and the meeting, which opened at 5.00 p.m., closed at 5.02 p.m (see our emphasis in minutes below). Leaving aside the pros and cons […]