The future is not on the side of Adani or the PM, as the groundswell of youth leading the charge against climate change clearly shows. By Mungo MacCallum Yet again we are assured that the Adani mine is going ahead — Adani Lite, they’ll only put it in a little […]
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“Dangerous Goods Argument a Complete Furphy” – Coffs Bypass Action Group
State Roads Minister Melinda Pavey (pictured below) has been quoted as saying that the Coffs Harbour Bypass cannot have tunnels due to dangerous goods. Is this actually true? Let’s take a look at the detail. “Firstly let’s be clear dangerous goods travel through tunnels in Australia every single day” says […]
Valla local on cycle marathon for the environment
Valla Beach local Darren Squibb is planning a massive cycling marathon, not for glory or accolades but because he wants to bring awareness to a good cause. “The purpose of my “No Sea No Me, No Tree No Me” tour is two-fold. One to draw attention to the plight of […]
600 submissions made on Coffs bypass
Submissions on the planned bypass of Coffs Harbour have now closed, with more than 600 comments lodged by Coffs Coast locals. The bypass has been involved in controversy since plans were released earlier this year by the State and federal Governments which did not include tunnels as first proposed back […]
Building Creative Partnerships: Connecting Coffs Coast artists with business sponsors
Local businesses are being asked to get behind local artists in a new exhibition, New Year New Work, scheduled to launch 1st February at the Coffs Harbour Regional Gallery. Presented by the Friends of Coffs Harbour Regional Gallery, the aim is to promote both local artists and businesses, while fundraising […]
Make sure to do your by-pass submission now!
To get the best bypass for Coffs, we must do more than just talk to each other. We must take ACTION! Make sure you have put in your Submission to the RMS by the November 30th. Y You have until TOMORROW! There are some fantastic resources on our website, check […]
“This summer set to be a hotter than average scorcher “- BOM
Summer temperatures are forecast to soar above their usual average, while the chances of more bushfires and an El Niño developing are on the rise. The Bureau of Meteorology’s (BOM) latest outlook for summer warns that most of Australia has an 80% chance of higher-than-normal temperatures between December and February. […]
The food system is “broken globally” – report
Radical overhaul in farming and consumption, with less meat eating, needed to avoid hunger and climate catastrophe By Damian Carrington A family cooking amid floodwater in Lalmonirhat, Bangladesh, 2017. Photograph: Zakir Chowdhury/Barcroft Images The global food system is broken, leaving billions of people either underfed or overweight and driving […]
Twelve year old makes popular video highlighting ‘problems with new NSW forest policy.’
A new New South Wales forestry agreement could intensify logging in an area described as a ‘global treasure’, but a young boy wants the timber industry to come clean about the true impact of logging. By Wiriya Sati Video: 12-year-old Morrow Taplin explaining the impact of proposed logging laws […]
Biography details battles of legendary reporter – book review
EARLY ONE morning in February 2012, as the Syrian army was pounding the besieged city of Homs into submission, artillery fire crashed around a building in the embattled district of Baba Amr. As rocket fire closed in, the handful of foreign journalists and activists who’d been using the building as […]
