Fossil fuel giants have known the harm they do for decades. But they created a system that absolves them of responsibility By George Monbiot (pictured above) Let’s stop calling this the Sixth Great Extinction. Let’s start calling it what it is: the “first great extermination”. A recent essay by the […]
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 […]
as we are up to our armpits in ‘work alligators’ elsewhere for most of this week (UTYAIA). We hope to be back to normal by Friday 11 October. The Editor
Earlier this week the Coffs Coast Outlook published a story pertaining to questions Councillor Keith Rhoades raised as a matter of urgency at the last Coffs Harbour Council (CHCC) meeting on 26 September. That story can be found here: https://coffscoastoutlook.com.au/what-is-the-true-cost-of-the-museum-sale/ Evidence obtained recently shows Cr Rhoades has now received an […]
Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, and Joe Pesci deliver award-ready performances For a while there, The Irishman seemed like it was a dream that would never come true. By Brett Arnold Back in mid-2016, it was reported that the film, pitched as a legendary reunion between Martin Scorsese, Robert De […]
A new feature-length documentary about the life and work of Johnny Cash will air on Youtube on November 11. The Gift: The Journey Of Johnny Cash has been directed by Thom Zimny, who collaborated with Bruce Springsteen on Springsteen On Broadway and his new Western Stars film. Watch a trailer […]
A pioneering Dutch experiment to try collecting plastic rubbish from the oceans has successfully caught floating debris for the first time. Boyan Slat, the founder of The Ocean Cleanup, said that after a failed effort last year, his giant v-shaped boom system had overcome technical challenges to start removing waste. […]
We need to change the conversation on recycling. By Thomas Maschmeyer While individual contributions make some difference, recycling that really matters must become embedded into the global economy, from the point of resource extraction to a product’s end of life. This means we have to engage with hugely complex global […]
AUSTRALIA will not host a round of the FIA World Rally Championship in 2020, but expects to return from 2021 as the series implements a new policy of event rotation. The 2020 calendar was announced yesterday after a vote of the world motorsport governing body, the FIA, and sees three […]
The Coffs Bypass Action Group (CBAG) has been busy doing their own noise measurements and recordings prior to the release of the EIS. Brian Polack from CBAG, who spearheaded the study, stated that “CBAG is particularly concerned about the validity and interpretation of some of the noise testing data, and […]
