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Rain fails to dampen spirits at Open Streets Festival

Dante from Hoorai Balloons created enormous fleeting artwork along the riverbank. Photo: Mick Birtles. Zenzi Grace and Zella Young, creators of The Great Fashion Stitch Up, are pictured with Cole Tucker, Elise McCabe and Sophia Luxton. Photo: Mick Birtles. Anne Sutton, Michelle Walker and Linda Jerrison from the Nambucca Macksville Evening View Club. Photo: Mick […]

Government

Council votes to not appeal polytunnels decision

THE NSW Land and Environment Court (NSW LEC) recently decided in favour of an appeal against a Development Control Order issued by the City of Coffs Harbour on 6 December 2024, requiring a landowner to stop construction of polytunnels on the basis of them being a form of ‘farm buildings’, which required development consent. The […]

Government

NSW Government invests $1 million to fund biocontrol research to manage weeds

THE NSW Government has granted $1 million to Australia’s national science agency the CSIRO to carry out biocontrol research to help control invasive weeds. Biocontrol reduces weeds by deploying natural biological agents, such as fungi or insects, and is considered increasingly important as an environment-friendly, self-sustaining and cost-effective weed-management tool. Invasive weeds cost Australian agriculture […]

Letter to the Editor

Letter to the Editor: Have your say on Tree Preservation Order

DEAR News Of The Area, I WELCOME the opportunity for the community to have a say on the Council’s draft proposal to require a permit for the removal of trees in non-rural areas. Good civic design that benefits humans is design that benefits all life. Nature is our life support system and biodiversity is essential […]

Letter to the Editor

Letter to the Editor: A glaring contradiction

DEAR News Of The Area, IN the years since the Global Financial Crisis, one contradiction has quietly persisted at the heart of modern economic culture – a contradiction so glaring that it should unsettle anyone who still believes our systems reward contribution and punish harm. We shame the unemployed. We mock them, dismiss them, and […]

Local News

Conaghan urges Coalition cooperation after Taylor announcement

FEDERAL Member for Cowper Pat Conaghan says it’s time for the Coalition to “get on with the job” after a leadership spill saw Angus Taylor oust Sussan Ley from the role of Opposition Leader. Mr Taylor defeated Ms Ley by 34 votes to 17 in a ballot held last Friday morning, making him the third […]

Printed Edition

Printed Edition 20 FEBRUARY 2026

Letter to the Editor

Letter to the Editor: A false solution we cannot afford

DEAR News Of The Area, Regarding the NOTA article “Local talks energy solutions” (13 February edition): I applaud Mr Simshauser’s suggestions to Council regarding energy storage and solar generation. However, Energy-from-waste (EfW) incinerators should not be promoted as a green solution to our waste problems. EfW incinerators do not make clean energy. They are the […]

Local News

Blueberry opposition meeting draws a crowd in Macksville

MORE than 130 people attended a public meeting hosted by the Nambucca Environment Network (NEN) at the Macksville Ex-Services Club on Monday night. NEN has spent the last several years lobbying against intensive blueberry farming in the region. Speakers at the event included Greens Member of the Legislative Council (MLC) Cate Faehrmann and Nambucca Valley […]

Letter to the Editor

Letter to the Editor: New leader, same old Liberals

DEAR News Of The Area, NEW Liberal leader Angus Taylor promises that by returning to Liberal values he will restore our standard of living, protect our way of life and restore the Australian dream of home ownership. In trying to sell this snake oil, he turns a blind eye to the fact that successive Liberal/Nationals […]