Coffs Coast Advocate

Back in the saddle: will it be another wild ride ?

Coffs Harbour City Council meetings will resume this month.

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01st Feb. 2021 3:02 AM

Coffs Harbour City Council elections will be held in September this year.

Mayor in chambers at time of bomb threat: police investigate

Mayor Denise Knight was in the chambers when the threat was received.

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03rd Dec. 2020 10:12 AM

Police are investigating the bomb threat made towards Council in the lead up to Yesterday’s extraordinary meeting.

New tourist trail to revitalise bushfire-hit villages

Orara Valley the focus as Council offers vouchers to people hitting the hinterland

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30th Oct. 2020 3:10 PM

The Golden Dog is a must see on the Orara Valley Tourist Trail. Photo: Tim Jarrett

‘OPTIMISTIC’: Councils to continue talks over water supply

Will water security for Coffs/Clarence residents trump cash for energy company?

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02nd Oct. 2020 8:10 AM

MP: Council wasting ratepayer dollars and causing unrest

After describing Council as ‘tone deaf’ on the Cultural and Civic Space, Coffs MP Gurmesh Singh has accused it of wasting...

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28th Aug. 2020 4:08 PM

Coffs Harbour City Council will seek legal advice on the possibility of claiming ownership of a patch of prime Jetty Foreshore land from the NSW Government.

It’s a date: so who will be running at the next election ?

One Councillor has repeatedly avoided the question.

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15th June 2020 10:06 AM

Coffs Harbour City Councillors talk about their intentions for the postponed elections.

Councillor weighing up the options

A strong advocate for the Cultural and Civic Space, this councillor has criticised the Advocate’scoverage.

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13th May 2020 2:05 PM

Coffs Harbour City Councillors have been split four/four on the matter for many months now.

Sale process to fund Cultural and Civic Space moves ahead

A report on the sale of council buildings to help fund the Gordon St project will soon come before Council.

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04th May 2020 5:05 PM

Coffs Harbour Council chambers building in Castle St is just one of the buildings currently up for sale.

Legal advice on farm structures ringing alarm bells

The legal advice is yet to sink in warns one Coffs Harbour City Councillor.

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15th April 2020 2:04 PM

Legal advice has suggested farming infrastructure regardless of zoning should require approval.

Coffs councillor weighs up re-election options

The Councillor says the decision to postpone the elections may have been too hasty.

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13th April 2020 2:04 PM

Coffs Harbour City Council Councillors during a meeting in July last year.

REVEALED: Clr declares intention for postponed election

This Councillor is finding a new appreciation for the ‘she’ll be right’ Aussie attitude but still can’t say it properly.

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08th April 2020 7:04 AM

Coffs Harbour City Councillor Michael Adendorff during a council meeting in July last year.

Deputy lays it on the line as elections pushed back

For Deputy Mayor Tegan Swan it doesn’t matter if the elections are held this year or next.

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03rd April 2020 6:04 AM

Deputy Mayor Tegan Swan working from home and schooling her children Tasman (5), Evelyn (2) and Lincoln (9).

REVEALED: Mayor makes a call as elections postponed

The decision is even more complicated now for Mayor Denise Knight.

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01st April 2020 11:04 AM

Mayor Denise Knight (pictured with general manager Steve McGrath) was considering contesting this year's election but was waiting to speak with close friends and family before announcing her intention.

New COVID-19 era for council meetings

This week’s Coffs Harbour City Council meeting will go ahead.

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23rd March 2020 3:03 PM

A ‘Disgusting’ situation in lead up to Council elections

‘People have been asking me whether I am standing or not, but the answer is no.’

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09th March 2020 1:03 PM

A retired barrister rumoured to be running for Council has warned of the ‘absolutely disgusting’ situation emerging in the lead up to the elections.

Prominent businessman rules out running for Council

He says the unrest in Council chambers is ‘out of control’

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27th Feb. 2020 10:02 AM

A businessman widely rumoured to be running in the September elections has ruled it out; saying the bitter divide over the Cultural and Civic Space is limiting the pool of candidates.

Council contender says real estate agents should be banned

A current Coffs Councillor has rejected the proposal to ban real estate agents and developers from running for election.

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26th Feb. 2020 3:02 PM

There is a push to ban real estate agents and property developers from running for council at the September elections.

Rumour mill in overdrive in lead up to council elections

One person rumoured to be running has made his intentions clear.

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19th Feb. 2020 1:02 PM

Coffs Harbour City Council, Council Chambers. Photo by Trevor Veale

REVEALED: New council candidate comes forward

A new candidate has entered the race for this year’s Council election.

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03rd Feb. 2020 1:02 PM

A new candidate has put their hand up to run for Council in September.

REVEALED: Who will run again at the next election?

The Advocate asked all councillors whether they'll stand at next year's Local Government elections.

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22nd Nov. 2019 9:11 AM

Plan for $1.2m animal pound pushes ahead

Coffs council will build its own pound after the RSPCA rejected its proposal to purchase the existing facilities.

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16th Sept. 2019 12:09 PM

Preliminary estimates have indicated the construction could cost the council up to $1.2 million. Picture: Lawrence Pinder

Meet your new Coffs Harbour City councillors

A MIX of familiar and new faces make up the new Coffs Harbour City Council.

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16th Sept. 2016 11:09 AM

Council hopefuls wait as the Coffs Coast votes

After months of campaigning , all the mayoral and councillor candidates can do now is hope they've done enough as the...

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10th Sept. 2016 6:09 AM

VOTING WITH YOUR FEET: Polling day has arrived on the Coffs Coast.

Voting ballot explained

A NEW council will be formed this weekend as the Coffs Coast elects a mayor and councillors.

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09th Sept. 2016 12:09 PM

Do you know how to cast your ballot on September 10?

Putting faces to names: Coffs Harbour City Council elections

COFFS Harbour, here are your councillor candidates for the upcoming elections on September 10.

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08th Sept. 2016 3:09 PM

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