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Horse owner to challenge ‘ridiculous’ water fine

Hot on the heels of their own fine for breaching water laws Coffs Harbour City Council has fined a horse owner for taking...

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02nd June 2020 12:06 PM

Mariette Eden is seeking legal advice in relation to the water use infringement notice from Coffs Harbour City Council.

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.

Water regulator uncovers litany of breaches on Coffs farms

One dam was found to be 12 times the legal limit.

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14th April 2020 10:04 AM

The state's independent water regulator found 18 of the 21 properties inspected were non-compliant with important water laws.

Rates fund study into pesticides and heavy metals

Rate payers' funds will be used to fund further studies into the potential impacts from Intensive Plant Agriculture.

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04th March 2020 4:03 PM

Southern Cross University will investigate potential contamination of pesticides and heavy metals in soil, air, water, plants and animals near farming operations.

Green light for berry poles and nets in residential zone

Residents against the development application are worried it will set a precedent.

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03rd March 2020 3:03 PM

Manjinder Singh Bajwa at his blueberry farm on Bruxner Park Road. Photo by Trevor Veale

MP condemns ‘deliberate lies’ linking him to water sell-off

Coffs Harbour MP Gurmesh Singh has distanced himself from the proposed water sell-off from Woolgoolga Dam to blueberry...

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31st Dec. 2019 1:12 PM

Coffs Harbour MP Gurmesh Singh says some potentially defamatory comments have been made about him, and he has distanced himself from the water sell-off plan.