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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1978

10 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers

Council Request for Funds

The Bananacoast Opinion · Wednesday 4 January 1978 · page 16

The North Coast Regional Advisory Council has asked Coffs Harbour Shire to give funds for research and development in the area…

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Advisory council sets the lead in research studies

The Bananacoast Opinion · Wednesday 18 January 1978 · page 1

An Australian lead had been set by the North Coast Regional Advisory Council with research studies which were a pre-requisite for long term regional planning, the council chairman, Mr. N. W. Seccombe, said recently. Giving his fifth annual report to the council, Mr. Seccombe said the information for the…

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Advisory Council Seeks Fuel Tax to Replace Road Maintenance Tax

The Bananacoast Opinion · Wednesday 18 January 1978 · page 21

Replacement of a road maintenance tax by a fuel tax could help conserve fuel and cause less wear of roads. This is the claim of the transport committee of the North Coast Regional Advisory Council. Members said that…

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Noxious Weeds Are Problem in Shire

The Bananacoast Opinion · Wednesday 8 February 1978 · page 1

Groundsell bush a noxious weed had got out of hand and become a menace to the shire, health surveyor, Mr. Pat Smith, told Coffs Harbour Shire Council last week. “It’s growing everywhere,” Mr. Smith said. Ninety…

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Council’s plans for regional development

The Bananacoast Opinion · Wednesday 8 February 1978 · page 3

State-wide plans for regional development are expected to come from a pilot scheme being prepared by a committee of the North Coast Regional Advisory Council…

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Arts Council Show for Coffs

The Bananacoast Opinion · Wednesday 15 February 1978 · page 13

The fabulous music, songs and dances of the roaring 20s will be recreated on stage…

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Cottage Industry Gets Council Ok

The Bananacoast Opinion · Wednesday 3 May 1978 · page 1

Coffs Harbour Shire Council yesterday gave the go-ahead to a small Coramba business despite protests by one resident that the woodworking industry was polluting their rainwater…

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Advisory council structure changes

The Bananacoast Opinion · Wednesday 31 May 1978 · page 2

Addition of a Local Government Committee to the structure of the North…

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ttoormina [?] Growth Community. New Town in Coffs Shire

The Bananacoast Opinion · Wednesday 7 June 1978 · page 18

The village of Sawtell in June, 1961, had a population of 1600 and was contained wholly on the eastern side of the railway line. Council in 1969, appreciated the need to provide for…

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Shire Tops $13 m

The Bananacoast Opinion · Wednesday 27 September 1978 · page 5

Coffs Harbour Shire building applications have exceeded the $13 million mark —…

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