DEAR News Of The Area, THE Port Macquarie byelection has echoes of the southern NSW federal seat of Farrer, previously held by Nationals’ deputy prime minister Tim Fischer. Sussan Ley, now deputy Liberal leader, won it in 2001 from the…
DEAR News Of The Area, ALISON Penfold, National Party candidate for Lyne electorate, states the party will ‘ensure we get our Australia back on track’. Is she aware that under the Labor Albanese government one million jobs, an historic high,…
DEAR News Of The Area, ALISON Penfold, National Party candidate for Lyne, claims ‘my plan is to fight to restore our standard of living’. I find this unbelievable given that the Liberal and National parties have voted against most of…
DEAR News Of The Area, Reading through the Coalition’s 2025 election campaign plan ‘Priorities of a Dutton Government’ released online last month, one would expect that in consideration of the recent Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide there would…
DEAR News Of The Area, HOW much longer do we have to wait until our intersection at Valla Beach turn-off is made safe? On Thursday I was a passenger and was almost hit by a van not stopping at the…
DEAR News Of The Area, I AM tired of the fanciful myth that nuclear power is somehow “clean” or “emissions free”, as claimed by Mr Musgrove (Letters, 30 Jan). There is nothing “clean” or “emissions free” about the 30 tonnes…
DEAR News Of The Area, WRITER John Ball, in his letter of 31 January 2025, raises some important points regarding “what is right”. When is it justifiable to break the law? How do we reconcile the conflict between law and…
ALL regional and rural residents of Australia must be feeling the sadness of what is happening to REX airline, now under administration by Ernst & Young. In order to prevent its complete collapse, the Federal Government has acquired $50 million…
DEAR News Of The Area, FELLOW Australians, this decade will go down as one of the worst in our short history as a debacle over a reckless pursuit of renewable energy. Australia is a democracy so why won’t our Federal…
CAPTAIN America: Brave New World hits screens this week, looking for a late Summer boost as Anthony Mackie tries to make the role his own, facing off against Harrison Ford as “Thunderbolt” Ross (previously played by the late William Hurt)…