‘On the couch’ with Jasminda
DEAR Jasminda, There has been a lot of angst about people setting up their cabanas on beaches lately. A good friend of mine thinks they ruin the beach, but we got one for Christmas which makes going to the beach…
Category Opinion
The Big Screen
A QUIET week for cinemas seems in order given the recent weather, but if you need a break from clearing up after the storms, you can check out a few new tales. The Brutalist is a period drama film following…
Letter to the Editor: The privilege of being Aussie
DEAR News Of The Area, I FEEL compelled to make a comment about Australia Day in light of our High Commissioner to the United Kingdom not celebrating Australia Day. As a migrant I was welcomed to this beautiful country. We…
Letter to the Editor: New Jetty bus zone
DEAR News Of The Area, I REFER to last week’s letter from Zieta Hicks regarding the recently created bus zone in Marina Drive at the Jetty Foreshores. This new bus zone takes away five valuable parking spaces from general use.…
Letter to the Editor: More misrepresentation of facts
DEAR News Of The Area, IN her letter “More fantasy than facts on forestry”, (NOTA 10/1/25) Judith Kirkwood writes, “Storing carbon in forests is critical to slowing climate change. Science shows that larger, older trees store the most carbon, not…
Letter to the Editor: Modern bushfire risks
DEAR News Of The Area, I DON’T know how many of you remember in 1987, when a bushfire burnt right to the edge of town. I was living in York Street then, and I remember the washing I had left…
Letter to the Editor: More fantasy than facts on forestry
DEAR News Of The Area, WHEN someone with a vested interest in an activity provides facts about said activity we would do well to question these “facts” (We all know what happened to Little Red Riding Hood when she believed…
Letter to the Editor: The truth about forest regeneration
DEAR News Of The Area, WORLD-renowned Zurich-based scientist and ecologist Tom Crowther has recently been featured on ABC Television in an outstanding and revealing documentary “The Forest”. It tells the story of over two hundred collaborating scientists, a massive database,…
Letter to the Editor: Ignorance is bliss… until it’s not
DEAR News Of The Area, I share an optimistic outlook voiced in the opinion article ‘Undermining hope in society’ published 10 January 2025. I too hold hope and faith in this country and its citizens, I too live in the…
Letter to the Editor: Kudos to Council on Norrie Park Reserve works
DEAR News Of The Area, THIS morning I inspected the work our Council has been engaged in to repair the Norrie Park Reserve in Kendall. The last flood extensively damaged the river embankment and a series of floods have left…