DEAR News Of The Area, MANY thanks to Theo Hazelgrove of Community at 3 for his letter in last week’s newspaper reminding us of the importance of supporting local business. I have another thought that some of you may want…
DEAR News Of The Area, THE 176,000 hectare Great Koala National Park that was first committed to by the current Environment Minister, Penny Sharpe, and former Leader of the Opposition, Luke Foley, in 2014/15, is home to at least one…
DEAR News Of The Area, AS a community independent candidate for Cowper, I feel compelled to respond to the concerning article (NOTA November 29) regarding the imminent crisis facing our regional universities due to Ministerial Direction (Policy MD107). This Policy…
DEAR News Of The Area, TIMBER industry reps are once again trotting out the usual spurious figures and questionable claims about the cost and threat of the Great Koala National Park to the timber industry; just as they did in…
DEAR News Of The Area, WELL the silly season has arrived and I don’t mean Christmas. I refer to the insane happenings of last week and the total idiocy behind them. First we have the story of a very happy…
DEAR News Of The Area, THE fatuous debate about potential nuclear power options for Australia cannot be taken seriously. There is no credible evidence supporting any such proposal either economically or environmentally in the Australian context. The most recent Royal…
DEAR News Of The Area, REMEMBER as a child, making a list of presents you wanted for Christmas? Or maybe your children or grandchildren are in the process of making such a list now. As adults, we could make a…
IN 2014 the NSW Government announced plans to purchase new carriages to replace ageing intercity and regional trains. This new class of train was given the name of Mariyung and was slated to take over from what we knew as…
DEAR News Of The Area, IN response to your article on the cost of the Great Koala National Park. I would like to remind you that in February 2022 the Federal Government declared the koala an “endangered species” in NSW,…
DEAR News Of The Area, IN the early hours of 7 November my wife had to call an ambulance for me as I was unconscious and she could not revive me. Three ambulances arrived shortly. In the meantime the operator…