DEAR News Of The Area, In his letter from 26 September, Ben Abbott asks who is going to come forward and make it clear what misinformation is being spread. Please allow me. Let us look at what’s been put out…
DEAR News Of The Area, DURING the recent council election, I was asked why so much of the Port Stephens community was opposed to a floating industrial zone on our ocean. I replied that many of us are haunted by…
DEAR News Of The Area, AS an older person, like “Jack”, I am alright now – but I worry about the future hospital conditions that will face us all. The standards of nursing we will receive in future years is…
ON behalf of the Dungog and Gloucester communities, I want to say thank you to the publisher of News Of The Area for the decision to step-up to ensure residents continue to have a local newspaper. I hope both communities…
I’D like to take this opportunity to congratulate the News Of The Area newspaper group on “spreading its wings” further afield and establishing a new publication covering the Dungog Shire. Many locals rely on their local newspaper to find out…
DEAR News Of The Area, I BELIEVE the whole argument about coal vs wind vs solar vs nuclear energy should be simplified. In 2027 Lake Eraring power station will be shut down. It produces up to 2922MW per day and…
I’D like to take this opportunity to congratulate the News Of The Area newspaper group on “spreading its wings” further afield and establishing a new publication in Gloucester. Many locals rely on their local newspaper to find out about what…
DEAR News Of The Area, THANK you for the invitation to be a part of what we must hope will become as much a part of the community as the Dungog Chronicle in its original form had become. The Chronicle…
DEAR News Of The Area, THE Albanese Government has stated repeatedly it is firmly committed to delivering greater assistance to the Australian’s facing cost of living challenges. “Indexation together with our budget measures, means maximum rates of Commonwealth rent assistance…
IT has been a privilege and honour to be the Mayor of Coffs Harbour for the past three years. I am particularly proud of leading a brave Council that made tough decisions that were necessary to repair the Council’s financial…