PORT Stephens’ natural environment is at the heart of what makes living here so special. It is a key part of our identity and everyday life. Unfortunately, not everyone understands how important our natural surroundings are or the vital role…
DEAR News Of The Area, DUTTON and his LNP members say that they will reduce electricity prices, reduce the cost of living, reduce inflation – how? Just slogans with no policies underpinned with competent concrete data. Their nuclear electricity “policy”…
WITH the federal election finally called for 3 May, let’s look at why the cost-of-living is shaping up as the key policy issue. Data from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) compares the percentage change in real household…
DEAR News Of The Area, I THINK everyone breathed a sigh of relief today when Mr Albanese named 3 May as Election Day. Now we have about 30 days to get ourselves vote-ready. Let’s celebrate the independent and trustworthy voting…
DEAR News Of The Area, THE Federal Coalition’s opposition to the proposed Hunter offshore windfarm proposal is opportunistic in my view! It was the previous Liberal-National Party Coalition Government which enacted legislation for offshore windfarms for large scale electricity production.…
DEAR News Of The Area, THE election campaign so far has done little to encourage our attention. Mr Albanese more or less offered a direct bribe to vote Labor via the budget’s tax cut offer, then adopted the policy of…
ACCORDING to my young son, this week will be the “most important week in cinematic history”, seeing the release of two features which your own children or grandchildren will insist on seeing at the movies. A Minecraft Movie will probably…
DEAR News Of The Area, I WAS disappointed to read that Port Stephens Council has now asked for expressions of interest to develop Medowie Social as a Registered Club. Contrast this decision with one made by a previous council in…
DEAR News Of The Area, I APPRECIATE Janet Olney’s letter (‘Honesty in funding’, 21 March) for prompting this opportunity to update the community on the nature and scale of my campaign. It’s important that voters feel informed about who is…
DEAR News Of The Area, OVER the past few years, I’ve read the various articles and letters to the Editor from timber industry advocates regarding the Great Koala National Park (GKNP), Forestry Corporation and logging. It seems to me that…