DEAR News Of The Area, TIME to stop the fake facts about electrical generation. Derek Musgrove in letters to the editor on 25 January calls for small modular nuclear reactors to replace coal. Unfortunately Derek they don’t exist. They are…
DEAR News Of The Area, I REFER to the article, ‘Seeking the Truth’, and Mr Pratzky casting himself as someone fighting “disinformation”, suggesting that our community believes floating offshore wind turbines kill whales due to some form of misinformation conspiracy.…
DEAR News Of The Area, I reject the notion that small modular nuclear reactors (SMR) are a viable power source (NOTA January 25). There are no units under construction in the western world and no design has been fully certified…
DEAR News Of The Area, AUSTRALIA’S long-delayed energy system transformation is happening, and not before time. Old coal-fired power stations are now too expensive, inflexible and unreliable as they limp towards retirement. Australia’s $220 billion in fossil-fuel exports in FY2023…
DEAR News Of The Area, AS we embrace REDFEB, Heart Awareness Month, this February, Heart Research Australia is dedicated to reshaping how Australians approach cardiovascular well-being without causing financial strain. Beyond our collective effort to raise funds for life-saving research,…
DEAR News Of The Area, WOW! What a weekend we had in Bowraville. The annual Bowraville Book Fair was a huge success. I would like to thank NOTA (Rochelle and Nerida in particular) for their contribution to making this event…
Opinion DEAR News Of The Area, WHAT a shame that the shade and beautiful trees in Woolgoolga upset a small body of people when they are a well known attraction. I was part of the planting of the original trees…
DEAR News Of The Area, IN recent years, there has been a concerning trend observed in Labor-led state governments in Australia – the locking up of productive state forests. These forests, which could be utilised for sustainable timber harvesting –…
DEAR News Of The Area, AS a resident of Port Stephens, I am writing to express my dismay at the lack of adequate signage for visitors to our facilities and natural wonders, especially on the road approaches and at the…
DEAR News Of The Area, I’VE recently retired to Tea Gardens after a 45-year career in power generation and wholesale distribution. With an engineering background, I understand the technical challenges to decarbonise our electricity system with far more, and vastly…