DEAR News Of The Area, WITH all the discussion, and controversy, about celebrating Australia Day on 26 January each year it is interesting to note that the Commonwealth of Australia was proclaimed on January 1,1901, not 26 January 1788. The…
IN both life and business it is a good idea to know where we are going. From where I sit, it looks like our country is going global. One of those indicators is the Australian motor vehicle industry, which sadly…
DEAR News Of The Area, I REFER to your recent publication of a letter from Leigh Shears,’Hunter Offshore Wind Farm brings prosperity’. Leigh Shears makes a compassionate argument in support for this project. However, the argument being prosecuted by Leigh…
ON behalf of the Hawks Nest Tea Gardens Progress Association (HNTGPA) Management Committee (MCC), welcome to the new year. We trust everyone is enjoying a fantastic summer break, enjoying our Myall River, stunning beaches, and parks. Firstly, congratulations to our…
DEAR News Of The Area, THE ideal concept of Australia Day is that it is a day of unity and harmony that celebrates our land and the best of our culture. It follows that the date chosen for this celebration…
DEAR News Of The Area, THIS year is the 75th Anniversay of the UN Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (Genocide Convention), established by the UN General Assembly on 9 December 1948, ratified by members…
DEAR News Of The Area, In response to Wayne Duesbury’s recent letter on climate change I would suggest that most argument on the topic and man’s contribution to it is largely governed by one’s political affiliation rather than science, but…
DEAR News Of The Area, IF there is anything in this world that is certain, it is change (Cancellation of Australia Day citizenship ceremony is un-Australian, NOTA January 12). Only a few years ago Australia Day was a full-on knees…
DEAR News Of The Area, JUST wondering if anyone else was disappointed or dismayed to find out that Coffs Harbour City Council was on the list of NSW local councils holding their Citizenship and Award ceremonies on a day other…
DEAR News Of The Area, IT is unbelievable that the courts have ruled in favour of the continued destruction and clear felling of our old growth native forests! This is despite Australia’s record extinction of our precious native wildlife due…