DEAR News Of The Area, THE recent Private Health insurance industry increase in premiums by 3.73 percent, which has been “negotiated” with the federal government, raises an important question. When does profit become greed? In the 2022-2023 financial year the…
DEAR News Of The Area, MUCH has been made in Australia of the plight of one of its iconic animals, the koala. While we fully support the protection of Australian native flora and fauna, we do not support the current…
DEAR News Of The Area, IT is heartening to read an article acknowledging the role of the Tea Gardens ferry service (NOTA 27/2/2025). I served as a deckhand and then as a fully certified coxswain on the ferries from 1999…
DEAR News Of The Area, MY name is Erik and I am an 11 year old homeschooler from Macksville. My dad and I have been studying newspaper articles lately and in particular, election campaign articles. It seems to me that…
DEAR News Of The Area, LAST week JF Sercombe wrote in NOTA that in Cowper we have a “Teal Party candidate” and inferred she might just be based in Port Macquarie. He said that Independent politicians come in all “colours”,…
DEAR News Of The Area, IT’S been three months since the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) held their so-called ‘Information Session’ in Woolgoolga about managing the reserves north of Coffs Harbour, and guess what? Attendees are still waiting for…
DEAR News Of The Area, I AM writing to express my fury at cutbacks to private health Insurance that I am sure will affect many local residents. From 1 July private health will no longer contribute to the cost of…
DEAR News Of The Area, LAST election the Australian people got rid of a conservative government. In its place they elected a Labor government who had to depend on a hostile Liberal Party, Greens and independents. Labor still provided tax…
THE airline industry is again in the news with one of its major players, Virgin, deciding to cease their Adelaide to Darwin service due to dwindling numbers. Of course, there were screams of foul play by authorities in Adelaide and…
DEAR News Of The Area, AS a Valla Beach resident for 20-plus years I have noticed the increase in the residential population from a seaside village to many new housing developments. Many thousands of people now call Valla Beach home.…