WEARING a ‘Liberals for Yes’ t-shirt in some parts of regional Australia makes me think of the comedy series Little Britain where actor Matt Lucas was the ‘only gay in the village’. In my case I feel like ‘the only…
DEAR News Of The Area, I WAS initially in favour of the Uluru Statement. Then I did some research and changed my view. The proposal for ‘The Voice’ to comprise 34 “representatives” is flawed, and it cannot work for the…
DEAR News Of The Area, IN a recent interview on a conservative media platform ex PM John Howard made the observation that in Australia there is a “deep deposit of Celtic skepticism”. He was speaking in relation to the upcoming…
DEAR News Of The Area, I WOULD reply to Dianne Hendry – (NOTA 8.9.23) because I am not a ‘hater’. Your diatribe aimed at those who would vote No was deeply offensive. It is because we have thought deeply about…
DEAR News Of The Area, A WHILE back I wrote regarding the ridiculous situation at Woolgoolga Beach where a perfectly serviceable toilet block (both male and female) with shower facilities and change rooms was replaced by council with him/her toilets…
HAVE you ever heard of a Minerva? No? There will be one 119 years old at the Cex Sports Touring and Classic Car Club show at the Cex. Club this Sunday. There will be a Bentley, a Bugatti, a Schneider,…
BEING ‘woke’ could be described as a state of awareness only achieved by those dumb enough to find injustice in everything except their own behaviour. Never more is it more obvious than in various government and local government bodies’ thinking…
DEAR News Of The Area, FINALLY sanity prevails, stop killing our precious bees, manage the varroa mite instead! These hardworking bees not only give us a wonderful health product called honey but also pollinate our agricultural sector, without which our…
DEAR News Of The Area, IN October 2019 I joined a group of about 200 people on the Yaama Ngunna Baaka Corroboree Tour which was initiated by Uncle Bruce Shillingsworth and we travelled about 3000 km in eight days in…
DEAR News Of The Area, INDIGENOUS Australians have advocated for a long time for constitutional recognition, after over two centuries of dispossession, harm and serious inequities. Following extensive regional dialogues, the Uluru statement from the heart was created by Indigenous…