DEAR News Of The Area, THE Australian Constitution is the national rulebook of our democracy. Changing it is a big deal, and the decision to do so should not be taken lightly. So, in this regard Gwyn Austen (NOTA 9/6),…
Address: 34 Admiralty Avenue, Tea Gardens NSW 2324 3 bedrooms/3 bathrooms/2 garage Price: $820,000 to $900,000 THIS much-loved home is being offered for sale for the first time in 20 years. Boasting a perfect easterly aspect, it is just a…
DEAR News Of The Area, A NEW report, Banking Climate Failure, by not-for-profit, Market Forces, reveals Australia’s big four banks have used smoke and mirrors to continue pouring billions of dollars into fossil fuel expansion. Despite claiming to support the…
DEAR News Of The Area, MY friend Helene lives in Vienna, Austria. Now that she is retired, she volunteers weekly at the Vienna Zoo. Her favorite enclosure is filled with Aussie animals – koalas and kangaroos. She has a brother…
DEAR News Of The Area, A question for Peter Weyling (NOTA 26/5/23). Peter, do you honestly think that all Australians, regardless of culture, colour or whatever, are the same? I am a white (perhaps more sort of pinkish), blue-eyed Aussie…
ABOUT a month ago, I was contacted by ABC radio and then the commercial TV stations as, apparently, I am the last bulk-billing GP in the electorate of Cowper on the Mid North Coast of NSW. I run my own…
DEAR News Of The Area, THERE is no gold in the pot, just a great big black hole at the end of that ugly green building in Gordon Street. The ratepayers were not considered or even given a voice. Sad…
DEAR News Of The Area, IT was disappointing to read our federal member’s comments on The Voice (NOTA 2/06). While dismissing high court justice Ian Harrison’s email as emotional, in the next breath he pinpointed Aboriginal violence as the major…
DEAR Jasminda, When washing my 18-year-old and 20-year-old’s clothes, I frequently come across other items that neither own. These items have been left at our place by their friends. Last week I did eight loads of washing, which seems ridiculous.…
INTERESTING but maybe potentially alarming numbers came across my desk this week. I think they will be of particular interest to all the oldies who are living in the Mid Coast Region of NSW. If you are aged between 77…