DEAR News Of The Area, IN this whole energy discussion, there seems to be one cost we hear little about, that is the cost to the environment. With renewables, thousands of hectares of wilderness and bushland, including wildlife habitat, have…
DEAR News Of The Area MR Martin Smith’s letter (NOTA 5/07/24) adds little to the nuclear debate but says more about his political affiliations. His reference to the CSIRO being “Australia’s truly independent experts” is puzzling. As this organisation is…
JOHN served in the Navy between 1940 and 1945. He earned several war medals for his courageous service. When John died in 1975, his widow gave his war medals to their eldest son, Matthew. Matthew treasured the medals and kept…
DEAR News Of The Area, The Federal Opposition often boasts that nuclear reactors supposedly operate for 80 to 100 years. In actual fact, no nuclear reactor has ever lasted more than 60 years. The average age of currently operating plants…
DEAR News Of The Area, FOR the umpteenth time this racing season the Coffs races scheduled last week were postponed several days early, due to water on the track. It appeared that the races were rescheduled for this Saturday and…
FROM Friday 26 to Sunday 28 July almost 200 longboard surfers will converge on Scotts Head to compete in the 38th Logger Heads Malibu Classic. The event, now a staple on the Australian competitive longboarding calendar, attracts surfers as young…
THE Macksville Sea Eagles hosted Woolgoolga Seahorses on Sunday at Alan Gillett Oval, coming away victorious in all four grades. The First Grade side needed a win to keep themselves in finals contention and started at a roaring pace. The…
DESPITE conditions early in the week The Auto Salon Sponsored Stableford was played on the course with very little run in it. Big hitters Paul Donges with 43 points won with Jake Clarke runner up on 39 points. With the…
DEAR News Of The Area, I WRITE in support of Louise Cranny, letter writer to NOTA on 12 July 2024 (The Australian Monopoly Game). She wrote about our society’s system of winners and losers and the inbuilt unfairness of housing…
THE Nambucca Roosters took on the visiting Grafton Ghosts in their Indigenous Round clash at Coronation Park last Saturday. The Roosters, unbeaten so far this season, were not a certainty to defeat Ghosts, who sat in third place on the…