DEAR News Of The Area, WE often drive past places and look but don’t ‘see’. Have you ever noticed the magnificent stand of flooded gums in the small reserve on the edge of Gogley’s Lagoon at the intersection of Camden Head Road and Scarborough Way? This precious reserve is also home to native palms, a […]
DEAR News Of The Area, WHENEVER I see that woman mentioned, I remind people that she is worth north of $25 million, much of it from the very government she attacks. As a serving Senator, she earns an annual salary exceeding $240,000 plus significant taxpayer-funded allowances and travel perquisites over her multi-decade career. She is […]
DEAR News Of The Area, I WRITE in response to the published letter from Peter Williams (NOTA, 03/07/2026). There are a number of factual errors in Mr Williams’ letter which I believe should not go uncorrected. There is NO Teals, Greens, Labor, socialist alliance in Federal parliament. The Labor government governs in the House of […]
DEAR News Of The Area, DURING the debacle of Pauline Hanson’s speech at the Press Club (17/6/2026), one is left to ask: “What can we do to counter the possibility of this woman becoming Prime Minister?” While this possibility may be an anathema to many of us, we must learn from Trump’s victory in the […]
DEAR News Of The Area, PEOPLE are asking themselves: why work in an economy that’s not working for me? The cost of basic services – food, housing, electricity, healthcare, childcare, education – has all gone up. Yet our pay packet remains the same! All after the era of privatisation when we were promised efficiency and […]
DEAR News Of The Area, MORE rubbish rhetoric! Well, Albo and the current Labor Government are apparently “redistributing wealth” and “anti-opportunity”, and their recent mild tax tweaks are “Communist, Socialist and/or Marxist” depending on who you listen to; or, in the case of Pauline, all three – presumably because she doesn’t know the difference. I […]
DEAR News Of The Area, I WRITE in response to Pat Conaghan’s glossy newsletter and comments about poor aged residents who are sacrificing other essentials in order to be able to afford the private health cover they vitally need. My suggestion is: use your Medicare card like the thousands of other aged pensioners do, and […]
DEAR Newspapers Of The Area, THE letter by Rodney Fox in a recent NOTA made a significant observation with regards not only to the topic of “chemtrails” but to conspiracy fantasies in general. “Attempts to belittle or ridicule those seeking answers are unlikely to be effective when many people have already informed themselves on the […]
DEAR News Of The Area, I WRITE with regards to the article, ‘Nambucca Heads Town Centre rejuvenation comes one step closer’, (NOTA, 19/6/26). May I suggest that members of the Nambucca Heads Town Centre Master Plan community reference group get in their cars and take a drive along the main drag at Sawtell and then […]
DEAR News Of The Area, WE write to inform your readers that membership with Bowraville Arts Council Inc (Bowraville Theatre) is due on 1 July for the year 2026-2027. Members who joined after March 2026 are current members until 30 June 2027. Those members who are renewing do not need to complete the membership form […]
