DEAR News Of The Area, I AM watching in amazement at what the council is wasting money on now. They have decided that the perfectly good hot mix tar road in front of the council chambers needs to be resurfaced, while there are sections of roads within 100 metres of that road that have holes, […]
DEAR News Of The Area, WHAT a busy place the Great Koala National Park will be, with loggers being replaced with four wheel drive vehicles, pistol shooters, mountain bike riders, archers, and that scourge of every quiet neighbourhood, trail bikes. I’m sure this is not what the Knitting Nannas envisaged when they chained themselves to […]
DEAR News Of The Area, Tuesday, 11 November is Remembrance Day. It is also the 50th anniversary of the sacking of the Whitlam government but I digress. I remember my father who joined the air force, learnt to fly Spitfires, and got shot down over Italy. Two weeks later, in a Bologna hospital, after having […]
DEAR News Of The Area, THE recent decision by the National Party to abandon its commitment to net zero by 2050 has left many in regional Australia questioning what this means for our future. Net zero simply means balancing the greenhouse gases we produce with those we remove from the atmosphere, ensuring the world we […]
DEAR News Of The Area, THE Nationals have rejected ‘Net Zero’, the policy they signed up to when Barnaby Joyce was their leader. Net Zero has become a totemic symbol, a two-word slogan the Nationals hate. But Net Zero is much more than a slogan – it’s an ambitious investment, energy, jobs, industry and environment […]
DEAR News Of The Area, AS a scientist for over 40 years, a sustainability advisor for the past 18 years, and a resident of the Mid North Coast not far from the recently greenlit Great Koala National Park, I read with a mixture of curiosity and concern the 17 October “Letter to the Editor” apparently […]
DEAR News Of The Area, I FIND cats to be fascinating animals, and wonderful companions, with engaging and often eccentric personalities. However, unlike humans, they do have some downsides. I do think though, that the wrath-filled tirades of anger directed at cats for the apparently existential amount of wildlife they kill, should be more properly […]
DEAR News Of The Area, IN response to the letter published on Friday 17 October by Peter Flinn. He says “climate change has been blamed for the rising frequency and intensity of bushfires” and then spends nearly a full column avoiding answering or addressing that statement. His argument centres around the subject of fuel loads […]
DEAR News Of The Area, If you have been lucky or unlucky to have visited our wonderful hospital for help, you will know what I mean. I have just recently needed their help with a back issue and the doctors and nurses made my stay as comfortable as possible. I arrived with a dim outlook […]
DEAR News Of The Area, I WRITE with deep concern and desire to draw attention to the lack of insects, especially bees, in our local gardens. This year, despite the presence of citrus blossoms, mango flowers, jasmine, wisteria, clover, nasturtiums, orange jasamine and many more blooms, usually vibrating with sound, I am yet to see […]
