DEAR News Of The Area, IN response to “Farmers slam government over banana import review”, 26/9. The Australian Banana Growers Council stated that imports of bananas are unnecessary and risky, so what is the real agenda of the Federal Government? Is it to placate foreign business and political stakeholders, to undermine the power of local […]
DEAR News Of The Area, LAST week the Nambucca Valley Council rescinded an original resolution from 2018 to not support the Great Koala National Park (GKNP). This now gives the Council an avenue to explore the economic and environmental opportunities provided by the State Government announcement of the GKNP, an election promise, for our local […]
DEAR News Of The Area, IF the “Great Koala National Park” is legislated, will it be as devastating as some suggest? In the late 1950s Macksville had a population of about 2000 and relied on industries such as bananas, dairy, saw milling, Midco abattoir and small goods and was supported by five banks. A large […]
SHOCKED and grieving, she laid her ruined wedding dress on the muddied, mangled pile of treasured belongings. Emergency volunteers bore witness, absorbing her heartbreak while valiantly hosing stinking mud and river slime from her waterlogged home. Unforgiving torrents of floodwaters, fuelled by ‘atmospheric rivers’, left mountains of precious possessions disintegrating in landfill. Tragically, lives and […]
BOB has been estranged from his eldest son, following a physical altercation which occurred on Christmas Day, 20 years ago. When Bob decides to make a new Will, he consults a solicitor regarding his son’s rights to claim inheritance. He is informed that despite the lengthy estrangement, his son can still make a claim against […]
DEAR Jasminda, Every time I look at the news there is a new tragedy unfolding or a new source of conflict. It’s actually getting to me. I feel that I’m in a constant state of worry wondering what will happen next. Do you have any ideas on how I can address this? Leonie B. Dear […]
DEAR News Of The Area, CONGRATULATIONS to the many groups and individuals who fought for so many years to secure the Great Koala National Park. Congratulations to the Minns government ministers who finally decided to make good on their election promise. They have chosen to protect more than 170,000 hectares as habitat for koalas and […]
DEAR News Of The Area, THANK you for publishing the long letter from the Member for Oxley, Michael Kemp, recently. We all now know that he represents the consistent traditions of the Nationals approach to politics. Mr Kemp maintains the practice of using division and negative hyperbole about serious issues, clinging on to discredited traditional […]
DEAR News Of The Area, HERE is a question for the experts. All state forests were developed to be logged. They are all mostly single species plantations, as unnatural as any forest can be for wildlife and the environment, particularly if left to grow unlogged forever. If they were serious about this they would log […]
