DEAR Jasminda, MY husband’s Netflix viewing history shows an abnormal amount of True Crime shows, serial killer series, and murder mysteries. Should I be worried? Petra L. Dear Petra, For some strange reason, many people like having the living daylights scared out of them for relaxation. I’m not one of them, and it sounds as […]
TIMMY wakes on Christmas morning, rubs his eyes and stumbles downstairs to the Christmas tree. He is overjoyed to find three presents, bearing a special stamp, stating that they are “Shipped from the North Pole”. “Thank you, Santa!” he exclaims. When Timmy’s brother and sister join him, they begin unboxing their Christmas gifts. His sister […]
DEAR News Of The Area, AUSTRALIA has just hit a historic milestone: renewables have overtaken fossil fuels for the first time. This isn’t a blip – it’s the acceleration of an energy transition that is now economically unstoppable. Solar, wind, and battery storage are dominating new investment globally, and Australia is finally reflecting that reality. […]
DEAR News Of The Area, WHILE the Greens have long been accused of putting ideology before pragmatism in our federal political sphere, the recent behaviour of the Nationals and their Coalition partners in scuttling progress towards ‘Net zero’, illustrates just how far the conservatives are prepared to go to hold up Australia’s energy transition and […]
DEAR News Of The Area, A NUMBER of correspondents to these pages are of the opinion that so-called ‘renewables’ are the cheapest form of energy. They’re technically wrong; energy from the wind and sun is actually free. It’s the superstructure that supports this generation that is costing Australians billions of dollars. We don’t actually know […]
SANTA Claus, a citizen of Scandinavia, applied for a temporary partner visa to the North Pole after marrying Mrs Claus, a citizen of the North Pole and a local gift-wrapping virtuosa. Between them, they had five elfchildren under twelve. The youngest had just learned to waddle in curled shoes; the eldest could turn any mention […]
DEAR News Of The Area, STATE Member for Coffs Harbour, Gurmesh Singh, has been promoted to the leadership of the NSW National Party. Meanwhile, our National Party Federal MP for Cowper, Mr Conaghan, is getting attention for another reason – being removed from parliament due to interjections. Hansard reports that during question time on 27 […]
DEAR News Of The Area, Achieving net zero by 2050 is considered necessary to limit global warming to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, as outlined in the Paris Agreement. The world is already moving towards net zero with more than 84 percent of global GDP covered by net zero commitments. “We (Nationals members) just don’t believe […]
A RECENT Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO) blitz in Queensland’s Gatton region should serve as a wake-up call for New South Wales. Operation Topaz uncovered systemic labour rights breaches among labour hire firms, with every single provider investigated demonstrating some non-compliance. Contraventions included failure to pay minimum and overtime rates, withholding pay slips, and poor record-keeping. […]
