September 22, 2026
‘On the couch’ with Jasminda
Jasminda's Advice

‘On the couch’ with Jasminda

DEAR Jasminda, Since the recent heavy rain events, we now have a flock of bin chickens in our yard. They are not a very attractive bird, but I can’t seem to shoo them away. How do I get rid of them? Jonathan R. Ah, Jonathon Using the term bin chicken tells me everything I need […]

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Letter to the Editor: Preserve our sacred country and culture
Letter to the Editor

Letter to the Editor: Preserve our sacred country and culture

DEAR News Of The Area, MOUNT Coramba (within Orara East and Lower Bucca State Forests) is a sacred place for the Garlambirla and the Garby Elders groups and surrounding clans, all connected across our Gumbaynggirr Nation with priceless and irreplaceable creation and increase values embedded within this beautiful ancient, healthy and intact Country. All of […]

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Legal Hypothetical: No bars on estate claim
Hypothetical

Legal Hypothetical: No bars on estate claim

MARVIN had been estranged from his family for several years and is now serving a lengthy prison sentence for a serious criminal offence. As a former legal officer in a national security agency, he was charged with leaking classified information. Following the death of his mother, Hilary, in 2023, her Will appointed her daughter, Emily, […]

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Letter to the Editor: Treasurer’s reform agenda
Letter to the Editor

Letter to the Editor: Treasurer’s reform agenda

DEAR News Of The Area, IN NOTA on 27 June 2025 our local federal Member Mr Pat Conaghan wrote a very critical condemnation of the Treasurer’s proposed summit meeting with employers, unions, government policy authorities and representatives from the broader Australian public. The Treasurer, Jim Chalmers’, agenda for this summit is for “modernising our economy […]

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Letter to the Editor: We are all in this together
Letter to the Editor

Letter to the Editor: We are all in this together

DEAR News Of The Area, MEMBER for Cowper Pat Conaghan must have been watching a different speech at the National Press Club by Dr Jim Chalmers, the Treasurer, to the one that I viewed. His letter to your paper asserting “meaningless platitudes” and “uncomfortable contradictions” by the Treasurer may well be a more accurate description […]

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