DEAR News Of The Area, THE Mid North Coast is no stranger to tough times, but the weather is becoming more extreme and harder to live with. In just a few years, our region has faced devastating bushfires and record-breaking floods. The recent floods are another hit to our region, hurting our people, our livestock, […]
‘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
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
Letter to the Editor: Local Member’s response to Treasurer
DEAR News Of The Area, WHILE the Member for Cowper’s recent letter is critical of the Treasurer’s Press Club speech, his own Shadow Treasurer Angus Taylor has been cast aside by the Coalition leader. Having seen the National Press Club address by Treasurer Chalmers I gained the feeling that he is looking for reform, with […]
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Letter to the Editor: Constructive positivity required
DEAR News Of The Area, IT is good to see Pat Conaghan, Member for Cowper, writing in the public forum of a local newspaper, instead of the subsidised propaganda in advertisements and our letter boxes. In doing this, he can be debated, rated, baited, deflated, liked or hated. In everything he says about Labor plans, […]
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 […]
