September 8, 2026
LETTER: Pauline wants a unified, safe and peaceful society
Letter to the Editor

LETTER: Pauline wants a unified, safe and peaceful society

DEAR News Of The Area, AFTER five years of rapidly rising living costs and inflation, many people are struggling and are looking for a Government that will actually improve their living standards rather than making them worse. Labor’s policies are failing miserably. The recent OECD Employment Outlook Report found that while the average member country […]

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LETTER: To build peace we must not demonise others
Letter to the Editor

LETTER: To build peace we must not demonise others

DEAR News Of The Area, THE Royal Commission into Antisemitism and Social Cohesion has produced some interesting insights. The most interesting one, to my mind, is to clarify what is meant by antisemitism, and what is the distinction between Judaism, Zionism, and the state of Israel. Judaism is an ethno-religion, comprising a mix of faith, […]

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LETTER: Pauline is not a battler
Opinion

LETTER: Pauline is not a battler

DEAR News Of The Area, WHENEVER I see that woman mentioned, I remind people that she is worth north of $25 million, much of it from the very government she attacks. As a serving Senator, she earns an annual salary exceeding $240,000 plus significant taxpayer-funded allowances and travel perquisites over her multi-decade career. She is […]

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Opinions are free, but facts are sacred
Opinion

Opinions are free, but facts are sacred

DEAR News Of The Area, I WRITE in response to the published letter from Peter Williams (NOTA, 03/07/2026). There are a number of factual errors in Mr Williams’ letter which I believe should not go uncorrected. There is NO Teals, Greens, Labor, socialist alliance in Federal parliament. The Labor government governs in the House of […]

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LETTER: Stop this woman becoming PM
Letter to the Editor

LETTER: Stop this woman becoming PM

DEAR News Of The Area, DURING the debacle of Pauline Hanson’s speech at the Press Club (17/6/2026), one is left to ask: “What can we do to counter the possibility of this woman becoming Prime Minister?” While this possibility may be an anathema to many of us, we must learn from Trump’s victory in the […]

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We all want a slice of the good life
Opinion

We all want a slice of the good life

DEAR News Of The Area, PEOPLE are asking themselves: why work in an economy that’s not working for me? The cost of basic services – food, housing, electricity, healthcare, childcare, education – has all gone up. Yet our pay packet remains the same! All after the era of privatisation when we were promised efficiency and […]

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Mild tax tweaks are not a Marxist takeover
Opinion

Mild tax tweaks are not a Marxist takeover

DEAR News Of The Area, MORE rubbish rhetoric! Well, Albo and the current Labor Government are apparently “redistributing wealth” and “anti-opportunity”, and their recent mild tax tweaks are “Communist, Socialist and/or Marxist” depending on who you listen to; or, in the case of Pauline, all three – presumably because she doesn’t know the difference. I […]

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Medicare is great for most of us
Opinion

Medicare is great for most of us

DEAR News Of The Area, I WRITE in response to Pat Conaghan’s glossy newsletter and comments about poor aged residents who are sacrificing other essentials in order to be able to afford the private health cover they vitally need. My suggestion is: use your Medicare card like the thousands of other aged pensioners do, and […]

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