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 […]
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Letter to the Editor: GKNP is an ‘uplifting, hopeful outcome’
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 […]
Letter to the Editor: Environmental vandalism
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 […]
Legal Hypothetical: Superannuation payment traps
WENDY makes enquiries with her superannuation fund regarding the payment of her funds in the event that she unexpectedly passes away. Wendy is advised that because she is not in a relationship and has no children, that she should execute a non-binding death benefit nomination. She also has the option of making a binding nomination […]
‘On the couch’ with Jasminda
DEAR Jasminda, My new girlfriend chats incessantly as soon as she wakes. I prefer to ease into the day. How can I get our morning routines in sync? Karl B. Dear Karl, I’m with you on this one. My husband’s mouth seems to wake up before the rest of him. From the moment his eyelids […]
Going Up
Letter to the Editor: Represent the whole electorate
DEAR News Of The Area, THE recent letter from Michael Kemp MP exemplifies why so many people have lost faith with the major political parties in Australia, particularly the LNP. It seems Mr Kemp is relying on the politics of grievance as his main argument as he seeks to divide our society into us and […]
Album review: ‘Ripples’ by Dianne Coombes
THE rapid rise in the popularity of country music has new audiences of those in their 20s and 30s lapping it up in their millions. Folk artists like Kentucky’s massively popular Tyler Childers have rolled the dice and taken their sound right back to country’s traditional roots and young audiences can’t get enough. Enter a […]
