DEAR News Of The Area, Golly, a “budget bloodbath”. Didn’t take long for our local conservative Member for Lyne to talk up a drama. Here is our representative of the parties whose mantra is smaller government and lower taxes screaming blue murder that the government is not spending more money. Fresh from their drubbing in […]
By Doug CONNOR, Group Editor AFTER just shy of six years manning the News Of The Area news desk, I have made the difficult decision to leave my role as Group Editor. Before I officially depart next Friday (29 May), I wanted to take the opportunity to offer my sincere thanks to everyone who has […]
DEAR News Of The Area, LOCAL charity, Camden Haven Community at 3, congratulates all of the many volunteers who give of their time so freely for the benefit of other members of our community. We cannot let this moment pass and recognise their immense value, without which our community would be so much poorer. Our […]
WALK down any main street in regional Australia and you’ll find small businesses doing what they do best: serving their communities with pride, hard work, and a personal touch. Businesses in our regional towns thrive on trust, the kind that comes from knowing the people behind the counter. But there’s a growing issue quietly affecting […]
DEAR News Of The Area, HIGH-POWERED electric bikes (“fat bikes”) ridden by teenagers have become a major safety issue around Coffs. I have frequently seen teenagers engaging in risky riding, including: riding on the wrong side of the road, riding without a helmet, doing wheelies, riding while standing or kneeling on the bike seat, looking […]
DEAR News Of The Area, AUSTRALIA until recently had 10 oil refineries, but now has only two. Therefore we rely almost entirely on imports of finished products, of which we have only a few weeks of supply stored on Australian soil. The late Senator Major General Jim Molan pointed out the severe consequences of our […]
DEAR News Of The Area, IT’S worth noting that the US/Israel war on Iran is going to affect people differently. Setting aside the effects on the Iranian people, the main effect here in Australia is that the costs of energy and food are going to go up. For working and middle-class people this is going […]
DEAR News Of The Area, AS ANZAC Day approaches, and as wars rage unabated in Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East, it is important to contemplate the sacrifices made by previous generations and what legacies we have inherited. Almost everyone who participated in WWII is now dead, weakening the direct link to that dark […]
DEAR News Of The Area, I WOULD like to think the Port Macquarie Hastings Council learns from their mistakes, but they certainly did not when they built the roundabout at “Woodless Estate”. While the developer named it Woodlands Estate, since they destroyed virtually every tree on the property in order to create more profit, many […]
