March 20, 2026
Letter to the Editor: Trump has liberated the oppressed
Letter to the Editor

Letter to the Editor: Trump has liberated the oppressed

DEAR News Of The Area, IN response to letters by Les Mitchell and Dave Wood on Friday 13 March regarding so-called breaches of international law and critique of President Trump liberating thousands of oppressed Iranians, I would have to disagree with everything they wrote. Iran and the Palestinian Liberation Organisation have been attacking Israel for […]

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Letter to the Editor: Time to bring them home
Letter to the Editor

Letter to the Editor: Time to bring them home

DEAR News Of The Area, WATCHING the Prime Minister mouthing Hansonisms like a puppet controlled from behind last week was simply embarrassing, so I Googled a couple of matters, i.e. how long have the so-called “Isis Brides” been detained in a camp in Syria and what is their average age. These women, who Mr Albanese […]

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Letter to the Editor: Bring the children home
Letter to the Editor

Letter to the Editor: Bring the children home

DEAR News Of The Area, THEIR mothers were young and naive when they left Australia to marry ISIS fighters. They were barely children themselves. Allowing them to live in filth and squalor is a breeding ground for radicalisation, let alone shortening their lives due to malnourishment and disease. They are Australian citizens and above all […]

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Letter to the Editor: Upgrade the North Coast railway
Letter to the Editor

Letter to the Editor: Upgrade the North Coast railway

DEAR News Of The Area, IMAGINE this! Instead of spending $93 billion on a high-speed railway between Sydney and Newcastle (which will inevitably double or triple or quadruple in cost before completion), imagine that this money is invested in the North Coast railway! The line would be duplicated so trains could run in both directions […]

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Letter to the Editor: the Blame Game
Letter to the Editor

Letter to the Editor: the Blame Game

DEAR News Of The Area FIRST the Federal Coalition blamed Prime Minister Anthony Albanese for the Bondi terror attack, highlighting how low politics has sunk. This couldn’t be better expressed than in the pre-Christmas newsletter of our Federal MP Alison Penfold who wrote in relation to anti-Semitism and hate speech legislation: “the failure of the […]

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Letter to the Editor: Dangerous ideas on climate change
Letter to the Editor

Letter to the Editor: Dangerous ideas on climate change

DEAR News Of The Area, ONCE again David Lawrence from Dunbogan is making erroneous claims that climate change is a conspiracy promulgated by the United Nations and that the Covid vaccine was ineffective and unsafe. This disinformation is dangerous and completely unhelpful as we face the dire threats from the increase in CO2 in our […]

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