August 15, 2026
LETTER: Anyone can throw stones
Letter to the Editor

LETTER: Anyone can throw stones

DEAR News Of The Area, IT doesn’t matter where you travel in the world today, you generally find we are better off in this country than anywhere else. Why else this constant crush of people hoping to emigrate to Australia? So, why do so many Australians believe Pauline could do it better than the two […]

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LETTER: A vote of confidence for ordinary people in politics
Letter to the Editor

LETTER: A vote of confidence for ordinary people in politics

DEAR News Of The Area, I WISH to make some observations made by correspondent Peter Williams (Pauline wants a unified, safe and peaceful society, NOTA, 24/07/26). Australia’s cost of living is actually 16th in the world, according to the World Population Review website. Mr Williams’ assertion that this is the cause of Hanson’s increased popularity, […]

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LETTER: What does Pauline stand for
Letter to the Editor

LETTER: What does Pauline stand for

DEAR News Of The Area, I RESPOND to Peter Williams’ Letter to the Editor (NOTA, 24/7/26) where he claims Pauline Hanson wants a unified, safe and peaceful society. How could she possibly bring that about? With her level of disrespect for other cultures, how could she ever manage our vitally important international relations? In the […]

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LETTER: The real architects of our current predicaments
Opinion

LETTER: The real architects of our current predicaments

DEAR News Of The Area, I WRITE in response to Peter Williams (NOTA, 03/07/2026). First of all, One Nation has not replaced the ‘alliance’ Mr Williams speaks of. There is no alliance, and it has not replaced a stand-alone Labor Government. There have certainly been a substantial number of defectors from the Liberal and National […]

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LETTER: Most farmers support renewable energy
Letter to the Editor

LETTER: Most farmers support renewable energy

DEAR News Of The Area, The media narrative suggesting regional people oppose renewable energy projects when the data unarguably shows the opposite is now the subject of a published academic paper (“Growing discontent on data centres as farmers fear renewable rollout repeat, The Land, 7/6). Poll after poll after poll, from Porter Novelli, 89 Degrees […]

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My top community priority for Port Macquarie
Opinion

My top community priority for Port Macquarie

DEAR News Of The Area, IN response to Jake Little’s letter of 3 July (Port Macquarie NOTA, 3/7/2026) in which he calls for readers to name their top three community priorities for Port Macquarie, I offer one – a new aquatic centre. I’ve been swimming at the Olympic pool in Port Macquarie since my early […]

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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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