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 […]
DEAR Newspapers Of The Area, THE letter by Rodney Fox in a recent NOTA made a significant observation with regards not only to the topic of “chemtrails” but to conspiracy fantasies in general. “Attempts to belittle or ridicule those seeking answers are unlikely to be effective when many people have already informed themselves on the […]
DEAR News Of The Area, I WOULD like to acknowledge that I do not have a Bachelor of Marine and Antarctic Science (with a major in Oceans, Ice, and Climate) or Earth and Environmental Sciences, or Oceanography. I can and do read regularly about climate change and the effects it is having on our Earth. […]
DEAR News Of The Area, IN all the housing crisis talk by Federal or State governments, the biggest elephant in the room is unhosted Airbnbs, specifically entire-home Short Term Rental Accommodation (STRA). Homes that should be available for first-home buyers, normal buyers and long-term renters are instead being bought up to be used as Airbnbs […]
DEAR News of the Area, SOCIAL media was abuzz last week following what many residents described as unusually heavy chem-trail activity over the Mid North Coast. The sky was crisscrossed with persistent trails that gradually dispersed into a light silver-grey haze, obscuring much of the blue sky above. It was the most extensive activity I […]
DEAR News Of The Area, A NUMBER of the residents of Dunbogan have gotten together and produced a petition that is being circulated in the neighbourhood regarding the urgent need to have a footpath/walkway along the Tip Road at Dunbogan. This road was sealed as an access to the new estate off Scarborough Way It […]
DEAR News Of The Area, WHY do shop assistants and supermarket checkout staff think it is in any way acceptable to call women – especially older women – by pet names such as “Dear”, “Sweetie”, “My lovely” “Darl”, “Love” “Pet” and so on. I’ve heard people make the excuse that they’re just being friendly. But […]
Dear Jasminda, When I travel with my partner on a plane, he ignores the safety announcements and instead reads a book. I feel like if something goes wrong, I’m the only one who will be able to assist. Bettina L. Dear Bettina, I’ve come across a range of different travellers over the years. Because I […]
MARCO passes away suddenly at the age of 52, leaving behind four children, a small country hotel, and no Will. At the time of his death, Marco was the hotel’s sole registered proprietor, while he and his brother, Tony, managed the business. Their mother, Rosa, however, disputes the notion that the hotel belonged solely to […]
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 […]
