THE front-page story for many of the world’s news sources recently reported that Donald Trump had threatened to ‘bomb the shit’ out of US ally Oman if it got in the way of US efforts to broker a deal on the Straits of Hormuz. I wonder: how is that being received by the rest of […]
AUSTRALIA must smash the illicit tobacco market that is fuelling organised crime, hurting legitimate businesses and making a mockery of our laws, according to Federal Member for Lyne, Alison Penfold. “Illicit tobacco is not a victimless crime,” Ms Penfold said. “It has become big business for organised crime.” Ms Penfold says she has backed a […]
NSW Police officers issued almost 1800 infringements in the Northern Region during Operation Remove All Impaired Drivers (RAID) across the weekend. Photos: NSW Police. NSW Police officers issued almost 1800 infringements in the Northern Region during Operation Remove All Impaired Drivers (RAID) across the weekend. Photos: NSW Police. NSW Police officers issued almost 1800 infringements […]
DEAR News Of The Area, I WRITE in reply to Jennifer Indsto’s letter (‘Tomaree Headland master plan a ‘dog’s breakfast’’, NOTA, 7/8/26) where Ms Indsto labelled the Department of Communities and Justice Master Plan for the future of the Tomaree Lodge as a “dog’s breakfast of confected, artificial concepts, which is trying to be all […]
DEAR Jasminda, I’VE started dating a man named Reece. Everything is great but he ends a lot of sentences with ‘do you know what I mean?’ Now I’m attuned to it. It’s all I can hear. Is there a way I can break this irritating habit? Carly F. DEAR Carly, IT is quite common for […]
On the ground in Gloucester. Photo: Supplied.
Helicopter approaching Gloucester. Photo: Supplied. On the ground in Gloucester. Photo: Supplied. MANY regional residents are accustomed to hearing or seeing the Westpac helicopter in the skies above or near their town. Unfortunately, the presence of the helicopter indicates that someone is in urgent need of medical care. Over the past three years, the Westpac […]
THE rising cost of life’s essentials is putting increasing pressure on households across Australia, with regional communities facing their own challenges. The latest Australian Bureau of Statistics figures show housing costs rose five per cent nationally in the year to July, while food prices increased 3.2 per cent, rents 3.6 per cent and electricity 6.1 […]
Nicko Baker draws the Father's Day raffle, with Tea Gardens Red Cross president Thomas O’Keefe and vice president Helen Janes. Photo: Thomas O’Keefe.
MEMBERS of Tea Gardens’ branch of the Red Cross ran their annual Father’s Day raffle last Saturday, the latest in a series of events locally and regionally that support humanity more globally. Nicko Baker, of Myall Lakes Butchery, drew the raffle, with the three prizes won by locals from Tea Gardens and Karuah. The local […]
Residents and speakers at the recent Bushfire Reflection Forum. Photo: Supplied.
THE villages of Tea Gardens and Hawks Nest and communities on the north side of Port Stephens were dangerously close to a bushfire that burnt to their north from late January to early March this year. On 27-29 January, the ‘Nerong Fire’ came close to the villages and the communities’ only exit road from the […]
NEW fathers in NSW will benefit from new health and mental health checks thanks to a $1 million donation from the NSW Government to men’s health charity Movember. The funding will allow NSW Health to partner with Movember to pilot health and wellbeing checks for new and expecting dads. The initiative will focus on the […]
