DEAR Jasminda, I’ve told my husband he is sometimes insensitive in his responses, but he doesn’t seem to be able to change. Do you have any suggestions? He’s great in every other respect. Claudia Q. Dear Claudia, Firstly, I offer my condolences regarding your husband’s occasional insensitivity. People can be brash or unthinking at times […]
The ‘James Wallace’. Image: courtesy of Stuart Ripley.
I WAS delighted to learn that Tomaree Lodge is to be maintained for public use, as it is an iconic historic site. This would be one of the few areas remaining from the American soldiers’ occupation during World War II. In June 1942 Newcastle and Sydney were shelled from Japanese submarines and from that September […]
DO you ever get the feeling that something isn’t right and that you are being politically processed into believing spin, instead of fact? Whilst the Prime Minister believes in creating as few shocks as possible, his Treasurer, who eventually wants to succeed him, appears hell-bent on achieving change in order to cement his eventual move […]
I’M starting to see many similarities between the economic realities of the USA and those of Australia. Principally in the rising debt levels and the fact that the country’s leaders are just realising that something needs to be done about it before their populations realise the size of the predicament. President Trump, who is no […]
DEAR Jasminda, On my rostered day off last week I went for a day trip to the beach. After getting a bit too much sun, I rolled over and noticed Amy, who is a junior work colleague, swimming in the ocean with her kids. She was on a work from home day (approved by me). […]
SHOCKED and grieving, she laid her ruined wedding dress on the muddied, mangled pile of treasured belongings. Emergency volunteers bore witness, absorbing her heartbreak while valiantly hosing stinking mud and river slime from her waterlogged home. Unforgiving torrents of floodwaters, fuelled by ‘atmospheric rivers’, left mountains of precious possessions disintegrating in landfill. Tragically, lives and […]
DEAR News Of The Area, LAST Wednesday, I attended the ‘drop-in’ community consultation at Hawks Nest Community Hall for the proposed Sanderling Avenue beachfront development, located between Hawks Nest Golf Club and Bennetts Beach (Lot 1, DP 1234229). This is the same development that was the subject of the 2021 Four Corners episode ‘Obeid Inc.’ […]
DEAR Jasminda, Every time I look at the news there is a new tragedy unfolding or a new source of conflict. It’s actually getting to me. I feel that I’m in a constant state of worry wondering what will happen next. Do you have any ideas on how I can address this? Leonie B. Dear […]
