THE Myall River Action Group (MRAG) is advocating the deepening of the whole length of the lower Myall River (NOTA, ‘Urgent action needed on Myall’s shoals’, Page 6, 8/10/26). This “dredge, dredge, dredge” philosophy reminds me of the “drill, drill, drill” philosophy of short-term exploitation. Why tamper with nature? Why not select boats that suit […]
DEAR News Of The Area, THE article, ‘Urgent action needed on Myall’s shoals’ (Myall NOTA, 8 October), sees the proponents of the Myall River Action Group charge their steeds. Or is it flogging a dead horse, again? Is sand really responsible for hospitalisations resulting from striking a sandbar, vegetation or something else hidden? Again, we […]
DEAR News Of The Area, FROM October 1, businesses across Australia can no longer add a surcharge when customers pay by Visa, Mastercard, eftpos or American Express. The Reserve Bank says the change is designed to make pricing simpler and more transparent for consumers. But there is a very obvious question that needs to be […]
DEAR News Of The Area, WALK into the Hawks Nest Community Hall and you can see what decades of neglect looks like. This is our only community hall. It is supposed to be a neutral place where the whole community can meet, hold events and come together. Instead, it is falling apart. There are holes […]
DEAR News Of The Area, A CONVERSATION with an Uber driver on my way to Brisbane Airport got me thinking about where Australia is heading. We talked about youth crime, housing, cost-of-living pressures and immigration. I came away wondering whether our political debate focuses too much on who to blame and not enough on what […]
DEAR News Of The Area, THE NSW Government’s proposed changes to bag limits for snapper and yellowtail kingfish should concern every recreational fisher in this state. Once again, recreational fishers appear to be the easiest target when the Government wants to be seen to be doing something about fish stocks. But where is the evidence […]
DEAR News Of The Area, WE have had correspondence recently regarding the validity of sea levels recordings and interpretations, and whether the levels are actually rising. Decades ago scientists realised that the countries closest to the equator would be more heavily affected by Climate Change, and this included rising sea levels. Can I appeal to […]
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 News Of The Area, I WRITE in reply to Wayne Duesbury (‘Facts speak louder than a Google search’, NOTA, 4/9/26). Judging by the figures presented by Mr Duesbury, he is touting the views of a particular, long-discredited geologist, whose first book is one of the two in my long life (the other was ‘Mein […]
DEAR News Of The Area, THANK you for putting the information in the paper (‘Are our seas really rising?’, NOTA, 2/9/26) about how to find the tidal records in the paper. As someone who lives right next to an estuary and sees how varied the timing of low and high tides are each day, I […]
