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 […]
DEAR News Of The Area I WRITE with reference to the opinion of Mr Michael Ferris (‘Are our seas really rising?’, NOTA, 27/8/26) and the comments made by Mr Iain Watt, may not be correct and that the seas are not rising. Mr Ferris cites his opinion and information is backed by a registered Oceanographer […]
DEAR News Of The Area, I AM appalled that lobbyists at Hunter Defence Conference (NBN News, 26 August) are pushing for a nuclear submarine base in Newcastle. There has been no community consultation and no opportunity for Newcastle and Port Stephens residents to ask important questions about the proposal. Firstly, nuclear-propelled submarines carry tonnes of […]
DEAR News Of The Area, IN his recent letter (Tomago Aluminium bailout is a crisis of Government policy, NOTA, 27/8/26), Troy Radford describes the Tomago Aluminium agreement as a bailout caused by government energy policy. He’s right about one thing: Tomago is enormously important to the Hunter. But blaming renewable energy for Tomago’s challenges ignores […]
THE most-recent edition of Port Stephens News of the Area pointed to just how far governments have become isolated from the wishes and needs of the local community. Your front-page article ‘Troubled Path’, and Anne Ronan’s Letter to the Editor, both expressed frustration and dismay at the funds being spent on an unwanted pathway. This […]
THE Albanese Government must not capitulate to Pauline Hanson’s politics of hate by stripping rights from people seeking asylum in an attempt to appear tougher on migration. Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke last week postponed a National Press Club address where he was expected to announce sweeping migration changes, reportedly including further restrictions on the […]
AUSTRALIANS should be asking a very simple question about the government’s decision to support Tomago Aluminium: how did we get here in the first place? Tomago Aluminium is one of the Hunter’s most important industrial employers and a major contributor to the regional economy. Its future matters – not just to the thousands of people […]
DEAR News Of The Area, PORT Stephens council has devoted considerable effort to radio and newspaper advertising asking for feedback on its new draft Pathways plan. No doubt Council will attract sufficient attendees to the meetings in Medowie, Raymond Terrace and Soldiers Point to allow them to tick a box for ‘community engagement’ on required […]
DEAR News Of The Area, LYNE Together is hosting a meeting on the afternoon of Saturday, 29 August in the Hawks Nest Community Hall, from 1.30 to 3.30 pm. The meeting will offer our community a chance to reflect on our experiences of the 2026 summer bush fires which started in Bulahdelah and Nerong and […]
