DEAR News Of The Area, I would like to respond to John Blackbourn regarding his ‘candid view on Canada and cannabis’ (NOTA, 14/7/26). Hey mate. How long did you spend in Canada? Did you get past the tourist spots? There are 41 million of us, how many did you talk to? Most of us are […]
I COULD be wrong but, in my humble opinion, it would appear that Labor, Liberals, Greens and Teals seem to be behind woke communism, using schoolkids to march against Australian democracy. This may send Western society broke and cause civil war. Regards, Mick Edgar, Nelson Bay.
DEAR News Of The Area, Nuclear power plants consume millions of litres of water per day to cool their extremely hot reactor cores. This year summer heatwaves and falling rainfall have defeated several of Europe’s nuclear plants, forcing them to reduce power or shut down completely, and leading to an energy crisis. One vital water […]
DEAR News Of The Area, A NEW website has been created by the NSW Domestic Violence Death Review Team (DVDRT), an independent statutory body convened by the State Coroner. Over the past 26 years there have been close to 300 women killed by their current or former intimate partners following a history of domestic violence. […]
DEAR News Of The Area, I AM extremely disappointed with Port Stephens MP Kate Washington and her comment that the Brumby slaughter is a ‘massive win’ for the environment. It has come to light that there are less than 100 brumbies in Kosciuszko National Park. The inhumane way they have been disposed of is deplorable […]
DEAR News Of The Area, I WRITE in response to the recent Letter to the Editor, Pauline wants a unified, safe and peaceful society (NOTA, 24/7/26). I get it! A certain percentage of people feel aggrieved about the cost-of-living crises and want to kick the incumbent government. Across the world, reactionary movements on the far […]
DEAR News Of The Area, THE silence from Labor and the so-called feminists on Prime Minister Albanese’s appearance on the Deep Bush podcast has been deafening with Labor MPs seemingly condoning their boss’s appalling behaviour. If a male from the Opposition had made the same comments, the outrage from the Left party would have been […]
DEAR News Of The Area, THE Coopernook and Lansdowne Forest History (CALF) Group, in conjunction with the Mid North Coast Country Music Association, will soon present its annual Country Music Fundraising Weekend. This will be held at Forest Headquarters in the Coopernook State Forest, on Forest Road Coopernook, on August 9 and 9, 2026. There […]
DEAR News Of The Area, I WRITE in response to the Member for Cowper Pat Conaghan MP’s glossy newsletter regarding those poor aged residents who are sacrificing other essentials in order to be able to afford the private health cover they vitally need. My suggestion is: use your Medicare card like the thousands of other […]
DEAR News Of The Area, I was concerned to read about the Private Member’s Bill that our Federal MP Ms Alison Penfold has presented to Parliament, intended to make changes to the Sex Discrimination Act. In the article published on 28th May, Ms Penfold was quoted as saying “sex is biological and binary and should […]
