NOW that the Federal Government’s three day “Productivity Summit” is over, many of us are still trying to work out what it was all about. The three areas that the conveners required to be discussed were productivity, economic growth and tax reform. The current housing supply dominated most of one day’s debates but from what […]
DEAR Jasminda, My new girlfriend chats incessantly as soon as she wakes. I prefer to ease into the day. How can I get our morning routines in sync? Karl B. Dear Karl, I’m with you on this one. My husband’s mouth seems to wake up before the rest of him. From the moment his eyelids […]
SOME experts, when commenting on our housing shortage, place the blame on high levels of immigration creating greater demand than supply. Australia’s long-term net migration average is about 250,000 a year. According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, net overseas migration was 446,000 in 2023-24, down from 536,000 a year earlier. The largest group of […]
DEAR Jasminda, HOW do I get my kids to pick up after themselves? It seems so simple, and yet we follow a continual pattern of them being told to pick up, falling back into bad habits, me getting annoyed and doing it for them, and returning to the beginning again. It’s driving me crazy. Gabrielle […]
Dear Jasminda, “On the weekend, my partner and I went to a Murder Mystery Lunch. We have since decided that we would actually prefer to remain in character. Is it okay to do this indefinitely? Cardinal Matteo Rossi. Dear Cardinal, I’m assuming that is your Murder Mystery name and not your current moniker and […]
THERE are times when I feel sorry for the decisions that governments see the need to make, especially when those endeavors fail. Twice previously I have written articles in relation to the Government financially backing the highly optimistic opportunities to ensure our ability to deliver new and more efficient green power technology. They decided to […]
DEAR News Of The Area, THE incessant return of heavy rains may trigger fresh memories of the devastating floods experienced around the north of the MidCoast Local Government Area (LGA). It has come to my attention, however, that there are people who have been suffering in silence with their own flood-related issues right here in […]
