Category: Opinion
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‘On the couch’ with Jasminda
DEAR Jasminda, We have a family of magpies that visit each day and my daughter has started feeding them. They are becoming very familiar and have even started coming into the house. Should we encourage this friendship? Helene G Dear Helene, Magpies are incredibly smart and social creatures and they can be an absolute delight…
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The Big Screen
FOUR very different films premiere on Aussie screens this week as we trudge through the mid-summer releases. Conclave is the return of the genuine, grown-up suspense-thriller that does not involve a serial killer. Ralph Fiennes stars as a Cardinal of the Catholic Church who is tasked with convening a papal conclave to elect a new…
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Letter to the Editor: No surprise on environmental vandalism
DEAR News Of The Area, WHY are we still surprised on the Coffs Coast when vandals feel entitled with impunity to cut down or poison trees that are such a wonderful part of our scenery and a necessary habitat for our many surviving native species! Whilst some local politicians and a select few Councillors actively…
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Letter to the Editor: Supporting older Australians
DEAR News Of The Area, I and the other many older Australians who use Community Transport services would like to thank all staff and volunteers for their help in 2024. Special thanks go to the beautiful Monica and her husband Terry. They are amazing people and Monica organises all the social outings for the year…
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Letter to the Editor: Pet food support available
DEAR News Of The Area, I WAS compelled to inform the community of a challenge faced by many people regarding the financial cost of keeping pets. Recently Community at 3 was called to the home of an elderly man who was in grief because he had to put his dog of 10 years to sleep….
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The Write Direction: Nine to five
NO, I’m not talking about the Dolly Parton song detailing the stresses of the 40-hour working week. I’m looking today at the remaining five of the nine so-called Bali Nine. They have just been transferred (note: not released) from one of the toughest prisons in Indonesia after discussions with Australian authorities and serving 20 years…
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The Big Screen
BOTH releases this week are throwbacks to fondly remembered properties of an older time. Nosferatu comes courtesy of director Robert Eggers (The Witch, The Lighthouse, The Northman) and is a remake/homage to the legendary German film from 1922. The story is ostensibly the equally legendary and endlessly retold Dracula, with character names and locations changed…
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Letter to the Editor: Pet food support available
DEAR News Of The Area, I WAS compelled to inform the community of a challenge faced by many people regarding the financial cost of keeping pets. Recently Community at 3 was called to the home of an elderly man who was in grief because he had to put his dog of 10 years to sleep….
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Letter to the Editor: It’s time to table the facts
DEAR News Of The Area, IN NSW we grow timber in State forests. Plantations and native forests are carefully managed to provide a supply of timber today and in the future. There are 500 NSW state forests and these have been harvested and regrown for more than 100 years. The forests in NSW generate $2.9…
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Letter to the Editor: A lack of logic
DEAR News Of The Area, I KNOW it is politics, but even so, two recent announcements by Peter Dutton and the LNP exhibit a fundamental lack of logic and poor decision making. On this occasion I am not discussing the detail per se but rather the logic and decision making aspects of the announcements. Firstly…