DEAR News Of The Area, IT is my honour to have very recently been duly elected President of the Hawks Nest Tea Gardens Progress Association (HNTGPA) , at the AGM held on Monday 16 December. I follow in the very large footsteps of my predecessor, Bruce Murray, being acutely aware

DEAR News Of The Area, I HAVE been one of those who reluctantly accepted “visitors” at this time of year. I do appreciate their presence but do prefer life without their “intrusion”. The families and their little dogs/children have been a joy to watch as they walk past I must admit,

IT’S “Cinema in a Sentence!” again this week with the final big screen drops before Christmas. Anora is being marketed as a “Pretty Woman for the 2020s”, with a story about a young sex-worker (Mikey Madison) being courted by an equally young wealthy socialite (Mark Eydelshteyn), but the film is actually

DEAR News Of The Area, ONE of the constants of the Jetty Foreshores project has been the reluctance of the NSW Government to provide meaningful, specific information on the scope and details of their proposal. However, governments cannot hide forever and a recent disclosure from Property and Development NSW (PDNSW) in

DEAR News Of The Area, THE festive season can be a joyous time for many people, as they take a well-earned break from work and school and spend time with family and friends. It’s a time to rest and reset for the new year. Yet for others, this time of

DEAR News Of The Area, STATEMENTS made by both Caz Heise and Pat Conaghan regarding veterans and their families published on 13 December 2024 does very little for the issue which they claim to champion. One thing that can be noted in Heise’s media release and Conaghan’s response, is that they

I’M constantly surprised by the continual guessing game that respected economists are playing when trying to second guess what the Governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia might do for her next move with interest rates. A lot of this guesswork might be their egos responding to present and expected economic

DEAR News Of The Area, I am not convinced by Mr Robert Harding's (Letters, 5 December 2024) attempt to downplay the risks and consequences of nuclear accidents caused by sudden offsite power outages. The reality is that loss of external power to a nuclear reactor is a serious problem, which

DEAR News Of The Area, AS we prepare for another Christmas, those of us who have seen 80-plus family gatherings can expect to take our ease while the next generation takes responsibility for directing the operations and the grandchildren settle down with their favourite gifts. Offers of help are refused and

CINEMAS are hoping to bring in the families this week, with only two new releases, but both targeting an all-ages audience. Mufasa: The Lion King will have its obligatory release prior to becoming available on Disney plus. A prequel to the 2019 remake “The Lion King”, this film similarly is a photorealistic