DEAR News Of The Area, THE recent Federal Election has highlighted a divide between regional Australia and metropolitan Australia on the issue of climate change. This election was won by the Labor Party on this divisive issue. However, interestingly, the huge move towards climate change occurred in the metropolitan city seats

DEAR News of the Area, I WOULD just like to nicely remind Council that while their $100 million building is under construction, us mere bus commuters are still having to, in any rain, or for that matter in any sun at least three hours of each day, stand or sit

DEAR News Of The Area, WHEN the global population reached a staggering gour billion in 1974, many were concerned about pollution and the future of the planet. World leaders had a chance to address the unfolding overpopulation disaster via organised summits. But, instead of trying to work on ways to reduce

DEAR News Of The Area, REGARDLESS of the final result, it is clear that the people of Cowper have won. Thanks to Caz Heise and her team of hard-working volunteers, Cowper is now marginal and well and truly on the election map. It will no longer be taken for granted by

DEAR News Of The Area, THIS last week we saw so many Australians reject the politics of fear, inaction, and corruption and, at this election, they have set a mandate for leadership with integrity, vision and a commitment towards economic equality. Voters demonstrated that they had simply had

  Moving Forward IN our April column we highlighted our activities in the flooded areas of NSW and the work by many in both Evacuation and Recovery Centres. Mid North Coast teams have stepped up and been active in multiple activations in Evacuation and Recovery Centres these past few months. Individual volunteers have been

DEAR News of the Area, THE more I think about the teal independents who are standing in the Federal election, the more I find the case for them to be unpersuasive. Establishing an Independent Commission Against Corruption is one of their major goals but if there is a change of government this

DEAR News of the Area, THE more I think about the teal independents who are standing in the Federal election, the more I find the case for them to be unpersuasive. Establishing an Independent Commission Against Corruption is one of their major goals but if there is a change of government

DEAR News Of The Area, PRIME Minister Scott Morrison and the coalition are running an election campaign around “don’t risk it, stick with what we have now”. He is clearly saying that what we have now is the best we can do. Is that right? Are young people condemned to

DEAR News Of The Area, SCOTT Morrison and his boys now say ‘they can change’. Still they won’t commit to genuine climate crisis targets that scientists have been begging us to enforce to save our planet and us as a species. 78 percent of people say that this is the key