POTENTIAL members of Parliament don’t just appear at election time. Those considered to have a reasonable chance of election generally go through a selection process known as pre-selection. This process is run by the political party of the aspirant’s ideology and the candidate is normally a member of that party for a

DEAR News Of The Area, THE Liberal Party candidate for the Federal seat of Paterson has declared that, under a Liberal government, offshore wind turbines will not be in the area of Port Stephens (NOTA 21/11/24). This may, or may not, also be the case under a Labor government depending upon

DEAR News Of The Area, ON 14 November you published a letter from Ann Thompson decrying the proposed legislation on misinformation and disinformation. I am not calling the contents bigotry - far from it, I thoroughly support George Brandis'.contention that everyone has the right to be a bigot. What he did

DEAR News Of The Area, LAST Tuesday night, the day before the US election, my wife and I took our puppy for a stroll along North Wall beach as usual. Today as I write this email, Donald Trump is the President Elect, and I have just returned from walking my puppy

DEAR News Of The Area, I HAVE no doubt that if Ruby and Trent were not on Lifeguard rescue duty on 24 April 2024, I would have drowned at Diggers Beach. My sincere thanks go out to both Lifeguards and to the Coffs Harbour Council of the day which sponsored Lifeguard service

DEAR News Of The Area, ON Thursday 31 October 2024 I attended a Council general meeting at the Macksville Chambers. After listening to the first speaker, Ms R Macky, I am noting two possible breaches to the Code of Conduct policy of Nambucca Valley Council. Councillor and Deputy Mayor Jimmy Angel responded to

DEAR News Of The Area, THE business plan that was developed when the idea of a Great Koala National Park was proposed showed that jobs would be created, our environment protected and we would all benefit from this long term sustainable vision for our region. During the election our State Labor

INVESTMENT markets react to shocks but then settle with reality. President elect Trump's historic and somewhat unexpected win in the USA elections has set a positive tone to US financial markets. Unexpected because while commentators predicted a close result, opinion polls during the last week of campaigning said Kamala Harris was

DEAR News Of The Area, THERE are several isolated communities identified by the NSW Rural Fire Service as having ‘Extreme’ fire danger rating and potentially ‘Catastrophic’ consequences should a major fire event kick off. This is well known by MidCoast Council, yet they have chosen to ignore the warnings. Council, in the

DEAR News Of The Area, LAST weekend our son Stevo flew to Brisbane to join the crew of a French yacht called “Cocodi”, which is sailing in this year’s Sydney to Hobart. Her skipper and crew have just sailed her from France, across the Atlantic, through the Panama Canal and across the