DEAR News Of The Area, REFERRING to the recent article published this month regarding the community meeting at Nambucca organised by Reignite Democracy Australia (RDA), it should be noted that anybody who bothers to look up the RDA website can see that this group is far less concerned with democracy and

DEAR News Of The Area, I CONGRATULATE NOTA on continuing to publish information about the biggest challenge of our time – moving to net zero emissions. I believe that we all need to act together to solve the complex energy problems that we are currently facing. I would like to focus

DEAR News Of The Area, FOLLOWING the recently adopted ’Shoal Bay Place Plan’, we have encouraged and written to Port Stephens Council to urgently address the need for an additional access and egress road to Shoal Bay. This need has recently been accentuated by beach erosion episodes and subsidence of Shoal Bay

DEAR News Of The Area, WHAT happened on the waters of Port Stephens on Sunday 11 August was unimaginable. A large motor cruiser behaved in a dangerous and menacing manner by zig zagging around the Wangi Queen at close range. This kind of testosterone-fueled antagonistic behaviour has no place in our

DEAR News Of The Area, I MUST write to refute several pieces of misinformation appearing on Facebook as well as in more credible publications, particularly on energy matters. In recent issues of NOTA, offerings have been made by electric power engineers, the profession in which I have just over 50

DEAR News Of The Area, AT the local government election to be held on Saturday 14 September, a referendum concerning the number of councillors to be appointed to Port Macquarie-Hastings Council will also be held. It will ask for a reduction in councillor numbers from the current nine to seven. Local

DEAR News Of The Area, I TAKE this opportunity to correct the broad agenda-driven statements made by Janet Cohen in her letter to the editor, 2 August, regarding the management of the Camden Head Pilot Station. Firstly, the inference that when Camden Haven Community College (CHACE) was allotted the management rights

DEAR News Of The Area, FORESTRY Corporation of NSW (FCNSW) was convicted of failure to protect known endangered species habitat on 31 July 2024. This resulted in a fine of $360,000 which we NSW taxpayers will pay along with the EPA’s costs. FCNSW were then ordered by the court, to place an advertisement

WITH the latest polls indicating the race for the White House is neck and neck, Donald J Trump could soon be America’s President once more. In recent weeks Trump appointed JD Vance as his running mate for Vice President. Both Trump and Vance are said to be “centralists”. If this is

DEAR News Of The Area, I AM prompted to write following homeless week. My first experience of homelessness was as a student in North Queensland in the mid 70s. Regularly setting up share houses due to the vagaries of rentals meant periods of couch surfing and sleeping in my car.