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.

AUGUST is Family History Month, and our group has been looking at the great diversity of places our ancestors and families have come from to settle in Australia, and the journeys they made to get here. We have prepared a display at Tea Gardens Library – put a dot on

DEAR News Of The Area, SPEAKING with several local friends the other day the subject came up about our local elections and council itself. It's hard to defend your council at times when you hear comments about the roads and potholes, about some parks and reserves, and what appears to be

FURTHER meetings were held by dairy farmers who supported factory amalgamation and letters to the editor continued. Speculation centred on which factories would amalgamate, however, being the closest to the port and railway, the future of Coff’s factory remained relatively secure and administration’s focus remained on sourcing funds to upgrade

DEAR News Of The Area, THE state of housing in Australia, as in most of the world, is a cause of serious concern, particularly for young people who are watching the price of houses getting further out of reach. Around a third of the population rent and many of them will

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.

DEAR News Of The Area, SITTING comfortably watching the Olympics it's easy to forget the need of those without shelter trying to survive as the rain and wild winds batter the canvas or car that may provide their only protection. Single parents huddled with children bewildered by the way the

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