DEAR News Of The Area, I READ with interest your article: “Small modular reactors a 'chimera' for now" (NOTA, August 1). I agree with the fact that SMRs "are not something today" and also "they have not been demonstrated or tested". I am mystified as to why a photo of the Lucas

DEAR News Of The Area, WHEN visiting a friend, I picked up a small book about climate change by an Australian world renown climate scientist. It was frightening to hear the current reports on the escalation of the crises. She said only fifteen percent of Australians are aware of how dire

DEAR News Of The Area, I REFER to Michael Wallace’s letter last week bemoaning Council’s decision to spend $70,000 on the poll to ask the community if they want multi-storey residential development at the Jetty Foreshore. I have to agree with you Michael, it is a great pity that our Council has

DEAR News Of The Area, IN response to my correspondence (NOTA 19/7/24) Howard Dengate claims (NOTA 26/7/24) that vast tracts of farmland won't be carpeted with solar panels and wind turbines as only a mere 1200 square kilometres will be required to meet Australia's solar and wind turbine needs and infers

ALTHOUGH 1922 proved to be another good year for butter manufacture and the new produce department was doing well, mid-April 1823 saw a major turning point in dairy production. Parliament introduced the Dairy Industry Act to bring about an overall improvement in quality to food production and protect consumers. While their

DEAR News Of The Area, I WOULD like to comment on statements in Mr Greg Osborne’s letter to the editor, 21 July, about the Camden Head Pilot Station management. Firstly the letter infers that the community hasn’t been involved in the management of the Pilot Station and that the facility should be

DEAR News Of The Area, I HAVE uncovered a dastardly move by Kempsey Council to be clandestine greenies. I researched Kempsey Council’s case for a 42.7 percent rate rise. I was shocked to see, buried deep inside one of their strategy documents, that they based their calculations on only one percent per annum

CAMDEN HAVEN News Of The Area (NOTA) is seeking more enthusiastic locals with a background in writing to join the team. “If you have a background in writing, and a passion for your local community, I would love to hear from you,” said NOTA Group Editor Douglas Connor. “As the paper

DEAR News Of The Area, IS it simply my imagination or is the standard of driving getting increasingly worse? Why do some drivers indicate right when going straight across a roundabout? Or worse, indicate right to exit a roundabout! Barely a day goes by without me seeing this. Why do so many

DEAR News Of The Area, AROUND 10.30am on the morning of Sunday 28 July at the Rotary Lookout off Parkes Street I was chatting to a group of young Argentinian men and women. They are working on farms in the Stuarts Point area. They were excited to see some whales out