DEAR News Of The Area, OUR Federal Nationals member, Pat Conaghan, delivered his Budget Newsletter to my letterbox this morning. In it he talks about how the COALition will deliver “more affordable reliable energy”. However, his lack of logic is very disappointing and doesn’t inspire confidence that the LNP know what

DEMOGRAPHERS have presented a report showing that people are on the move again, leaving regional areas to return to the capital cities due to a “decline in liveability”. Moving out bush was a decision I made in 1959 and have never regretted. I left the leafy waterfront domain of Sydney’s Middle

DEAR News Of The Area, AS a mobility scooter advocate I must comment on that new community acquisition - a supposed safety thing in the middle of the road at the base of the Singing Bridge on the Tea Gardens side. My concern is not only for all who navigate this questionable

DEAR News Of The Area, RECENT letter writer Bruce Murray makes a number of patently wrong claims about the CSIRO Gencost Report, in the NOTA of 6 June. The Gencost Report documents the lifetime costs of various types of electricity generation. It appears that he has either not read the CSIRO

DEAR News Of The Area, THERE has long been arguments on the subject of what governments should use public money for and the Medowie Sports and Community Centre is a prime example. This project has been plagued with issues since the first sod was turned in 2017. In an ideal world where

DEAR News Of The Area, AT long last, Mr Dutton has revealed (ABC TV, 19 June) that his nuclear proposals are not commercially supported by private enterprise companies. Instead, the Opposition has opted for a socialistic approach, whereby taxpayers cough up 100 percent of the cost for seven wholly government-owned and

DEAR News Of The Area, Judging by Peter Dingle's letter (NOTA 21/06/24) ‘Australia beyond crazy not to go nuclear’, I fear he is too far down the rabbit-hole of misinformation to realise the Coalition's plan (if you could call it that) is a disaster for Australia. Yes, a few Small Modular

DEAR News Of The Area, I HAVE lived in Coffs Harbour all my life and have been involved in the Tidy Towns and Keep Australia Beautiful organisations for many years. The disgraceful state of the median strips of the dual carriage (Pacific Highway) north and south of Coffs is not a

DEAR News Of The Area, WHEN I hear people complain about the cost of living crisis I wonder how many of them take note of the surcharges charged by some businesses? Electronic transactions are convenient, as demonstrated by our usage, and are the cheapest form of transaction. Cheques are prohibitively expensive which is

DEAR News Of The Area, LOCAL member Gurmesh Singh says he’s not impressed with the NSW Government’s budget. Really? Not impressed with $5.1billion for 8,400 new social housing dwellings to help rectify twelve years of neglect under his party and their partner? Not impressed with $1 billion for urgently needed repairs