DEAR News Of The Area, THE upcoming Federal election campaign has (unofficially) begun and we can expect much verbiage over the next few months with slogans repeated ad nauseam. Slogans are used to cement in voters minds a simple expression of a complex problem that can be easily repeated and passed on.

DEAR News Of The Area, AS a fellow candidate for the seat of Cowper, I fully support the call from independent candidate, Caz Heise for a respectful, constructive campaign. That respect must start with some positive leadership from all candidates and senior members of our campaign teams. We need to constantly promote

OUR weather bureau is predicting a La Niña event for our climate this year. They call it the “great rainmaker” as it increases the prospect of a soaking start to 2025 right across Australia. The opposite event is called El Nino, or lower than normal rainfall, which creates great fear

DEAR News Of The Area, IN response to MidCoast Council’s (MCC) comments in the article on page 3 of the NOTA on 26 December (‘Concern over lack of bushfire strategies’), I suggest your advice from MCC is flawed. I raise the following facts: 1. MCC states that it is not the “lead agency

DEAR News Of The Area, THE world has watched the devastation and loss of life caused by the catastrophic bushfires in LA and our condolences go to those affected in California. Whether you believe in ‘Global Warming’ or not, historically in Australia, we experience the same ‘catastrophic’ conditions on average every seven

DEAR News Of The Area, I READ on the front page of News Of The Area that Council has been fined $30,000 for polluting the Fly Point Marine Sanctuary Zone. I agree Council should have known better at Fly Point, however I also cannot understand how the photographed jetski usage is allowable

DEAR News of the Area, I’VE read many opinions over nuclear energy in recent editions. As a 45-year career retired engineer in power generation I thought I’d provide some facts. There are around 440 nuclear reactor steam powered electrical generation plants in operation around the world today. Thirty

DEAR News Of The Area, Further to the letter by John Clarke of Fingal Bay I would like to offer a possible solution to the jetski problem in Port Stephens, in particular over the Christmas/New Year holiday period. However I must admit that in the 1958/59 period I had one

DEAR News Of The Area, I WROTE to the paper a few years ago about the spiralling price of clothing in op-shops. Since then, they have continued to increase prices, including those that were always reasonable before. In last week's paper there was an article covering one of the major culprits and

DEAR News Of The Area, I am amused that Bruce Murray (NOTA 16 January 2025) is again spouting nuclear power fantasies, claiming that Australia could build 6 GW of nuclear power for only $A 60 billion ($A 10,000/kW). Meanwhile, back in the real world, nuclear construction costs are 200 percent higher. In