DEAR News Of The Area, I WAS initially in favour of the Uluru Statement. Then I did some research and changed my view. The proposal for ‘The Voice’ to comprise 34 “representatives” is flawed, and it cannot work for the benefit of Aboriginals at grassroots levels for several reasons. I know

DEAR News Of The Area, IN a recent interview on a conservative media platform ex PM John Howard made the observation that in Australia there is a “deep deposit of Celtic skepticism”. He was speaking in relation to the upcoming referendum and referring to the wider electorate’s suspicion of the Voice

DEAR News Of The Area, I WOULD reply to Dianne Hendry – (NOTA 8.9.23) because I am not a ‘hater’. Your diatribe aimed at those who would vote No was deeply offensive. It is because we have thought deeply about the issue, that we have concluded we must vote No. The proposal is

DEAR News Of The Area, A WHILE back I wrote regarding the ridiculous situation at Woolgoolga Beach where a perfectly serviceable toilet block (both male and female) with shower facilities and change rooms was replaced by council with him/her toilets in the middle of a children’s playground with no change rooms

BEING ‘woke’ could be described as a state of awareness only achieved by those dumb enough to find injustice in everything except their own behaviour. Never more is it more obvious than in various government and local government bodies’ thinking in relation to the housing supply shortage and their latest plan

DEAR News Of The Area, FINALLY sanity prevails, stop killing our precious bees, manage the varroa mite instead! These hardworking bees not only give us a wonderful health product called honey but also pollinate our agricultural sector, without which our food production would come to a stand still! A healthy hive

DEAR News Of The Area, IN October 2019 I joined a group of about 200 people on the Yaama Ngunna Baaka Corroboree Tour which was initiated by Uncle Bruce Shillingsworth and we travelled about 3000 km in eight days in rural NSW. The idea was to show solidarity with Aboriginal communities,

DEAR News Of The Area, INDIGENOUS Australians have advocated for a long time for constitutional recognition, after over two centuries of dispossession, harm and serious inequities. Following extensive regional dialogues, the Uluru statement from the heart was created by Indigenous people from first nations across the country. This gifts Australians the way

DEAR News Of The Area, SINCE when did communists help anyone, especially with housing? The Australian Communist Party and their communist friends from CUDL couldn’t solve your crossword. Why are we suddenly friends with a world scale failed marxist idea that has killed millions? The same group are a big push behind the Yes