DEAR News Of The Area, IN response to letters about the Voice to Parliament in the 22 September edition, I would like to provide a little objectivity into the debate, which I hope will help find the truth and correct some of the claims and comments being made. Jacinta Price’s comments about

DEAR News Of The Area, THE article ‘EDF:Offshore wind won’t go ahead if environmental impact too great’ paints a rosy, albeit delusional picture of the community’s push to get a better outcome from the Commonwealth Government’s consultative processes on its Hunter offshore project. Sure, the height of the turbines has

DEAR News Of The Area, TRY to imagine you have just left work or the shopping centre or wherever and your car has been stolen. Maybe it’s the only car you or the family own. Maybe you are a single mum with children who desperately needs to work. Maybe due

DEAR News Of The Area, I AM writing to voice my opposition to the planned offshore wind farm in the water off Port Stephens. I am staggered that the government believes the community was adequately consulted about this. Very limited notice was given of opportunity to attend a meeting to learn

DEAR News Of The Area, MAY I present rejoinders for the ten points outlined in a recent mailing that refers to website www.oneandfree.au for more information. “The Voice is legally risky”. The vast majority of constitutional experts say that there is really very little to no risk at all. And any

DEAR News Of The Area, THE impact of the Federal Government’s declared zone for an 1800 sq km offshore wind farm off the coast of Port Stephens will destroy a community that thrives on tourism. The wind farms will have a devastating effect on small businesses that rely heavily on

DEAR News Of The Area, JACINTA Nampijinpa-Price’s comments, that colonialism has not had a negative impact upon Indigenous people, do not surprise, but disgust me. This type of argument is similar to the formula used in the denial campaigns against sugar, tobacco and climate change, that have been an effective strategy

DEAR News Of The Area, IN regards to the proposed Voice referendum, it is easy to underestimate the possible benefits of the three proposed changes to the Constitution. The benefits of being listened to might feel insubstantial, until you put it in a personal context from your own lived experience. Is

DEAR News Of The Area, AT the beginning of this year, support for the Voice to Parliament was over 60 percent, and the majority of Australians accepted that the Voice is a simple idea that will work to improve the lives of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. Since then, we