DEAR News Of The Area, Please explain why 3.8 percent of our population can change names of our icons without agreement or vote from the rest of our population? I have no problems with naming their art galleries etc with indigenous names, but to change Fraser Island with K'gari and dingoes with

DEAR News Of The Area, Patrick Walters’ recent letter about the proposed Great Koala National Park, ‘GKNP – Good or Bad for our Koalas?’, NOTA 28/7, seems to be more about bagging the National Parks Association and our National Parks and Wildlife Service than showing a genuine interest in securing the

DEAR News Of The Area, Thank you, Reverend Whelan (NOTA 28/7/23) for making your point with clarity. Your previous letter (NOTA 14/7/23) in which you accused me of wanting to “deconstruct our history” left me more than a little puzzled. I thank you, nevertheless, for the much-needed exercise which engaged

I DON’T know about you, but the persistent west winds are driving me crackers. Someone once said - “The fishing is best when the wind’s from the west”. Whoever that was obviously did not come from Port Stephens. All my snapper hot spots have been blown out as the sea

DEAR News Of The Area, I have lived and worked in the Nambucca Valley for more than 30 years. In that time I have met many wonderful people. I see the coming referendum as an opportunity to rehabilitate Cowper's reputation as the electorate with the highest ‘no’ vote in the country

DEAR News Of The Area, Through your wonderful newspaper, I would like to congratulate and thank Kevin Hogan, Gurmesh Singh, the City of Coffs Harbour Council, its general manager, the indoor and outdoor staff and Woolgoolga Lake Working Group, for the wonderful refurbishment and improvements to Woolgoolga Lake Reserve. The old facilities

DEAR News Of The Area, In relation to your article on July 14, ‘Ministers urged to step Up Fire Eradication Plan’, the fire ants are now within five kilometres of the northern NSW border and are breaking containment lines in southeast Queensland every week. Agricultural Ministers across the country have acknowledged that

DEAR News Of The Area, WE should give credit where credit is due. We should definitely give credit where credit is due regarding the new building called Yarilla and install a plaque to commemorate the persons solely responsible for the construction of our cultural centre. This should state that this building is the

DEAR News Of The Area, APART from the fact that councillors are supposedly not entitled to represent council by giving press interviews, the items debated at the council meeting on Thursday, which were the subject of interviews provided by councillors Judge and Cassell, do need to be put into context. Firstly, there

DEAR News Of The Area, AS a constituent of an Australian democracy I believe I’m entitled to my view on a topic, just as others have had in News Of The Area. I do not know one person (including Indigenous people) who is comfortable with the Voice proposal. The preamble to