DEAR News Of The Area, HOW revealing (‘Perrottet government plan to end native forest logging in NSW was blocked by Nationals’, 25 May 2023) that Peter Hannan reports in the Guardian newspaper that the National Party blocked a Liberal Party plan to end native forest logging on public land in NSW

DEAR News Of The Area, SO a representative group of our Indigenous brothers and sisters, after long deliberations and under the perception that our nation is finally fair dinkum about Reconciliation, have asked that as a starting point they could be included as a ‘Voice’ to our Parliament in Canberra. To

ABOUT a month ago, I was contacted by ABC radio and then the commercial TV stations as, apparently, I am the last bulk-billing GP in the electorate of Cowper on the Mid North Coast of NSW. I run my own clinic in Bellingen and have been struggling to continue to

IT was interesting to read earlier this month that Australia’s largest gold miner, Newcrest, has received a takeover offer from the USA’s largest gold miner, Newmont. If the offer is accepted by shareholders and government approval follows, the joint company will be the world’s largest gold miner. This is all happening at

HELLO, MAY is almost over and lots to report so please come along to the Hawks Nest Tea Gardens Progress Association’s next General Meeting on Monday 19 June 2023 starting 6.30pm at the Tea Gardens Hotel in the Dolphin Room. High on the agenda will be developing the Progress Association’s response to

DEAR News Of The Area, NEIL Mercer (NOTA 26 May) claims that middle income earners were forgotten in the 2023 Federal Budget, but is that claim true? Many middle income earners will benefit from improved access to bulk billing doctors, thanks to a key budget measure. Many more will benefit from

Son-in-law makes will claim PETER and Dianne have been married for 30 years. Unfortunately, Dianne unexpectedly passes away, aged 50. When Dianne’s mother passes away fifteen years later, she leaves the whole of her $2 million estate to her sole surviving daughter, Ruth. Peter believes that he should have received something under

DEAR News Of The Area, IT is really sad to see letters like that from Wayne Duesbury published on 12 May. There is just so much ignorance on display. The Voice came from Aboriginal people through hundreds of meetings of ordinary people leading up to the Uluru statement several years ago. It

DEAR News Of The Area, I REFER to the letter from Tony Judge in the Coffs Coast 19 May 2023 publication. Mr Judge makes the claim that "the budget was good for the area". I am not sure what planet Mr Judge resides on but he must not have read the

DEAR News Of The Area, THANK YOU Alan Stanley for your measured and informative letter (NOTA May 19). I have read and listened to voices for and against the referendum, one to gain as much information as possible and the other to try to work out why the Sam Hill anyone would