DEAR News Of The Area, I AM writing in response to the letter of opinion from Liz Philpott (31 January 2025) headed ‘What went wrong with op-shops?’. It is not my intention to speak on behalf of the multitude of op-shops on the Coffs Coast. I do not have the knowledge

DEAR News Of The Area, REGARDING the demise of NSW Labor politician and Minister for Transport Jo Haylen. Jo Haylen is a very capable politician. Her loss of ministerial responsibility is a loss for all people in NSW. Our democracy thrives on a continuing supply of people with the ability to

DEAR News Of The Area, THE Port Macquarie byelection has echoes of the southern NSW federal seat of Farrer, previously held by Nationals’ deputy prime minister Tim Fischer. Sussan Ley, now deputy Liberal leader, won it in 2001 from the National Party when Fischer retired. Labor obviously won’t run in this byelection,

DEAR News Of The Area, ALISON Penfold, National Party candidate for Lyne electorate, states the party will ‘ensure we get our Australia back on track’. Is she aware that under the Labor Albanese government one million jobs, an historic high, have been created? Or that at the time of the 2022 election

DEAR News Of The Area, ALISON Penfold, National Party candidate for Lyne, claims ‘my plan is to fight to restore our standard of living’. I find this unbelievable given that the Liberal and National parties have voted against most of the Labor Party’s measures to ease cost of living pressures and

DEAR News Of The Area, Reading through the Coalition’s 2025 election campaign plan ‘Priorities of a Dutton Government’ released online last month, one would expect that in consideration of the recent Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide there would have been a committed objective detailing what intentions the Dutton government

DEAR News Of The Area, HOW much longer do we have to wait until our intersection at Valla Beach turn-off is made safe? On Thursday I was a passenger and was almost hit by a van not stopping at the give way sign. Today there was another serious accident! (Wednesday 5