DEAR News Of The Area, ON 30 July I attended an informal 'Meet the Mayoral Candidates' at the Laurieton United Services Club. At this meeting there were only two candidates, Adam Roberts and Mark Hornshaw. I later discovered that the three other candidates running for mayor had not been invited! Rachel

DEAR News Of The Area, MY wife Becky and I recently attended a "meet the candidates" meeting at Port Bowling Club. The format of the meeting allowed us to get a good idea of the policies and personalities involved from all groupings and candidates except the Adam Roberts ticket. Given that this group

DEAR News Of The Area, EVERYONE knows and loves the koala but here in our Mid North Coast forests we have an animal that rivals even the koala for cuteness. The greater glider is about the size of a cat with round fluffy ears and an incredibly long tail. They are mostly

DEAR News Of The Area, THE Northern Territory election result, a decisive win for the Country Liberal Party, was fought largely on the issue of crime, particularly youth crime. More than most, being the NT, this means crime by Indigenous children. One of the first statements of the incoming Chief Minister, Lia

DEAR News Of The Area, THE local government election this Saturday has raised a couple of issues for me more generally. Some candidates continue to hide their political affiliations and claim to be “independent”. This is not transparent. Some of these candidates then falsely claim that we should keep politics out of our