DEAR News Of The Area, I HEAR the constant refrain from others about the cost of electricity. Coal and gas are the cheaper options, they say, so we should use them. I hear the voices ask why should Australia do anything towards net zero when we contribute so little compared to other countries. But what […]
DEAR News Of The Area, THE Australian people and our national economy are expected to shoulder an unquantified financial burden in the pursuit of net zero, a policy that, even if achieved, will have a negligible global impact on climate change. Australia accounts for around one percent of global emissions, meaning our efforts as a […]
DEAR News Of The Area, I WISH to comment on two items in your 21 November issue about net zero emissions for Cowper. The feature article by Andrew Vivian gave a comprehensive and balanced summary of the issues surrounding any policy towards net zero emissions by 2050. The article rightly refuted the Federal Coalition’s claim […]
DEAR News Of The Area, I, like many others, am concerned for the future of our country, and for the upcoming generations. I have children, grand and great grandchildren who will inherit the country I will leave for them. We seem to live in a period of time where our financial future is becoming more […]
DEAR News Of The Area, I AM pleased that the Liberal Party has finally made a decision for the people rather than continue their political posturing to the United Nations and the corporate media that initiated and promoted the hoax of man-made global warming. Hopefully, it is just the first step toward abandoning the renewable […]
DEAR News Of The Area, I AM wondering if anyone else is in the same boat as we are in. My last electricity bill has risen by three cents a kilowatt (KW) and the daily charge has gone up by 80 cents per day, plus the solar has reduced by one cent to four cents. […]
DEAR News Of The Area, THE October 2025 Council meeting officially concluded the first 12 months of the current term of office for Port Macquarie-Hastings Councillors. At the meeting a new Deputy Mayor was selected to take over from Lauren Edwards, who had completed her 12-month appointment to the role. I would like to pause […]
DEAR News Of The Area, THE recent decision by the National Party to abandon its commitment to net zero by 2050 has left many in regional Australia questioning what this means for our future. Net zero simply means balancing the greenhouse gases we produce with those we remove from the atmosphere, ensuring the world we […]
DEAR News Of The Area, THE Nationals have rejected ‘Net Zero’, the policy they signed up to when Barnaby Joyce was their leader. Net Zero has become a totemic symbol, a two-word slogan the Nationals hate. But Net Zero is much more than a slogan – it’s an ambitious investment, energy, jobs, industry and environment […]
DEAR News Of The Area, I write about the Council’s decision to lock out Hamilton Green stallholders and use the Police, without any consultation to a teacher of 30 years who had her materials and students’ paintings locked up. Sister Marjorie, who feeds the homeless and now uses her mobile kitchen donated to her from […]
