DEAR News Of The Area, TWO months ago there was a letter about plans to charge school age sportspeople for using sports fields. The letter writer blamed the idea on “lefties”. This has been niggling me and now I write, as a self identifying leftie, to clean up this misunderstanding. Lefties wish to reduce inequality, […]
DEAR News Of The Area, I HAVE been a regular visitor to this area since my first visit in 2010. I was very disappointed to read of the lockdown of the Hamilton Green markets after 55 years of operation at the same site. The Rotary book fair at this site was one of the reasons […]
DEAR News Of The Area, FROM my observations at polling booths, it is clear that many voters are ignorant of the system of government in this country. Some of the voting public do not know the difference between State and Federal governments, let alone who the candidates represent. If voting is compulsory, so should education […]
DEAR News Of The Area, I WOULD like to say a big thank you to a young couple and Bec, who is a paramedic, who helped me and my wife at Thrumster on Saturday 25 October. My wife who is 77 tripped over and fell to the ground, causing some bruising but mainly shock. They […]
DEAR News Of The Area, AS a general observation, I can’t understand how the priority of [upgrading] an expensive, over-budgeted expressway got the go ahead – instead of the Wright’s and Lake Road roundabouts being addressed. We have past and present State and Federal local representatives who enabled this to happen. To me, this doesn’t […]
DEAR News Of The Area My family and I really enjoy your paper in Port Macquarie. However, (and isn’t there always a BUT ), we were sorry to see a letter published in the name of Harry Creamer: (“Inconvenient truths about ocean pool”, 10 October). It is a pity you did not check his arithmetic. […]
DEAR News Of The Area, I HAVE been disappointed to see workers like me who may well lose our jobs because of the Great Koala National Park be treated like an afterthought. No questions have been asked to check the government’s claim they have a fair package for workers. No research seems to have been […]
DEAR News Of The Area, THE proposed ocean pool at Oxley Beach has been the subject of recent stories and advertising in NOTA. While it might be nice to have an ocean pool, the plan involves costly new infrastructure along a magnificent coastline that already offers three patrolled beaches for swimming. The ocean pool group […]
DEAR News Of The Area, I’M amazed at the incredible community support for the Ocean Pool project as it navigates the approval pathway. The pool would be fantastic for seniors who don’t feel safe and confident in the surf, for young families with kids and our disabled people. It would also provide a tourism magnet […]
DEAR News Of The Area, THE following could be seen as an open letter to our civic leaders and is essentially a reality check. Firstly, allow me to sympathise with all those involved with the petition to fix the nightmare roundabout issue near the Base Hospital. Regardless of where you live in the Port Macquarie-Hastings […]
