DEAR News Of The Area, THE growing calls from eminent and expert Australians for an urgent review of the AUKUS strategic defence pact and issues over sovereignty are sadly 50 years too late. The recent US Administration pressing Australia to up our defence spending and make a pre-commitment to engage in conflict with our major […]
DEAR News Of The Area, I WOULD like to see our State MP try to get some assistance for pensioners who have to get orthotics as part of their medical or physical treatment. I would also seek financial assistance in gym membership fees for pensioners. Orthotics are around $600 a pair and gym memberships are […]
DEAR News Of The Area, THE Mid North Coast is no stranger to tough times, but the weather is becoming more extreme and harder to live with. In just a few years, our region has faced devastating bushfires and record-breaking floods. The recent floods are another hit to our region, hurting our people, our livestock, […]
DEAR News Of The Area, LABOR’S proposal to introduce an unrealized capital gains tax on superannuation funds has created quite a bit of attention since Chalmer’s Federal Budget back on 25 March. I don’t believe Jim Chalmers owns a financial calculator or has thought through the effect of his tax. Recently the Government estimated that […]
DEAR News Of The Area, I WISH to comment on Pat Conaghan MP’s statement in NOTA on June 27, about the Labor Government’s economic performance and particularly his statements about the proposed tax on superannuation earnings on balances over $3million. I question Mr Conaghan’s claim that this tax will badly affect farmers and small businesses […]
DEAR News Of The Area, I acknowledge Pat Congahan MP for his statement in last week’s edition (Port Macquarie NOTA, 27 June). He clearly knows how vulnerable this electorate is after two close elections. However his claims regarding Labor’s economic management cannot go unchallenged. Inflation has been tamed, interest rates cut, a third budget surplus […]
DEAR News Of The Area, THE greatest strategy employed by weak leaders is the art of distraction. While this week’s MAGA focus has been on the US’s “spectacular” bombing of Iranian nuclear facilities, Israel’s genocidal annihilation of Palestine continues. While our PM’s support for the highly questionable US action was sadly predictable, any justification must […]
DEAR News Of The Area, JIM Chalmers’ address to the National Press Club yesterday was filled with meaningless platitudes and uncomfortable contradictions that saw him continue his self-appointed role as a sideline commentator rather than the nation’s Treasurer. That may have passed during the first year of his first term, but as we look down […]
DEAR News Of The Area, IT was announced last week that Mal Meninga had been appointed as coach of the new NRL franchise the Perth Bears and as a result had to resign as coach of the Australian team who will travel to England at the end of the year for a test series. Since […]
DEAR News Of The Area, THE XPT service from Grafton to Sydney has been taken off the rails and replaced with coaches for twelve months. Pensioners, seniors, students without a car and children all rely on this daylight service. The majority of these people would prefer to travel by train for the comfort it provides […]
