October 22, 2026
LETTER: Let’s be Australian together
Letter to the Editor

LETTER: Let’s be Australian together

DEAR News Of The Area, ESSENCE of spirituality in Australia doesn’t make itself superior to anyone. Anyone entering into this becomes Australian, no matter what their background. Let us all be / become Australian … together. None of us created the world, created Australia, so how can we own it? But we are extended title […]

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LETTER: To build peace we must not demonise others
Letter to the Editor

LETTER: To build peace we must not demonise others

DEAR News Of The Area, THE Royal Commission into Antisemitism and Social Cohesion has produced some interesting insights. The most interesting one, to my mind, is to clarify what is meant by antisemitism, and what is the distinction between Judaism, Zionism, and the state of Israel. Judaism is an ethno-religion, comprising a mix of faith, […]

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LETTER: Most farmers support renewable energy
Letter to the Editor

LETTER: Most farmers support renewable energy

DEAR News Of The Area, The media narrative suggesting regional people oppose renewable energy projects when the data unarguably shows the opposite is now the subject of a published academic paper (“Growing discontent on data centres as farmers fear renewable rollout repeat, The Land, 7/6). Poll after poll after poll, from Porter Novelli, 89 Degrees […]

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LETTER: Pauline is not a battler
Letter to the Editor

LETTER: Pauline is not a battler

DEAR News Of The Area, WHENEVER I see that woman mentioned, I remind people that she is worth north of $25 million, much of it from the very government she attacks. As a serving Senator, she earns an annual salary exceeding $240,000 plus significant taxpayer-funded allowances and travel perquisites over her multi-decade career. She is […]

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Mild tax tweaks are not a Marxist takeover
Letter to the Editor

Mild tax tweaks are not a Marxist takeover

DEAR News Of The Area, MORE rubbish rhetoric! Well, Albo and the current Labor Government are apparently “redistributing wealth” and “anti-opportunity”, and their recent mild tax tweaks are “Communist, Socialist and/or Marxist” depending on who you listen to; or, in the case of Pauline, all three – presumably because she doesn’t know the difference. I […]

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Opinions are free, but facts are sacred
Letter to the Editor

Opinions are free, but facts are sacred

DEAR News Of The Area, I WRITE in response to the published letter from Peter Williams (NOTA, 03/07/2026). There are a number of factual errors in Mr Williams’ letter which I believe should not go uncorrected. There is NO Teals, Greens, Labor, socialist alliance in Federal parliament. The Labor government governs in the House of […]

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LETTER: Stop this woman becoming PM
Letter to the Editor

LETTER: Stop this woman becoming PM

DEAR News Of The Area, DURING the debacle of Pauline Hanson’s speech at the Press Club (17/6/2026), one is left to ask: “What can we do to counter the possibility of this woman becoming Prime Minister?” While this possibility may be an anathema to many of us, we must learn from Trump’s victory in the […]

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Call for clear answers about ‘chem-trail’ activity
Letter to the Editor

Call for clear answers about ‘chem-trail’ activity

DEAR News of the Area, SOCIAL media was abuzz last week following what many residents described as unusually heavy chem-trail activity over the Mid North Coast. The sky was crisscrossed with persistent trails that gradually dispersed into a light silver-grey haze, obscuring much of the blue sky above. It was the most extensive activity I […]

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