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 Jasminda, I’VE started going to a gym and there’s a man there that leaves various personal items on the equipment I want to use. His drink bottle is on one, his towel is on another and then he leaves his backpack on a third machine. What is the gym etiquette around this? I only […]
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 […]
AS Australia’s social media ban for under-16s edges closer, children are already worried about losing touch with their friends. But while the onus is on social media platforms to act, researchers at the University of South Australia (UniSA) say the real battle will be at home – where parents must enforce the rules, manage their […]
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, […]
The Pearly Gates and the Desert Island are two of the most symbolic settings in the cartoon world.
The Pearly Gates and the Desert Island are two of the most symbolic settings in the cartoon world. YOU would think that after decades, cartoonists would have wrung out every last drop of humour from two of the most symbolic settings in the cartoon world – the Pearly Gates and the Desert Island. Yet, somehow, […]
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 […]
