DEAR News Of The Area, THE NSW Government’s proposed changes to bag limits for snapper and yellowtail kingfish should concern every recreational fisher in this state. Once again, recreational fishers appear to be the easiest target when the Government wants to be seen to be doing something about fish stocks. But where is the evidence […]
DEAR News Of The Area, WHILE the Western World pauses to remember the shock and horror of 9/11 a quarter of a century ago, and the names of the approximately 3000 people who died on that fateful day are solemnly read out, I wonder if the most important questions are perhaps still not being asked […]
DEAR News Of The Area, ANOTHER phone outage causing 000 call problems! We are told that various networks can use each other’s networks when they must, such as in an emergency – but we, the consumers, are paying for massive duplications of networks across Australia as each provider determines where their network will provide coverage. […]
DEAR News of the Area, THE ‘Council Pool’ has iconic status in most Australian communities, offering opportunities for exercise, training, relaxation and fun. Most importantly for our children, it provides swimming lessons vital for skills and safety. The local pool is an intrinsic part of a town’s healthy, sporting life. But, our pool is no […]
DEAR News Of The Area, I WRITE in reply to Wayne Duesbury (‘Facts speak louder than a Google search’, NOTA, 4/9/26). Judging by the figures presented by Mr Duesbury, he is touting the views of a particular, long-discredited geologist, whose first book is one of the two in my long life (the other was ‘Mein […]
DEAR News of the Area IT was good to get a response from Mr Duesberry to my recent letter about climate change and fossil fuel handouts. In this letter I pointed out that the Federal Government gives $31,000 per minute to overseas fossil fuel companies that are making millions of dollars in profits (Source: Australian […]
DEAR News Of The Area, DR Dengate suggests that I should go to Google, which would show a correlation between atmospheric carbon dioxide and temperature (‘Use fossil fuels to build renewable energy economy’, NOTA, 28/8/26). However, facts speak louder than Google. The fact is that world average temperature declined from 1880 to 1910. It again […]
THE Albanese Government must not capitulate to Pauline Hanson’s politics of hate by stripping rights from people seeking asylum in an attempt to appear tougher on migration. Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke last week postponed a National Press Club address where he was expected to announce sweeping migration changes, reportedly including further restrictions on the […]
DEAR News Of The Area, AS someone born in Burma (now Myanmar) I understand the value of democracy in a way that many people fortunate enough to grow up in a democratic country may never experience. I spent 15 years of my life involved in the struggle for democracy and basic human rights under a […]
DEAR News Of The Area, I WRITE in response to Calvin Bartlett’s letter about Autism, which appeared in News Of The Area on Friday, 7 August, 2026. I, too, got a late diagnosis (61). My heart went out to you, Calvin, as I have experienced the same feelings. First the grief – who I could […]
