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DEAR News Of The Area, I note the statement on the Facebook page of Member for Whitlam Stephen Jones that the Illawarra offshore wind farm zone will not interfere with the Southern Right whale migration. Of course it won’t. That’s because the Southern Right whale migration, mating and birthing area is in the Bass Strait […]
DEAR News Of The Area, Judging by Peter Dingle’s letter (NOTA 21/06/24) ‘Australia beyond crazy not to go nuclear’, I fear he is too far down the rabbit-hole of misinformation to realise the Coalition’s plan (if you could call it that) is a disaster for Australia. Yes, a few Small Modular Reactors are possibly a […]
DEAR News Of The Area, NED Cowie’s article, ‘EPA decision sends shockwaves through forestry industry’ (NOTA 7/6/2024) rightly points out the angst felt by the sawmilling industry and associated businesses. This latest decision by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) may well be the straw that breaks the camel’s back for many of the state’s sawmills, […]
DEAR News Of The Area, THIS is the third time I have warned the council of the dangerous blindspot especially under the train bridge on the highway near the corner of Highway and Park Beach roads. Yesterday I saw a woman in her eighties with her wheelie walker coming around the corner. One can only […]
DEAR News Of the Area, IN his letter ‘Anti-nuclear nonsense’ (NOTA 14/6/24), Wayne Duesbury is spot-on. Anyone with a reasonable understanding of electricity knows that wind and solar alone cannot provide power for a modern industrial economy. Not only do they require huge areas of land, connected by thousands of kilometres of transmission lines, but […]
