DEAR News Of The Area, TODAY I received in my letterbox a card in Caz Heise colours that was really a National Party ad. This was after receiving unsolicited NP texts to my private mobile number asking for my vote and for donations. I spoke to Mr Conaghan about this at the Jetty Markets. He […]
DEAR News Of The Area, ON Sunday, Peter Dutton asked his supporters to stay true to their values. This begs the question: ‘What are the coalition’s values?’ What does the coalition actually stand for? Values are ideals or beliefs that someone holds and uses to decide what they think is acceptable or unacceptable. Whatever the […]
DEAR News Of The Area, YOUR recent correspondent Garry Connelly bemoaned what he perceived as platitudes by ‘many minor contenders’ vying for the seat of Cowper. Interestingly the only ‘minor contender’ he named in this regard was the community independent candidate Caz Heise. Mr Connelly considers it feasible that candidates set out their position on […]
DEAR News Of The Area, THE cost-of-living crisis is the main issue at this election. The higher cost of energy in particular is driving up household bills and also leading to higher production costs for businesses and driving up the cost of household groceries and goods. Families are struggling to pay the bills. Labor, supported […]
DEAR News Of The Area, JUST when I had got to accept the trickery of the National Party in the Cowper electorate, i.e. running a candidate as Independent for mayor, I now witness TV advertisements with a message that ‘voting for an Independent in Cowper is a vote for Albanese’, authorised in very small print […]
DEAR News Of The Area, THIS coming federal election is the most important for all Australians present and future, with our debt poised to break $1.2 trillion, and the budget to remain in deficit for the next 40 years. This will be like having a visa card, maxed out, being unable to purchase anything, as […]
DEAR News Of The Area, WHILE I strongly believe that Australia and the world need to act sensibly on climate change, the disappointing reality is that most of the big polluters don’t appear serious about it. India has given 2070 as its target for reaching net zero. China has said 2060, while President Trump has […]
DEAR News Of The Area, IF Mr Dave Williamson (Letters 25 April) is telling us he’s “had a gutful” of a collection of ideologies that include an increased awareness of racial and social injustice, and an intolerance of prejudice and discrimination, plus an empathetic attitude towards disadvantaged minorities, then so be it. We all know […]
DEAR News Of The Area, I WOULD like to respond to the article in NOTA on 21/2/25 titled “Conservationists dispute job loss claims”. The article related to the number of people currently employed in the local timber industry and its supply chain and the effects that the creation of the Great Koala National Park (GKNP) […]
THE Member for Oxley Michael Kemp appears to be the National’s new kid on the block when it comes to justifying native forest logging in our coastal forests. Repeating the same old National Party mantra over and over again doesn’t make it true. He would do well to read David Lindenmayer’s ‘The Forest Wars’, an […]
