DEAR News Of The Area, I FIND cats to be fascinating animals, and wonderful companions, with engaging and often eccentric personalities. However, unlike humans, they do have some downsides. I do think though, that the wrath-filled tirades of anger directed at cats for the apparently existential amount of wildlife they kill, should be more properly […]
DEAR News Of The Area, In recent media, climate change has been blamed for the rising frequency and intensity of bushfires. However, climate change does not cause bushfires and hiding behind climate change does not provide a practical strategy to combat the increasing number and severity of bushfires. Fire requires three elements – an ignition […]
DEAR News Of The Area, I FULLY support former Mayor Paul Amos’ encouragement to contact Minister Paul Scully requesting he take note of the overwhelming confirmed views of our locals. I have taken up his suggestion (NOTA 26/9). It is indeed sad that our community has been abandoned in connection with the Jetty foreshores. Minister […]
DEAR News Of The Area, I WRITE with deep concern and desire to draw attention to the lack of insects, especially bees, in our local gardens. This year, despite the presence of citrus blossoms, mango flowers, jasmine, wisteria, clover, nasturtiums, orange jasamine and many more blooms, usually vibrating with sound, I am yet to see […]
DEAR News Of The Area, EVERY year Daylight Savings Time (DST) creates lots of reactions on social media. For me it is a bit of a love-hate relationship. Love the extended evening light, hate the mild jet lag that comes with it. Many countries around the world switch on DST. In the UK in summer, […]
COMMAND of the 57-ton wooden ketch Eliza was given to Captain Alexander McNair in December 1887, while his crew consisted of able seaman A Chisholm and cook, John Stuart. Directed to deliver coal to the Colonial Sugar Company (CSR) on the Richmond River, they left the company’s wharf in Sydney on 4 October 1888. Officially […]
DEAR News Of The Area, THE announcement of the Great Koala National Park (GKNP) this month has not only been a win for all the threatened species that live in the forests of the Mid North Coast, but also for the future of this region. In a time when the world is rapidly changing, the […]
FOR decades, research and activism have highlighted the pitfalls for women when stereotypical gendered roles are prioritised in heterosexual relationships. But recent signs suggest young adults may once again be embracing the idea that men should be dominant, while women play a supporting role. In our research, we wanted to know whether young Australian adults […]
DEAR News Of The Area, LAST week the Nambucca Valley Council rescinded an original resolution from 2018 to not support the Great Koala National Park (GKNP). This now gives the Council an avenue to explore the economic and environmental opportunities provided by the State Government announcement of the GKNP, an election promise, for our local […]
DEAR News Of The Area, IN response to “Farmers slam government over banana import review”, 26/9. The Australian Banana Growers Council stated that imports of bananas are unnecessary and risky, so what is the real agenda of the Federal Government? Is it to placate foreign business and political stakeholders, to undermine the power of local […]
