DEAR Jasminda, THE other night, my brother-in-law invited himself over for dinner. However, I had not prepared enough for him (as he was unannounced), and he got annoyed and left. Now he won’t reply to either my husband’s or my messages. How do you suggest I go about this? Normine B Dear Normine, I’m picking […]
THERE is only one notable release in Australian cinemas this week, though it’s likely to be on a fair few “Top 10” lists come the end of 2025. Lilo & Stitch gets the live-action adaptation treatment from Disney. It follows the adventures of the alien “Experiment 626” after he crashes in Hawaii and is adopted […]
DEAR News Of The Area, RAIN, rain, go away, come back another day! While I never suggest that all weather is linked to global warming, weather events that set new records are made worse by human-induced climate change. The science can explain why, but the National Party, Sky News and News Corp papers never will, […]
PETER and Penny have a daughter, Diane and a son, Daniel. Peter and Penny purchase a home in which to live with Daniel. The property is registered in Daniel’s name. Later, Daniel moves-out and Peter and Penny continue to reside in the property. Peter and Penny enter into a Deed with Daniel to the effect […]
DEAR News Of The Area, OF concern in the recent federal election was a “swing” towards informal voting, with the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) reporting a national average of 5.55 percent ballot papers that could not be counted. Within the electorates of Cowper and Page, the AEC’s corresponding local figures were 9.03 percent and 9.15 […]
DEAR News Of The Area, YOUR front-page article “Bellingen poised for affordable housing history” lacked one very important inconvenient fact: that the “parcel of public land” chosen as the site of this initial project is actually a much-loved little piece of original Urunga bushland, long used as a delightful de-facto park by nearby residents, and […]
DEAR News Of The Area, I HOPE that the total inability of the coalition to provide a coherent economic narrative during the election campaign finally dispels the complete myth that they are always better at managing the Australian economy than Labor. Despite constant repetition of the rhetoric, this claim lacks any substance. Surely being able […]
A TWIST on an established horror franchise has been applied to Final Destination: Bloodlines. The original Final Destination was born from a fairly ingenious idea for the genre: a horror film in which Death itself was the “villain”, orchestrating Rube-Goldberg machinations of misfortune that result in suspenseful, grisly deaths. In this latest instalment, college student […]
BETTY appoints two of her daughters as her enduring guardians. The documentation is executed by Betty in the presence of a solicitor who witnesses her signature and explains the effect of the document to Betty. Her daughters later sign acceptances of their roles as guardians and again their signatures are witnessed by a solicitor. The […]
