DEAR News Of The Area, A NEW website has been created by the NSW Domestic Violence Death Review Team (DVDRT), an independent statutory body convened by the State Coroner. Over the past 26 years there have been close to 300 women killed by their current or former intimate partners following a history of domestic violence. […]
DEAR News Of The Area, LINDA Dalton’s letter “Affordable housing benefits us all” (NOTA, 31/7/2026) shows that she, and many others, completely misunderstand the reasons why many in Urunga and elsewhere object to the proposal to use Lot 1, Ferry Street, Urunga as a site for affordable housing. We agree that affordable housing should benefit […]
DEAR Jasminda, I have recently joined a pilates group for relaxation. There is one particular attendee who makes a lot of loud noises during the class, which is ruining my ability to relax. Can I say something? Belinda N. DEAR Belinda, Having attended Pilates classes, I have some sympathy for the grunter and groaner. Though […]
CARMEN was barely five feet tall, broad in the shoulders and gloriously stubborn. She believed olive oil cured most ailments, garlic improved every meal and, if an expert disagreed with her, the expert probably needed a second opinion. She trusted her judgment. That included art. While others bought paintings to match the furniture, Carmen bought […]
DEAR News Of The Area, Nuclear power plants consume millions of litres of water per day to cool their extremely hot reactor cores. This year summer heatwaves and falling rainfall have defeated several of Europe’s nuclear plants, forcing them to reduce power or shut down completely, and leading to an energy crisis. One vital water […]
DEAR News Of The Area, I AM 65, and only now do I finally understand the shape of my own mind. Only now do I have the word that explains the shyness, the exhaustion, the confusion, the lifelong sense of being slightly out of phase with the world. Autism. A simple word. A seismic truth. […]
DEAR News Of The Area, IT is very pleasing to see that the long-touted Coffs Harbour artificial reef has finally arrived and been deployed in 28m of water offshore, south and east, of Sawtell. Standing 12m tall, the twin 15-metre, 50-tonne square steel structures are placed approximately 560m apart and will, in a surprisingly short […]
DEAR News Of The Area, I RECENTLY saw a notice advising that a dear friend, Mrs Shirley Whackett, had passed away. For many years Shirley volunteered at the Woolgoolga Retirement Village and Seagulls Day Care Centre, which gave daily respite for aged and disabled people in the vast Woolgoolga area. Shirley helped with many craft […]
DEAR News Of The Area, I WRITE in reply to Peter Dingle (Enough of the virtue signalling, Bellingen Council, NOTA, 24.7.26). When did teachers, nurses, essential service workers and others who can’t afford a $1 million mortgage become “minority and activist groups”? As someone who had the good fortune to buy a home in the […]
DEAR News Of The Area, THE silence from Labor and the so-called feminists on Prime Minister Albanese’s appearance on the Deep Bush podcast has been deafening with Labor MPs seemingly condoning their boss’s appalling behaviour. If a male from the Opposition had made the same comments, the outrage from the Left party would have been […]
