DEAR News Of The Area, THE Cowper results show some interesting voting patterns. Across the board Caz Heise got a 3.5 percent increase in primary vote from 2022 while Pat Conaghan had a 0.8 percent decline in primaries. Unfortunately for the independent the gain was mainly won from Labor and the Greens losses. Some booths […]
From the Mayor’s Desk: Cr Nikki Williams
NEXT week is National Volunteer Week and what a perfect opportunity to say thank you to the amazing people who give their time and energy to others. Whether you’re pulling weeds at a community garden, coaching the local footy team, helping out at events, or just quietly making life better behind the scenes, I thank […]
Letter to the Editor: A special celebration
DEAR News Of The Area, CONGRATULATIONS to Ally and her fantastic and dedicated team at the Chill ‘n’ Chat Cafe for serving a fabulous Mother’s Day lunch on Friday 9 May. It was a feast for the eyes and the tastebuds. Words can hardly describe how special this celebration was. The impeccable service, the beautiful […]
Letter to the Editor: Reflecting on election results
DEAR News Of The Area, WHILE we may congratulate Pat [Conaghan] and his Nationals team on their election win, and thank the other candidates – especially Independent Caz Heise and her hard working team, for putting their hands up and at least giving us a choice – it might be worth reflecting on how our […]
Repairable Repair
Letter to the Editor: Election problem
DEAR News Of The Area, MY wife and I went to a polling station on Saturday, and she told the election officer at the table her surname, which was Quick. She knew there could be a problem when he started looking around the letter W. Then despite explaining where the letter Q was in the […]
Legal Hypothetical: ‘Ambit, opportunistic and cascading’ claim challenged
GREG passes-away and leaves his $1 million estate to his only surviving son, Craig. Greg’s only other son, died several years ago, leaving four children of his own, one of them being Peter. When Peter discovers that his grandfather had not included him in his will, he seeks legal advice and makes a “family provision” […]
Winner
Letter to the Editor: Rejecting the culture wars
DEAR News Of The Area, THROUGH the recent election the Australian people have sent a very clear message that we reject the notion of ongoing culture wars and attempts to divide us. We are a tolerant, multicultural society and though not perfect, after all we are a bunch of human beings, we obviously create enough […]
Letter to the Editor: Vote however you wish but let the playing field be fair
DEAR News Of The Area, A letter to NOTA dated 25 April requires a response. Perhaps Dave Williamson, in hindsight, a tax on a cow farting would have been better than a tax on innocent citizens by way of a thing called Robodebt. The remainder of Dave’s assertions appear to be groundless, ideological annotations as […]