I ALWAYS look forward to National Youth Week – it’s such a great opportunity each year to celebrate the talents and contributions of young people across Australia, especially right here in Port Stephens. This year, Youth Week runs from 9 to 17 April, and the theme – ‘We are the future, and the future is […]
DEAR News Of The Area, THIS week the Coalition announced a $20 billion “Regional Australia Future Fund” aimed at improving health, child care and infrastructure inequalities in non-urban Australia. Perhaps they were listening to our MidCoast Council Mayor, Claire Pontin, who has been advocating a doubling of Federal funding to local councils. The new Future […]
DEAR News Of The Area, VOTING for an independent MP can benefit the Australian community by promoting more personalised and responsive representation. Independent MPs are not constrained by party politics, allowing them to focus solely on the needs and concerns of their constituents. This independence means they can advocate for local issues without the influence […]
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 […]
