DEAR News Of The Area, It is curious that in the 6 March NOTA article titled “Port Stephens Council reaffirms stance on offshore wind” that a union representative backed by the Labor Environmental Action Network asserts there was consultation. Justin Page even described it as “absurd” that councillors were unaware of any consultation. Yet I […]
DEAR News of the Area, All wars are tragic, inevitably causing unnecessary death, destruction, chaos and misery, at great financial and social cost. Article 2(4) of the United Nations Charter prohibits war, calling for member states to: “refrain in their international relations from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political […]
DEAR News Of The Area, This is a response to Ian Roberts, Fingal Bay (Letter to the Editor, 19 February). Mr Roberts claims there was “no political mandate” for offshore wind. The record tells a very different story: it was opposition groups, not Labor candidates, who turned offshore wind into a federal election issue. Social […]
THE natural beauty of our beaches is a big part of what makes Port Stephens such a great place to live. We’ve just come off a busy summer where tens of thousands of people spent time on our shores, and it was great to see so many people enjoying our region. However, that much activity […]
DEAR Jasminda, I am doing a complete clean out of my home, but I can’t decide what to keep and what to cull. How do I make these decisions? Claudia D. Dear Claudia, I am the wrong person to ask about this. When I decide to clean my bedroom, I enter the zone of nostalgia. […]
DEAR News Of The Area, IT’S somewhat laughable that Robina Badger (Letter to the Editor, 19 February) felt “stunned” by community uproar about an offshore power station (wind farm). There was no political mandate: I’ve lived for 36 years in this coastal strip without hearing one serious election candidate grandly promising to take power generation […]
DEAR Jasminda, HOW do we agree on a movie as a family? I’m so sick of scrolling through trying to locate a movie everyone will enjoy. Heather P. Dear Heather, You are right. Trying to find a movie that incorporates everyone’s interests is a nightmare. How is it possible, for example, to find a movie […]
