DEAR News Of The Area, ON Saturday, 6 September, just after midnight, our Craven Plateau home and farm shed were totally destroyed by an electrical fire. We would like to express our thanks to the Barrington and Gloucester RFS as well as the Gloucester Town Brigade. They reached the Plateau in record time and did […]
Letter to the Editor: Bruce ‘BJ’ Fraser Memorial Trophy
DEAR News Of The Area, WHAT a day it was. The cool weather and the Gloucester Course as it always is – picture perfect. There was a big field of players who came from near and far to attend the two-day Bruce “BJ” Fraser Memorial Trophy event. [BJ was a] Gloucester local, fellow golfer and […]
Letter to the Editor: Stage production ‘so beneficial’ for Gloucester
DEAR News Of The Area, WE would like to congratulate GACCI and the cast and crew for the fascinating and different monologue production stage at the Senior Citizen Centre on 25 and 26 September. We attended the matinee performance. Not only was the production entertaining, it also gave us something to think about. It is […]
Letter to the Editor: A heartfelt thank you to the community of Gloucester
DEAR News Of The Area, ON Saturday, 6 September, just after midnight, our Craven Plateau home and farm shed were totally destroyed by an electrical fire. We would like to express our thanks to the Barrington and Gloucester RFS as well as the Gloucester Town Brigade. They reached the Plateau in record time and did […]
Letter to the Editor: Insufficient water for nuclear
DEAR News Of The Area, AUSTRALIA’S inland waterways are insufficient for safe operation and cooling of Mr Dutton’s proposed nuclear reactors, according to a new report commissioned by Liberals Against Nuclear (Newcastle Herald, 9 April). The report, by Professor Andrew Campbell of Triple Helix Consulting, compared available water resources at each of the Coalition’s proposed […]
Letter to the Editor: Balancing delicate political interests
DEAR News Of The Area, I THINK electing independents at the upcoming election will strengthen Parliamentary democracy as legislation has a better chance of being improved and balanced if it can’t be just rubber stamped. I am looking for someone who will not only run a positive campaign but a willingness to follow a transparent […]
Letter to the Editor: Koala situation only part of the forestry issue
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 […]