Saying the housing shortage is caused by overseas students is like blaming the homeless for the shortage of housing.
Politicians with five or six investment properties point the finger at overseas students for the housing shortage – maybe a week living with overseas students in dingy overpriced accommodation will change their minds.
Here in the United States of Australia, a very rich country run by millionaire politicians, we have Australian citizens living on the streets, and then we have others blaming overseas students for the housing shortage.
Joke of the year.
Email, Sep 7
Richard Ryan, Summerland Point
Strongly agreed.
Re: “Desalination plant proposed for Noraville”, Coast News 19 September 2024
One wonders what Central Coast Council is thinking with their proposal of a desalination water treatment plant at Noraville with an extraction pipeline at either Pebbly Beach or Jenny Dixon Beach, with the leftover brine being discharged at Norah Head ocean outfall. This area is one of the most significant beauty spots on the northern sector of the Central Coast, with high tourist attraction during the summer season popular with both locals and tourists enjoying holidaying and swimming at the beach and the safe swimming enclosure of the Norah Head Rockpool, as well as enjoying the natural beauty of the surrounding area. This is all put at risk with a desalination plant in this location. The increased size of this proposed plant located in what is a residential coastal area is of concern together with the detrimental impact of discharging toxic brine and other toxic chemical contaminates into the ocean at this location impacting the marine environment, coast ecosystems, and swimmers alike. Central Coast Council need to seriously reconsider the location of this desalination plant.