Give First Nations people a fair go
As a migrant, Nalini in issue 403 (A migrants view) might have missed the fact that the First Nations people were massacred at worst and discriminated against at best. Migrants’…
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Outdated laws need to change
FORUM: Just because something is law doesn’t mean it’s right or that we shouldn’t stand up against it. For example, if no-one ever stood up and said “this isn’t right”,…
Power station extension a slap in the face
FORUM: The faceless, unknown and dictatorial Council of Australian Governments COAG, including industry operators and the Australian Energy Market Operator AEMO, have given the coastal communities of the Central Coast…
A migrant viewpoint on the Voice
I would like express my feelings as a migrant of a minority group who took Australian citizenship 38 years ago and is patriotic and proud be a true blue Aussie….
Buyback scheme not the answer for Wamberal
FORUM: For the debacle that is the Wamberal Seawall, one option needs to be completely discounted – a buyback scheme. Reading the recent article on the seawall brought two things…
Time to right a great injustice
I have noticed letters on The Voice appearing quite regularly in Forum. Sometimes they contain misinformation – either deliberate or because people believe what they read on social media or…
Government not to blame over Regional Seniors Travel Card
I just read the story about the Regional Seniors Travel Card in CCN 402 and find it very hard that Adam Crouch can make the statements as per your paper….
Time to get real over energy provision
I feel obliged to respond to the comments by your correspondent in Issue 402 about ethical and moral concerns relating to energy provision, mistaken assumptions about my position and the…
Voice would have negative consequences
Firstly, thank you CCN for having a platform where both sides of debates are published. And thank you to Mark Duffy (CCN 396) for his response to my previous letter….
Another broken promise
I am an avid reader of this paper and do not write in. However reading the article on Gosford hospital parking (No free parking for Gosford Hospital) has caused me…
No more Gosford Hospital for me
After the Gosford Hospital make-over I had a heart event and drove into the emergency department and fortunately got a park close to the entrance. After treatment a few hours…
Nothing to lose by voting yes
Klass and Aafke Woldring are spot on (CCN401). This No pamphlet aims to misled and lie, with a sprinkle of fearmongering. We have been saying no for over 200 years…
Possible costs of nuclear energy
I note Charles Hemmings’ advocacy of nuclear energy (CNN 401) and suggest that no one is implying that converting to a renewable energy economy is without challenge. But at core,…
Report those ugly signs
I sympathise with Paul Croft’s concern about lots of illegal business advertising on power poles in Woy Woy and Umina (Forum CCN 400). The brazenness of many of the offenders…
A big thank you to a great many locals for helping
During peak holiday season in January this year, I slipped down my very steep, and wet driveway, fracturing my ankle. Six months on, most of my post-operative care has been…
A No pamphlet mased on negatives
The No case public pamphlet (for the voice to Parliament) has been prepared by a majority of the minority in the Federal Parliament. This means it is a majority pamphlet…
Cheap energy an oxymoron
I am pleased that your correspondent in CCN 400 concedes that renewable energy is not free. In fact, cheap energy is an oxymoron. I would not consider Adelaide as a…
It’s time to right some wrongs
Most Australians are not qualified to speak for the original inhabitants of this land. They have opinions but no experience of the misery, racism, pillage of their land, and many…
Business posters an eyesore
We’ve noticed lots of advertisements made by various local businesses posted on poles all over Woy Woy and Umina. From roofing firms to vape shops and everything in between. You’d…
It won’t be so tough for pharmacists
I refer to CCN 398, where a chemist says patients will be worse off under innovative arrangements being put in place by the Federal Government. Do not believe this scaremongering…