Cost of renewables needs to be considered
Society expects reliable and affordable electricity and now carbon free. Demand for electricity varies with time. Fossil and nuclear are able to adjust output to meet demand. Solar and wind…
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Asking is not directing
I read with some concern the recent letter from Dave Horsfall titled Whose priorities should the Voice reflect? (CCN 398). He seems clearly critical of Linda Burney saying she will…
Solar rebate needs to be increased
Thousands of householders across Australia invested millions in solar panels to help reduce the costs of high electricity. The number of panels on roofs varied depending what the householder could…
Whose priorities should the Voice reflect?
I write in reference to the Government’s promotion of the Voice at the Australian Press Club on July 5, where the Minister for Indigenous Australians Linda Burney made a speech….
Setting facts straight on batteries
I am not sure how to respond to your correspondent in CCN 397 (Ignoring inconvenient truths and facts) as he appears to be wandering all over the place, so I…
Clearing up a few facts on wind farms
I would like to respond to the article Paddle-out protest over wind farm in CCN 396. Offshore windfarms have been in operation since 1991. While onshore wind has expanded rapidly…
Harder and harder to source cash
It was sad to read that the Gosford branch of the NAB is closing (CCN 396), as I used to use them until my own bank’s debit card facility was…
Thank goodness for ICAC
I have a lot of respect for Liberal MP Matt Kean. He has after all been front and centre in progressing NSW in terms of climate action whilst in government…
We are dependent on coal one way or another
I was interested in an article in another publication recently entitled Australia risks failing on renewable energy. The last paragraph said: “If there’s a message from recent renewable energy investment…
More on the Voice to Parliament
Re Gary Field’s comments (Setting facts straight on the Voice to Parliament, CCN394). Gary declares his intentions “to correct a number of errors of fact” contained (in) Linda Telisman’s published…
More detail needed on proposed university
As a local who claims we need a truly Central Coast University, I note the proposal of the Chancellor Institute (CCN 395). Perhaps it has the potential to be what…
Government should move with the times
As people are now required to work until they are 67 years old before they qualify for the age pension, why aren’t other age-triggered requirements moved to match? Instead of…
More money to be thrown at boardwalk
Member for Terrigal Adam Crouch shows remarkable backtracking abilities over the boardwalk closure (CCN394). His pet project was opposed by many for mainly environmental reasons. He and his supporters were…
Wholesale destruction of critical bushland
Affordability, inclusiveness, sustainability are all part of better planning, yet nothing that is proposed could be further from the truth. The Central Coast Regional Plan 2041 and the Greater Lake…
Dredging problem an endless cycle
In the more than 25 years I have lived in Woy Woy I can’t remember a time when the dredging of the Ettalong channel has not been of concern. It…
Pro-nuclear brigade ignores inconvenient truth
The pro-nuclear brigade don’t give up, do they? (Dark times ahead, CCN393) Despite much correspondence published in the past, I have yet to hear of a realistic scheme to safely…
Constant dredging not sustainable
Thank you for the subtle page layout in CCN393 demonstrating the Member for Terrigal’s double standard on marine seafloor destruction: FOR inshore dredging and AGAINST offshore mining. Dredging in North…
Setting facts straight on The Voice to Parliament
I write to correct a number of errors of fact contained Linda Telisman’s published letter (CCN392). The 11 Aboriginal MPs in Federal Parliament representing different political parties have been elected…
Dispelling misinformation on wind farms
Thank you for your article Wind farms no threat to Whales says Professor (CCN393). It was pleasing to (see) some of the misinformation on our energy transformation dispelled in an…
Liberal Party’s ‘No’ stance questionable
The policy of the Federal Liberal Party to argue against the Voice Referendum is questionable on several grounds. The latest argument, presented by Liberal Party leader Peter Dutton, that a…