Seeking less talk and more action
FORUM – I refer to your article of December 24 and see that Asset Energy’s Executive Director David Breeze is enthused by the potential of gas reserves off the coast…
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People power should demand demerger
FORUM – It’s rare for me to agree with anything Labor says but on the occasion of local Labor politicians calling on the new Minister for Local Government to sort…
Election to fix all ills
FORUM – Given that a politician’s promises are not worth the paper that they’re written on (“Seeking proof of intentions on PEP-11”, Forum, CCN 324), it would appear that the…
‘Hit and run victims’ pay for repairs
FORUM – “Cracked Sydney trams no longer under warranty” is the latest shipwreck of the “going-forward” NSW Liberal Government. Decapitating or sinking ferries, cladding falling off buildings, fire hazards, destruction…
Putting the argument against face masks
FORUM – Each month, it is estimated that 129 billion non-reusable face masks and 65 billion gloves are used and disposed of globally. A lot of this waste is having…
Some company to be in
Forum – For Federal Member for Dobell, Emma McBride, to describe the Government’s climate “plan” as weak is by way of classic understatement (“Government’s emission plan described as weak”, Chronicle…
In favour of vaccine passports
Forum – I would like to make a comment on the vaccines. A few weeks ago, as I sat on my balcony watching the anti-vaxxers protest it made me think…
Not vulnerable enough for early booster
Forum – Today I took my disabled 79-year-old partner to Wyong Hospital to obtain an early booster COVID 19 vaccine. He had his second AstraZeneca in August. We went to…
Not one shovel has hit the dirt
Forum – As the Central Coast comes back to life after COVID lockdown, we are again reminded of the incompetence and the broken promises of this inept NSW Government. At…
Village character gone forever
Forum – I am sorry to have to say it, but it seems to me that any campaign to preserve the Ettalong waterfront is a lost cause (“Chamber says Esplanade…
‘No’ case for referendum
Forum – The Central Coast prior and past the amalgamation had community representation on the Council via councillors who stood for the communities that voted them in. To read that…
Applying common sense to schools
Forum – Re the recent teachers strikes: as Charles Dickens implied, it still is “the best of times and the worst of times” and that certainly includes in schools. Everyone…
Please use bins provided
Forum – As a long-term resident of the Central Coast, I am often dismayed, during holiday periods, as I walk along our beautiful beaches, at the amount of polystyrene coffee…
The people are not fools
Forum – There are tens of thousands of people in a similar situation to myself that do not agree to mandatory vaccinations or secondary boycotts being imposed by many Central…
Playgrounds and walkways deserve praise
Forum – Recently there has been a lot of criticism in Forum letters of local Council work – or lack thereof. I agree with much that has been written but…
Speak up now on regional plan
Forum – The Central Coast Regional Plan 2041 has been released for comment (CCN 322). On the principle of never using one word when three will do, the Plan covers…
The coalpoll follows the sportsrort, carpork and pooldiddle
Forum – Colin Paulson asks how the Government will influence overseas coal users to go on buying Australian coal (“Buckley’s chance of protecting coal”, Chronicle Forum, Nov 17), but the…
Looking for honest leadership
Forum – The ongoing and total mismanagement of the Central Coast and Lake Macquarie regions has seen the possibility of a stealth takeover from both Sydney and the Hunter. The…
Wracked with frustration
Forum – I am extremely frustrated with Central Coast Council. I live in Toukley with a lake side property. We have higher assessed property value as a result of our…
Coal demise ‘greatly exaggerated’
Forum – Colin Paulson not only exaggerates but also ignores the facts. (“Buckley’s chance of protecting coal”, Chronicle Forum, Nov 17) The Government has simply signalled that it will not…