Assurances about VAD safety
Forum – I write in response to the letter from Linda Telisman, ‘Rejecting the Voluntary Assisted Dying (VAD) Bill’ (Oct 7). The Central Coast Group of Dying with Dignity NSW…
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Resignations and foregone confusion
Forum – What a few weeks it has been. First, we had the resignation of ex-Premier Berejiklian in circumstances so malodorous that they make the fiscal shenanigans of our federal…
Government watered down unanimous inquiry findings
Forum – The NSW Government’s response to the Legislative Council Public Works Committee inquiry into Costs for Remediation of Sites Containing Coal Ash Repositories has just been released and is…
In support of the airport masterplan
Forum – Lisa Matthews’ comments about the airport masterplan briefing (“Airport briefing sounded alarm bells for Matthews” Chronicle, Oct 6) just shows how naive and politically immature our elected representatives…
Council through a business prism
Forum – It’s my view that politicians and (especially) councillors (should) be eligible for office only if they have been intimately involved in private enterprise for a solid period of…
Business as usual
Forum – Well might you ask where does the election of Dominic Perrottet leave the Central Coast – up the creek without a paddle I think. Perrottet has already made…
Facilities for community use
Forum – It is difficult to know what Debra Wales is on about, in her submission to the CCCPI (“Questions raised about use of Council venues”, PP 030). Apart from…
Most magnificent discovery
Forum – Last year I finally followed my heart, realised my dream and moved to the beautiful Central Coast. I had a blast discovering bushwalks and beaches, places to get…
Hope Administrator will learn from past mistakes
Forum – I refer to the letter from Bruce Hyland (Chronicle Forum, Oct 6) regarding the Council and current Administrator. This was such a well-written article that everyone should read….
Rejecting the Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill
Forum – I write regarding the article ‘Local voluntary assisted dying advocate asks for community support’. The Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill 2021 (Greenwich Bill) released by Alex Greenwich MP is…
Solar ‘the safest and best reactor around’
Forum – Nuclear energy is not individual action, or is it? While I strongly support the need for reducing emissions as mentioned by Ian Frost (Forum September, 30), I am…
Direct democracy ‘our only hope’
Forum – Not content with loading ratepayers with massive rate increases, the Administrator now wants to force a 34 per cent hike in water rates on suffering residents (CCN312). The…
Baking yellow cake
Forum – I read with interest Godfrey Franz’s letter (Forum, CCN312) with positive lines re nuclear power. Australia is sitting on around 60 per cent of the world’s uranium 92…
Eight days to fix a video link
Forum – We can now see why 22,400 Central Coast residents petitioned for an independent judicial inquiry, rather than a State Government inquiry that is proving to be a farce…
Resist pressure to develop land west of motorway
Forum – I write in sorrow and anger that, once again, I need to expose a quietly resumed development application for the Old Farm acres at 414 Old Maitland Rd,…
‘Vast majority’ prepared to accept real changes
Forum – I agree with Raphael Joudry (Forum, September 24) that we need to act promptly and effectively to reduce emissions but instead of looking only at the government to…
Education short-changed for electioneering
Forum – Our education system seems to have been in difficulty for some time, and the latest figures indicate that it is not getting better (“Teacher shortage in 18 schools”,…
Follow the trail
Forum – I’d like to invite residents to take a walk in our Coastal Open Space System (COSS). I’m the type of person that complies to the law, to signage…
The wonders of democracy
Forum – I’d be surprised if one per cent of readers understood the Administrator’s “explanation” of the Council’s $175 million deficit (“Solving restricted funds mystery a challenge for inquiry”, PP…
Wars and words both vile
Forum – I would like to agree very much with Gary Balzola (“What is it good for?” Chronicle Forum, Sep 1) regarding how all the world continues to suffer thanks…