Fire actions needed immediately
[Forum] The next six months provides us with an opportunity to improve the readiness of the Bouddi Peninsula to cope with next year’s fire season. The expert NSW inquiry into…
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It always comes down to “the nut behind the wheel”
[Forum] In response to Bruce Hyland’s letter to the editor that appeared in Coast Community News Edition 230, whilst I generally agree with Bruce Hyland, I must take issue with…
Ignoring danger is not prudent
[Forum] Mr Hemming’s skepticism about climate change (Coast Community News Edition 232) is to be welcomed, although he is drawing the long bow a little in comparing belief in the…
Disappointed in Cultural Plan
[Forum] Having just read and reread the 2020-2025 Cultural Plan as outlined in Coast Communituy News Edition 232, to my disappointment, it’s vacuous verbiage. I quote part of same: “Enlivening…
Neither Carbon nor its oxide affect climate in any way
[Forum] Congratulations to Charles Hemmings (Coast Community News Edition 232) for castigating both climate change alarmists and deniers for their fake scientists and flawed scientific logic. They are like a…
Not a Morrison fan
[Forum] Once again, may I beg your indulgence to convey my relevant comments on the Prime Minister’s recent travesty, although why was I not in the least surprised? As an…
Suitable trees under powerlines are a good idea
[Forum] I feel it is owed to the community to respond to the letter (Forum 17 Feb 2020) entitled “Peninsula has 1000 water bores”. On the matter of trees under…
It’s hardly “free” enterprise if the public pays for it
[Forum] To answer Robert Findley’s question (Forum, Coast Community News edition 230), it is the nature of private enterprise to maximise profits by minimising expenditure, and then to go begging…
You can only fool most of the people some of the time
[Forum]Lucy Wicks is absolutely right when she says that “setting climate policy … should always be the responsibility of the elected government of the day” (Coast Community News edition 230)….
Climate change alarmists and deniers do not have a solid foundation in fact
[Forum] This letter to the editor is in reply to several letters that appeared in Coast Community News edition 230, pertaining to climate change. There are two camps, the climate…
Terrigal is the ‘worst beach’ in Australia
[Forum] An open letter to Central Coast Mayor, Lisa Matthews. Terrigal Beach is an international destination and an absolute disgrace.It stinks of sewage, and is a beach full of seaweed…
Tuggerawong refurbishment supported
[Forum]An open letter to all Central Coast Councillors. Dear Councillors, you are well aware of my passion to follow through with Council’s commitment to make the Central Coast accessible and…
Best kind of community spirit didn’t last long
[Forum]Over the past few months, we’ve seen the best kind of community spirit from our country. The Black Summer has united us all in one of the darkest times of…
Airport review raises suspicions
[Forum] This new review by Central Coast Council into Central Coast Airport is a phony. Now we’re getting into la-la land. What is Council up to? Another review, because they…
Construct a break wall once and it’s there for life
[Forum]With dredging of Tuggerah Lakes being discussed, I felt that there was a more cost effective way as a permanent solution to assist in the elimination of the sifting and…
WAR Act needs to remain as is
[Forum}The Central Coast Airport Resistance Group (CCARG) is requesting the reviewers of the Warnervale Airport (Restrictions) Act 1996 to retain the Act intact, as the previous Minister, Anthony Roberts, decided…
To intervene or not to intervene, that is the question
[Forum] Only two years ago, Member for The Entrance, David Mehan, was advocating to leave Tuggerah Lakes as a natural lake with no intervention. Now, with the latest flooding event,…
Council has always been opposed to Wallarah 2
[Forum] I write in response to Cr Troy Marquart’s comments on the Wallarah 2 Coal Mine, published in edition 488, calling the Council’s opposition to the coal mine “environment crap”….
Pacific Link proposal reduces social housing
[Forum] Luke Chell (Forum, edition 487) expresses commendable sentiments. There is a real need for social housing. However, exactly what is provider Pacific Link proposing for its site near the…
Climate change results from an ever increasing population
[Forum]We are all aware of the current excitement over climate change, but it seems that there is little substance to the ill-informed hoo-hah. The climate is simply the daily weather…