Climate change deniers need to be fact checked
[Forum] Reading the recent letters from the plethora of climate change deniers I cannot help but be dismayed by their clearly displayed lack of scientific understanding. May I suggest that…
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Similar (philosophy) but different
[Forum]After reading both Mary Notman’s recent letters (editions 232 and 231) and The Woy Woy Philosophers Society, (my favourite column) I am convinced that they are penned by the same…
Price gouging needs to be controlled
[Forum] The following is an open letter to Prime Minister Scott Morrison and the Federal and State Governments; Dear Prime Minister, Federal and State members, whilst you are busy legislating…
We should be aiming for solidarity and consistency
[Forum]May I congratulate Rod Bower for his thoughtful contribution on the question of a social response to the coronavirus outbreak (Coast Community News, Out and About, edition 234). I don’t…
Advertising claims questioned
[Forum] The full page advertisement by Federal Member for Robertson, Lucy Wicks, appearing on page 7 of Coast Community News edition 232, is so full of political spin that even…
Forget your own egos and politics and solve the problem
[Forum] Scapegoating a recently elected Mayor, continual political posing by individuals, and party politics, effectively diverts people from the problem that is The Entrance Channel. The issue has rumbled on…
When the Peninsula relied on bore water
[Forum] Growing up in the 60s and 70s in Umina, I have vivid memories of the importance our bore water played in our everyday lives. Most houses had vegetable gardens…
Funding eligibility claims refuted by Auditor-General
[Forum] It takes some chutzpah for Lucy Wicks to reiterate Scott Morrison’s lie, that every project funded by the CSI program was eligible for funding (edition 183), when the Auditor-General…
Donation rejection applauded
[FORUM] It is typical of the arrogance of Wyong Coal that it thinks it can bribe its way to respectability and acceptance by the community with a paltry $100,000 donation…
Heavy rain highlights more road improvement projects
[FORUM] Firstly, it is reassuring that this publication has stayed balanced and fact based and has not become a biased anti-everything load of preaching such as the Community Grapevine. With…
Police investigate assault at The Entrance
[FORUM] Police are appealing for public assistance as they continue to investigate an assault at The Entrance. At about 5:45pm on Wednesday, March 11, a 43-year-old man was walking along…
Offers to share toilet paper
[Forum] Today (Friday, March 13), I was shopping in my local supermarket at Umina and stopped to talk with a friend. We had both walked past an empty toilet paper…
Council should do what is necessary for a permanent solution
[Forum] Dave Horsfall misrepresents my letter on roundabouts (Coast Community News edition 233). I never said that roundabouts were “dangerous”, an emotive word that means only what the writer wants…
NSW verification requirements have increased
[Forum] This is a brief but confusing look at the muddled verification requirements for Service NSW. I recently attempted to update my Working With Children Check (WWCC) authority with Services…
All council toilets should have hand cleaners
[Forum] It’s time for Central Coast Council to provide soap and/or hand sanitiser and towels and/or hand dryers in each and every public toilet. This would help every one of…
Times have definitely changed
[Forum] The Member for Robertson’s full-page advertisement in edition 489 is a major turnaround from her election campaign in May 2019. A short list of probable reasons for this change…
Everyone is entitled to solar access
[Forum] Eunice Warden (edition 489) raises valid concerns about the approved Pacific Link development at Ocean Beach Rd and Waratah Ave Woy Woy. Everyone, social housing tenant or otherwise, is…
Heywire presenters are more deserving of awards
[FORUM]May I once again raise these relevant and important issues which deeply concern me. I’m sure there are many others who, like me, would appreciate some believable answers. After viewing…
We live on a fragile Cinderella Planet
Global Warming is real and getting worse. Scientists predicted it over a century ago. We have known that burning fossil fuels releases carbon dioxide, a “greenhouse gas” which controls the…
Training not required to use a defibrillator
[FORUM] I write in regard to an article that appeared in Coast Community News edition 233 about a defibrillator being installed at Davistown Progress Hall. In the article it says…