Tag: letters
Disappointed views were not properly aired
LETTER TO THE EDITOR | I was disappointed the ABC did not play more of my interview on its news covering the mining protests.
Sale’s Desailly St oak trees should stay
LETTER TO THE EDITOR | I read with incredulous the desire of some residents to have these beautiful, valuable oak trees removed because of what all trees do naturally, which is drop leaves.
Opportunities are being lost in the regions
LETTER TO THE EDITOR | The city is getting bigger, and our communities are getting smaller.
Trees have a place in people’s hearts
Seaspray Ratepayers' Association would like to see the beachside town's iconic trees preserved for as long as possible, after local calls to see them felled following safety concerns.
Population growth our biggest challenge
LETTER TO THE EDITOR | Whether we like it or not, global warming is not our world's greatest challenge.
Remembering Bishop John McIntyre
LETTER TO THE EDITOR | Bishop John McIntyre still holds a strong light to injustice, five years after his death.
Activists, farmers need to communicate
LETTER TO THE EDITOR | Confrontation between producers and animal rights activists is becoming more tense and more divisive.
Tailings dam failures cause for concern
LETTER TO THE EDITOR | Is the community prepared to trust the integrity of the tailing dam proposed in the Fingerboards Mineral Sand Mine?
Timber industry troubles ‘of its own making’
LETTER TO THE EDITOR| The real reason for the troubles of the timber industry is of its own making.
Less pessimism over weather patterns
LETTER TO THE EDITOR | There are a lot of what are likely negative factors that have come together at the same time, but with Lake Eyre filling to the level it has, my pessimism rating has dropped from 9.5 to seven.
Survivors of sexual violence ‘ignored’
LETTER TO THE EDITOR | Funding for survivors of sexual abuse in Sale is virtually non-existent, with the Gippsland Centre Against Sexual Assault urgently needing an injection of government funding to deal with the mental health of many survivors.
Changes needed to help our veterans
LETTER TO THE EDITOR | I hope Gippsland MHR Darren Chester can bring about changes as to how the Department of Veterans' Affairs treats its veterans.
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