Crime increase
With the serious increase in violent crime that every community experiences, from the young to the elderly, including the disabled, progresses each day, it...
Foil for the fruit bats
In the mid 1950s I lived with my parents on their 300 acre farm/orchard on Old Northern Road Dural.
We were able to deter the...
We’re all boat people
Perhaps the citizens on pages one and four of the Independent July 12, 2012 should reflect on their own origins before they condemn asylum...
Over administration
After four years under administration, many ratepayers are anxious to have councillors reinstalled in our local government.
Recent hefty rate hikes, deteriorating infrastructure, enforced fluoridation,...
Fair go Aussies
Please include some stories which show Aussies love of a fair go — this was not the message in your July 12 issue, with...
Jetsetting Carr
Foreign Minister Bob Carr jetted off to Libya to intercede for lawyer Melinda Taylor who was arrested by the Libyans. Taylor is an employee...
Losing their way
There have been two recent decisions by the state coalition that have confirmed my opinion that the National Party has lost its moral compass...
Pedestrians matter
Colleen Carmody, who is standing for Council elections in Port Macquarie, indicates (Port Macquarie Independent, June 21,2012) that pedestrian safety and the installation on...
A lesson from the past
In the early eighties my husband took up a position in Auckland, New Zealand, so our family took up residence in Auckland for five...
Carbon correction
While I respect the right of Viv Forbes (letter of July 4) to present an opinion on the carbon tax. Though it just proves...
Not trustworthy
I am deeply offended by Tony Abbott’s remarks following the budget, “That he can’t trust mums and dads of Australia to spend the School...
Nail in the coffin
If the Government intends fining people for putting up prices “unreasonably” due to the carbon tax, and therefore putting them in jail if they...
