Pull your weight
It’s amazing how a little misinformation can completely distort the facts. A case in point is that contained in “Brakes on highway upgrade is...
Rules for caravans
Recently my husband and I returned from a two-week holiday interstate. We towed a camper trailer.
At a guess, I would say that...
Financial planning
Many people in the Hastings are somewhat perplexed by the approach to spending by the Port Macquarie Hastings Council. To understand the financial planning...
Time to reflect
As we are approaching Easter, it is time to reflect on the great sacrifice the Lord has made for us by His death, resurrection...
UnAustralian activities
There was a report on the news recently about ANZAC Day being questioned for mutlicultural reasons, which came as a huge shock to many...
Coal not candles
Earth Hour should celebrate coal, not candles.
It was coal that produced clean electric power which cleared the smog produced by dirty combustion and open...
Medical help needed
The deafening silence from the medical fraternity with regard to the dumping of Hydrofluorosilicic acid in our water supply leads one to several conclusions:...
Expert’s credentials
Regarding your article called “Wild weather no mystery: expert’, I would like to know what makes Harry Creamer an expert on climate change.
Does he...
Dodgy figures
I had to laugh when I read the story “Figures show record low unemployment” in the Independent on March 22.
The December 2011 quarter figure...
Show us the research
I challenge the eminent Dr Mark Brisley of the NSW Dental Association to tell the residents of Hastings Shire why, if, as his association...
The computers to blame
Listen, I am 87 years old and I feel so inadequate that the damage that the computer has done to the whole world.
Think about...
No shame in Anzac tradition
Julia Gillard and Tony Abbott should repudiate immediately the conclusion of the taxpayer-funded focus groups that the centenary of Anzac Day should not be...
