Coal-fired power generation
Amid the hot air, verbiage and, largely, irrelevant figures on coal-fired power generation quoted by your correspondents Martin and Cardwell (TCW 11/3), two salient...
Strange
Now here’s a strange thing: in calling for a “yew-noited Orstraaya” to support her carbon tax, ALP Prime Minister Julia Rudd-Brownard actually has convinced...
Business slurps up customers during titles
Over the two weekends of the Allphones NSW Surf Life Saving Championships, 6000 competitors and thousands more spectators congregated at Kingscliff on the NSW...
Earth Hour 2011
This year Earth Hour falls on Election Day, March 26 at 8.30pm. No doubt many of us will be glued to our sets watching...
Tweed Coast prize for Sunwise Survey
Burleigh Heads surfer Ron Shultz will be ripping up the waves of the Gold Coast with a new lease on life after winning the...
Family separation impacts on grandparents as well
The Department of Human Services is marking Seniors Week by highlighting the important role grandparents play in supporting their children and grandchildren through family...
Kings brave rain for draw
The Tweed Valley Kings Soccer side has continued its impressive start to the Gold Coast Premier League competition with a one-all draw with Broadbeach...
Southern Cross students show harmony at all local campuses
Southern Cross University staff and students shared the flavours of international food to celebrate national Harmony Day on Monday, March 21.
Events were held at...
Station/status
Politicians and their staff need to be reminded of their station/status. They are OUR elected PUBLIC SERVANTS. I often remind them of their status when they don’t...
Youth Allowance
I am responding to an article recently published on the Tweed Coast Weekly website titled ‘Youth Allowance changes help regional students’.
It infers the federal...
Tweed Council gets recycling sorted
Recycling volumes are up and contamination rates are down since the introduction of the multi-bin system in the Tweed in late 2009 – but...
Kingscliff TAFE on top of the heap
If you’re looking to improve your skills, there is nowhere better than Kingscliff TAFE, according to Tweed Nationals MP Geoff Provest.
The Tweed Nationals MP...
