Armidale Dumaresq candidate
have stated openly of my desire to see the Armidale-Dumaresq region prosper through increased economic activity supportive of a healthy growth in population. The...
Dumaresq Dam wall
A long standing member of the ADC Floodplain committee informed me recently that this committee was in favour of removing the Dumaresq Dam wall....
Global superstition
I suggest that G H Gilmour (“Taxing subject”, Letters, July 26) consider the following.
Firstly, Winston Church-ill’s words “I contend that for a nation to...
Complex issue
Refugee issues are complex. Some refugees might be genuine. Most are after financial gain. While Australians view Centrelink payments as paltry, to many refugees,...
Always vile
Racial bigotry carries its own powerful contemporary rhetoric, defined by the amount of fear and hatred it can produce, with the subsequent distortion of...
Burning food
Nothing illustrates the anti-human ethos of the Greens better than their support for “biofuels”.
That trendy name cannot hide the fact that encouraging and mandating...
Olympic spirit
The Olympics is sure to be in your thoughts right now as our athletes line up with the world’s best in London. With around...
Green vote
The Tweed Shire Council has released its flood risk study for the Tweed Valley, highlighting increased risks to existing development because of climate change....
Industrial development for Armidale
I read a recent letter to the paper where the writer was suggesting that Armidale councils, over time, have rejected prospective industrial development opportunities....
A green library?
I refer to your article, ‘How green is the new library?’ (Independent, page 4, July 18).
Thousands of years ago, stadiums were built, having a...
Taking a stand
I write in response to the vacuous questions posed by Mr B Dollery in this paper dated July 25.
Mr Dollery implies that somehow the...
In response
While I share the passion of Maria Hitchcock for Dumaresq Dam, I cannot share her insouciant attitude in recommending a ‘do nothing’ solution.
While councillors...
