Time to talk about responsibility
We hear a lot about rights these days: human rights … animal rights, particularly after the recent exposure of the barbaric treatment of cattle...
Simple solution
It seems simple to me. If Julia Gillard wants to help her Australian people to prosper in the price rises put upon them, instead...
Overweight people
Why are there so many overweight people over the range? It’s beef country, not compatible with unsuspecting ‘A’ Blood type vegetarians, eating meat. They...
Dismay and sorrow expressed
Ever since the unfair dismissal of Bishop William Morris, of Toowoomba, many Roman Catholics have expressed their dismay and sorrow. They bemoan the fact...
Carbon tax debate
The promised carbon tax is to be made respectable by a few dollars going into the pockets of the poorest in the country, the...
Hemp
Is the whole carbon foot printing debate a clever distraction for the petro-chemical industry, especially cotton and soy irrigators? Why? Because there is virtually...
Enormous harm
There’s a big demand for coal and coal seam gas. There’s a demand for heroin. There’s a (slackening) demand for tobacco.
Some people, many of...
Diary disappoints
I am the Secretary of the Tweed Coast Garden Association Inc. When the “Tweed Coast Weekly” was introduced (presumably a split from the Tweed...
Kronic problem
All drugs start off legal: ecstasy, LSD, cocaine, etc. The new drug Kronic is promoted as “legal” weed. But frankly, legality is not the...
Please explain
I have recently spoken to two Councillors: Joan Van Lishout and Katie Milne. Both were unaware the ‘goat track’ known as Kennedy Drive, will...
Protection of rights
I find it amazing that Provest is staying silent when his government is deliberately and intentionally hurting the future of our children and the...
Refugee week
As the world marks Refugee Week (June 19 to 25), Australian Red Cross welcomes the success of the Community Detention Program which is based...
