Red Cross calling
It’s been a difficult start to the year for Australia with natural disasters in Queensland, Victoria, parts of Western Australia and now, also, for...
Many thanks
My sincere thanks go to the wonderful Staff at Murwillumbah Hospital, during my recent stay. I cannot praise their professionalism, cheerfulness, good humour, and...
Level playing field
I was handing out how-to-vote cards at a Tweed Heads booth last Saturday and it was pointed out to me by another booth worker ...
Mismanagement
Premier Anna Bligh has been presented with a clean slate. She has recently been called a hero and her party almost absolved from the...
Suspect figures
Jeremy Cornford makes a valid point (TCW 25/3) but I would like to know where he got his figure of 1-1.5 per cent for...
The Race is on
Well folks it’s election time, once again. The odds-on favourite for the top job looks like a dead cert to be first past the...
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...
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...
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...
Political low
Tony Abbott is taking Australia to a new political low by using a massive fear campaign which he hopes will cause a political crisis,...
