Ignoring our natural environment
For too long as a country we have been ignoring the issue of our pollution of our natural environment.
We have, as a people, failed...
Playing politics…
The Leader of the National Party, Warren Truss, has shown in recent statements that he is more interested in playing politics than reducing our...
What will Geoff do for the Tweed?
I have been waiting with increasing impatience to hear what our sitting Member, Geoff Provest, is going to do for the Tweed when he...
Reece Byrnes interview
I refer to an interview in the Tweed Coast Weekly of February 25, 2011, with the 22-year-old State Election Labor candidate for Tweed, Reece...
Grim picture for koalas on the Tweed Coast
A report (just released) by renowned koala ecologist Steve Phillips paints a grim picture for the last remaining koalas on the Tweed Coast.
Until the...
Planning approval process must be removed from state/local government
A decade of moral and ethical bankruptcy in both state and local government has culminated in one inescapable fact – that the planning approval...
Does it matter if we like or dislike daylight saving?
Surely the important thing is that time zones in this country are consistent and easy to interpret.
Recently I travelled to Darwin and Broome. I...
Crazy behaviour in the surf at Duranbah
This is the crazy behaviour we see in the surf these days. This incident was at Duranbah recently.Young local surfer Noa Deane was in...
Banks in conflict?
Recently many of us received the Bank ‘Nanny’ brochure telling us how to ensure the security of our plastic card/s.
Yet on TV the same...
Would a People’s Bank mean no new taxes for flood repairs?
If Queensland or Australia had a People’s Bank, the five billion dollars needed for flood repairs could be created in BLACK INK immediately. No...
Questions on floods, dams and funding
I believe Australians like their leaders to be consistent and logical so I pose these questions regarding the recent floods and the Federal Government...
Have faith, this planet will survive!
The planets are aligned! The storms/floods/cyclones are devastating! AGW (according to Senator Brown of the Greens) is all because of fossil fuel burning and...
