Nurses appreciated
You don’t need a PhD in health to know that the nurse is the backbone in the fields of health, medicine, and the hospital system. Imagine a hospital running without nurses, it would not happen….
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Misinformation weakens opposition to report
Councillor, Bruce McLachlan’s, contention that adoption of the Affordable and Alternative Housing Strategy Report will attract low-income residents, is so patently absurd that it is hardly worth a mention. According to the Report, there are…
Falling object nearly causes double fatality
Today (January 21), at approximately 12 noon, I was involved in a car accident on the Old Pacific Hwy, at the junction of Old Tuggerah Rd. A truck southbound was rounding a sweeping bend when…
All potential candidates should be asked where they stand on major issues
As the findings of the Royal Commission into the Murray-Darling Basin become apparent, Tony Burke MP, a major player, seeks some wriggle room, and blames other ministers for the gross mismanagement and potential illegalities by…
Illegal clearing?
I have been startled by the amount of land that has been cleared on the Kores site near the Thompson Rd Overpass. Does this clearing have a development consent or has the company taken it…
Kangy Angy residents being driven out of what was an unspoiled rural location
As usual, Susan Zgraja’s letter (WRC editon 155) was spot on in describing the project at Kangy Angy. The contractors are, as you would expect, tight-lipped about the suitability of the site. They didn’t choose…
Sea levels are falling not rising
It’s a myth that sea levels are rising, and that we are all going to get flooded out is at best, a long shot. Sea levels have been falling since 1974, when the levels peaked…
Healthy fish must have all come together on holidays
You may think that I am too passionate about our Coast, yet those doubters of everything that I have been raising over the years will now find that everything is now coming to fruition, culminating…
Budgewoi Ward omitted from Pedestrian Access and Mobility Plan
It is becoming blatantly obvious that the new Central Coast Council has not changed its ways since the amalgamation.Once again, the Budgewoi Ward does not get a mention, leaving it with no hope of being…
Lack of affordable housing issue is far beyond Local Government
As I have previously pointed out, Kathy Smith, in her letter, ‘We need to support Affordable Housing Strategy’ (edition 153), starts from the fundamentally wrong positions, that the problem of housing affordability can be tackled…