Wheelchair Assess to Holiday Lets Dear editor, Dylan Alcott has had a brilliant week. He heralded his recent honors with these words “my purpose 10 years ago, yesterday, today and as Australian of the Year, it’s never changed … to…
HISTORY COLUMN Dear editor, I always look forward to Frances Windolf’s article in your paper. Thank you to Frances for publishing them. Being a resident of Yinneburra St, I was most interested in “Yaroomba Street Names revealed”. I enjoy knowing…
HEART HEALTH Dear editor, Every 10 minutes an Australian suffers a heart attack. Sadly, many do not survive with 48 Australians dying every single day from heart disease – someone’s family member, wife, husband, or special friend that means the…
COVID TESTS Dear editor, We don’t think, we know that first arrival was ‘Ruby Princess’ with Covid19, then Delta, now Omicron but Good Guv’mint still doesn’t give a RATs. Margaret Wilkie, Peregian Beach. ## TANKS OR RATS? Dear editor, At…
QLD COVID Dear editor, Our borders are opening as agreed to under the National Plan and COVID is more than likely coming into our state. For almost two years, the Palaszczuk government has followed the health advice and kept us…
QLD COVID Dear editor, Our borders are opening as agreed to under the National Plan and COVID is more than likely coming into our state. For almost two years, the Palaszczuk government has followed the health advice and kept us…
SHORT STAYS Dear editor, Short-stay letting has a horrendous history. Damage to its reputation and property, is a gamble for investors and homeowners alike. Noosa Council’s “Short -stay” law addresses controversial issues and the impact on residential amenity. (Advertiser, 24/11). It…
CHECKING IN Dear editor, While out shopping, I walked past a nicely dressed young mother with two children entering Coles and saw the youngest girl point at the Covid registration card and say, “Mummy you do that with your phone.”…
COVID RESPONSIBILITIES Dear editor, The Prime Minister may want more can-do capitalism and less government telling us what to do, but where would that have gotten us this past twenty months? If the State Premiers and Territory leaders hadn’t stepped…
COP26 Dear editor, The curtain has come down on the Glasgow COP26 and another failure to take real and urgent action on global warming. Australia’s contribution was a paltry pamphlet of a plan to do nothing. No changes to targets,…