Letters to the editor 18/05/22
PHONE BOOKS Dear editor, Why are we still getting these white/yellow pages books dumped on our doorsteps? I have contacted the company in years gone by to ask them to skip my house, but they can’t do that. Ours is…
Letters to the editor 11/05/22
BLI BLI ELDERLY Dear editor, Considering there are many aged care facilities and retirement villages in Bli Bli, why are the Bli Bli River Markets, including a medical practice, the post office, supermarket and smaller shops, inaccessible by public transport?…
Letters to the editor 04/05/22
THANKS FROM MEALS ON WHEELS Dear editor, Coolum Beach Meals on Wheels would like to sincerely thank the Sunshine Coast Council for their continued support. The Council has always been a great supporter of our service and in December 2021…
Letters to the editor 27/04/22
HEALTH CARE Dear editor All the wealth in the world is useless without good health. The Liberal National Coalition denied during the 2019 election campaign that they would make cuts to Medicare. It was just a scare campaign and a…
Letters to the editor 20/04/22
FUNDING NURSING Dear editor, At a recent forum about aged care, addressed by nurses who work in the sector, they acknowledged that it may take many years before aged care standards were as they should be due to staffing and…
Letters to the editor 13/04/22
FIVE CENTS TO END Dear editor, Prime Minister Scott Morrison assumes the five-cent Australian coin is no longer minted. This is not what his assistant minister, Alex Hawke insists. The coin is legal tender, while production is in decline along…
Letters to the editor 06/04/22
AGED CARE Dear editor, Over the past decade, Australia has lost a lot of standing in the world for its treatment of refugees and inaction on climate change. The Royal Commission into Aged Care revealed we should be equally ashamed…
Letters to the editor 30/03/22
PALMER SIGNS Dear editor, After closing down the Palmer resort, which resulted in over 700 people losing their jobs, evicting people who legitimately owned property in the resort, and losing untold millions of dollars of tourism income for the local…
Letters to the editor 23/03/22
TIMING Dear editor, Despite recommendations from its own Retirement Income Review, the Morrison government rejected a plan to address the gender superannuation gap. The news that the policy would be abandoned was revealed on International Women’s Day. This in the same…
Letters to the editor 16/03/22
POLITICAL CLIMATE CHANGE Dear editor, As the mopping up continues from the latest devastating floods, Premier Annastaci a Palaszczuk said, “Let’s face it, it is climate change. I have never seen so many natural disasters.” For decades the warnings have…