Letters to the Editor 20/09/23
COUNCIL RATE INCREASE Dear editor, We are a retired couple and have a unit at Coolum Beach which we rent out when we and our family are not using it. The rates for the unit have gone up $1000 per…
Letters to the Editor 06/09/23
PRAISE FOR HORIZON FEST Dear editor, I just wanted to express my heartfelt gratitude for the amazing chance to see ‘From Rations to Wages to Treaty’. It was an absolutely incredible, enchanting experience that I will always treasure. This performance…
Letters to the editor 23/08/23
BUILDING HEIGHTS Dear editor, Last week, a reader noted that seven stories would not be visible over the tree line at the proposed Sekisui building site. He has been misled. Not only will those seven stories be visible, but they…
Letters to the editor 09/08/23
SUPER PROFITS TAX Dear editor, The CFMEU will soon be launching and ad campaign urging the Albanese government to institute a super profits tax to pay for 750,000 new social and affordable homes. This is perhaps the most exciting and…
Letters to the Editor 26/07/23
TED TALK Dear editor, I note with great wariness honourable member O’Brien’s visit to Coolum High! Back in the day, politicians stayed out of schools, for good reason! It was seen as inappropriate and horribly cynical. Leave the unsullied and…
Letters to the Editor 12/06/23
GO-CARD Dear editor, After more than 10 years of Go-card in Qld, the Sunshine Coast finally has Translink, a permanent network of inspectors, working in threes, monitoring, and recording fare evaders locally. They surprise commuters by boarding buses in the…
Letters to the Editor 28/06/23
YAROOMBA DEVELOPMENT Dear Editor, I have attended almost every day of the proceedings Development Watch v Sunshine Coast Council and Anon (the “Sekisui Court Case”), over three years, the most recent being the remittal to the P&E Court 1-2 August…
Letters to the Editor 14/06/23
MIGRATION Dear editor, A large new species migrating from the south has invaded coastal areas quickly colonising and now dominates the area. The lesser, smaller species of the same genus is being destroyed at an alarming rate and is in…
Letters to the Editor 31/05/23
LOBBYIST CORRECTION Dear editor, Correction – just under 2000 unnamed, unhindered, unaccountable, unelected lobbyists are walking the halls of Federal Parliament, not 280 as stated in my previous letter. Is it true these voices have 24-hour unannounced access to pollies’…
Letters to the Editor 17/05/23
ADVERTISER PRAISE Dear editor, Reading the Advertiser is uplifting! Some of the people amongst us truly give hope that future community building will be strong. Coolum High is in great hands! Mr Ascott is quite clearly a person of exceptional…