Category: Letters to the Editor

NINDERRY  Dear editor, Sorry to add to the negativity of the letters page but Dan Purdie is fast becoming the Fiona Simpson of Coolum. Like Fiona, he’s as mad as… Read more »

HOMELESS WEEK Dear editor, It is National Homelessness Week, which gives The Salvation Army, and other NFP organisations in the community, an opportunity to highlight the key issues affecting people… Read more »

THEATRE PLAYERS Dear editor, Last Sunday afternoon 25th July 2021, I was relieved of my stress and annoyance with COVID-19. I went to the Coolum Civic Centre where I was… Read more »

LITTER Dear editor, I am appealing to all residents of Coolum and particularly those who live on the hill on or near Grandview Drive, to assist me in identifying a… Read more »

COVID FATIGUE Dear editor, Regarding the letter by E. Rowe (Coolum Advertiser 8 – 14 July), indeed “We are suffering from COVID fatigue”. However, this is more to do with… Read more »

No jab, no job? Dear editor, During 2020, Australia’s handling of the Covid virus, with minimal victims, was the envy of the world. Unlike Britain, USA and the rest of… Read more »

Robodebt Dear editor, Five years on and not one Federal Government Minister, including Social Services Minister, Linda Reynolds, the minister responsible, is dismissed.  The Commonwealth’s welfare system’s automated “Robodebt” scheme… Read more »

PENSIONER HOUSING Dear editor, There is no reason for pensioners to not have housing. We have seen what can be done with containers turned into accommodation. I have as a… Read more »

ASSISTED DYING LAWS Dear editor, In coming months our 93 state MPs will vote on a proposed law to introduce voluntary assisted dying (VAD). The state government asked the independent… Read more »

ASSISTED DYING Dear editor, Finally it has come to pass that our elected representatives in state parliament will be considering the draft Voluntary Assisted Dying bill within the next 14… Read more »