Category: Letters to the Editor

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… Read more »

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… Read more »

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… Read more »

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… Read more »

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… Read more »

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… Read more »

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… Read more »

INCOME TAX  Dear editor,  According to the Australian Tax Office’s 2020-21 Corporate Tax Transparency Report, if you paid more than $30 in tax during the 2020/2021 financial year you paid… Read more »

CLEANUP KID  Dear editor,   I just wanted to send a shout out to this fabulous kid who was cleaning up Stumers Creek this Sunday morning on April 16. As a reluctant… Read more »

ORDERS  Dear editor,  According to Warren Bordas, the threat has been from alien forces to our sovereign borders for the past 10 years. How have our borders been defended and… Read more »