Praise for local tourism industry
I am writing in response to a letter, published today in the Townsville Bulletin, by Ken Grundy, Naracoorte, SA.
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Is the solution to drug abuse as simple as prevention?
Helping someone affected by drug abuse is more often than not, quite a difficult endeavour. There are a range of problems that go with it, substance abuse being central, but not the only problem to solve. As one put it, “It started with weed, then the pills and acid, making cocktails of all sorts of [...]
Mayor defends media policy
http://www.lakenews.com.au/images/front-page/email-to-the-editor.png I have witnessed over the past two weeks the community reaction to the recent changes to Council’s media policy fuelled by media headlines and Councillor Muller. The situation has been inflamed by headlines of “Councillors’ Lips Sealed”, Media Policy Change Gags Councillors” and “Muller muzzled”. I have chosen to deliberately remain silent over this [...]
A fair go for country students
http://www.lakenews.com.au/images/front-page-email-to-the-editor.png Submitted by Wilbur Klein, President, SA Nationals For many years now country families supported by groups including the Isolated Children’s Parents’ Association and the SA Nationals have lobbied successive federal governments to provide increased financial support to country students who need to relocate to the city or to regional centres to pursue tertiary studies. [...]
Caltex buyout of Mobil service stations not good for consumers
http://www.lakenews.com.au/images/stories/business/fp-frank-zumbo.jpg Submitted by Frank Zumbo, Associate Professor, University of New South Wales. The Caltex takeover of the Mobil retail sites would lead to less competition in the petrol industry and higher petrol prices for motorists. Caltex and its joint venture partner – Woolworths – already have a dominant position in the retail market. Also, Caltex [...]
Nationals call for an end to city centric politics
http://www.lakenews.com.au/images/front-page-email-to-the-editor.png As we watch the Labor and Liberal parties do battle, we are reminded that country SA will yet again miss out, regardless of whichever major party forms government at the next election. Unfortunately both of the major parties in their pursuit of votes continue to champion the cause of city people, using big city [...]
Zero Easter Road Toll
http://www.lakenews.com.au/images/front-page-news.png Limestone Coast roads over Easter are traditionally busy with increased levels of traffic and families driving long distances to make the most of the long break, factors adding to the risk of serious crashes on our road network. This Easter was exceptional with zero fatalities recorded on our SE roads, a result that the [...]
Diesel Price Rip Off in Mount Gambier
Mt Gambier motorists are clearly being ripped off on diesel prices since the dramatic falls in the Singapore benchmark for diesel are not being fully passed on locally. The Singapore benchmark price for diesel (Chart 1 – dark purple line) has fallen below the Singapore benchmark price for unleaded (light purple line). The Singapore diesel [...]
Commentary on declaraton of Marine Parks
Few would argue that as our population increases, the health of our marine environment will come under increasing pressure from threats such as overfishing, pollution and climate change, all of which contribute to habitat loss. South Australia currently has some of the most diverse and pristine marine environments in the world, however without a marine [...]
Don’t Sell Out Australia
In the national interest the Australian Government should not allow a foreign country to own a major stake in a mining company. Rio Tinto is the second biggest miner of Australian resources, holding key assets in iron, coal, copper, aluminium and diamonds. Chinalco proposes to lift it stake from 9% to 18% which would enable [...]