Letters to the Editor

I SERVED in the Army for twenty years, and one of the worst things you could be accused of was being a Jack Man. A Jack Man was too focused on his own needs and wasn’t there for his mates. It was encapsulated in the phrase “B*gger you, Jack...

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DEMENTIA doesn’t just impact the person living with the condition and their immediate carers; it also impacts their family, friends and wider social network. With an estimated 433,300 Australians living with dementia and 1.7 million people...

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THE figure of $25,000 is around the average price quoted by BCSC for special charge schemes (SCS) on The Esplanade in Surf Beach/Sunderland Bay. The August meeting council was asked how much interest a ratepayer would repay council on a $25,000...

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THE Legislative Council’s Environment and Planning Committee recently released its report into Climate Resilience in which several findings and recommendations were made regarding coastal erosion and corresponding impacts on Inverloch. I...

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I WAS staggered to see last week that the Inverloch Coastal Advisory Network (I*CAN) called for funding for a five-year plan to address the crisis of erosion at the Inverloch foreshore. The last thing we need is another woke, kick the can down the...

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I’M OFTEN asked why Meta (owners of Facebook) should be forced to pay compensation to news publishers. It’s a fair question. On the surface, Facebook can be seen as a media disruptor, like Uber upending the taxi industry, or cars replacing horse...

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IF THE BCSC is having difficulty finding a suitable central location for the recently approved dog park I have a suggestion: The rear of the Inverloch Catholic Church is a large empty block of land facing St Kilda Street. Wouldn’t it be a great...

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LIKE Joseph’s coat, the inlet beach in line with Western Street, Inverloch, is one of many colours. Its beauty shifts each day. Increasingly, though, certain dog owners who go there are looking the other way when their dog takes a dump...

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WE HAVE written to our Strzelecki Ward Councillors with requests to move three Notices of Motion as follows: 1. To restore a genuinely open and transparent council question time at council meetings. 2. To seek a report from CEO on ways of reducing...

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I’M WRITING to share my appreciation and thanks to every Victorian who supported Cancer Council’s Daffodil Day. Nearly all of us have been impacted by cancer – whether directly or through the experiences of a loved one – and it’s...

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BASS Coast Council recently refused an application to remove two condemned trees at Ventnor, despite arborists declaring them dangerous and the applicant offering to replace them. This kind of rigid thinking raises bigger questions. What if those...

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AS A somewhat new sitting councillor (Island Ward), I cannot let the misdirected fire in the Sentinel Times (19/08/25) – ‘The Tragedy of Bad Planning’ - pass without comment. I say “somewhat new” because, like six of the nine councillors...

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I AM dismayed to learn that South Gippsland Shire Council will no longer discount rates for Trust for Nature covenant holders. This is short-sighted. Landholders who place a covenant on their land are making a long-term commitment to contribute to...

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II READ with interest the recent commentary on Council’s planning and budget priorities in the South Gippsland Sentinel Times dated August 19. I want to assure our community that we have been thoroughly briefed by Council Officers since the...

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