Letters to the Editor

WITH the closure of the boardwalk for some six weeks or more, there is a serious risk of injury to pedestrians walking The Esplanade, especially the Sunderland Bay end, as there is no nature strip or footpath to walk on. There is a deep gutter one...

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WHEN will Labor finally acknowledge the reality that Melbourne has become the crime capital of Australia? The latest data from the Crime Statistics Agency show Victoria now holds the highest number of recorded criminal incidents in two decades, with...

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AS MANY of our local Year 12 students prepare to sit their final exams from October 28, I want to wish each of them the very best of luck. This is an exciting and sometimes stressful time, and it is important to remember that exams are just one step...

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AS FINAL exams draw near, I’d like to take a moment to wish every Year 12 student across eastern Victoria the very best of luck for their exams and future endeavours. As a former secondary school teacher, I understand this time of year is often...

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AFTER eight years of campaigning, SGCS (South Gippsland Conservation Society) welcomes the appointment of a contractor to undertake the planned beach renourishment and dune reconstruction of Inverloch Surf Beach. Along with the Surf Club protection...

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AT THE October BCSC meeting, when moving the Links Street Special Charge Scheme (SCS), Cr Bell stated “there were only two objections out of 12 houses” and this “reflects a general desire by the residents ... to improve safety, access and...

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I WOULD sincerely like to publicly thank Anthony and Ida Russo of Kilcunda for the hard work and investment they made to rebuild the shopping area known as Sticks and the new KGS at Kilcunda. I know the hard work because we had to wait and complain...

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IT IS well recognized that the Bass Coast area has become an increasingly popular destination for retirees as well as families escaping from the pressures of Melbourne for all the obvious reasons. A number of professionals in the education and...

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REGARDING “On Your Bike” by Bruce Wardley on September 2. Has Council considered the opportunity of safely linking Cape Paterson to the Wonthaggi/Inverloch bike trail by connecting the north end of Fulton Road to the south end of Boundary Road?...

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Reply to letter published August 26 from K. Walsh FIRSTLY, I want to be clear that this is my personal point of view. In short, the council’s decision is not “short-sighted” but rational: it ends an inequitable and inefficient subsidy. The...

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AS A soldier serving in the late seventies and early eighties, I had to determine to whom did I owe my duty. The Army I served in had performed its duty as it understood it in Vietnam, but had come home to find itself blamed for the lack of...

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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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