help appreciated
Just a short note to show the Shoalhaven Heads Business Chamber’s appreciation of Shoalhaven City Council’s support for the New Year’s Eve event at Shoalhaven Heads.
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The event was well attended with an estimated 5000 tourists, families and locals taking in the spectacular fireworks display. Most of these people were centred out the front of council’s Holiday Haven Tourist Park in River Road Reserve.
The Heads Hotel also engaged the services of 20 staff that night which is an increase of approximately 12 extra staff when compared to normal operations. This is job creation in action and a direct result of the event.
The local Lions and Fishing Club also jumped on board to provide sausage sizzles and were able to raise fund for their clubs. Unfortunately due to the uncertainty if the event was going to proceed and the last minute reprieve and lack of notice, other local charitable and community groups could not mobilise to have stores or the like for further fundraising.
There were many comments the next day about how good the display was and that attendees will be looking forward to coming back to Shoalhaven Heads with their friends for next year’s event as well as spending further time in our town.
The Shoalhaven Heads Business Chamber is determined to continue to use the good will from this event to promote tourism within the town to try to reverse the current downturn as a result of the recent completion of the Berry bypass, including promoting items such as the recently renovated swimming pool; safe beach access; first class golf course; excellent botanical gardens; the artificial reef and boating access to same; fine wineries in the near vicinity; and the high class of tourist parks within the Heads.
P. Guy, Shoalhaven Heads Business Chamber
power in wrong hands
A new Energy Security Board (ESB) report found that that wholesale electricity prices under the National Electricity Market (NEM), a division of the Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO), have increased by 80 to 90 per cent over the last decade.
The ESB outlined the National Energy Guarantee (NEG) as a new task force developed to deliver affordable and reliable energy within, government guidelines, of a emissions objective to solve the energy crisis.
Meanwhile, industry watchdog the Australian Energy Regulator (AER) reports that extreme price events across the entire National Electricity Market (NEM) can be attributed to the rising cost of black coal and gas.
The reality is the rising cost of electricity can be accredited to incompetence and uncoordinated work related synchronisation between agencies: AER, ESB, AEMO with a workforce exceeding 500, NEM and NEG.
The solution: government ownership, federal or state, of power generators and transmission lines.
J. Macleod, Berry
becalmed in traffic
My mother taught me from a very young age that if I could not say something nice I should say nothing. So on the subject of the daily holiday traffic snarls coming into Milton and the management of them let me say this most emphatically. Nothing.
S. Atkins, Berowra Heights
no second chances
Question: Why do we have demerit points.
Here's an idea.
If someone is booked for speeding or using their mobile phone then they lose their licence for one year.
Having demerit points just means that even though you have broken the road rules you can have another chance.
If demerit points didn't exist and the sheer thought of losing your licence on the spot then just maybe all those stupid people out there might think twice about doing the speed limit and staying off their mobile phones.