An apology required
I wonder if Cr Watson will also appologise for the burning of the Aboriginal flag, which has not been forgotten. Actions such as those serverely impede the process of harmony in our community and cause deep division.
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Hopefully, in his twilight years, Cr Watson may be seeing the light, or is this just a distraction from his support of the Huskisson Anglican Church proposed Hotel development, where the destruction of Aboriginal graves is being backed by certain members of council?
A. Harvey, Tomerong
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Unforeseen consequences
The latest proposal for Lake Conjola is apparently to spend many millions of scarce Shoalhaven ratepayers' money on building a permanent opening connecting the ocean to the Lake Conjola ICOLL. (This follows on the many millions already wasted in previous years by dredging various canals in the lake, only for natural weather systems to close them again, sometimes within weeks.)
The ostensible wish behind the latest thought bubble is, apparently, to insulate the low lying residential areas of the town from future flooding.
"Beware what you wish for" is a useful phrase in this case. The Coastal Risk Australia website (coastalrisk.com.au) allows us to project forward so as to map where, in the coming decades, daily tidal flows will be flowing from the ocean into low lying coastal areas such as Lake Conjola.
For the low lying residents of Lake Conjola it is not good news. Many of the residences adjoining Lakes Entrance Road will be subject to these daily tidal movements and will of course, once a permanent opening the ocean is in place, no longer be protected by the current sand bar.
Climate sceptics might doubt these projections, but I personally would not bet my house on it. Nor, I suggest, should the residents of Lake Conjola.
A second expert opinion is urgently needed on this matter, before even more long term damage is done to this community.
B. Tomkinson, Little Forest
Short on substance
As each day goes by Labor`s inability to formulate and prosecute an alternative policy to that of the government becomes more apparent.
Labor's leader Anthony Albanese and his front bench at times act more like contestants in reality television shows - always strong on social justice issues but lacking when dealing with cost of living and financial and economic agendas.
A party that presents as fractured and divided on all mainstream economic issues will always struggle to convince voters of their worth as an alternative government.