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Letter to the Editor

Hang your heads in shame

To the Editor, On Sunday, July 13 a truck loaded with firewood rolled and burnt 40 kilometres south of Hay. Hang your heads in shame to the local and surrounding community members who turned up with their tray backs and trailers and helped themselves to the spill of firewood. Did

Should environmental water be transferable?

Editor As we transition to the new era of water policy and management, there are unintended consequences that need to be acknowledged and addressed. One of these involves inter-valley trades, where environmental water holders and speculators are able to use management tools for financial benefit, at the expense of food

Yes to nuclear power for clean energy

Dear Tertia As a proponent of nuclear power for supply of continuous clean energy to Australia, and also aware of the debate around the accuracy of the effects of industrialisation on climate change, I decided to attend the final public meeting of the NSW Government Independent Planning Commission with regard

Questions about Pottinger Wind Farm development

Dear Tertia, I have a proposal for our councillors, who accordingly to your report, are in “full support” of the Pottinger Wind Farm. If you had a few spare dollars or a couple of spare million, would you invest in the Pottinger Development? I’m sure everyone knows the answer.

Roundabout beautification still going around in circles

Dear Tertia I am writing to express my concern regarding the recent decision by Hay Shire Council to use rocks and cement on the approaches (splitters) to the South Hay roundabout. This was revealed at a Landcare meeting on Friday night. I was absolutely dumbfounded. Rocks are not endemic to

Will renewable energy generate cheaper electricity for locals?

Dear Editor, Please allow me to give your readers my thoughts on the energy debate currently being raged around town. I look forward to reading Letters to the Editor each week in your paper and admire the passion of your readers. I was interested to read the report of the

A champion for his people

The Editor I am writing to you in response to the recent passing of former Hay mayor, Mick Beckwith. As mayor, he stood up for Government jobs and services in Hay, and to that, I would like to highlight his commitment in one of many cases. In the 1980s, the