Apply brakes on ‘progress’

23/07/2008 | Fortunately I don’t have to either read a press release in any newspaper or have others give me Councillor Henry Meskauskas’ profile.

Letters to the Editor - General

What do we want?

22/07/2008 | I have lived in Maitland for four years and have been visiting family here for over 20 years.

Letters to the Editor - General

21/07/2008 | With the Maitland Local Government elections coming up the ratepayer and voter members of Maitland Business and Professional Women (Maitland BPW) remain firmly fixed on the issues of fundamental importance to our community.

Letters to the Editor - General

Good initiative

21/07/2008 | In reference to your column, What We Say, (Maitland Mercury, July 18, 2008) I agree with what you say about people contacting their councillors about issues that are of concern.

Letters to the Editor - General

Mr Mayor, the Heritage Mall is dead

21/07/2008 | The Maitland Mercury (July 4, 2008) says ‘open heart surgery’ is needed to reinvent the city centre, a very prudent diagnosis considering the city centre has already been subject to a heart bypass!

Letters to the Editor - General

Climate report spells change

11/07/2008 | The Garnaut Report should be a wake-up call to all Australians as it outlines the dire consequences of climate change for this country if we fail to act now.

Letters to the Editor - General

Fair pay must apply to all

11/07/2008 | The Fair Pay Commission gives a $21 per week increase to our lowest paid workers and Kevin Rudd gives a $1400 per week increase to his top public servants who pay no more for a litre of petrol than a hotel cleaner.

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Rich get richer, while poor get slap in the face

10/07/2008 | Senior public servants – earning hundreds of thousands of dollars already – received an up-to 19 per cent pay increase; those earning minimum wage got a mere 4 per cent increase, an additional $21 per week swallowed by increasing petrol and food prices.

Letters to the Editor - General

Tillegra Dam debate hits rock bottom

9/07/2008 | A recent letter to the editor by Kate Holt (Dungog Chronicle, June 18) has surely heralded the absolute rock bottom of the anti-damming debate.

Letters to the Editor - General