Letters

Letters, July 23, 2025

Wrong priorities ACCORDING to Matt Schulz’s Facebook page he has spent basically the whole of this week with Dan Cregan going through the electorate. Is Dan’s priority his job as the member for Kavel or is it Matt Schulz’s career aspiration? I...

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The Courier

23 Jul 2025

Letters

Letters, July 16, 2025

Parking problem I HAVE noticed and had personal difficulties finding a car park in the Summit Health Centre car park in recent times and this has been at 9.15am. There are 431 allotted spaces and I understand that workers have to park somewhere and...

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The Courier

16 Jul 2025

Letters

Letters, July 9, 2025

Hills Tourism GOVERNMENT announces a ‘refreshed tourism plan’ for the Hills, where there was ‘resilient, sustainable tourism’. The plan promised to increase the income from tourism, (The Courier, July 2). The bulk of the income currently...

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The Courier

09 Jul 2025

Letters

Letters, July 2, 2025

Mushroom safety ‘Death cap caution’ is a very interesting article (The Courier, June 25). So SA’s Chief Public Health Officer is telling Hills people there are these death cap mushies growing in the Hills “somewhere”. Perhaps as she is so...

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The Courier

02 Jul 2025

Letters

Letters, June 25, 2025

Drivers beware WE live in the Hills and have recently suffered two car tyre punctures in quick succession. Our local RAA rescuer told us that he is now attending around ten tyre puncture call-outs per day. Our tyre servicing business has told us...

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The Courier

25 Jun 2025

Letters

Letters, June 18, 2025

Unquestioned The recent article ‘Uninsurable’ in The Courier (June 4) presents a dire view of climate risk in Mayo – but offers little scrutiny of its source or the model-based assumptions it relies on. For context, the risks posed in the...

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The Courier

18 Jun 2025

Letters

Letters, June 11, 2025

Destroying country THE planting, maintenance and removal of trees is not just a debate about “function” and policies about “canopy”. What are the laws about tree removal and private property, and should they be reviewed? In my neighborhood...

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The Courier

11 Jun 2025

Letters

Letters, June 4, 2025

Show of community I WAS driving from Gumeracha to Lobethal during the storm on Monday, May 26. In front of me a large tree branch fell, blocking more than half the road. It was raining and very windy. A big shout out to the young lady in the car...

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The Courier

04 Jun 2025

Letters

Letters, May 28, 2025

Deserved accolades I WANT to express my thanks to the wonderful police officer senior constable first class Craig. We reported a credit card fraud and he sat us down and introduced himself in a very quiet, relaxed manner which immediately put us at...

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The Courier

28 May 2025

Letters

Letters, May 21, 2025

Indicator insanity I REFER to the article in The Courier, May 14, regarding ‘Drivers on the blink!’ I totally concur with Scott Murphy about the lack of driver courtesy shown by drivers who fail to indicate their intentions clearly or with...

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The Courier

21 May 2025

Letters

Letters, May 13, 2025

Lack of respect ONE can sympathise with the Paterson descendants and their concern and distress over the proposed use of the Paterson Reserve for parking of vehicles associated with the Mt Barker Hospital construction (The Courier, April 23). I...

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The Courier

14 May 2025

Letters

Letters, May 7, 2025

Saving two species IAN Westley brings up an important point (The Courier, April 30). However, now that Labor has won with a huge mandate, the Greens are a bit irrelevant. Let’s look at the facts. Our scientists (the CSIRO) tell us that to save...

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The Courier

07 May 2025

Letters

Letters, April 30, 2025

Small dog risk I AM absolutely angry with the Mt Barker Council for not being smart enough to put a fence up to separate big dogs from little dogs at the Nairne dog park. My mate Dougie was mauled in the park, leaving his owners distraught, with...

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The Courier

30 Apr 2025