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

Letters

Letters, April 23, 2025

Wrong priority I CANNOT understand why we need to spend $40m on a roundabout and this figure staggers me. The biggest and best roundabout will not address the congestion on the main roads, in particular, Wellington Road. This road is one lane and...

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The Courier

23 Apr 2025

Letters

Letters, April 16, 2025

Healing communities AS we progress through the election, it is important that we examine the policies and attitudes of each candidate to ensure they support the basic integrities that will strengthen our democratic institutions and not incite...

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The Courier

16 Apr 2025

Letters

Letters, April 9, 2025

Save historical art LYNTON Vonow’s letter (The Courier, April 2) mentions the threat from a proposed wind farm to Peramangk rock art in the eastern Mt Lofty Ranges. I organised several tours of these rock art sites led by Robin Coles. Some of them...

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The Courier

09 Apr 2025

Letters

Letters, April 2, 2025

Protect history IN the area proposed for the Palmer wind farm, plus no doubt other nearby wind farms in the future, there are many places holding ancient Peramangk rock art, tool creation sites and burial grounds. This eastern edge of the Mt Lofty...

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The Courier

02 Apr 2025

Letters

Letters, March 26, 2025

Sad farewell IT is with some level of distress I may have to wish you all goodbye. Despite being a law-abiding citizen I have to admit I’m a dual national and, given my propensity for speaking up on issues of conservation, nuclear energy and...

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The Courier

26 Mar 2025

Letters

Letters, March 19, 2025

Nationalistic greed MANY of us, somewhat safe in our dry but otherwise flourishing and affluent Hills community, share the concerns expressed by Adrian Flavell and by Robert McCormick (The Courier, Letters to the Editor, March 2) about a world...

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The Courier

19 Mar 2025

Letters

Letters, March 12, 2025

Ticked off I WRITE in response to Robyn Butler’s letter regarding issues in her area ‘Town ignored?’ (The Courier, February 26). I remember when workmen would clean up after doing maintenance. Why not now? Things like she mentioned have been...

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The Courier

12 Mar 2025