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Letters, January 22, 2025

Sad loss YET another kick in the teeth for Hahndorf residents with the loss of a great fish and chip shop that has provided quality food and excellent service for the past 13 years. The proprietor, John, should be congratulated for operating one of...

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The Courier

22 Jan 2025

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Letters, December 24, 2024

Nuclear waste nightmare IN the nuclear energy debate the problem of the safe disposal of nuclear waste is studiously avoided. Two random examples from the UK are informative. Windscale, the world’s first commercial nuclear powered electricity...

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The Courier

24 Dec 2024

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Letters, December 18, 2024

No to nuclear YOUR correspondents Brian Phillips and Tom Gilbert (The Courier, December 11) both address nuclear energy advocacy in the same terms as has been espoused by the giant oil and gas lobbies – proposing future nuclear as an alternative...

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The Courier

18 Dec 2024

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Letters, December 11, 2024

Energy mix is best THE letter from Donella Peters last week had the same feel about nuclear power as the Yes campaign had for the recent Voice referendum: if you vote ‘no’ you are a bad person. In SA 65% of people voted ‘no’, every state...

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The Courier

11 Dec 2024

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Letters, December 4, 2024

Other solutions MANY large trees are slated to be cut down to make way for a new childcare centre in Stirling (The Courier, November 27). Why is the presence of hollows a main criteria for keeping a tree? If trees are removed before they develop...

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The Courier

04 Dec 2024

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Letters, November 27, 2024

Summit needs sport May I congratulate the Mt Barker Council on its great work over the years in constructing and maintaining the Linear Track through the centre of Mt Barker. No cost to walkers and bike riders, except from our council rates...

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The Courier

27 Nov 2024

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Letters, November 20, 2024

Christmas kindness It comes without ribbons, it comes without tags, it comes without packages, boxes or bags ... kindness. People are so quick nowadays to attack retail workers and often it’s for something that is out of their control. And it’s...

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The Courier

20 Nov 2024

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Letters, November 13, 2024

Inconsistent approach I WRITE in response to the letter in last week’s Courier from Lois Allen inquiring why people from outside the Adelaide Hills Council area were not permitted to sign the petition asking the council to reinstate Australia Day...

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The Courier

13 Nov 2024

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Letters, November 6, 2024

Out of date JIM Allen’s information (‘Chasing a mirage’, The Courier, October 23) seems to be out of date. Nuclear electricity is in demand because it is reliable and doesn’t generate carbon dioxide. Google, Amazon and Microsoft are...

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The Courier

06 Nov 2024

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Letters, October 30, 2024

Alleged theft THERE has been considerable adverse response to the controversial policy, adopted by the Adelaide Hills Council, to not hold nor support events on Australia Day, January 26. Petitions with over 1600 residents’ signatures to date have...

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The Courier

30 Oct 2024

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Letters, October 23, 2024

Revised science WHEN someone claims that we should accept “the science” there is one problem. Namely, that they know nothing of real science. Science proceeds by proof. Thus, Isaac Newton believed Archbishop James Ussher’s claim that the Earth...

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The Courier

23 Oct 2024

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Letters, October 16, 2024

Bad review WHY is it that some restaurants – from experience, expensive ones – ruin what is hoped to be a pleasant dining occasion by deafening patrons with awful, unlistenable so-called ‘music’ played almost at full blast? This was a recent...

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The Courier

16 Oct 2024

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Letters, October 9, 2024

Reality check HAROLD Gallasch’s letter (‘Australia Day’, The Courier, October 2) invites the oft-quoted observation that when Europeans arrived in Australia, the Aboriginal population had the land and the Europeans had the Bible. Following...

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The Courier

09 Oct 2024