Letters

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

Letters

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

Letters

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Out of date JIM Allen’s information (‘Chasing a mirage’, The Courier, October 23) seems to be out of date.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

Letters

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

Letters

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

Letters

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

Letters

Letters, October 2, 2024

Lights out FOR the last few years, the Lights of Lobethal Festival committee held the Lobethal Christmas Pageant on the festival’s opening night, which was not popular with many locals. Luckily, a determined group of dedicated locals have banded...

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The Courier

02 Oct 2024

Letters

Letters, September 25, 2024

Tourist rush THERE is soon to be an increased tourism rush at Hahndorf. With the imminent school holidays in this and other states, this quaint and historic town some of us live in will become a place of chaotic parking, crowded pavements...

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The Courier

25 Sep 2024

Letters

Letters, September 18, 2024

Wrong design I WRITE in response to Joseph Moore’s article (The Courier, September 11) regarding the master plan for the Stirling Library lawns. As referenced in the piece, the original brief, in 2018, was to just replicate the damaged rotunda or...

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The Courier

18 Sep 2024

Letters

Letters, September 11, 2024

Not so bad SUPERMARKETS, in particular, and other retailers are accused of being unfair, of raising prices, price gouging, profiteering – you name it, they are guilty of it, with some populist vote-seeking politicians, such as the Greens, loudest...

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The Courier

11 Sep 2024

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Letters, September 4, 2024

Reinstate celebrations I RESPOND to the article by Joseph Moore (The Courier, August 21) on the lack of consultation by the Adelaide Hills Council on “its controversial policy not to hold or support Australia Day events on January 26”. It...

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The Courier

04 Sep 2024

Letters

Letters, August 28, 2024

Denigration of Stirling I CONSIDER myself lucky to be able to walk through the Stirling Oval most days of the week. However, it saddens me to see the slow, but steady denigration of the area. Over the last couple of years I have noticed an increase...

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The Courier

28 Aug 2024