LETTERS TO THE EDITOR If you want to comment on any of our articles or highlight a topic affecting our community, Click Here to send a Letter to the Editor. Readers' Comments Displaying 1 to 50 of 519 entries found  Nobbys Beach is appreciated!  27/04/2008 By Zoe Pogonowski I feel the usage of Nobby's beach for dogs receives more negative attention than deserved. Admittedly there are a few users who forget the remove t...  Don't kill yourself without an appointment  27/04/2008 By Rhonda Eyre Well it looks like the good old Mid North Area Health Service have screwed up again!! I mean making young people, with a serious problem, have to m...  Democracy  27/04/2008 By David Malikoff Travel helps one see home more clearly. Here in Nepal the Maoists have just won power. With a disliked king and distant government, Nepal was ripe ...  Stop it now  25/04/2008 By Rhonda Eyre This business of out of town patients being accepted at Port Macquarie Hospital, should be stopped.  Nose-in parking  20/04/2008 By John Gorton To Anthony Alaban and Kevin Piddick re NoseIn Parking. This was designed by "urban design architects' council employed for their "vision"  Ironman weekend  16/04/2008 By Bruce Higginbotham Be proud Port Macquarie. I was a visitor at the Ironman weekend. It has to be a special community, you don't "fluke" that type of commitment.  Passion plus  16/04/2008 By Mark Patterson Congratulations Port Macquarie on the Ironman Weekend. What a fantastic effort by all the volunteers and spectators.  Minister replies  16/04/2008 By Reba Meagher, Minister for Health I read with interest the article titled ¡¥Hospital misses out on millions¡¦.  Thank you Port Macquarie  15/04/2008 By Chris Cole I competed with my wife at the Panthers Ironman Australia in your beautiful city on April 6.  Quentin Bryce  14/04/2008 By Catherine Cusack During 1975, the "International Year of Women", a government ban was placed on advertising jobs for "men only".  Bravo to all  10/04/2008 By Olga Pasfield My husband and I drove up from Sydney for the day to watch our son compete and complete his first Ironman.  Port Macquarie Ironman  8/04/2008 By Jan Hawthorn Whilst I applaud the professional athletes who really created a wonderful spectacle at your recent Ironman Triathalon  Tyla-Rose Brown  8/04/2008 By Nicole Galea As a member of Tyla-Rose Brown's family (her aunty) I am overwhelmed by the support and generosity of the community in the Camden Haven area.  Cyclist danger  7/04/2008 By Rhonda Eyre I request that the organisers of cycling events get them off the narrow streets is Port, for example Lighthouse Road and get them onto streets that...  Ironman tyrants  7/04/2008 By Dennis Cartledge It is great to have major events in Port Macquarie, but local authorities need to put more thought into the conflict of the community sharing space...  Parking pickle  6/04/2008 By KEVIN PIDDICK I agree with Anthony Alaban comments about nose-in parking.  $11 m "loss"-  6/04/2008 By KEVIN PIDDICK Mr Lloyd Stevens quotes" it is time for a clear out of the top administration of council. Agreed.  Purchase of alcohol  5/04/2008 By cheryl For God's sake, get a life. If you geta discount at any of the stores in the complex should you not think that the drunks who purchase every item ...  Nose-in parking struggles  3/04/2008 By anthony alaban who ever came up with nose in parking decision in port should be made to stand and assist people reversing out into the flow of traffic when parked...  $11 million "loss" on investments  3/04/2008 By Lloyd Stevens Once again our council makes the headlines for all the wrong reasons.  Excellent service  31/03/2008 By Sandra Julia Miller Last June I purchased a Lounge Suite from our local Harvey Norman Store. In November I noticed one or two faults (things like this happen in the b...  Parking at Port Central  30/03/2008 By Tom O'Brien It was a hard lesson to watch the Council Ranger, on Friday 28th March 2008 at about 12.30pm.  Council has developed a spiteful streak  28/03/2008 By Rhonda Eyre It would appear that if council doesn't get it's own way these days, it becomes spiteful, for example removing the parking from under the fig trees...  Kindness is alive  22/03/2008 By LYNDA BROWN a huge thanks to the unbelievabley kind people who on Thursday night in the car park of Bunnings left a gift voucher on my daughter's windscreen  Windsor RSL Speedway research  19/03/2008 By Graham Clayton I am a member of the Hawkesbury Historical Society, and for the last 7 years I have been researching the history of the Windsor ...  Homophobic "Night in Vines" leaves sour taste  18/03/2008 By Sam Carroll What was an otherwise excellent performance of Twelfth Night by the Essential Theatre company at Cassegrain's winery on Sunday 16 March was marred ...  Congrats to Lisa  18/03/2008 By Margaret Lennon The fact that Lisa Intermann was nominated for the Minister's Awards for Women in Local Government is indicative of the high esteem in which she is...  Nobby Beach abuse  16/03/2008 By Lloyd Stevens Last Sunday at Nobby's one 50-55 yr old unleashed a five minute tirade at a young mother over her request for him to control his dog from harassing...  What of other decisions?  14/03/2008 By John Gorton If the council was dismissed because of poor management, lack of community consultation and financial skills in relation to the Glasshouse what of ...  Quality public education: Who Cares?  12/03/2008 By Robin Cartledge Throughout the recent federal election I, like many thousands of my fellow citizens, was a staunch and noisy advocate for high quality, cost effect...  What now?  12/03/2008 By Bob Preston The recent sacking of councillors represents the first stage only of the rebuilding of council.  Response to the comments of Mr Leahy  11/03/2008 By Aaron Gadiel I must respond to the comments of Port Macquarie-Hasting council's director of corporate business services, Tony Leahy.  The Sacking  11/03/2008 By kerran murphy I thought that we used to have a council of nine members not seven.  Collateral damage  11/03/2008 By Brian Parsonage The State Government didn't just remove the Port Macquarie Hastings Council it removed the right of the people...  Thanks Lisa  11/03/2008 By Rhonda Eyre I would like to thank Lisa Intermann, for the way that she kept us all informed about the goings on in Council.  Blood, sweat and tears  10/03/2008 By Robin Cartledge Port Macquarie: What a wonderful... Sorry about that but I was going to Praise Port Macquarie for its ability to allow me to meet 99% of my needs by...  Stop the Madness  8/03/2008 By john gorton Stop the Glasshouse... NOW! Even with a $50 million penalty it is still saving money.  The sacked whingers  6/03/2008 By Rhonda Eyre When will the sacked Councillors understand out means out. Get over it!  Alma Doepel entertainment  6/03/2008 By Raelene Brysha I was in town the other day with my son when we could hear some music coming from the pier where the ship is.  Who are the real winners?  6/03/2008 By Jeff Pohlmann I have heard much criticism that the debate culminating in the sacking of council involved but a small fraction of the residents of the Hastings ...  Ban the bag  6/03/2008 By Sharron Hillman-Dwyer They say plastic bags are free. There are millions made everyday and I am sure that the supermarkets don't hand them out for free.  Go gracefully  5/03/2008 By Gary Sinden It seems, from recent comments attributed to him, that our former mayor, Cr Drew, has some difficulty in grasping the concept that ...  Congratulations  4/03/2008 By David Parsons Luck has shined on the Hastings Local government area with the appointment of Mr. Dick Persson as the Administrator after your council's dismissal. ...  First define democracy  4/03/2008 By Dennis Cartledge The sound of the local Nationals bleating about democracy in relation to the council sacking is great for a belly laugh.  What now?  4/03/2008 By Colleen Kelly At a time when Kevin Rudd and his competent Labor Government are doing much to restore my joy and pride in the democratic process ...  A community insult  3/03/2008 By Ed Coleman Whatever the sacked council members may or may not have done , it is an insult to us all here in the Hastings ...  Do your job  3/03/2008 By Lloyd Stevens When is the Port Macquarie News going to report on the questions that have to be asked and inform the community properly as to the the findings of ...  Finger pointing  2/03/2008 By Tom O'Brien Well, Mr Drew, even now you still have to find someone else to blame.  It's hard to be humble  2/03/2008 By Margaret Lennon "Drew points finger at MP" (Port Macquarie News 29th February) When is former Mayor Drew going to cease the blame game?  Time to look to the future  2/03/2008 By Dennis Cartledge Ousted mayor, Rob Drew, should be hanging his head in shame. << 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 >>