28/08/2008 | I AM totally against the power sell off, it could lead to job losses and higher charges on electricity.
These assets should be protected by a referendum and not sold off by any Premier who thinks he has the will of the people behind him.
28/08/2008 | CONGRATULATIONS to The Northern Daily Leader for the comprehensive publication on August 8 of the candidates and their qualifications for selection as representatives in the Tamworth Regional Council’s September elections.
28/08/2008 | COME on people, get off the government’s back over single pensioners and other single welfare recipients’ plight.
No other government over the last 50 years could ever find any reason for not being able to live on next to nothing.
28/08/2008 | I AM extremely disappointed in Mr Rudd and his government.
It is obvious that he and his government are no different at all to that fiend Mugabe, and therefore I have nicknamed Mr Rudd, Mugabe Rudd or Mug for short.
That’s a very bad beginning for a Prime Ministership isn’t it?
27/08/2008 | I REFER to the letter published on Wednesday, August 20, “The departed may not rest in peace”.
As a candidate for the council election, and a person still involved in the funeral industry, I would like to express my support for Gary Chillingworth’s letter.
27/08/2008 | THE Australian Equine Livestock and Events Centre (AELEC) in Tamworth is set to rival the famous Country Music Festival as the city’s brand.
The nearly completed AELEC looms on the horizon to our region as a fantastic opportunity and outstanding landmark. I believe it will rival the festival as a brand for Tamworth.
This city is blessed to have such development and attractions.
27/08/2008 | FOR the past 15 years, I have been writing letters to the editor. I am very fortunate that I live near a corner store that opens at 7am, seven days a week. For six of those days I am able to buy The Leader and read it while having my breakfast. It’s a good way to start the day. My favourite is the Letters to the Editor on the opinion page, which I see daily. Without the letters, this page for me is not complete, especially when it happens three times a week.
27/08/2008 | REALISTAICALLY, the climate change bug has been with us since mankind has been practising some form of agriculture – how we deal with perception of climate change is the issue. Anthropologists well tell you of various types of sacrifices made to stop climate change. In the late Middle Ages witches were believed to cause all types of climate variations and magistrates condemned thousands of women to death to prevent some perceived catastrophe.
26/08/2008 | Just a letter of thanks to all the staff and the Tamworth Hospital for the wonderful care they have given my sister Ellen over the last few weeks with the stays she has had in hospital.
26/08/2008 | DID you see Sally the other night in the 100m hurdles? First to qualify for the final and then that silver medal, what a treat to see. One had a glimpse of a beautiful spirit, frankness an openness, effervescence, what determination, what drive. That was so special and her excitement, you could almost gather it up and store it away. What is that inner invisible unable-to-touch wonder that drives people, motivates them to a higher plane?
26/08/2008 | What a great show was Drum Tao! The above was held at TRECC on Saturday last and was a brilliant display of music and showcased the versatility of TRECC as a venue
26/08/2008 | TO all those members of the ex-Coalition government and their hangers-on, I have a message for you. If you are going to promote nuclear power we do not need you as a possible
government.
26/08/2008 | I AM pleased to read the article (The Leader, August 22, 2008, page 6) about the disadvantages of having privet (ligustrum species) growing in our communities.
I congratulate David Nixon and the Glen Innes Council along with Tenterfield Council and the New England Weeds Authority for declaring this weed as a Class 4 noxious weed because of its ability to cause serious reactions to people allergic to it.
22/08/2008 | THE Rudd Government will introduce an emissions trading scheme into Australia in 2010. This scheme has the potential to cripple our economy. The emissions trading scheme will increase transport costs and increase electricity costs for our citizens.
22/08/2008 | “MEET the candidates – Tamworth” was a great introduction but editing has created misinformation.
I am living in Tamworth, working at Peel High School (info was supplied).
21/08/2008 | A LETTER has been sent to the Hon, Chris Bowen Minister for Consumer Affairs, registering ABA’s grave concern at the beef section of the ACCC Grocery Report. The section reflects either incompetence, collusion with the two major supermarkets, or both. In my letter I asked for the Minister – the man who commissioned ACCC to do the work – to order an investigation into how it was compiled.
21/08/2008 | “NOBODY’S listening to Keating anymore ...” writes Charles R Mathews, August 18. Evidently Charles must have been the only one.
21/08/2008 | I HAVE followed with interest the progress of the Australian Equine and Livestock Events Centre and with it nearing completion, may I say what a magnificent complex it is.
21/08/2008 | WOW! How lucky I am. There is a class at the Tamworth TAFE that I am part of.
In this class, we are learning in a wide range of versatility and very interesting things that anyone can learn or learn more than they know. The class is a very versatile and varied group of people, young and old
21/08/2008 | IT IS suspiciously coincidental that our national airline, Qantas, has suffered a series of “accidents” to their aircraft during the past few weeks.
There are only two conclusions to be drawn, that these are indeed “accidents” or sabotage!