Parking frustration
WE CAN all appreciate Susan McIntyre's letter of car parking frustration [Examiner , November 18].
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Unfortunately, this is just a small example of the gradual deterioration of the quality of life on the Tomaree Peninsula as they continually plan to develop and increase the population.
Frustrations like trying to find a car park will increase.
Most of us came here to get away from the rat race of overcrowded cities and we are in danger of spoiling this area if we continually develop. Port Stephens, we love you, but please don't break our hearts.
George Allen
Nelson Bay
Thanks Tomaree hospital
DURING my short stay at Tomaree Community Hospital recently, I was impressed with the quality of care by all involved.
The facility itself is top-rate; full credit to the staff, the management, and the board.
Thank you to all at Tomaree Hospital.
Jane Reid
Fingal Bay
Consider one more gift
THIS year as we finish our Christmas shopping please spare a thought for others.
Once you’ve bought a Kris Kringle for a workmate, a gift for your brother-in-law or any of the presents you need for family and friends, consider one more for someone who really needs it.
One more gift to Red Cross will help ensure an older or isolated person gets a phone call every day to check they’re okay, clean water for a young child in a remote village in Myanmar, or a shower and a meal for a teenager sleeping rough.
This Christmas I urge everyone to consider making one more gift to Red Cross.
Jody Broun
Executive Director, NSW
Australian Red Cross
Record temperatures
LAST month was Australia’s hottest October on record.
Record hot days in Australia are now 12 times more likely than record cold days.
The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says there’s a 97 per cent chance that 2015 will be the hottest year on record.
The UK Met Office warns that global warming has now exceeded one degree Celsius since pre-industrial times.
The world continues to warm and momentum for action grows. People, communities and businesses are looking to be part of the solution. Businesses are stepping up on climate action.
Writing at The Conversation, Anna Skarbek of ClimateWorks Australia noted the growing number of companies that have signed onto key climate commitments.
Households are keen to take up new, clean technologies. Recently, Tesla Motors NSW Parliamentarians about its rollout of electric vehicles.
But Australia can’t just rely on voluntary action – policy and regulation is needed.
Yet state and federal governments, along with the largest opposition party, continue to fail on climate leadership.
A submission to the federal consultation on post-2020 emissions targets prepared by the NSW Government – which warned of the significant risks facing the environment and economy without cuts in emissions - wasn’t lodged, despite being sent to the Premier’s office for approval.
The federal government is holding to its weak emissions target and playing an inadequate role in international negotiations, with reports Australia has blocked moves to cut off OECD funding for dirty coal power plants.
The many people and communities who recognise the risks of climate change aren’t going to stand by while governments put the wellbeing of future generations at risk.
Jan Barham MLC
Greens Member
NSW Legislative Council