Mambo action needed
Many in the Port Stephens community have been led to believe that an announcement on the buy back of Mambo Wetlands is imminent, or that at least it will be announced by the NSW Government before the March State election.
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This is not going to happen.
I hope I’m proved wrong, however we do not have a willing seller, nor has the government commenced the compulsory acquisition process that will be necessary in this case.
This process needs more time than is available between now and the election and I’m sure if this compulsory acquisition process had begun, we would have heard about it loud and clear.
All we are hearing from the government are sympathetic noises.
There are no promises about Mambo, only vague assertions about what might happen.
So let me just remind those in government; you have admitted that the sale of Mambo was a mistake.
You have the power to correct your mistake.
Do it before the election in March or you will have lost all credibility with many Port Stephens residents.
Kathy Brown, Secretary, Mambo-Wanda Wetlands Conservation Group
A little faith in riders
Oh the horror! The endless dolphin and turtle carcasses washed up on the shores of our beautiful waterways.
Mowed down by those thoughtless and barbaric jet ski hoodlums. Flouting the law of the waterways etc. etc.
Yes, that was dripping with sarcasm.
I am not a jet ski owner and never have been. However, when I read such letters as last weeks, calling for the banning of jet skis from our waterways on behalf of those poor, poor sea creatures I hear the voice of Reverend Lovejoy's wife screaming [In reference to the Simpsons] ‘Won't somebody please think of the children!’.
Well I say, let's trust people to conduct themselves via their own values and consciences and those that would seek curtail such freedoms on the backs of humpbacks see to cleaning their own houses.
The road to hell is…..well you know the rest.
Luke Thiele, Soldiers Point
Demand for hospital
The aged care sector in Port Stephens is growing all the time (Examiner, Letters, November 15).
I too am in the 80-plus age group and am very concerned with the lack of medical facilities in the area.
Port Stephens must be the largest LGA without a full-functioning hospital available to all residents.
Equally, the Bay’s nearest major hospital is 50 kilometres away and 25 kilometres away from Raymond Terrace and surrounds.
From my own experience when I’ve needed an ambulance, the wait time can be 20 minutes.
Tomaree Hospital does not handle critical care.
Patients go to the John Hunter, Mater, or Maitland hospitals for after hours care for [those in] Medowie, Raymond Terrace, Karuah, Hinton and the main roads can be jammed in peak and holiday times - Hexham bridge is a crawl at times.
The powers at be are proposing to upgrade the John Hunter Hospital but don’t worry about the transport to get patients there from anywhere in the Hunter Region.
I Suggested two years ago a hospital should be in the planning stage now for the Medowie area – at the rate of progress on infrastructure it will likely take [another] 20 years.
The number of buildings under construction for the aged will put additional strain on already stretched resources, plus the number of people needing in-home care is growing rapidly.