Does he plan on building a reactor in the Port Stephens area?

Will a nuclear reactor be located at Anna Bay or Lemon Tree Passage or Karuah?

How about near Tomago on the Hunter River?

Please tell us Mr Barilaro, so that families can up stakes and get out the danger zone before our air and waterways are polluted with radioactive isotopes, like Strontium 90, Iodine 131, Caesium 137 and Tritium - the usual carcinogenic isotopes which are routinely released by working nuclear reactors.

And where will you dump the high level radioactive wastes?

Also read: Letters to the Editor, March 5

In regards to Mr Watson-Will's letter, recent Valuer General land assessments will represent a windfall to Port Stephens Council, giving an automatic rise in income from rates (Letters, Examiner, March 5).

Perhaps the rest of the letter paints a far more rosy picture than it should.

You need to be an accountant to follow a council financial statement, and if you watch a webcast, you could be bitterly disillusioned with the conduct of some of our councillors.

Major projects have been short changed, legal fees wasted on the Lagoons Estate debacle plus the ongoing huge cost to remedy the situation. Even $5 million in projects for each ward funding has mostly come from loans which have to be repaid.

The queue jumping which took place of these pet projects over long-standing ones is, in my opinion, just deplorable.

Newcastle City Council received a bagging and yet, based on regular newsletters I receive, it is bounding ahead with its Special Rate Variation which came into effect before talk of any merger.

Great playgrounds, amenities and some huge projects which are seeing Newcastle bloom and which would not have happened without their SRV.

Perhaps a visit to Newcastle would be an awakening.

Also read: Letters to the Editor, February 27

Dementia Australia is proud to launch The Dementia Guide, a comprehensive resource to support people living with dementia, their families and carers.

Updated figures show, in 2020, the estimated number of Australians living with dementia has increased to 459,000. Without a medical breakthrough the number of Australians with dementia is expected to be more than one million by 2058.

In the electorate of Paterson there are an estimated 3,400 people living with Dementia, which is expected to increase to 7,000 by 2058.

The Dementia Guide is relevant for people of all ages living with all forms of dementia and those impacted by dementia.

It provides information to assist everyone to learn about dementia, treatments, and available support and services.

The Dementia Guide is available to download for free online, or for readers to request a printed copy, at dementia.org.au/resources/the-dementia-guide. People with a diagnosis of dementia, or concerns about their memory or a loved one, can also access support through the National Dementia Helpline - 1800 100 500.

Also read: Letters to the Editor, February 20

My daughter was recently strolling and chatting with a friend in the vicinity of Little Beach when they decided to go down onto the sand for a walk.

My daughter carefully left her favourite shoes on the concrete wall near the big tree in the centre area. She may have been distracted while chatting but was within site of her shoes when, a few minutes later on returning to the concrete wall, she found they had been stolen.

You out there who took off with her shoes know who you are. I sincerely hope they don't fit.

Karma will take care of the rest.

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