Letters to the Editor

Alison’s setting the trend

¶ THANK you Alison for your beautifully expressed, entertaining opinion piece (’Setting trends and cleaning) in the Bulletin last Thursday, May 23. You have at least got this MOTH (male of the house) thinking it might be time to swap the...

30 May 2024

By Bulletin News

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Fish hotels are futile

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¶ AFTER sitting back while Lake Kepwari robs and starves the south branch of the Collie River, the Department of Water and Environmental Regulation and Leschenault Catchment Council have come forward with a solution. They have announced fish hotels...

16 May 2024

By Bulletin News

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Chamber in good hands

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¶ I RECENTLY had the opportunity to participate in a meeting of the Collie Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s (CCCI) management committee. Members discussed the strategic plan for the CCCI, and I sat in awe listening to those around the table...

16 May 2024

By Bulletin News

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Pool upgrade is a priority

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¶ WHAT a great swimming season thanks to Jayden and all the other shire employees. This was the best season I’ve experienced, with warm water throughout. The 50 metre heated pool is a great asset for Collie. Every morning at 6.30am, up to 30...

09 May 2024

By Bulletin News

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Shire to be commended

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¶ I GUESS most of us have had at some time a criticism of our local shire - I know I have. When Covid landed in WA, there were many restrictions imposed on us, creating a lot of work for local government. Covid identified a lot of shortcomings that...

02 May 2024

By Bulletin News

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Many hands make light work

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WE HAD a burst pipe at the Boulevard Cafe’s barista station last Friday at opening time. I would like to give a big shout out to our wonderful staff, customers, Woolies, Matt Pike and his crew. Everybody jumped in and helped make me proud to be...

11 Apr 2024

By Megan Creemers

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Speed limit attention needed

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¶ MORE needs to be done to ensure the speed limit of 40 kilometres an hour in Throssell Street is observed. It would be good to bring back the electronic board showing a vehicle’s speed. I’m sure many agree trying to cross from the Ampol...

04 Apr 2024

By Bulletin News

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No substance to nuclear scaremongering

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¶ IN RESPONSE to Rob Walton’s letter in last week’s Bulletin (March 21), while I’m pleased he has joined the debate, I did not join the chorus line as he suggests. I started it on September 7 last year on the front page of the Bulletin. John Gorton...

28 Mar 2024

By Bulletin News

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River health considerations

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¶ MANY people believe the Collie River’s low water levels and empty river beds through town and at Minningup Pool are because of poor winter rain and vandalism of the river stops. These factors are relevant, and have had an impact, but there is...

21 Mar 2024

By Bulletin News

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Nuclear detail sorely lacking

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¶ IT SEEMS the Liberal and National parties have begun their positive campaign for nuclear power in Collie. And they are using the same handbook used for their negative campaign in the 2023 Voice referendum. Federal member for O’Connor Rick Wilson...

21 Mar 2024

By Bulletin News

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Nuclear not the future

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¶ WHEN academia feels compelled to resort to the use of the notoriously fickle concept of “public opinion” (“Nuclear power not ‘reckless’”, Bulletin, February 29), it is a reasonably safe bet to assume they are skating on thin ice...

18 Mar 2024

By Bulletin News

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Power foresight lacking

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¶ I READ with huge amusement “Jodie’s Jottings” in last week’s Bulletin about what the Cook Government is doing to secure the state’s power supplies. We have six years before blackout 2030, and there will be a run on candles just like the...

29 Feb 2024

By Bulletin News

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Cashless not convenient

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¶ A CASHLESS society does not mean mostly cashless and you can still use a “wee bit of cash here and there”. ¶ Cashless means fully digital, fully traceable and fully controlled. I think those who support a cashless society are not fully aware...

22 Feb 2024

By Bulletin News

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Riverview focused on state support

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¶ I REFER to the article in the February 8 issue of the Bulletin, “Frustrations grow amid delays at Riverview”. ¶I can assure everyone that no-one is more frustrated than the Riverview Residence board. As a group of volunteers, we have worked...

22 Feb 2024

By Bulletin News