Tag: Letters to the Editor

Responding to ‘Urgency and political will’: SA’s climate risk threatens entire communities Those are very good points made over the urgent need to accept and also tackle climate change. But there are laggards among us who work to enhance climate change. The most obvious of these is Santos, which promotes and continues to dig up…

Responding to SA heads to world stage with its algal bloom science Our ‘Algal Science’ on the world stage! I’m unsure whether to laugh or cry. – Dr Michael Adams If this premier and his ministers genuinely believe in moderating the worst algal bloom in our history, a great start would be explaining to South…

Responding to Sarah Game stalls abortion bill vote The linkage of the introduction of this abortion bill with a parliament steps demonstration and other forms of public exposure confirms that this exercise is a pre-election political strategy. This flies in the face of the dangerous consequences of the passage of this amendment to the current…

Responding to Opinion: Fears lecture model broken at SA’s merged uni Thank you for that article. In a Socratic or semi-Socratic discipline like law, the absence of face-to-face lectures is highly detrimental. The exchange of dialogue to improve understanding of concepts and applications is critical to the development of young lawyers’ thinking. I’d be very…

Responding to Smithson: 20 cars pinged as bikes vs cars city tussle gets ugly Regarding the stat that 87 per cent of business is from outside the CBD, yes, it is correct that around 13 per cent of business is generated by locals. But that is not the whole story. Let’s have a reality check…

Responding to State Government makes largest Adelaide park lands grab since 1837 I totally agree that the park lands should remain untouched. When we purchased a block of land in the western suburbs, there was a lot of free land around, and our children grew up with plenty of space to explore and wander. Now…

Responding to Top scientists blame ‘chronic’ underfunding for algal bloom gaps Every day people who use the beaches and oceans need to know what they can do to assist. Do we need to collect all the dead creatures? If so, what do we do with them? Should we keep vehicles from driving onto beaches with…

Responding to Santos name disappears from botanic building When the Environmental Defenders Office and Extinction Rebellion, plus other climate change fanatics, have driven the last fossil fuel company from our shores and all their mines have been closed, we will be a considerably poorer country. The billions of dollars these companies pay in taxes and…

Responding to What does Adelaide really want from a redeveloped Hutt Street?  There is much force in the opinions expressed about focusing on the strengths and needs of main streets for humanistic footpath improvements in Hutt Street rather than gross roadway and parking re-configurations. The same can be said for O’Connell and Melbourne Streets.  Why…