Green power is good
Around 800ha of the proposed Culcairn solar farm has been in our family for over 100 years. My grandfather initially took up a block in the early 1900s (72ha) to which my father and myself bought joining blocks now which my son and grandson farm.
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At the time of land purchases many people and neighbours said it was unwise to invest in such heavy clay, flat, water logged country - it's not prime agricultural land.
Over 40 years ago, when the TransGrid power line was proposed, with 12 towers in our property, I was asked to join a petition to oppose it as the towers were unsightly and a hazard to farming. I did not, as I knew that the line would bring benefits to others.
Now no one complains about the sight of the towers or the unsightly open cut quarry visible from Cummins Road, people have become accustomed to the sight and will eventually do the same with a solar farm. I am thankful that my son has taken up the offer to lease land to a solar company, to produce "green power" that will benefit not only our communities but assist in lowering the worldwide carbon emissions thereby helping many people all over the world.
Leon Schoff, Walla Walla
Tell the voters
It is not good enough for Justin Clancy to not say if he supports the $1.5 billion that the NSW Liberal-National government intends spending on moving the Powerhouse Museum. Mr Clancy should not need reminding that the Albury electorate put him into Macquarie Street to represent them and not just as a bench warmer number weight for the LNC government. We had enough bench warming from the previous incumbent. The time to hear your opinion is now.
Howard Lowndes, Lavington
Staff not to blame
Requesting an anaesthetic procedure for a simple blood test was never an option. On his return to the same hospital, the nurse's concern about his former "combative, very aggressive" behaviour seems justifiable in light of the well-documented level of violence often directed towards doctors, nurses and paramedics who are simply doing their job.
Good grief, even my beloved cat tolerates his insulin injections twice a day without a hiss or a whine, though he doesn't much like needles either. Surely, heartfelt appreciation for the necessary and efficient job done by hospital medical staff, often under great duress and with little thanks, should be felt by all of us. Hopefully, this one person's angst will not be allowed to define this entire hospital and all its staff.
Lorna Read, Lavington
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