Letters to the Editor

Dear Sir, Royal Life Saving Society – Australia is asking all owners of backyard pools to check their pool fences and pool gates as a matter of urgency. Children under five are curious and fearless, and their love of water puts them at risk of...

Dear Sir, We are custodians of a unique piece of Planet Earth. The current Barossa Council forged in 1996 from vibrant communities has a population of some 26,000 global citizens (2016 census) and a footprint of some 912 square kilometres. The...

Dear Sir, Thank you so much for the article you printed in the recent edition of The Leader regarding the BBB Poppy Project. Your unwavering support is so greatly appreciated. Kym MILNE, Gawler

Dear Sir, Saturday, September 3 is Australian National Flag Day. A day to celebrate with pride the anniversary of the Australian National Flag and all that it represents. Proclaimed in 1996 as a national day, it celebrates the first time the flag...

Dear Sir, I am a Year 6 student at Good Shepherd Lutheran School Angaston, and I am completing an inquiry task on plastic pollution in the ocean and how it affects marine life. As I have been researching, I have released how much damage has been...

Dear Sir, Can anyone please explain why scientists have thankfully researched vaccines for diphtheria, tetanus, measles, chickenpox, hepatitis, polio, meningitis and tuberculosis, as well as flu and pneumonia? Yet if one used any of the above...

Dear Sir, A few weeks ago, I approached the workmen repairing the hole that SA Water had made when repairing a leak. This was on the end of the road bridge. The obviously would have had a considerable amount of hot mix left over, so I asked if they...

Dear Sir, Four hundred thousand Australians stopped volunteering last year. The Federal Charities Minister, Mr Andrew Leigh wants to turn that tide around. Volunteering is a gift. We give our time, energy, resources, intellect and money to help...

Dear Sir, Stroke Foundation’s annual National Stroke Week has once again been embraced by communities across the country, meaning so many more Australians will now know what stroke often looks like, and what to do when it happens. Stroke Week...

Dear Sir, A great article in last week’s Leader, covering Tony Robinson’s visit to the Kapunda Senior Citizen’s Club. You mentioned various items of past history which brought back many memories to me. Thank you and thanks for your past...

Dear Sir, I’ve written a lot of letters to The leader and of course not everyone will agree with my opinion but I know the majority of Australians agree with my views on Ukraine and I stand by every word I wrote about it. We are fortunate in...

Dear Sir, Unprecedented and ineffective enforcement measures are being implemented in schools across Australia to combat youth vaping, threatening to distress and alienate students. The onus is being placed on our teachers, and the government is...

Dear Sir, This year Australian taxpayers have given over $400 million in aid and military equipment to support the war in Ukraine. This has nothing to do with us. This money could have been used to build a long overdue new hospital for this region...

Dear Sir, Thanks to my grand parents and ancestors; I’ve accrued about 10,000+ carbon credits; thanks to the good old days. No electricity; rain water tanks, horse and buggy; and our own greenhouse down the paddock. Those pioneers were the best...

Dear Sir, Can I rant? You bet I can. Local councils are said to be about the 3 Rs: Rates, Rubbish, and Roads. Which is all rubbish? Local councils are about ratepayers. Any other focus leads to a declining local council; further in debt with...

Dear Sir, The letter by Bill Shemmeld needs a response. He seems to lay the blame for the Ukraine war squarely on Nato. He does not criticise Russia at all. Russia invaded Ukraine, Ukraine posed no threat to Russia at all. Russia has deliberately...