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Rail can stay on campus

12 Mar 10 | IT'S my understanding that the extension of the university's city campus is not dependent on taking out the Newcastle rail line, its major public transport link, nor should it be. |

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New bus plan has merit

12 Mar 10 | HUNTER Business Chamber is to be congratulated for drawing attention to the need for dramatic improvements in Newcastle's mass transit systems.

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Stockland uni car park

11 Mar 10 | IN trying to attend my lecture yesterday morning at Newcastle university, I endured 20 minutes of traffic congestion in the car park with no sign of a free space. |

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Cap in hand to Canberra

11 Mar 10 | THE decision by Newcastle business and civic leaders to take their case for the city's redevelopment to Canberra is to be applauded. |

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Acid mines easily fixed

09 Mar 10 | REGARDING the report "Hunter water 'at risk' from mines" (Herald 6/3), acid mine drainage contains high levels of dangerous heavy metals and the acid leaches aluminium from the clays.

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Investing in soccer fields

09 Mar 10 | SOME people would oppose the idea of Newcastle City Council spending up to $8 million upgrading soccer facilities to support the push to bring the World Cup to Australia. |

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05 Mar 10 | I HAVE to agree with Tim Bohlsen (Opinion 24/2, Letters 3/2) and Alan Squire (Letters 2/3) that Newcastle will always need more than one form of public transport if heavy rail is removed from the inner-city. |

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Release the lead strategy

05 Mar 10 | MOST people would think it imperative to allow full public scrutiny of a strategy to minimise potential harm from industrial contamination in residential suburbs.

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SES rightly stormy

04 Mar 10 | I'M sorry to be one who throws a shadow over the success of the state Surf Life Saving Championships at Blacksmiths during the past weekend. |

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Reforming health care

04 Mar 10 | PRIME Minister Kevin Rudd's plan to change the way health services are paid for is fundamentally a good one.

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ALP nuked on policy

03 Mar 10 | BARRY Spaulding (Letters 2/3) asks why Australians are so afraid of nuclear power stations. They are not, Barry. It's the ALP that has held out against them at state and federal level. |

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Knightmare season start

03 Mar 10 | THE Newcastle Knights are off to a shocking season start. Yet another player has become embroiled in allegations of involvement with illegal drugs. |

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Sticky wicket of cost

01 Mar 10 | MY son and his partner are passionate about the Australian cricket team and wanted to see them play the West Indies. |

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Preparing for chronic crush

01 Mar 10 | KNOWING the Hunter is facing a steep rise in chronic illness due to an ageing population, Hunter New England Health is planning a strategy to cope. |

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Please fence them in

26 Feb 10 | ANDREW Clarke ("Bogey Hole responsibility" Letters 24/2) may have a point about people taking responsibility for their own actions, but surely the fence at the Bogey Hole should be repaired as soon as possible. |

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Spotlight on the Mater

26 Feb 10 | WHAT most people expected to be a straightforward report on the advisability of moves to shift the Newcastle Melanoma Unit has instead focused a harsh spotlight on the administration of cancer services in the Hunter.

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Blow to Kooragang

25 Feb 10 | THE timely article on the proposed Tillegra Dam's effect on the internationally recognised Kooragang wetlands (Herald 22/2) was mirrored in the opinion piece the next day. |

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The health cost battle

25 Feb 10 | IF Australia fails to respond to continuing price rises in medical services and health insurance premiums it risks encouraging its health system to follow in the footsteps of the disastrous American model. |

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Flying off on a tangent

24 Feb 10 | IN relation to Williamtown aircraft noise, both Port Stephens councillors and affected landowners have the wrong target. |

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Lake looks for balance

24 Feb 10 | IT is easy to run a balanced budget in prosperous times. That's as true of local councils as it is of households.

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