May 22, 2013  TONY Abbott has mentioned that he would not rule out changes to the GST, and has floated the idea to gauge public reaction before locking it into party policy.   

May 22, 2013 THE whole Kooragang waterfront from bridge to bridge has been taken, by industry and coal. Lost are all the areas where families played and fished – nothing given in return, just take and take.  

May 22, 2013 TONY Abbott displayed a billboard stating ‘‘How many illegal boats have arrived since Labor took power?’’ followed by the current  number displayed.  

May 22, 2013  CURRENTLY, there is much argument regarding same-sex ‘‘marriage’’.  

May 22, 2013   I ASK Linda Muzik (‘‘Refugee or not to be’’ Letters 17/5) to imagine what she would do if she was living in a tyrannical regime with little or no access to information, and where approaching government officials or even the local embassy to apply for any type of visa placed a person in danger.   

May 22, 2013 IN my early years of marriage my wife and I and our three children lived in a small country town.  

May 22, 2013   I FAIL to see the  point of Maureen Dearing’s letter about the twice-yearly council clean-up in Lake Macquarie (‘‘Treasuring one man’s rubbish’’ Herald 22/5).  

May 22, 2013  IN regards to Mohammed Issaka and his refusal to stand up before a Dowling Street Local Court magistrate this week to face charges regarding  riots last September, this is total disrespect for all Australians and should under no circumstances be allowed.  

May 21, 2013 LAKE Macquarie council’s twice yearly clean-up collections are a great example of micro enterprise.  

May 21, 2013 The question of who really benefits from a devaluation of the hard-earned Australian dollar raises further questions.