Thumbs up for Echo News

Dear Echo News,

A big thumbs up to the Echo for its coverage of people, places and issues of importance.

The recent rejection of a data centre near Mandoon Bilya and a school was the work of many committed groups and locals, but frankly without the coverage provided by the Echo we may have struggled to get the reach we needed.

As I look back on my personal scrap book of major events in our district, the Echo masthead is across most of them over the last forty years.

Many of the issues covered did and continue to have very big impacts for the local community, particularly around transport, land use and planning.

Having a local paper and a voice in print is not something many communities in our digital age enjoy. And it’s free.

So, thank you to the Echo for your ongoing commitment to reporting local issues and achievements.

And perhaps we can best show our gratitude  by supporting the many local traders who advertise in the Echo when we are hunting for a local trade or service.

Christine Hughes
Guildford Association Inc

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Uranium and climate change

Dear Echo News,

In recent days the news has told us the climate has changed such that the Danube River has dried up.

France and Spain are burning and even the ‘green and pleasant land’ of the UK is severely drought stricken.

India is similarly stricken, yet that government wants to build nuclear power plants, which crucially need water for cooling.  (It should be noted that this heat goes into the atmosphere, increasing global warming.)

At least one nuclear plant on the Danube has had to cut generation back and others may need to do the same.

The WA Government was elected on a platform of not allowing uranium mining and it is currently being badgered to change this.

I say well done to the Cook government and keep the uranium in the ground.

The need for nuclear power is diminishing while the global temperature is rising.

KG Blake
Kalamunda