Opinion

Letters to the editor September 26 2019

Updated September 26 2019 - 11:46am, first published 1:00am
ROCKY GROUND: Reader Alan Metcalf implores state leaders to act on Stockton, arguing it is spending up in Sydney amid the erosion crisis. Picture: Jonathan Carroll
ROCKY GROUND: Reader Alan Metcalf implores state leaders to act on Stockton, arguing it is spending up in Sydney amid the erosion crisis. Picture: Jonathan Carroll

WITH the situation in Stockton at crisis point, perhaps those Newcastle Liberal party members could put their political differences to one side and inform those in power in Sydney just how critical the position in Stockton is. No matter how one views Stockton's problems, it is not via natural phenomenon. It is a direct result of man's interference with nature. One can argue the construction of the breakwalls brought about a safe and extremely prosperous harbour, but who is the major beneficiary? Certainly not Newcastle or the Hunter, but without a doubt Sydney. It has been glamorised with proceeds from the Hunter region like, if one could be accused of being cynical, a tick sucking the life from its host.

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