No one should be living in their car, let alone a young female.

What are the ongoing consequences of this, and for many people experiencing homelessness?

This young woman is working hard to create an exciting future for herself and her partner, this is at risk if they do not have stable accommodation, and there are many, including poor mental health outcomes and poverty.

We all know the risks and consequences of homelessness, but do we know how to solve them?

Wouldn't it be great if we could establish a program that could match young people like the couple in the article with older people living alone who would love the company and extra income?

Better still why can't the government create viable housing options, and consider short term accommodation such as the tiny houses that could be centred at the show ground for instance.

Come on people, we have to do more to solve the housing crisis.

MR Parsons, in reply to your letter, ("Why was crucial piece of land left out?", Letters, 19/5).

The headland that the bowling club once occupied was excluded from Minister Don Harwin's Heritage registry as it now belongs to Awabakal Land Council.

You claim the site has always been regarded by the community as part of the park and yet mostly people were unable to use this land unless they bowled, or for a few years before the building was abandoned, dine at the restaurant.

The headland was never included on the same title as the rest of the park.

Should Awabakal wish to develop it themselves, or sell the land to a developer, it is their choice. Either way, I'm sure it will be an improvement on the previous unsightly, derelict building.

A comparison would be the derelict Merewether Surf Club, unused for decades, that was replaced by Merewether Surf House, which has proven to be very popular.

We recently had our daughter's wedding there and I was very proud of my husband Keith's achievement by building this fine addition to Newcastle's list of highly regarded venues, despite some objections.

I don't recall any of your Friends of King Edward Park friends complaining about the decrepit old bowling club-building.

Possibly because for many years it was not used, just the way the local objectors wanted things to remain.

JOEL Fitzgibbon, the Labor Party's sole voice of reason, is so right when he says his party displays "institutionalised elitism", (2GB, 17/5).

He says there is a "confident view that we in our party are smarter than those in the other". This comes after Tony Blair, former Labour UK PM, said his party is risking extinction because of its "heightened sense of righteousness".

These truths are consistently borne out just by reading the woke, leftist views of contributors to this page, some of whom try using big words in an effort to somehow prove their superior intelligence.

Their behaviour is so reminiscent of the now infamous Hillary Clinton "basket of deplorables" comment and we all know how that turned out.

I STRONGLY believe in vaccination and as a health worker have had both of my COVID-19 vaccinations.

I have been trying to access an appointment for my husband who is over 60 to get his AstraZeneca vaccination, but have found it almost impossible to get an appointment.

Most surgeries on the government website either don't have appointments available or, when you call them, they say they don't have any supply and are waiting on more from the government.

It is very frustrating, time consuming and disheartening.

The government needs to set up a large vaccination hub in Newcastle to cater for the population who are very keen to get vaccinated but who don't have time to call around to multiple surgeries day after day.

THE way back to prosperity has begun

Is raising the national debt to one trillion dollars really a concern? Considering it's not borrowings from another country or lender, but using Australia's assets which are owned by the people to help the people. Yes, it's printing money but with good cause and solid security.

I believe the time frame required to break even is not so important provided a good government starts the initial way back to prosperity which when looking at unemployment numbers now, the way back has begun thanks to responsible government management.

Yes, good luck has helped with better-than-expected prices for resources and produce, but the path taken was always going to be the right path.

THE International Energy Agency will be holding a gabfest in Glasgow in November of this year, concerning no more petrol cars in 15 years.

Attendees will be moralising and pontificating about global warming with many flying in on private jet aircraft.

The executive director of this outfit is described as a Turkish economist and energy expert.

Turkey has under construction or planned 93 coal-fired power plants, whilst China which has a free pass on all of this climate alarmism until 2030, has 1171.

The attendees at this conference will need their overcoats, as the temperature will be about four degrees Celsius.

These international bodies. such as the United Nations and World Health Organisation, instead of climbing aboard every climate emergency bandwagon, should be involving themselves in the real problem of this world such as civil wars, disease, slavery and starvation.

Certain Australian states and territories have signed up to a commitment of net zero by 2050.

These "glory seekers" will not be in office by the time 2050 comes around and are only trying to ingratiate themselves with the climate change zealots.

HAVING looked at the Stairway to Heaven concept plan footprint, from all angles there is no structure standing in the way of this civic project for the whole of Newcastle. Once another bland block of units are constructed across this sight line this once in a century opportunity will be lost. If Newcastle was Sydney, Gladys would be forking over millions of dollars to make it happen.

YES, the stairway is great. What is despicable is that it comes at a loss of CBD parking. Why is this council taking away the major city growth factors of parking and access and spinning the stairway to heaven?

IN the 50s I walked up the hill every day, the entire cathedral area is quite special to me. The sight of that ugly car park needs to go. From the harbour the view of the proposed precinct is extra special. I do hope the plan goes ahead.

OUR community and council have a once in a lifetime opportunity to create architecturally a structure that will highlight our most prominent building, the cathedral. In terms of history long after we have gone it will leave a physical structure that will enhance our vista from harbour waterfront to cathedral for hundreds of years, maybe longer if it's well done.

MICHAEL Johnsen resigned from state parliament, but Gareth Ward who it is reported to also be under police investigation, stays in parliament but on the cross-bench rather than remain a minister. Now we learn that the NSW government, without obtaining a formal valuation, spent $53 million (three times its value) of taxpayer dollars for contaminated land it still has to clean up. What sort of government and parliament is Gladys Berejiklian running?

WHY would you build a gas peaking plant at Kurri Kurri? Would it be that you have failed to invest in energy security in the first place?

SO the Morrison government is going to build a gas-fired power plant at Kurri Kurri with $600 million of taxpayers' money. This is to "secure reliable, affordable energy" according to the PM, even though a reliable and affordable supply of gas is yet to be assured or connected. Consequently, it will be run on diesel for the first six months. Not to worry, it will only be running 2 per cent of the time, ever. Just a thought, but wouldn't that money be better spent upgrading the power grid to handle the new reality of power generation?

GINA Horn ("Think of those who are proactive", Letters, 19/5) has little to worry about when we receive less than 10 cents per KWH sold to the grid, but pay up to 60c to buy that power back - probably $200 or less per year. Also household power is not a tax-deductible expense so any off-set cannot be taxed.