Come on Bega, stop procrastinating and get the job done. I’m sure the project would be funded by public contributions, I would be only too happy to donate to such a cause.

Don’t wait for another 70 years. Spark up that community spirit Bega.

Rufus Lucas was the last remaining member of the Lucas brothers, he lived in Nowra for a number of years. I knew him well and his remains were interned in the Nowra Lawn Cemetery.

The enduring Anzac legacy and the ideal of mateship are more important than ever before. Mateship is an integral part of the Australian identity. It’s an ideal that defines our nation’s character – this idea of looking out for each other, through the good times and the bad.

The Salvos have served alongside Australian troops in both World Wars and have supported them on deployments in Korea and Vietnam. 

We’ve been there providing support to our troops in their times of need – giving them a hand up and a listening ear in their darkest times. We recognise the power of mateship and why it’s a vital part of the Australian spirit.

As we enter these uncertain times, I encourage all Australians to reflect on the Anzac spirit and the strength and hope it brings, and remember why mateship is an ideal still worth fighting for.

Don’t believe a word you read about North Korea.

Remember how Saddam supposedly also had missiles that, according to Tony Blair, could strike Europe within 45 minutes.

Remember how this supposed ability to launch (non-existent) missiles was transformed into an actual intent to do so.

Well the same thing is happening again with North Korea. A theoretical ability to launch a nuclear missile is being equated with a nefarious intent to actually launch a first strike.

But the chances of this are practically nil.

First, the North Korean nuclear capacity has only been developed in response to decades of US threats against the nation.

You would be virtually insane to do anything else given the regime change the US has recently sought in Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, and Syria; not to mention in countless other non-nuclear countries over previous decades.

Second, a North Korean nuclear first strike would mean instant nuclear annihilation by the US. These facts are almost never mentioned by the media. What we hear instead is a lapdog-like repetition of US exaggeration and misrepresentation.

The stand-off could end tomorrow if the West extended the hand of mutual respect, friendship and trade instead of blatant threats that break laws of international relations. But the chances of this are also practically nil.

Doug Reckord seeks to impress by citing the Australian Dental Association as his authority when it comes to the supposed wondrous powers of the poison called fluoride (BDN, 14/4).

Call me cynical if you like, but I long ago stopped believing that professional associations in any field place the interests of consumers ahead of those of their members, including “every peak dental, medical and scientific body in Australia”.

And Doug, given that you claim to be a “scientist”, perhaps you could survey all the general practitioners and dentists in our district about fluoridation, rather than leaving it to the local media, who you don’t trust?