While the owners of such properties have a right to compensation at law like everything there are two sides to this development.

Firstly, if every one takes the position "not in my back yard" and frighten the developers away there are big losers within our community. As industries go, a solar farm is one of the least intrusive. There is no noise, in the main wildlife and sheep can move freely and given the distance from neighbours, plenty opportunity for attractive tree lines to be planted.

It will be a major growth industry. Goulburn was a city that lost jobs and growth from the start of the 1950s having once been both a medical and education centre.

It is only in the last years that Goulburn has begun to grow again.

The township has had the Veolia sporting complex, the upgraded swimming pool and the Centre for Performing Arts.

There are now many parks and sporting grounds. All these things make Goulburn a much more vibrant city to live in. This is a result of growth and the council has the money to provide these amenities.

People retire here on small acreage and they add to the community.

They are however a minority and the majority of us "live and work here".

We should be governed for the "greater good".

The latest IPCC report tells us that we have some three years left to make the deep cuts to our emissions required to avoid unsustainable temperature increases.

We know that we are running out of carbon in the soil to grow crops and that rebuilding eroded soils requires a fundamental change in our agricultural practices, something that is going to take time.

Making communities resilient and taking mitigating action is now understood to be our best chance of tackling the increasing temperatures, in particular with Australia already at 1.4c above pre-industrial temperatures, versus 1.1c for the rest of the world.

With the Federal Government making much about our national security and with the world facing the disruption of global food supplies from the war in Ukraine, it is important to listen to Admiral Barrie's advice, as a former head of our Defence Forces.

His advice is that the impact of climate change is the greatest risk to national security and that neither major parties have adequate policies to address it.

Further Admiral Barrie says that our best hope to address the climate is to have a strong cross bench in Parliament and specifically that means voting for your independent candidate.

At a time when the action of our Federal and too many State and Territory Governments are making our emissions worse, now is the time to take back control.

The Goulburn RSL Sub-Branch Executive and Members, wish to thank the following Organisations in making Anzac Day 2022 so successful.

Firstly, we thank the Goulburn Community in attending our special day, with the Street Parade, the ADFA Band Drums and Pipes, the Royal Military College, Long Tan Company, Goulburn Soldiers Pipes and Drums, our Veterans, serving and Ex Serving and the local School Captains in attendance.

The Goulburn Sub-Branch Committee has spent over six months in preparing for Anzac Day 2022 and as our membership are aging, we would like any member of the Community, Serving or ex Serving to become an Member. We invite any member of the Community of Goulburn join as an Affiliated Member, there are no membership fees and you would be welcomed into a great organisation.

We thank the following organisations. The Goulburn Soldiers Club, The Goulburn Post, Goulburn Mulwaree Council, Goulburn National Serviceman's Associationm RMC Duntroon, The Goulburn Police, ADFA College 325 (City Of Goulburn) AAIF Cadets, Goulburn Taxis, RAMFM 103.3.

There are many more we would like to thank. Thank you Goulburn.

It is time Mr Julian Assange was brought home. He is an Australian citizen and an award-winning journalist who deserves the protection of his government. Julian is arbitrarily detained in the UK's notorious Belmarsh prison for over three years. He's there for reporting on the USA's alleged war crimes and exposing their malfeasance.

There are seven candidates in the seat of Hume and based on the significance of Julian's incarceration to press freedom, I emailed all candidates on April 11, 2022, seeking their views and support for pressurising the UK, USA and Australian governments for his immediate release.

I have received only two replies. Penny Ackery, Independent and Karen Stewart the Green candidate. Both candidates indicate they will do all they can to assist in Julian's release.

I think that the other candidate's non-response needs to be exposed to all electors in the seat of Hume.

None of them will get my vote. I only hope that if any of them are elected the member for Hume they don't ignore any other issues I might have as a resident of Hume.

I recently shared workers accommodation with a heavy smoker who is now in hospital with pneumonia. It was clear to me that this person could not afford his addiction and this was resulting in other personal and shared costs going wanting.

He believes, due to personal and emotional pressures, kicking the addiction is out of the question.

I can only imagine what is happening across Australian society, where the cost of tobacco to addicts is creating a whole new set of negative outcomes, for themselves and those around them.

Continuing the exponential hikes in the tobacco levy may result in diminishing returns and consequently it's time to consider additional anti tobacco strategies.