Now, Ms Roth has been exposed as a paid employee of Lock the Gate, something that, until now, was not widely known.

This is dishonest at worst and deceptive at best.

In my mind, two questions arise, the first being whether her views on fracking are biased because of her paid position.

This would mean that her views amount to nothing more than “cash for comment”.

A week or so ago, Lock the Gate had a fundraising dinner, where speakers were brought from overseas and interstate to give their interpretation of what is happening in the gas industry in their backyards.

I stress this is just their interpretation.

My second question is how many paying guests at this fundraising dinner knew they were directly or indirectly paying Ms Roth’s wages?

Some might be okay with that – I suspect, however, that some will not be happy at all.

THIS is an open letter to all of Katherine's elected representatives of the people, be they Northern Territory government, federal government politicians or members of Katherine's local government organisation.

Katherine has a health care crisis.

Following upon a well-attended public forum convened in Katherine on April 7 to discuss changes and answer questions about the operation of the privately-run Gorge Health, and an advertisement placed in the Katherine Times on April 13 explaining the situation, it is clear to see that this town is facing a major problem with healthcare.

Gorge Health is no longer able to bulk bill patients because Medicare subsidies have not kept up with inflation.

Bulk billing is provided in many privately-run medical clinics in Darwin and is available in all capital cities, regional centres and in most country towns throughout Australia.

The cost of operating a medical clinic in a remote, isolated part of the country such as Katherine is prohibitive, due largely to the tremendous difficulty in attracting general practitioners to a region with a harsh, inhospitable climate.

Warren Snowdon, Willem Westra van Holthe and to a much lesser extent, elected members of Katherine Town Council, listen to the people of Katherine and assist to resolve this crisis.

With elections imminent, please listen carefully and do something.

COULD either the council or Member for Katherine explain why $450,000 has been allocated to put new lights at Town Oval, rather than spending the money to help out the Katherine Sports and Recreation Club?

There were people employed at the club who added money to the local economy.

How many people, other than council workers, will have jobs because of the new lights?

SOMERVILLE Community Services would like to thank the management and staff of Katherine Cinema 3 for their fantastic work and ability to help provide services to the families and youth that attended the movie afternoon.

The event would not have run so smoothly without the organisational skills of the manager providing popcorn and drinks to the people that attended.

We look forward to working with the cinema in the future on upcoming events to provide free movie afternoons to the people of Katherine.