We need a bypass
Now that the state and governments have decided to upgrade the highway south of Nowra, would it not be a good time to resurrect the old plan, which was displayed on the local council chambers many years ago concerning the Milton Ulladulla bypass?
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Our area is becoming more and more congested with through traffic. using the plans that were drawn up years ago, it became evident that there would be very little inconvenience to through traffic while the project was being implemented.
Please, people, consider this question carefully. It’s your township and the future is fast becoming now. It’s not change for change’s sake, it’s for the future. Please, have your say. I may be right or I may be wrong, I’m not perfect, so have your say.
I will not be around to see it because I am creeping toward 92 but I love this township, as you all do.
M. Timmings, Kioloa
Above and beyond
After last Monday’s gale force winds in Milton several garbage bins blew away with their contents emptying over the road.
I watched the Recycling Truck coming around and to my surprise the driver got out, picked up the rubbish as well as the recycling and put the bins back upright with their lids on.
How’s that for service? It could only happen here.
R. Vidgen, Milton.
What’s the real issue?
State and Federal governments are handing out hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars to farmers to feed animals dying in the drought, while ignoring the real problem: climate change, largely caused by animal agriculture, is making droughts, fires and floods more frequent and more severe.
The animals dying on the cracked earth are motivating floods of hypocritical tears from those who would rather they die in the slaughterhouse, profitably. Raising animals for flesh, milk or eggs is responsible for over half of global greenhouse emissions, as well as supplying products which cause consumers to suffer from obesity, coronary heart disease, strokes and various cancers. They also cause the most appalling suffering to billions of innocent, sentient animals every year: dehorning, beak trimming, mulesing, branding, castration without pain relief – the list of atrocities goes on and on.
If farmers want assistance with the costs of the drought, they should demand a meat tax, which will ensure only those who consume their deadly products pay for its production. Meanwhile, those who repeatedly keep animals on land known to be prone to drought should be charged with animal cruelty, just as you or I would be if we let our dog or cat starve.
D. Bellamy, PETA Australia
Raise health standards
In every part of the state I hear from nurses and midwives doing extraordinary work but who are under severe pressure.
It is frankly scandalous that our regional hospitals have fewer nurses per patient than in the big Sydney hospitals.
Understaffing affects every nurse, patient and family. In our regional areas it means less time with patients, higher staff turnover and worse patient outcomes.
That is why I recently joined hundreds of nurses to announce Labor’s Regional Nurse Ratios policy - to bring regional hospitals to the same staffing levels as in Sydney.
It means hundreds more nurses and better care in dozens of hospitals from Lismore to Broken Hill to Wagga Wagga.
And it means when your loved ones are sick, the care you receive in a regional hospital will be at the same standard as the big Sydney Hospitals.
We should never accept a lesser level of care based on where you live. After eight long years of the Liberals and Nationals, and a $2 billion Sydney stadium splurge, it is time to make a change.
L. Foley, NSW Labor Leader
