This was because the CWA agreed to relinquish their building, which was moved to the Camp Reserve sports ground for the use of the Netball Club, to make way for the construction of a new facility on the site.

If the women have to pay rent they are then unable to assist the community, as their whole time would be taken up raising enough money to cover their costs.

Surely, commonsense and fair play can prevail to allow this hardworking and highly respected women's community group, to continue carrying out the valuable family and children's work that is paramount to assisting underprivileged and needy community members.

Furthermore, it is inaccurate of the Shire CEO Phil Rowland to associate the Beanie Affair event with the CWA issue, as Beanie affair has been an independent incorporated organisation since 2014. Beanie Affair Inc. are responsible for their own finances etc, to run their event.

I can write this with confidence as I am part of the committee of Beanie Affair Inc.

In Ross Tyson's editorial (“Marilyn sculpture a test of city’s character”, Friday, January 29) he finishes with "the next five months will be a test of this city's character".    

Sadly, and inevitably, that character will be found wanting.     

There are those among us here in Bendigo (and indeed throughout Australia) whose lifestyles and thought processes require them to promote anarchy and disrupt the fabric of a civilised society. Sort of "hoons without cars".   

To these people, rudeness is funny, anti-social behaviour is the norm and to be applauded as a badge of honour, whilst the property of others is fair game for senseless, wanton destruction and defacement.   

I'm sure we've all passed people such as these in the streets at one time or another; they're not  hard to pick.

Ross Tyson also asks that parents teach their children about the impacts of vandalism, but I submit that this parental guidance is somewhat lacking in certain socio-economic sections of the population, if not totally non-existent.    

In any event, from my experience the people who commit these acts are far more likely to be in their 20s or even 30s.   

CCTV means nothing to these types. It is merely throwing down the gauntlet and daring them to run rampant.

Rest assured, when there are those among us who would happily vandalise a Christmas tree, a nativity scene or headstones in a graveyard and not lose a wink of sleep, then the likelihood of "Marilyn" remaining unscathed are about on a par with a snowball's chances in hell.

Craig Niemann, Bendigo council CEO, sprang to the defence of Stan Liacos in his letter “Liacos leaves a wonderful legacy” (Bendigo Advertiser, Monday, February 1).

Mr Niemann claims a letter by Colin Burns criticising former city futures director Stan Liacos was “highly inaccurate”.

Yet he did not give a single example of what, specifically, in Mr Burns’ letter, he believed was “highly inaccurate”.  

Less generalising and more factual information would be appreciated, Mr Niemann.

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