Students deserve more respect
On a religious note and coincidentally, may I point out that Our Lord Jesus has long hair and a beard.
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He’s a great man in my book. A fantastic role model.
For many years I have thought Catholic College Bendigo students were always well presented and tidy -admiring the girls with their beautiful well-groomed long hair, and the boys always looked and behaved like gentlemen.
At the moment, I strongly believe they are not receiving the accolades and respect they well deserve.
Anita Scott, Marong
Council has no mandate for bin scheme
The City of Greater Bendigo Council has decided on that on very incomplete data that the residents and ratepayers of our fair city will contribute to a new system of garbage collection.
On the basis that 1080 people used the bin out of a population of over 100,000 we are to be saddled with a hike in garbage collection fees.
On the basis of only 45 per cent who responded to councils survey. Is that democratic?
Why not a complete survey or plebiscite sent out with the council election papers later this year?
It is to be noted that these charges are outside the “rate cap” set by a double standard kick–back by the Minister for Local Government to get council to accept the 2.5 per cent rate capping proposal by our state government.
Meanwhile, councillors get a fat 2.5 per cent rise in their remuneration package and the ability to charge fees for the garbage collection without any restrictions.
Where is that weasel-word “choice” these politicians are always fond of throwing around?
Without any attempt to really sit down and resolve the landfill problem which has plagued this city for years, council can only come up with extra service charges to the suffering ratepayers.
Have they pushed for a mandatory packaging proposals? Some nations are banning organic waste in landfills.
Have they examined or looked at the latest scientific solutions to the landfill problem?
There is an amalgamation of councils in Western Australia who have joined forces with a private concern which eliminates all waste, produces gas for sale and the Clean Energy Finance Corporation has provided $50 million in a world-leading Australian technology, which will recover and process up to 225,000 tonnes of municipal, industrial and commercial waste.
But it may be costly you say, surely our state and federal governments, who are so concerned about the environment, would throw in some finance.
Bill Collier, Golden Square
Local voices being drowned out
People belonging to some races, or nations tend to breed more prolifically than others.
The countries of their origin have become overpopulated and they are spreading and settling down in other countries.
Local inhabitants – who are limiting the number of their children in order to take proper care of them – are becoming outnumbered and overwhelmed.
Care for the children is shifting from parents to the government, with an increasing cost to the taxpayers.
Foreign invasion and takeovers are taking place daily, but don’t like to have spotlight focused on them.
If somebody dares to bring them to public attention, he (she) is being condemned as racist, or Nazi.
New laws have been introduced to give more rights to the newcomers and stop local people from complaining.