Wetlands enhance character
Council’s decision to allow development of wetlands on High Street, Kangaroo Flat is ill-considered and reflects the kind of skewed values that have created ugly built environments which we already have in abundance.
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What are scarce are the natural environments that provide relaxation and recreation within easy access of local residents.
There will be no benefits in such a crowded housing plan except to the developer’s profits.
Arguing that the smallness of some of the proposed lots provides diversity is specious as it is well known that over-crowding causes stress.
Claiming that the development is within character is false. Currently the character of the area is deeply enhanced by the presence of the wetlands.
Cheryl Howard, Newham
Find your voice
The vote by the British people to leave the EU has sent a powerful message to the self proclaimed political, educated and economic elite of Europe, UK and around the world.
They have, as some have described, taken part in a magnificent, determined, peaceful, reasoned demonstration of democracy and triumphed.
They have shown that no longer will real, ordinary people be used as pawns in social and political experiments devised by people sitting in the ivory towers far away in universities or government buildings.
The people of Britain have set the standard for others in democracies around the world to follow that is never to sit back and feel disenfranchised and powerless, find your voice.
Too often in Australia we are being asked to sit back and except any ideas the elite may wish to impose on society without any input or discussion from we the people.
We are told time and time again that the politicians, academics and government bureaucrats know what’s good for us and we must just shut up and take it.
We have seen that in the introduction of the Safe Schools Program forced on our schools as an anti bullying program when it is anything but.
Were the parents of these children consulted on the ramifications of the whole program before it was introduced?
Of course not, any parents objecting were to be told “tough luck” the elite know best.
This forced acceptance of social change being forced upon us could well happen again, with some suggesting that “we the people” should have no say in changing a commonwealth act.
This act in its present form has been the cornerstone of our society and civilisation for centuries, so why should we not express our opinion at the ballot box.
Research has overwhelmingly shown that a majority of voters of all sides no longer trust their MPs to vote on their behalf when it comes to certain fundamental tenets of our society.
So our politicians and those thinking themselves of the elite class need to be very careful in forcing people to accept change being thrust upon them.
David Arscott, Kangaroo Flat
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