It is proposed to install a pedestrian crossing just North of Grace Street with traffic lights and a U turn arrow to allow traffic from Grace Street to turn left and then proceed to pedestrian crossing lights and do a U turn to head back towards Bendigo. Currently it is absolutely impossible to turn right from Grace Street towards Bendigo in the mornings between 8am and 9am, because of bank up of traffic from the Weeroona College school crossing. It is also very dangerous for pedestrians trying to cross the road to access the bus stop opposite. This happens again in the afternoons with traffic returning from Bendigo and it is only marginally easier to exit Grace Street at all other times as well.

I believe VicRoads’ intention of a pedestrian traffic light with U turn just past Grace Street is totally unacceptable and think it is imperative that traffic lights be installed on the Grace St intersection.  The volume of traffic entering and exiting to the West of Grace St., which is bound by Montgomery Crescent, Morshead Court, Wiltshire Drive, and Nottingham Court, and also now with the new Weeroona Estate, which also exits via Grace Street, definitely justifies the installment of lights.  Come on VicRoads, do we have to wait for multiple accidents with possible fatalities to start happening before common sense is to prevail. 

The Banking Royal Commission, the one that Malcolm Turnbull and his Treasurer said was not required because there was already a cop on the beat, is revealing more than most people could have imagined.
As far as the cop on the beat is concerned, he must have been on permanent long service leave to miss this lot.
The revelations that some institutions misled ASIC on multiple occasions, just shows how ineffective the system that overseas these financial institutions is working.
How can the public of Australia have any faith in this body, as well as our Federal Government who vigorously opposed this Royal Commission, with comments from a supposed surprised Treasurer that people should be jailed if found doing anything unlawful. Talk about double speak, you didn't want this enquiry in the first place.
When the Royal Commission finishes delving into all of these institutions, the next step is to have a Royal Commission into our political system, because of the secrecy and blatant explanatory irregularities between the PM and his Ministers, just one aspect of the enquiry. The list is endless.
It has now become nigh on impossible to believe anything coming out of the mouths of anyone connected to the LNP, a situation that has become increasingly worse since their elevation to the Government benches. Little else seems to be happening except the day to day confrontations between Turnbull's group and the right wingers, while Australians battle increasing cost of living pressures.
Malcolm Turnbull is acting like a PR consultant, not a Prime Minister. If he is not going to make his own decisions, only Tony Abbotts, he may as well hand the reigns back to Tony or Peter Dutton, and complete the wipeout.
This parliamentary term has been another wasted opportunity to stabilise the political environment, and instill some public confidence, instead of focussing on themselves.  But how long do we have to wait? Until the next election at least.