Time to progress plans
Congratulations to those on the Golden Square swimming pool committee and those in Bendigo who supported the Golden Square pool.
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Now it is time to review the masterplan which has been developed to identify the future uses of the Golden Square Recreation Reserve.
After eight years of worry and stress caused by council officer involvement to rid us of our pool, it is time to progress this plan by revealing all the costs of the development.
Bill Collier, Golden Square
Meat shortage is good news
After yet another COVID-19 outbreak connected to a slaughterhouse, Coles has warned customers that it may subsequently run out of meat products.
What a great time to drop our society's cruel and deadly meat habit.
In recent months, four separate slaughterhouses have experienced COVID-19 outbreaks.
Victoria's Chief Medical Officer has said these workplaces make it "intrinsically difficult" to manage the virus' spread.
Workers are often stationed in close quarters while doing physically demanding work, and fear taking time off their already low-paid, insecure jobs to be tested, or to self-isolate.
Events in the United States offer a terrifying vision of what happens when slaughterhouses are ordered to remain open, despite the risk they represent.
More than 16,000 slaughterhouse workers have been infected with the Coronavirus there, and a staggering 87 per cent of these came from minority communities.
Whether or not these shutdowns lead to less meat on the shelves, we should use them as a reminder to reconsider our eating habits.
We don't want infection numbers like the USA, and nor do we need to kill feeling, thinking animals for our appetites, when humane, tasty, and immunity-boosting vegan foods can be found easily.
Desmond Bellamy, PETA Australia, Byron Bay
Kick-a-Vic
Now that New South Wales is also at the "crossroads", will the Victoria bashing cease?
Not on your nelly.
They are accusing us of the original infection, without absolute proof.
But what would you expect, it is not easy to erase the memories of their residents of the Ruby Princess debacle.
They've got to keep blaming Victoria for everything, and just reinforces that politics is the purpose of everything, even in a pandemic.
Ken Price, Eaglehawk
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