Letters to the Editor

No jab, no job? Dear editor, During 2020, Australia’s handling of the Covid virus, with minimal victims, was the envy of the world. Unlike Britain, USA and the rest of Europe, with deaths in their thousands, we maintained control over…

Robodebt Dear editor, Five years on and not one Federal Government Minister, including Social Services Minister, Linda Reynolds, the minister responsible, is dismissed.  The Commonwealth’s welfare system’s automated “Robodebt” scheme is a dark history in welfare culture, 2015-2019. Exposed for…

PENSIONER HOUSING Dear editor, There is no reason for pensioners to not have housing. We have seen what can be done with containers turned into accommodation. I have as a young person lived in a car garage that I had…

ASSISTED DYING LAWS Dear editor, In coming months our 93 state MPs will vote on a proposed law to introduce voluntary assisted dying (VAD). The state government asked the independent and expert Queensland Law Reform Commission to draft a VAD…

ASSISTED DYING Dear editor, Finally it has come to pass that our elected representatives in state parliament will be considering the draft Voluntary Assisted Dying bill within the next 14 sitting days, for which they are allowed a “conscience” vote…

FLIGHT PATHS Dear editor, As a resident living directly under the new Sunshine Coast Airport flight path on the Marcoola end of the new runway, I feel I must comment on ‘Community update flight path forum’ published in the May…

LIONESSES Dear editor, During the last sitting week I was able to put on the public record the remarkable achievements of one of our most enduring service groups in the region, the Coolum Lionesses. Recently, the Lioness Club celebrated 42…