Year 12 importance

BILL Godfrey is right to emphasise the importance of apprenticeship-based training for young people to ensure that our community has the skills that will be needed for jobs in the future (Talking Point, December 29). But it is wrong to say the debate is ignoring this in favour of preparing young people for university. So far as I have seen, there is very little debate in

Basslink blame

HYDRO released, at long last, an opinion on why the Basslink cable failed, sneaking in the report just before Christmas, the start of the silly season. Great start to the silly season, blaming Basslink for driving the cable too hard. Seems to me the result of a boardroom engineering investigation mainly by lawyers. A report to support another agenda? On a cable manufactured to incredibly tight uniform performance tolerances, if the cable had been cooked that would apply to the whole cable length not just the weak point which supposedly shorted. Driving any cable to that extent

Power bonus blow

I WENT to Centrelink to inquire about the $125 bonus. I was told it should be coming in January. I was under the impression it would be coming before Christmas. I have been hit hard like many others and, to top it off, I got a payment before Christmas, and not getting it again till Tuesday. I’ve heard we should be paid early if there is a public holiday. It is hell when this happens. Hope this information can be passed on to others so they at least know the payment should be on its way.