Laws should protect

MEDICAL practitioners should be subject to the proper scrutiny of the code that protects human life.

Abortion supporters can broadcast the fake news that an unborn baby is dead, but science tells us that the unborn baby is human, alive and developing rapidly.

Science also tells us that an increasing number of mothers are suffering after an abortion, that there is a nearly 50 per cent bias towards women for GP mental health care plans, that there should be a compulsory cooling off period and that there should be mandatory independent pre-abortion counselling.

All our laws are based on the law that protects human life, and this has dragged us out of the dark ages into an enlightened era of protection for all, including the most vulnerable humans, as well as their mothers, when force of circumstances makes them susceptible to what has been called the invasion of abortion. Dr Tim Coyle, Woree excellent returns on investment. It’s also true that Ports North and the Queensland Government have an opportunity to increase revenue by raising the cruise ship passenger charge that is one of the lowest in Australia.

We have been charging about $7 a passenger while Sydney charges about $33. The cruiseliner multinationals could be finance partners and there are other private sector investors.

All levels of government have supported the project and found funding since 2012.

It is only the current state government that is dragging its heels, mostly because it has already spent our taxes in Brisbane and Townsville. Ron Crew OAM, President Cairns Port Development Inc. minded because workers were getting the paid penalty rates.

Now with the cuts in Sunday penalty rates, what happens to this surcharge? Does it stay on or get taken off? I cannot understand how a judge earning $8000 a week can rule on this.

I don’t know what the issue is with penalty rates because most businesses employ juniors on weekends and at double time it works out to about $18 per hour. That’s all right, at least the kids are getting work,

With the new rates these poor workers will lose a quarter of that. It doesn’t seem fair to me.

It’s just another big con from big business and didn’t it seem funny that the workers seem to be the ones who miss out all the time.

If we refuse to work for this, as usual they will replace us with foreign labour which there is an abundance of in this country. Fred Brunjes, Mareeba 1790: John Irving becomes Australia’s

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Henry James. 1971: Voters of Liechtenstein defeat a

referendum on giving women the vote. 1973: Australia reduces federal voting

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