On raising the dole
Raise welfare payments? No way. The idea is to make you look for work and give you a little something to keep you going in the meantime. Some years ago my accountant told me he knew of a situation where in one house he knew of 13 people collecting the dole. About $3500 a week. We are dead set mugs putting up with this rot. Bazza, Mareeba Come on Barnaby Joyce, come and live in the “real” world. I am fortunate to be working but I am surviving on $50,000, no wait I actually earn $42,000 minus $8000 tax to you for your lurks and perks in your job. So do me a favour and stop your whingeing. Renee, Cairns would be: No polar ice caps, 63mm of sea level rise plus an increase around .1-.3 degrees … all inside a decade, Well, good news. It’s been 11 years and the ‘sky is falling’ claims have not come to pass, at all. It’s like dealing with flat earthers - the data is there, the results are in and the predictive models are not representative of reality. But here we still are. Mark, Smithfield Buchan Point used to be accepted as long as the nudists stayed in the cove and not ventured past a certain rock. Now there are creeps strutting right to the tip near Ellis Beach. Go away creeps. Mad, Manoora Thanks Laurie Walker for clearing up some facts on NAIF. Now we have learned it is a lender only, are we going to see any project delivered in Northern Australia by the end of the 21st century? Jerry Micola, Tolga John Pratt, (CP, 30/07). Had you read the report correctly John, the sea is not rising, Jakarta is sinking because of the boghole they built it on. Don’t let that stop your sky is falling messages though. Bill, Mooroobool Rita Panahi article on the racist propaganda from the left is absolutely correct. More Australians need to stand up and tell these latte sipping losers to crawl back under their rocks. David, Holloways Beach Totally agree Graham, UK. My hubby and I travelled this beautiful country for two years in a fully self-contained motor home. We needed nothing from caravan parks other than a space to park as in many towns free camping is illegal. Having a big motor home meant we had no option but to stay in the parks and some of them at $50 a night was an insane amount for using a space 4m x 13m. Beth, Kanimbla Casino licensing (CP, 30/07). The Reef Hotel Casino is one safe venue in Cairns where you can go and won’t be harassed by anyone under the influence of alcohol. They provide great entertainment, good service and security, a pick up and drop off taxi service and undercover parking. Local, Cairns Lefties hate US President Donald Trump and make derisory remarks about him being orange. But if he’s orange he’s a person of colour and all persons of colour must be respected. But lefties won’t follow their own rules and respect their orange president. Confused? Not as much as they are. Tradie, Colorado