Dobbers spoil Aussie fun
AUSTRALIA is in danger of losing our cultural values of fair go, mateship, sense of humour and having fun to a new national culture of wimps, wowsers and dobbers.
In Palm Cove every Sunday between 2pm and 5.30pm a group of ukulele musicians set up their gear in front of Beach Almond restaurant and play fun toe-tapping music that allows wannabe musicians to bring their ukuleles and join in, plus allow others in the audience to sing along to their hearts’ content.
That was until this week when following a complaint about noise, the authorities shut them down.
Now I’m sure if one looks hard enough at the fine print there is some bylaw or other that allowed this to happen but for goodness sake.
The world is in economic turmoil, criminals go unpunished, young people believe our world is doomed, yet again, but heaven help you if you want to make music, sing songs and make people happy. Michael Rashleigh, Clifton Beach
Why waste millions on a building like the heritage-listed Courthouse without doing a thorough assessment on the building’s condition, what rectifications are required and without proper funding to allow it lay derelict and ruin with white ants and mould?
What hope will we have as ratepayers that this will be managed appropriately, when they haven’t even been able to stick to their word on appropriately replacing the dangerous cladding on CPAC? Rob Hill Far Northern organiser, Electrical Trades Union Queensland 1871: The Great Chicago Fire starts, supposedly when a cow kicks over a lantern in a barn. 1908: The House of Representatives conducts a fresh ballot on possible sites for the federal capital, supporting YassCanberra, 39 to 33. 1934: Bruno Hauptmann is indicted on a murder charge over the death of US aviator Charles Lindberg’s infant son. 1945: US President Harry S. Truman announces the secret of the atomic bomb will be shared only with Britain and Canada. 1977: The Tasman Bridge in Hobart (pictured) reopens, two and a half years after the Lake Illawarra tragedy. 1995: A huge earthquake hits Sumatra,
Indonesia, killing at least 100. 1997: Scientists report the Pathfinder probe’s exploration of Mars has yielded evidence the planet was once hospitable to life.