On other matters
Can we divert all our international flights to Mareeba Airport I wonder? It’s far better than our 1970s relic that’s tatty, smells and needs demolishing. Maybe we’ll get an A380!
Richard, Palm Cove shareholders. Why do Australians pay the highest electricity prices in the world? On average per household $400 per month, compared to US where they pay on average $60 per month.
If electricity was the same price in Australia as the US, the difference of $340 per month would be spent in the economy.
In addition, imagine the effects of lower electricity costs on the economy.
We would have cheaper products grown and made in Australia, including farming, manufacturing, retail and wholesale.
The economy would move forward because of increased spending, due to Australians having a better and affordable lifestyle with less stress.
Interest rates are the end of an economy.
Low interest rates help but do not fix the economy, which functioned well (CP, 20/11) if you want a solution in regard to heat, stop making us wear gloves, long pants. How does the body cool down with all the over the top PPE? Local construction workers, Justin and Crackers
Re: Susie O’Brien’s latest diatribe about Israel Folau. I don’t know anyone who is still interested in his boorish comments. If only the mainstream media would stop publishing his brain dumps, we could all forget it.
Peter, Redlynch
It was sad to read about Peter Cominos passing away in Brisbane this week. I met Peter in 1972 when I started my carpentry apprenticeship with Norm Miles who was building the Cominos Arcade. I also had a brother working for Peter in his chemist shop. Peter was one of nature’s gentleman. He always had time for a chat and was very interested in making Cairns a better place for all to live. May he rest in peace.
Bill Anderson, Cairns City
Democrat, the people who have every right to be upset are those who had peed blood for months waiting for an MRI or are in constant pain from a lifetime of work and wait over a year for surgery. I’d say they have every right to be upset about someone jumping their queue because he self injected palm oil to get a bigger penis. And he gets private hospital while our pensioners queue for public.
Joanne, Mt Sheridan when interest rates were 17 per cent in the late 80s and 90s. Electricity is the beginning of an economy, the cheaper the beginning the stronger the economy.
Governments, both Labor and Liberal, need to buy back our energy, water, rail and roads, along with nuclear energy and begin to build a strong Australia, not short term gains to win the next election.
Governments in the recent past have concentrated on “feel good” projects but have sold most of the infrastructure, built and paid for by our parents and grandparents.
What will the government sell to balance the books when nothing is left to sell. We can live without a surplus for years, but we cannot live without food, water, shelter and energy.
Come on governments, build Australia and buy Australia back for Australians, while it is possible, after all it was owned by Australians, not companies nor minorities, in the first place.
Tony Basha, Cairns 1877: Thomas A Edison announces invention of the phonograph in United States.
1936: Opening of Hume Reservoir on
Australia’s Murray River.
2006: Australian swimmer Ian Thorpe announces his retirement from competitive swimming.
2012: The first group of asylum seekers, including children, are transferred from Australia to Papua New Guinea’s remote Manus Island.
2013: Former Bundaberg doctor Jayant Patel is handed a two-year suspended sentence for lying to gain employment. 2015: Two Australians are among seven dead in a helicopter crash at Fox Glacier, New Zealand.
2018: Convicted Bali Nine drug smuggler Renae Lawrence (above) walks free from Bali’s Bangli prison, after serving 13 years of a 20-year sentence for trying to smuggle 2.7 kilograms of heroin to Australia.