Attention seekers

YET again our national flag is burnt during tantrums during a demonstration in Brisbane.

So many Torres Strait Islanders and indigenous soldiers who served under our flag in peace and war would be disgusted and furious with such an ignorant fool armed with matches and lighter fluid seeking attention.

George Mansford, East Trinity apply almost draconian measures to ensure that travellers are kept apart.

On the plane, however, travellers are jammed in to the seats where they are no further than a handspan from fellow travellers.

Does Qantas justify this by handing out “wellness” packages containing masks face masks that very few passengers wear.

Let’s hear from Qantas about their practices so that the travelling public can be reassured that they are not playing COVID roulette when they fly.

Kerry Linwood, Atherton 1889: America’s newspaper The Wall

Street Journal is first published.

1973: Bob Hawke becomes president of

the Australian Labor Party.

1976: Former US President Richard Nixon is disbarred by a New York court after his obstruction of justice during Watergate.

1994: OJ Simpson (above) is ordered to stand trial on charges of murdering his ex-wife, Nicole, and Ronald Goldman. 2008: Australian SAS signaller Sean McCarthy, 25, is killed by an improvised explosive device in Afghanistan.

2011: The last shuttle thunders into orbit on a cargo run that will close out three decades of both triumph and tragedy for NASA and usher in a period of uncertainty for the US space program. 2017: Two partygoers are shot by police during a fancy-dress swingers ball in Melbourne after a fake gun was pulled on officers.