Give ‘blow-ins’ go in Aussie way

“BLOW-INS”. Good old Australian put-err – downer used throughout Australia, to denigrate a newcomer or upstart, in rather closeted maybe, narrow-minded, local areas.

To me blow-in reference are very unnecessary. Newly arrived residents, quite possibly, can look at local issues, with an objective view.

Problems similar to what may be experienced in, for instance, Lockyer region, may have been experienced and resolved in areas from what the “blow–ins” have experienced elsewhere, and may be resolved with this applied, experienced knowledge.

Give the “blow-ins” a chance.

I am continually hearing the denigration of political candidates in this local area as we approach the state election.

❝ Newly arrived residents, quite possibly, can look at local issues, with an objective view.

Let us not appear to be as “one–eyed” as a person able to look through a keyhole with two eyes at once.

Give the so called “blow-ins” a hearing. Don’t look down on them like a crow peering into the top of a bottle with both eyes focused together.

Demonstrate the good old “give them a go” Australian way. — BOB FOWKE, Regency Downs

Hypocrites

WHEN YOU take a close look at our “democracy” you can see the victims are the losers and the laws protect the accused.

Just as the parents of 18-month-old Hemi Burke were told to remove their shirts showing his picture, while in court, highlights the protection the accused gets.

We also see the Federal Government supporting the CBA Comminsure, which gladly took insurers’ money but found ways of not paying the insured.

If individuals fraudulently took money from anyone you would be charged by the police.

Not so with Comminsure. It was cleared by ASIC and the Federal Government still maintains a bank royal commission isn’t necessary.

Our politicians are a bunch of hypocrites. — JAY NAUSS, Glen Aplin