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So the truth is out. The Howard government was the biggest waste spender and now Abbott/Turnball have made it to number two. Watch them hide it with funny accounting methods and plenty of talk about people smugglers and unions. LNP should be paying down debt and controlling petrol companies. Oh that’s right they shut down the oil processing plants. Kl

Re MG, meat $30-50 kg? Either you have an extremely expensive taste in cuts of meat or you don’t shop around. Tugun Supermarket on the GC hwy had rump at $10 and scotch fillet at $13 this morning. I hope this info will save you and others from the vegan virus. John, Palm Beach

No cruise terminal means Coasters have no heart, no brains, no commonsense, just stupid and selfish attitude to sensible development in a tourism city.

All these people saying we need to be a Republic - what’s it going to cost us and what advantage will it bring? How will things change? I can’t see the point! M

According to our PM and foreign minister if someone throws stones at you or your fence you can SHOOT THEM.

So people are concerned about paying an extra 5 bucks at the pump when sales of oversized SUVs and utes are at record numbers! -Marco Polo

Just learnt today that the automated response from GCCC is no indication that my email will be dealt with. Apparently the super-efficient IT department has been quarantining my emails as SPAM. Is it happening to yours too?

Re hot water bottles in hospitalsn – they have been banned in hospitals and nursing homes for years. It is for the patients’ safety not the nurses. Ex nurse.

I have dropped the Titans since they decided to sack Henry over Hayne but I would fully support their move to Dolphin Stadium at Redcliffe. Stadiums Qld has been shocking over negotiations with the Titans management for too long and don’t deserve Titans games full stop. It’s about time Graham Annesley gave Stadium Qld the bird. Treeman

Susan, I believe your classless society is here already. I see more and more bogans every day!

James P McGuire, each state sets their education curriculum for primary and secondary schools, not the federal

government. The federal government gives funding to the states and administers the universities. It goes back to our constitution from 1901. HR

GCB 22/5, Assistant Commissioner Brian Codd says police are at their wits end in their fight against speeding and distraction. Maybe if they were more high profile and seen instead of hiding with their speed guns to catch people. By then it’s too late.

I have just returned from my terrific cruise to the Pacific Islands. For two of the islands we boarded 70 people boats called ‘tenders’ that shipped passengers ashore. Why can’t Gold Coast do this too? Would not have to spend a fortune to sail the ship so close to shore. Happy Cruiser.

Regarding the live sheep debate I say the whole practice must be stopped immediately. The trip over to the Middle East would be nothing to the way they would be treated when they get there. l was a butcher for sixty years and l know exactly how they would be treated. Reg tub

I am not a political person but state opposition leader Deb Frecklington is the most negative person I have seen in a long time. Try being positive once in a while. Reggie

Re-Peter Dutton, Melbourne residents afraid of dining out at night from fear of African gangs. My partner and I gave Melbourne a miss last Christmas for the same reason. Johnbrew

Celebrities need to button their lips about their causes. So over it. Dance, sing and act and then hit the road. No bloated, self-righteous, pontificating. Have had enough of being lectured by entitled wannabes. - Sharon

Just wondering if Broadbeach restaurants pay money for events in area? Cause I would love the council to be putting money into my area so my business can grow. Oh that’s right, it is up to me to advertise and get people into my restaurant and make them keen to come back. Same as the successful ones there now.

Now the Games are over let’s hope Borobi continues to be a mascot for the GC so he can help with the plight of our diminishing koala population, especially on the northern GC where developers have been allowed to run wild and destroy their natural habitat. Also how disgusting is the clearing on Captain Cook Drive and there’s even wildlife signs there! Who are the councillors approving all of this??Soon there’ll be no Borobis left!

15-year-old has been ordered to pay $47.5 million in damages for letting off a fire cracker that started a huge bush fire, only in America.