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For three weeks now the street lights on hooker blvd between Sunshine and Rio vista have not been working. Just wondering how much longer before they will be fixed? Jamie

Boo hoo to Mermaid Beachers whining about high rise intrusion ruining the suburb didn't hear them supporting Southport residents opposing no-height-limit towers changing our community Curly Bells

Sadly, Zimbabwe’s first post Mugabe effort at a genuine election has simply exposed another generation of corruption. In Africa efforts to adopt the rule of law never seem to take hold. The entire continent appears to be in a state of constant war or civil unrest. Evidently you can’t adopt a modern civilisation, you have to grow your own, and that takes about 350+ years. Bruce Cramond, Murwilumbah

Danial I am with you I will not vote for parties that want to kill Australians way of life . To the the two parties that want the job of running this country change your ways or you both will lose . Pool guy

Look out farmers. The government will tax you on your $12,000 payment. Taxis got $20,000 now they want $11,500 back classing it as income. Lee

Who cares if Coles are supplying their customers with complimentary bags. So they should. If you think paying for bags is going to save the planet then you're living in a small bubble.

If everyone donated $1 to the drought relief, they would have 24 million to help the farmers. Come on Aussies. Is Australia run by idiots? We have 40% of the world’s uranium. Use it to pump desalinated water to farmers. Saudi Arabia uses oil for that purpose. Johnbrew

THE Government has spent millions upon millions of dollars to security companies to keep people locked up in offshore detention centres when over 90 per cent have been found to be genuine asylum seekers. Many well educated, doctors architects etc who could be working and giving back to our community. That money could instead be spent helping our farmers, homeless etc. JayCee

I'd like to know how much aid money our government sends overseas, compared to how much and what type of assistance our farmers, and

others, get. Martin Oxenford

Drought last as bad in 1965. Was there climate change carry on then? Alarmists bleating yet again as historic world weather

At last a real TV program is back on. Russell Coight! What an entertaining TV show. Regan molendinar

Loving the MANN cartoon. The sloths cracked me up. What a talent he has to get such incredible facial expressions. - Shezz We need a Trump to get Australia out of this mess. I have no idea what a gender fluid, binary, non binary, ciss male, intergender person is. And I don't want to get sued because I I don't know. - Kate.

Seriously? The Australian Defence Force considers saying "him" or "her" to be bullying. Where do I sign up for that spaceship to Mars – because Earth has lost the plot. Norm Rix for Mayor!

Entry/exit to Oasis car park in Broadbeach needs urgent addressing - cars just tear in an out and don’t care about the people walking past. Someone is going be hurt they need a zebra crossing or signs as I have already had lots of near misses, and I am only one person Col Visitor

So now I have to pack up into and throw out my kitchen garbage in plastic bags that will never break down rather than the so-called single use supermarkets bags that break down in a few weeks! Hmmmm! Quizzbird.

I agree with Norm Rix about koala fund, lot of rot. Norty. More ‘save the koalas’ rubbish. Too many koalas to count in our myriad of national parks and forests like the Blue Mountains. Greenies lying to and ripping off businesses and taxpayers with ridiculous levies.

Rita Panahi column was spot on in saying Trump has made fools of the doomsayers. Donald is doing great and it’s a pity we do not have a leader as tough and talented in getting commonsense things done.

Daniel 6th August ... totally agree ... the sooner we refuse to vote for one of the major parties and send them into crises we might see change. The first change is to introduce the same means test they impose on everyone else. BWM