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ONE of Australia’s richest men, developer Harry Triguboff of Meriton game, has blasted the state of the Gold Coast Airport. (‘Harry pulls trigger on stupid airport’ Sept 7).

It is perhaps not of the standard befitting Queensland’s second biggest city and major resort region and could do with a major influx of funds.

As many users of this airport patronise the several Meriton Hotels, perhaps Mr Triguboff could invest his millions in an airport upgrade.

The Wagner family in the Toowoomba region have done wonders on the Darling Downs area by building Wellcamp Airport and are no doubt reaping the benefits.

Yes, governments should have done more by now but let’s see a bipartisan approach to the upgrade needed to benefit all and sundry.

KEN JOHNSTON, ROCHEDALE SOUTH

WHAT a great NRL qualifying final, the closest I have ever watched to match with the skill and passion of an Origin game.

But where have the Bunnies been hiding recently?

Their Blitzkrieg-type attack in the first 20 minutes was outstanding, but it was not surprising that the last two Storm tries were from free runs to their line.

The Rabbitohs had clearly run out of puff.

Another disappointment was with the standard of refereeing.

Two glaringly wrong decisions, both which went against the Storm, must have caused much head scratching.

But my concern was eased later in the game hearing a referee asking the bunker to “Check the grounding” when the player had placed the ball with both hands, his chest and his thighs and all else between!

I had to wonder, “Where the hell did the ref get to?”

But still, it was a wonderful match which I hope sets a standard to be followed throughout the entire finals series.

ROBERT HALL, HELENSVALE

ISAAC Newton first proposed the Laws of Motion which made the moon landing possible.

However, it was not until the advent of the modern computer and scientists like Rudolf E. Kalman that space travel became possible in the 1950s.

The basic laws of gases were known in the 18th century and in the 19th century the Navier-Stokes equations were developed to completely explain the behaviour of continuous liquids such as the atmosphere and oceans.

To solve these five partial differential equations within the complex boundary conditions of the Earth’s surface (for which only digital mesh approximations are possible) requires similar mathematics to rocket science.

NASA scientists were some of the first to raise the flag on global warming science.

I would trust span tables (developed by engineers) for roof members in my house.

I likewise trust the climate change scientists who overwhelmingly predict global warming under current levels of fossil fuel usage.

ED DONOVAN, LABRADOR

YOUR front page feature article on Transport Minister Mark Bailey and Gaven MP Meaghan Scanlon being Labor’s power couple paints a picture of their working class backgrounds.

We also read about Meaghan growing up with her five siblings and mother in a Housing Commission home.

However. it failed to mention that Ms Scanlon supports Jackie Trad’s extreme abortion bill, which is the most anti-woman and antifamily piece of legislation seen in this state since the iniquitous Pyne Bills, which were previously withdrawn.

This Trad Bill allows abortion up to birth and permits sexselection abortion without any questions asked.

I can’t think of anything more harmful to women and female babies, and furthermore does not allow for any counselling or cooling off period.

Future generations of Queenslanders will be missing many female children and that should be of more concern than other political considerations.

There are already 12-14,000 abortions annually in Queensland under the old laws, so let’s not sanction open slather on mothers and babies. Leave things as they are.

MICHAEL PEARCY, HELENSVALE

IT was not very nice of federal Labor MP Justine Elliot wanting people to sign a petition against having a new hospital at Cudgen.

This also means Justine is against our farmers who want to solve the problem between Cudgen farmlands and our new hospital.

Especially when our farmers are trying to the best that suits all of us.

J. GRAY, TWEED HEADS SOUTH