LetteroftheWeek
Have strong opinions, write in an engaging way? You could win our Letter of the Week, and with it a book from our friends and sponsors, the publishers HarperCollins. This month’s book prize is Table For Eight by bestselling author and master storyteller Tricia Stringer. It tackles troubled relationships, second chances and love old and new in this uplifting story of unlikely dining companions thrown together on a glamorous cruise. Rules: Best letter competition runs until January 19 next year. Entries close each Thursday at 5pm. The winner is selected by 2pm each Friday. Book of the month valued up to $49. Entrants agree to the Competition Terms and Conditions located at www.goldcoastbulletin.com.au/ entertainment/competitions, and our privacy policy. Entrants consent to their information being shared with HarperCollins for the express purpose of delivering prizes. THE master plan for The Spit (GCB, Oct 29, 2018) is certainly to be commended for the way in which it protects the natural aspects of this area, and thanks must go to the community groups who worked to help achieve this.
Instead of complaining about Labor’s supposed “delaying of projects and jobs”, Deb Frecklington would be better off attacking certain developers who announce projects with great fanfare and then can’t or won’t pay the tradies properly. So much for job creation.
The real elephant in the room, however, is the cruise ship terminal, which it seems will lumber back to haunt us with the Mayor flogging it along.
Hasn’t the council already received an expensive report, which the Mayor didn’t want to release in full, giving many good reasons for not having a terminal stuck 1.2km out in the ocean from Philip Park?
Before that, the idea of having a terminal in the Broadwater was likewise squashed – even a “boutique-sized” cruise ship terminal would require regular and expensive dredging. And who is going to bear the cost of that?
Moreover, Philip Park should remain a park, not end up as a mass of concrete to service cruise ships.
The superyachts would be better placed further up the northern part of the Gold Coast.
The Broadwater area near The Spit is not a huge area and the smaller boats used by locals would end up being squeezed out. DOROTHY LLOYD
THE Gold Coast is the secondlargest city in Queensland and the sixth largest in Australia and yet the Police Minister Mark Ryan prefers senior officers to have desk jobs rather than be out monitoring crime and supporting less experienced officers. (GCB, Oct 30).
This reflects the naivety of many Palaszczuk Government ministers who simply are not in control of their portfolios.
Criminal activity on the Coast is highly visible hence necessitating the concentration of the top brass in the major areas of responsibility. Why is it not happening, Mr Ryan?
KEN JOHNSTON, ROCHEDALE SOUTH
WHY not the best of both worlds? Clean up The Spit north of SeaWorld, build a casino to the south and a cruise ship terminal the ocean side.
The public get their parkland and much-needed work is provided for the Gold Coast.
Surely any reasonable person could not disagree with that. ROD WATSON, SURFERS PARADISE
THE sentence handed to a repeat criminal in Southport court (GCB, 11/09) is absolute lunacy.
This offender already has a
long list of violent attacks, and doesn’t mind bashing women.
No wonder the Bulletin reported the victim’s family and friends stormed out of the courtroom in absolute anger after hearing such an outrageous verdict.
The Queensland justice system needs a big shake-up.
Previous tough, no-nonsense LNP Premier Campbell Newman secretly ‘’auditioned’’ Queensland’s top judges and caught them off guard before rejecting them, and instead chose tough judge Tim Carmody to be Chief Justice.
If you ever get a couple of hours to spare, go and sit in an open courtroom and observe the revolving-door criminals being set free, all walking out with the one finger salute and laughing at Queensland Labor’s pathetic justice system, after their lawyers had demonstrated their Hollywood acting skills to get these scumbags freed.
It is an absolute eye-opener. KEN WADE, TWEED HEADS
SO this is what political ambition looks like, girls and boys.
Notice all these so-called adults at each other’s throats? It’s a charming sight isn’t it? Now, for homework, you are to write 200 words on how you would manage all this chaos, bring people together, and make Australia wonderful again. DAVID HALL, COOMBABAH