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I believe congratulations are in order to the Labor Party re: their many election promises which are geared to achieve their goal.
Quite obviously their goal is to destroy this great country.
By now most clear-thinking voters should have thought through their policies to their final conclusion.
Negative gearing, enormous taxing, raiding super, insane climate policy which will have enormous unaffordable cost, Greens and CFMEU dictating whatever action must be carried out, shutting down freedom of speech, etc, etc.
Well I have warned you and if you are foolish enough to vote this gaggle of economic vandals into power you will wring your hands in despair in a few years. NICK BELLOFF QANTAS CEO Alan Joyce says he is happy with the stand taken by Rugby Australia on Israel Folau quoting the Bible, presumably because he regards ( incorrectly in my view) the quotes as homophobic.
Yet Mr Joyce has orchestrated a partnership with an international airline, owned by a country where homosexuals are sent to jaal, if not executed.
So his dislike of homophobia is selective. How hypocritical and disgusting. He should hang his head in shame and we should totally ignore this opportunist, whose mouth is bigger than his business morals.
As for Rugby Australia, they too, are selective in their dislike of homophobia. How can they sanction an employee, yet continue to take the money of Mr Joyce’s Qantas, given his hypocrisy? The mind boggles.
Rugby Australia and Mr Joyce can go to hell, as far as I am concerned! JIM WILSON, TALLEBUDGERA PAUL Weston was the bearer of glad tidings in his column, ‘Confidence Blooms in Main Beach’.
Planning for the Spring Flower Festival is now well advanced, with an exciting program planned for this inaugural event over the weekend of September 7-8 .
The festival has received generous support from Cr Gary Baildon from Division 7, John Paul Langbroek, and several prestigious sponsors from Main Beach and beyond.
The festival will include lavish floral decoration of the Tedder Ave business precinct, a rooftop entertainment hub, workshops, exhibitors stalls, and several highly sought-after functions, including a botanical gin soirée and the Signature High Tea.
If readers register at www.mainbeachfestival.com.au they automatically enter a draw for a free cup of coffee for 365 days at several top cafes at Tedder Ave and Marina Mirage.
I’m very glad to report that new young leadership team at the Main Beach Progress Association are lending enthusiasm and expertise to the Flower Festival. What a combination of youth and experience! SUE DONOVAN, PRESIDENT, THE MAIN BEACH ASSOCIATION QUEENSLAND’S elderly and 60,000-plus nurses deserve answers.
In the lead-up to International Nurses’ Day on May 12, Queensland nurses want to know where the leaders of the nation’s two major political parties stand on the critical issue of staffing in aged care.
Australian aged care is in crisis. Currently, there are no federal laws that require even one Registered Nurse (RN) must be physically on site at an aged care facility at any time.
This means it is not illegal for elderly residents to be left without an RN. It is also not illegal to leave a single RN with an uncapped number of elderly residents.
The federal government announced a Royal Commission into Aged Care in September last year. Distressing stories of systemic neglect and abuse linked to understaffing and lack of regulation continue to be revealed.
Clearly this crisis warrants a Royal Commission – however we cannot wait until the commission ends in 2020 for action. Australian nurses, elderly and voters deserve to know where party leaders stand on aged care now.
The Queensland Nurses and Midwives’ Union has long campaigned to improve the quality of our aged care system for vulnerable elderly Australians.
On International Nurses’ Day last year, we conducted a secret audit of 83 aged care facilities across the state’s 30 federal electorates. Each facility audited revealed dangerously low staffing and skill levels – on average only 2.61 care hours per resident per day. This is well below the benchmark of 4.3 hours per day identified in 2016 Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation research.
Minimum staffing levels exist in child care, why not in aged care?
Our mothers, fathers, nurses and all elderly in care deserve this respect. BETH MOHLE, SECRETARY, QUEENSLAND NURSES AND MIDWIVES’ UNION