Sacrifices not justified

CAIRNS MP Michael Healy said: ”Our priority has always been preservation of life and the protection of people in vulnerable communities.” (Cairns Post, 26/5)

But locking up the Yarrabah community so, as Federal MP Bob Katter noted, “They can’t even get shoes, underwear or warm blankets” is ridiculous.

Mr Healy said everyone had been forced to make sacrifices; ”forced” being the key word.

We who are ”forced to make sacrifices“might be more willing if there were credible scientific proof that key restriction such as isolation, social distancing and travel restrictions were essential.

There are numerous credible scientific studies that demonstrate the opposite.

Meanwhile, our local economy has been ruined.

Peter Senior, Redlynch 1933: Walt Disney’s Academy Awardwinning animated short The Three Little Pigs is released.

1967: Australian people approve ending of constitutional discrimination against Aborigines by 90.8 per cent referendum vote.

2014: Rolf Harris, (above) the 83-yearold Australian entertainer, begins giving evidence in his defence at his UK sex abuse trial. He talks about his career, demonstrates the wobble board, and sings a verse of Jake The Peg for the jury.

2016: Scientists say it’s only a matter of time before an antibiotic-resistant “superbug” detected in the United States ends up in Australia.

2018: The makers of Sesame Street announce plans to sue the producers of The Happytime Murders, an R-rated muppet film, for misusing and tarnishing their brand.