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■ Surprise, surprise’ Peter Beattie stuffs up the opening and closing ceremonies of Comm games then with a smile apologises. It is just like the old days when he was premier. Stuff up Pete with his weekly apologies. I’m sure he wasn’t sorry enough to decline his million dollar salary. Nothing changes.
LG, Tmba
■ Can anyone tell me why the new access road from the north has to have a major deviation at the second range crossing? A side track could have been built where the bridge is, and the bridge could have been built on the old straight alignment.
Old Fart, Highfields
■ If identifying as a gender or sex is so difficult for the politically correct then why not just ditch the box altogether and simply identify as human. I wonder what all the BS over gender identification is distracting us from?
VMCK
■ How utterly sad and disgusting that some public hospitals are having to trial stab-proof vests for staff. These workers don’t get the money or respect they deserve and yet they always have to respect whoever comes through the door often at risk to themselves.
■ Failed politician, failed at the games and already shown ignorance at NRL WHY?
DBT
■ TRC has to do something about barking dogs in Alderley and Fromalls Streets and Melody Drive and around the Harristown Park area. It’s getting bloody unbearable.
GS, Harristown
■ If we become a republic does that mean we no longer participate in Commonwealth Games? DH, Toowoomba
■ Miffed, when we become a republic we will still be part of the Commonwealth and still take part in Comm Games!
Ellen Smith, Roma
■ Do we have to watch My Kitchen Rules three nights a week and noon each day as well? Enough is enough
MF, Middle Ridge
■ Hey Miffed. Just to let you know that of the 52 nations in the commonwealth 31 of these are republics. I don’t think Australia will be confined to the Olympics Peter, Harristown
■ Why are our television media people so naive? Natalia, Greens leader, stated on the project and ABC breakfast seven million Australians use marijuana currently. That’s nearly one third of us. TV presenters just accept these figures. Jim B, Cent Heights
■ Reply to Miffed. Around half of the nations of the Commonwealth are republics so if Australia becomes a republic I am sure we would be welcome to rejoin and compete in the games.
RG, Tba
■ Miffed, M/Ck. 32 Nations which competed in the 2018 Commonwealth Games are republics, including South Africa, India, Pakistan, Singapore, Cyprus and Malta. You Royalists don’t let facts get in the way.
Paul Clifford, Esk
■ Toowoomba Council should be ashamed at handing over $27k to out of town sports club. Can we please have this money spent on the touch fields at Kearneys Spring. The playing fields need levelling and the car park is a disgrace with plain red dirt in the gardens. Absolute joke.
VMCK
■ The only hope for Aust is not a failed arrogant billy or a smirking no all Malcom, let’s go back to the future, Mr Costello. Super treasurer. Dbt