YOUR VIEWS

IS Albo, our next Prime Minister, up for the job?

P. C. WILSON

THANK you, Paul Weston, for highlighting the plight of koalas in the path of the Coomera Connector at Helensvale. Clearly the plans for the Coomera Connector do not protect them.

Politicians call the koala an icon when promoting tourism and the case for Olympics in Australia. We need the same politicians to give the koala and other threatened species the same iconic status when assessing projects that threaten their survival.

Sadly, we have Australian environment ministers who see their primary role as granting environmental approvals and exemptions for major projects that destroy habitat. No wonder Australia has one of the worst records for species extinction.

Our wildlife must be hoping for Greens environment ministers who really do the job which is to protect the environment and to halt species extinction.

JOHN WOODLOCK, MAUDSLAND

SO Anthony Albanese is going to “fess up” if he makes a mistake. Well, claiming that he wasn’t given a chance to answer the question about the NDIS after being allowed six opportunities to do so is hardly “fessing up”.

BILL TURNER, HOPE ISLAND

THE Bulletin has shown itself to be environmentally conscious. Thank you for printing my concerns about the Oceanway, which has started outside our beachfront apartments at Surfers.

I am aghast at how destructive this is to the dunes between us and the ocean. Flattened dunes, with the sea within cooee. And my photos of the sea encroaching up the path of the building next door have been ignored by all I sent them too – yes, even the Bulletin.

What on earth has possessed the council and state government to collude in this vandalism of our lovely beaches? Where is the now defunct State Beachfront Authority, which over the years was able to guide the retaining of sand dunes and beaches as a priority over handing them over to developers and contractors for tourism.

Don’t try and tell me it is of benefit to the community, when the government is encouraging motorised skateboards and scooters – not to mention bikes – to be tearing along this road. Yes, it was approved as a ROAD in the early 20th century (there was no building along it then!) but now the danger to all residents – and dare I say it – huge input in cash to our council of all the rates being paid surely has some bearing in what is arbitrarily done directly outside homes. Security, safety, privacy, all gone. Are our rates going to be reduced accordingly?

Shame, shame, shame. I know I have said it before, but what about spending our money on road mending in the suburbs and saving the $7m by leaving our beaches alone to be enjoyed as they have been for decades before now. CAROL PEARCE, SURFERS PARADISE