MEDDLING NOT OUR PLACE
WHILST I in no way support the arrangement between the Solomons and China, they are, after all, sovereign independent countries and therefore we are in no position to dictate foreign policy, or any other, as the federal opposition leader thinks Australia is able to do.
It’s not just fruit and veg getting dearer, it’s fuel, it’s groceries, it’s hardware, it’s everywhere. This inflation is an artefact of government interference in our lives over Covid. All they needed to do was say “Hey, there’s a bad flu around. Stay home if you get sick.” But they didn’t. They borrowed a trillion dollars in our names and blew it on nothing at all. Personally I will never vote ALP or LNP so long as I should live.
Marion, Atherton
The visitor comments published during the week are quite interesting to read. While I agree with most of them I suspect they haven’t travelled far from their hotels or the Esplanade. If they had, the “cleanliness” tag would not be brandished about quite so much.
Ian, Mt Sheridan
Cairns council can make acceptable behaviour policies until the cows come home but it won’t change CBD crime. Only the state government hardening up and returning to old laws that worked can do that. Yes, it means locking people up in work camps or prisons until they dry out properly and learn some life skills. The alternative is
Friday’s Harry Bruce cartoon was a ripper. All the major parties do is lie. They lie about each other but most of all they lie to us. That’s why the trust is broken (Snowy, texts, 22/4) and that’s why I’ll be avoiding the how-to-vote handouts and putting the majors last. a cesspit CBD that no sensible person will visit.
Trader, CBD
Mick, of Edmonton, re single lane road to Croydon (CP, 22/04). The United Australia Party has promised to return 25 per cent of the wealth created in a region to the region that created it.
That’s the best hope we have of getting our regional roads upgraded.
Fisho, Trinity Beach
Australia has always helped the Solomon Islands every time they needed it. We could never compete with the Chinese offer especially after their virus has all but sent us broke. But we might as well blame ScoMo as he seems to be responsible for everything these days.
Robbo, Gordonvale
Digger (CP, 21/04), if you want to call someone out that signs off with their real name at least have the courage to put your real name to it.
Democrat, Cairns
Beth Lavington (CP, 22/04), the delegation at Entsch’s office worried about higher tides in the Torres Strait washing away their land was from Warraber Island not Boigu Island. Kerry, Caravonica
With Albo coming down with Covid, shouldn’t all his close contacts, including ScoMo, be in isolation for seven days? You know, like we commoners had to?
Paul, Trinity Beach
The State Minister for Youth Justice lives in a different world. Stated on the news, how successful the juvenile justice program is. It might be in leafy Brisbane, but nowhere else.
Viv, Earlville