Don’t dally, approve Adani
REGARDING juvenile crime: I read with interest in the Townsville Bulletin (21/1) the suggestion for a bootcamp for these young, very savvy criminals.
It reminded me of a film I once saw called Holes.
Although fictional, it was a good illustration of how to break the cycle.
It involved sending young offenders to an institution in the desert where they had good shelter and food but no TV or technology at all.
They were ordered to do manual work and the shifty operators had them all digging holes in the desert.
I do not condone that practice but it would be very good for an institution in such an environment where they could learn basic work and lifestyle skills as well as doing two hours of schooling at night from 7-9pm. They would then retire to bed for a 6.30am rise to start the next day.
They would not be allowed any TV or technology, including mobile phones, until they had completed their time at the institution. It would be a far cry from Cootharinga.
Perhaps their parents should also be made to attend a separate camp in the same style and then only on weekends bring all the family together for family time and interactive behaviour skills.
Another topic that has raised my ire lately is the discussion around Adani and low emissions power stations.
Can anyone clarify for me two very puzzling questions?
Firstly, why are the “green” protesters so vehemently against Adani’s Carmichael mine and not any of the other coal mines in the same area? For instance, Gina Rinehart (she is also in partnership in two separate projects – one with an Indian franchise and the other with a Chinese group) and there is not even any noise against Clive Palmer’s mine in the area.
And now we have more of a puzzle with another mine being given instant approval to proceed while the “expert independent” panel made up of objectors is given the power to make a final decision on Adani.
The excuse of the black-throated finch is just that – an excuse.
If they were truly investigating the finchs’ habitats they would also look at the numbers around RavenswoodCharters Towers-burdekin region where they are often found in huge numbers.
This is because they migrate to different areas at different times of the year.
Ken Knuth was absolutely on the mark with his recent letter as he used to have a property in the abovementioned area.
We have seen the figures on the huge numbers of low emissions power stations being built in China and other Asian countries and their emissions are very low so they will want our coal to run them.
Perhaps that is why Gina Rinehart is in partnership with Asian groups.
So why not Adani, who would bring more employment and prosperity to the North?
Is that the reason – it would benefit the North?
It seems from all the busy investments in a very overcrowded southeast that that is all that Queensland is made up of and we are just a backwoods.
We in Australia, at least for the foreseeable future, need to have HELE power stations.
What could be going on behind the scenes?
If the activists and protesters are being paid by the government or receiving the dole then they are taking money from the workers who earn the taxes to fill the government purse that pays them. Soon there will be no jobs for workers to fill that piggy bank – and don’t count on technology for the future.
The more things are automated the fewer jobs there will be for workers and a lot less taxes for the Treasury.
I have just read an article on MSN news about how automation and robots will hurt the US in their future.
Approve Adani’s Carmichael mine and do it now. SHIRLEY KELLY, Ayr