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Mariner, Southport (Text The Editor GCB 19/1/2022) Contrary to your assertions, the facts are that global mean sea level has risen 25cm since 1880; half of this rise has occurred since 1970. Rates of sea level rise since 1993 vary across the Australia region, with the largest increases to the north and south-east of the Australian continent.
I suspect AWM is a not a state school snob but a private school snob as her daughters could have attended a much closer to home P12 state school, Varsity College. TBM
One of the arguments opponents of light rail raise is that it will provide a convenient mode of transport for young criminals from lower socioeconomic population centres to the
north to southern beachside suburbs. While this may be true to a degree, young criminals live everywhere and the most popular mode of transport for perpetrators of house break-ins are motor vehicles, a lot of them stolen.
Michael Mcguire (25/01) shouldn’t be so naive about how long Australia Day has been celebrated on January 26. Victoria began observing the date in 1931 and all states had followed by 1935, though it was also known as Foundation Day or ANA Day in some states
A soft Voice blew into Alice Springs Tuesday and then blew out the same day. Yes Albo wants a Voice in Parliament. Dribble, Dribbling, It was his hopeless government that canned a ban on alcoholic sales , now he has realised it’s a very dumb decision, after the horse has bolted. Just one of many bad plans still to come. KB Tweed
If Ash Gardner doesn’t want to play cricket on Australia Day tell her to have a day off. Captain
Only people unwilling to accept the historical truth can deny the dreadful way indigenous people of Australia have been treated since the First Fleet landed in Sydney Cove on 26 January 1788. Changing the date we celebrate Australia Day cannot undo what has been done, but it can show that we have grown as a people and are willing to take another step in the pathway to reconciliation.
The Voice has about the same credibility as the Sorry campaign. More tokenism to appease part indigenous activist from the cities. Dave
The world’s most qualified pharmaceutical expert, Dr Michael Yeadon (former Vice President of Pfizer) has turned whistleblower and has called out every aspect of the Gates-fauci global response to covid as a vast conspiracy designed to cull the human population. Our political leaders need to listen to Dr
Yeadon very carefully. Alison Jamieson
Richard Holliday, Bully, 24/1; suggests more lifeguard towers to prevent drownings on GC and he’s happy for his rates to pay for this extra surveillance. Well Richard I’m not happy for my rates to increase to support more expenditure to better protect tourists, we need a per day bed tax on visitors to help pay for what they utilise, it’s called user pays and operates in most overseas travel destinations, wake up Tate. By the way Richard your suggestion of a tower at the new Langham resort, there is and has been a tower right there for many years. Pete Surfers
Talk of mandatory sentencing usually only arises when there is a perception the judiciary is failing to hand down sentences that align with community expectations. My understanding of the doctrine of the separation of powers, is that the legislature make the laws, the executive puts the laws into operation and the judiciary interpret the laws. Mandatory sentencing is an outmoded, failed tool and a far better response to youth crime would be better laws, based on better policies, for the judiciary to interpret.
Announcement that inflation has risen again, to a 30-year record high, shows that continually increasing home loan interest rates only hurts struggling families even more! What’s the Govt’s Plan B?? Razr
As Keith Woods observes (GCB, 25/1), there are no consequences for the young criminals who fearlessly invade our homes. The surge in these home invasions is because the moronic Labor government removed all consequences. Back when we still had our God-given basic human right to defend ourselves, our loved ones, our homes, and our property, we could knock these little mongrels out and detain them for the police who would take them before a
814
Charlemagne, the king who united much of Europe to form the Holy Roman Empire, dies at Aachen in what is now Germany.
1547
England’s King Henry VIII dies in London, depressed and obese at 55, leaving his nine-year-old son to rule as Edward VI.
1596
Death of English navigator Francis Drake, at age 55, off the coast of Panama.
1871
Paris surrenders in the Franco-german War, marking the end of French domination of Europe and Otto von Bismark’s foundation of the German empire. Foreign minister Jules Favre signs the surrender.
1887
England score their all-time low when they are dismissed for 45 in their first innings of the first Test against Australia, at the SCG.
1932
Japan attacks Shanghai with bombers and troops after Chinese protests against the invasion of Manchuria. 1958
Greek men riot in Melbourne when bridal ship Castel Felice carrying prospective wives is nine hours late.
America’s unmanned Ranger 3 robotic spacecraft fails to hit the moon, missing it by 36,874km. It is going too fast because of too much thrust soon after takeoff. 1963
A shark fatally attacks actor Marcia Hathaway in shallow water at Sugarloaf Bay in Sydney’s Middle Harbour.
1966
A rich ore find at Kambalda, Western Australia, by WMC, launches Australia’s nickel industry. 1972
General Motors Holden sacks 1240 staff in NSW, Victoria and SA. 2005
Mamdouh Habib, 48, flies into Sydney from Guantanamo Bay (pictured) after three years in custody as a suspected terrorist. 2008
Adam Gilchrist retires from Test cricket at 36, walking off Adelaide Oval with teammates forming a guard of honour.