White men ‘not to blame’
It appears ever so popular nowadays for some people to take the moral high ground and blame events like the Trump election, Britex (sic) and even our own Pauline Hanson’s comeback to be caused by white males, racism and misogyny.
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They avoid the real reason, which is high immigration of any race or colour, taking jobs, keeping the price of housing high, choking the roads and trains and just basically lowering the quality of life.
Yes, take heed Australia it is happening here.
George Allen
Nelson Bay
Parking worse than ever
I have written several times over the past five years about the lack of parking available at Birubi Beach, and this week the council has made parking even less available.
As a resident of Anna Bay, a great place to live, I enjoy a daily coffee at Crest. I am unable most weekends to enjoy my daily routine because of lack of available parking.
The council has painted a yellow line along the road at Patterson Drive and has spent a great deal of ratepayers’ money locking up previously available parking spaces by placing a great number of large rocks alongside the yellow lines they painted to prevent parking.
On a normal Sunday, with nippers activities at the beach, the car park was completely full by 9.30am. To make things worse the overflow carpark where the tourist operators set up was also full and can you believe it loaded with cars towing horse floats for some kind of approved event? Go figure.
What is urgently needed is the construction of a minimum of 100 additional carpark spaces at the beach. We are blessed with 44 kilometres of Stockton beach, surely there is sufficient land for parking, especially alongside James Paterson Drive, leading to the headland. The wasted space between the right of James Paterson Drive and the existing small car park; and then the large space directly north and behind the existing small car park could be used.
There is also a great need for more disabled parking with only two spaces available. I’m a very disappointed ratepayer over this festering issue, please urgently fix this problem for the sake of our local community and tourism.
John Vassallo
Anna Bay
Abestos still a threat
Asbestos is a killer that continues to claim the lives of Australians years after it was banned in Australia in 2003.
To save lives we’re on a mission to educate more Australians about potentially dangerous asbestos products still lurking in one third of Aussie homes.
In recent times in what’s been dubbed the ‘third wave’ of victims, homeowners, DIYers and tradies have been identified as those most at risk when they renovate homes, unknowingly disturb asbestos and inhale the fibres that can kill.
Asbestos is not a thing of the past. It remains an ever-present danger. If managed safely and products remain undisturbed, sealed and in good condition asbestos doesn’t pose a health risk. However, asbestos remains in one in every three Aussie homes and if disturbed releasing fibres that can be inhaled, lives can be at risk. Asbestos is not just in fibro homes. Any brick, weatherboard, fibro or clad home, even apartments built or renovated before 1987 will contain asbestos in some form or another. Asbestos could be lurking under floor coverings, in walls, behind wallpaper, under floor and wall tiles, in eaves, garages, carports, sheds, bathrooms, kitchens, laundries, roofs, fences and even concrete paths. Visit asbestosawareness.com.au to learn what asbestos products might look like, where they might be lurking in homes and how to manage it safely.
John Jarratt
Ambassador, Asbestos Awareness Month Campaign