The Advertiser and Sunday Mail Letters to the Editor June 29-July 5
July 4: Readers have their say on the AFL hubs, illegal crossing of the borders and vulnerable communities going into lockdown.
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SATURDAY, JULY 4, AND SUNDAY, JULY 5
AFL hub snub
PREMIER Steven Marshall rightly refuses to put South Australia at risk by refusing to establish a hub for the AFL here.
He says it is important to keep SA safe from COVID-19.
Not important enough, however, to devote the resources to control the apparently endless flow of road transport from Victoria, the COVID-19 capital of Australia.
PHIL DAVENPORT, Millicent
Border openings
OUR eastern border closed? What a joke.
In this area, people are driving through Edenhope and coming out at Coonawarra without a problem.
And this may be just the tip of the iceberg.
The number of Victorian cars on the South Eastern Freeway is a testament to this.
BARBARA MERCER, Port MacDonnell
Isolation mercy
I AM concerned about the blaming of people in Victoria where there are rising rates of COVID-19 in their communities.
Most of these communities have lower socio-economic status and tend to be populated by those who have less secure work and lack the financial buffers to allow them to put food on the table when they need to self-isolate.
Because we are all in this together, we need to ensure people can feed their families during this disaster.
This will allow them to stay safely at home and keep the rest of us safe. Smart comments about work ethic and threats will not encourage compliance.
LESLEY BRETAG, Warradale
Asylum sought
IF you are finding two weeks’ isolation hard going, consider the asylum seekers who have been in detention for years.
Tell the Federal Government they deserve at least as much compassion as protesters in Hong Kong.
MARGARET FURNESS, Littlehampton
Island quarantine
WE can now see how difficult and costly it is to control a COVID-19 outbreak in a semi-locked down Melbourne.
So just imagine the difficulty and backward steps required if we get infections in the now unlocked areas of suburban Australia.
Since a component of the Victorian outbreak was due to a leakage out of hotel quarantine, it’s time to leave the cities and think more remotely.
It was good enough for the Diamond Princess passengers so why not revisit using the quarantine facilities of Christmas Island?
GERRY KRIEG, Hackney
Indigenous voice
JACINTA Price’s opinion on the plight of indigenous Australians, and on the subject of Black Lives Matter, should be respected.
She is indigenous and is the director of Indigenous research at the Centre for Independent Studies.
Jacinta recently told Sydney radio broadcaster Ray Hadley: “It’s evident that Aboriginal people, we are committing crimes.
“If we want to lower the rates of black deaths in custody and incarceration then we’ve got to stop committing these crimes. It’s fairly simple.”
She has consistently also highlighted the alarming number of indigenous crimes against their own in the Northern Territory.
Indigenous voices such as Jacinta’s need to be more regularly heard for the purpose of balance rather than only from those who continually place blame on non-indigenous Australians, the police and governments.
BRUCE BURFORD, Adelaide
Unley stalwart
I WAS pleased to see the recognition of former Unley councillor Mike Hudson’s long service (“Veteran councillor calls time”, The Advertiser, Thursday).
He always spoke his mind and truly listened to the residents and acted in their best interests.
It was a privilege to serve with him at Unley Council. I know he will be missed.
BOB SCHNELL, former Unley councillor
Quiet streets
AUSTRALIA is not the US.
Nor do I think we should aim to be.
It’s with that in mind, I say I’m appalled to learn that a select group of SA police are now authorised to carry assault rifles through our quiet city.
I can’t begin to think what question they’re asking that warrants this.
But this definitely is not the answer.
CALUM HURLEY, Adelaide
Cat law quashed
READING “Catfight as bylaw astray” (The Advertiser, Friday), I am pleased to see that the Legislative Review Committee and Environment Minister David Speirs have quashed this ill-conceived and cruel cat-curfew bylaw.
This proposed bylaw has caused great concern, stress and anxiety for cat owners and carers, particularly the older members of our community and the disabled.
Cats are not dogs and cannot be controlled like dogs.
Cats are independent animals, and this is one main reason why they are chosen as companions by those who cannot physically exercise dogs.
We cannot have our senior citizens stumbling about in the dark trying to get wayward cats to comply with the curfew, or live in fear that their beloved pet will be trapped and killed.
Also, confined cats require considerable work to change litter trays and keep the house clean.
This is impossible for those in a wheelchair.
Cat bylaws have never proved to be successful in any case. They simply make matters worse.
B.B. FOSTER, Daw Park
Global threat
I’VE long been worried about global warming.
I’ve also been concerned about Australian Government inaction on this threat. Now I need worry no more.
The defence strategy announced this week is aimed to directly confront China. If China reacts militarily, the US must support us, following treaties such as ANZUS.
Both China and the US are nuclear-armed to the teeth. A nuclear conflict would lead to a worldwide nuclear winter.
Hey presto, no more global warming. No thanks.
We are not facing a Nazi-like threat, Prime Minister Scott Morrison. Mutual belligerence and iron-clad treaties better resemble the start of World War I. In a nuclear age.
Dr JOCK CHURCHMAN, Firle
Fixing buses
I’VE lived in this city for nearly seven decades and, though I don’t use public transport that often, I fully understand its strengths and weaknesses.
I’ve also used public transport all over this country and many parts of the world.
Across the years, governments have tried to make significant changes to get more bums on seats but to no avail.
The free trams with the extension through the city have had some success but the latest extension is a flop. Transport Minister Stephan Knoll has tried to innovate but won’t be allowed to make changes.
I’m not saying he was right but retaining the status quo will have no success and public transport will remain the same dog’s breakfast. Climate-change activists are asking for change but have no practical nor innovative solutions, so they are just another case of the blind leading the blind. Adelaide remains stuck in the last century. A new deal for this new Millennium is decades away and the car still rules.
DAVID BISHOP, South Plympton
Wattle awards
WITH reference to letters in The Advertiser discussing the new brand logo for Australia, what has not been explained is that the design is very similar to that used in the design of medals and regalia of the Order of Australia.
This design represents an expanded view of the flower head of Australia’s floral emblem, the golden wattle.
(Dr) ED McALISTER AO, Parkside
Backdate cash
PREMIER Steven Marshall has just announced lower water costs for all residents in SA.
What about the past seven years of overcharges? For every household across this period, the overcharging amounts to hundreds of dollars. Surely there is some comeback for us ratepayers.
I have contacted a national litigation firm to see if a class action can be started against those who deliberately made the decision to impose unjust charges on us.
ROBERT GOODWIN, Dernancourt
Moral stance
M.F. Horton is right – we should expect more from pollies than that they are “doing nothing wrong” (“Pollies do right”, The Advertiser, Thursday).
What they often mean is that they are doing nothing illegal. They equate wrong with illegal but wrong is, or should be, much more than that.
Insurance companies were found to be charging premiums on life insurance to dead people. They did nothing illegal but it was clearly wrong.
This comes from our tendency to outsource our conscience to the law.
But the law is a poor and limited substitute.
DAVID HARRIS, Novar Gardens
Trade talk
GARRY Turner is fed up with our essential services being sold off to opportunistic monopolies that end up bleeding us (“Eye on transport”, The Advertiser, Wednesday).
Maybe Garry, and every Australian, should learn to live with the bleeding process.
Australia has international free-trade obligations that include financial services – the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership, for example.
It is an agreement best described as a template for the corporate colonisation of Australia that came into force on December 30, 2018.
BOB RUWOLDT, Seacombe Heights
Overland rail bill would cost less than paying spin doctors
BRAVO, Peter Goers (“Saving the Overland is more than just waffle”, Sunday Mail, 28/6/20).
Your recognition of our precious Overland train service between Adelaide and Melbourne is welcome.
It has, indeed, been run down, but remains essential to disabled, other mobility-impaired, the elderly, country passengers, families with young children, and international visitors.
We have been opposing its demise for more than two years, and thank Victoria’s Andrews Government for paying SA’s contribution.
Our bill was less than 1.5 spin doctors a year. Or probably less than the TV ads by the State Government telling us that they’re delivering us cheaper water.
This train service is the only means for many to travel interstate. Not only is it historic and wonderful, it is critical.
ANNETTE HOLDEN, Fulham Gardens
Slow travel savoured
TRAINS are my preferred way to get into Adelaide and travel interstate — but only if time is not an issue.
Slow travel is a lot less stressful and allows plenty of time to unwind and read.
I am a nearly 40-year veteran of travelling on The Overland, having connections in both Adelaide and Melbourne.
It went from a full-service journey to cardboard everything, then a daytime ramble across country. All of which I loved.
It would be a great shame if the journey became obsolete and dismantled. We must, indeed, use this service now or face losing it again.
JENNY ESOTS, Willunga
Pay for trolleys
BEING a daily walker, I continue to be astounded by the number of shopping trolleys that are abandoned.
They are in all sorts of strange places and predominantly from Coles and Woolworths.
They should follow the example of Aldi, which has a coin-locking system.
I am yet to see an Aldi one on my travels.
ERROL DUKE, Elizabeth East
Grooms go casual
THERE seems to be an increasing trend for brides to be in beautiful regalia while grooms are coming to the altar in quite casual clothes.
Only one of the three grooms in the June 28 edition wore a tie (“While in the City of Love …”, Sunday Mail, 28/6/20).
ARMIDA POLI, Glenside
Governments blend
DISTINGUISHING between local, state and federal governments was once an easy task, but today it is becoming virtually impossible.
Evidence clearly indicates that the three tiers of government are no longer required due to their duplication of services and questionable decisions and behaviours.
Pick up any daily newspaper and taxpayers are regularly informed of a litany of contentious and deeply concerning activities.
These include deficit budgets, program overspends, high wages and perks, misuse of government vehicles, lack of consultation, spiralling rates/taxes, inappropriate behaviour of elected members, flip-flop decision- making, too much red tape and wasting time on trivial issues.
This is at all three levels of government.
Application of commonsense decision-making and paying greater attention to important and pressing issues, rather than constantly dwelling on matters which have little or no impact or benefit for Australians, need to be given a higher priority.
Removing one level of government and tightening up and bringing into line the remaining two is vital if Australia is to recover financially and socially from the coronavirus pandemic.
IAN MacGOWAN, Ceduna
Mandatory testing
AFTER all our hard work and sacrifices, why would governments even hesitate to make COVID-19 testing mandatory, especially for new arrivals?
This is not a lottery, so don’t make it one. Come on, Prime Minister Scott Morrison, continue to protect your constituents. You’ve done a grand job thus far so don’t stop now. Lock it in.
SUZANNE O’MALLEY, Glenelg North
Poem for virus
LIKE most teenage lads I liked to have some fun.
My white Corona was the way my travelling was done.
This was my pride and joy as I drifted from town to town.
With my mates and dog on board all forever bound.
No longer is a corona a ride of fun and joy.
Things have changes a lot since I was a boy.
My time on Earth has been rewarding but my bubble sometimes bursts.
It’s the year of the coronavirus, a deadly, evil curse.
They say it came from China like most things surely do.
Many trade in odds and ends, but we don’t want the flu.
The times have changed, it’s like being back at school.
To survive this pandemic we must follow the golden rule.
We are told to keep a distance from a marking on the mat.
Staying well away with room to swing a cat.
South Australian is the place to be, so we are told the new norm.
Has hit us as we quiver with the cold.
It’s not safe to go to England, America or Spain.
Not safe to cross the border, which to some is such a pain.
Restrictions are easing and 10 is the score.
We will all survive in Australia if we keep within the law.
ROB KUTCHER, Kadina
Protecting Eddie
THE continual disgraceful comments people like Carlton footballer Eddie Betts have had to endure leaves me disgusted with so many of our sporting public.
Betts has had enough.
His unique skills will soon be lost to this great game.
People saying they are not racist is not good enough unless you act against racism when it raises its ugly head.
Then words are meaningless.
GLEN CHENOWETH, Goolwa North
Learn about history
THE cretins defacing the statues around the country would be better served by learning history.
Colonel William Light was a surveyor and had no involvement in whatever genocide is alluded to.
Black Lives Matter should not be an excuse for airing imagined grievances.
JOHN HUNTER, Parkside
Memories of Crows
WHILE we were all in lockdown, with no live sport, Channel 7 showed games from the “footy vault” and, of course, they showed the games that the Crows won.
But what a breath of fresh air seeing the Crows play as they used to. Handballs that went to teammates and not the opposition, and marks that were taken instead of punching the ball away. Unlike today.
And when they got the ball in defence they would surge forward with quick, short passes to overlapping players, instead of kicking into the far distance to no one in particular and nearly always losing it.
I do wish they would let me coach the Crows! By the way, I’m not including Daniel Talia or Rory Sloane in these remarks. They are the best two players in the competition.
EVE MILLS, Elizabeth North
FRIDAY, JULY 3
Firearms race
WE have finally seen photos of SA Police’s new Security Response section kits (“A long arm of the law”, The Advertiser, Thursday).
In what version of reality do police officers walking the streets in Adelaide need to carry rifles? Across the world, and in our own backyard, we are seeing evidence of the dangers of police impunity.
How tone-deaf can Premier Steven Marshall be to choose this moment to further arm our own police force?
GEMMA BEALE, Mile End
Visa relief
THERE are more than a million people living, working and studying in Australia on temporary visas.
The Federal Government should extend income support to all temporary migrants through this crisis.
People on temporary visas are an integral part of our communities. They’re our neighbours, friends, colleagues and family and they shouldn’t be discriminated against simply because of the visa they hold.
ANDREW DERRINGTON, Croydon
Paying to sell
I REFER to “Solar owners should pay to sell or be paid for switching off” (The Advertiser, Thursday).
This is a truly bright idea that could be applied in other areas as well. How about employees paying their employers for being given a job?
How about manufacturers paying shopkeepers for selling their products? How about supermarkets paying people for buying their goods?
Perhaps there could be an alternative: A prize for someone who could invent a surplus-energy-storage system. It could be called a “battery”.
But it is only the 21st century and we may have to wait for the next one.
ANDREW SNIEDZE, Tranmere
War dangers
AS we muscle up for conflict with China, I am reminded of Albert Einstein’s statement of 1949: “I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.”
China is on an unstoppable trajectory to become the world’s dominant economic, political and cultural power as this century unfolds.
Nothing Australia or the US does will stop this tide of history. Rather than increasingly investing in delusional defence muscling up, Australia should focus on our economic sustainability, inclusiveness, sovereignty and security.
We need different thinking and leadership that diverts billions of taxpayer dollars from weapons to sustainability, housing, education, health, infrastructure, the arts and research
We also need to reflect that developing South Australia as the defence state also makes SA the target state.
STEWART SWEENEY, North Adelaide
Defence spending
ONCE again, I am almost speechless about how governments and politicians think and act.
We are told to tighten our belts. People are restrained from spending on extravagance.
They are denied carer, JobSeeker and pensioner payments, or any minor increases, and are having extreme anxiety with payment of mortgages, rent and essential services.
But the buffoons can find another $270 billion to spend on devices of war for our defence services. Isn’t this deficit already going to take 50 years to pay off in the current circumstances?
JOHN FRANKLIN, Goodwood
String theory
ANTHONY Hosking asks: How long is a piece of string (“Justice call”, The Advertiser, Tuesday)?
The answer, Anthony, is twice as long as half its length.
PAUL POBKE, Craigmore
The flying wattle
QANTAS boss Alan Joyce was part of the committee that selected the new $10 million Australian wattle logo.
It will be interesting to see if he removes all the flying kangaroos from the aircraft and goes with the new logo.
A.B. PEARCE, Woodcroft
Crazy design
MY wife is right again. She pointed out that replacing the kangaroo emblem with a golden coronavirus with AU emblazoned across the middle seems a bit crazy during the pandemic.
Are we trying to say Australia is the COVID-19 capital of the world? It doesn’t even look like wattle and many people overseas think Australia is Austria if you don’t have the kangaroo there somewhere in the mix.
Our kangaroo is uniquely Australian and recognisable, setting us apart from the rest of the world. This is what we need when dealing with our trade partners and tourists.
The golden wattle, while an important part of Australian history, and our national floral emblem, means nothing to most people outside Australia.
And not many Australians would know of its significance either.
The choice of the colour gold, the chemical symbol for gold (AU), and the short-form internet extension for Australia (AU), while clever, is a bit obtuse.
The new logo will allow us to quickly fade into insignificance on the world trade stage.
What a huge mistake the new logo will turn out to be.
BOB DOVE, Rosslyn Park
Roo beauty
SURELY those who want to change the Australian logo to that useless wattle mess must have never been overseas.
The kangaroo has always been the most recognisable and likeable image of Australia.
I’ve travelled the world for 40 years and, if ever someone had trouble recognising my nationality, the mention of the kangaroo brought instant smiles. Stay with something we all value.
B. WILKINS, Yaninee
Laughter works
I READ about Mick Molloy’s challenge to get more men talking (“Mick urges men to talk”, Confidential, The Advertiser, Wednesday).
But, Mick, you were the instigator (actor and writer) of the 2002 movie Crackerjack, and that certainly caused me to laugh. Laughter, I think, is the answer to most woes.
Too many people take life too seriously. And with our current worldwide problems, who can blame them?
But if we can cause others to laugh, I am sure times won’t seem so bad.
So, go to the bowls club, or football, or netball club, and enjoy.
Actually, my bowls club has been smiling for months, ever since they stopped people hugging.
They do not hide from me any more.
WAYNE NICHOLLS, Royston Park
Virgin’s burden
HOW is it reasonable for mum-and-dad shareholders to accept that the directors of Virgin Australia have indebted our company to the tune of $7 billion as a wise strategy to run the business?
Cowboy Richard Branson and his cronies should be called to account, even allowing for COVID-19.
BRIAN TURNER, Felixstow
Deep cleaning
CAFE, pub and restaurant managers, if you want my business, would you please ensure your staff sanitise properly the tables and chairs between patrons.
A quick squirt and perfunctory wipe across the centre of a table are not sufficient to kill viruses left by customers’ finger touches.
That may have been the practice in the past for convenience but it is manifestly unsatisfactory now and in the future.
The whole table surface, edges, under the edges of the table, backs and seats of chairs, edges of seats and under the edges of seats are all places we touch frequently and inadvertently during dining.
All these areas need atomised sanitiser spray to rest on them for a reasonable time, as advised by the manufacturer, before being wiped by a clean cloth.
Hospitality unions ought to be helping you and reinforcing the need with advice and training for staff.
If they are not then they are not being helpful advocating the reduction of restrictions.
If you expect customers to return, you need to be demonstrating that proactive and effective precautions are being taken to impress on them you are assuring their safety.
COVID-19 is going to be with us for a long time. Cleanliness, hygiene and social distancing will have to be maintained resolutely by all of us until, perhaps, an effective vaccine can be rolled out nationally and globally.
KEN HALL-PATCH, Highbury
Well managed
VICTORIA is a great state.
It would be even greater if managed by South Australia.
D. G. PITT, Plympton
Move all AFL
THE AFL clearly has a problem with the continuation of its season following the Victorian community’s inability to deal with COVID-19.
Surely the answer is simple: Create hubs in South Australia, Western Australia, Queensland and NSW and relocate all Victorian-based clubs into those hubs.
Halt the season immediately so those clubs can relocate as soon as possible and, after 14 days’ isolation has been completed, restart the season with a new draw featuring games only in those hubs.
All games would be played outside of Victoria, including all finals, allowing all clubs to move freely between hubs.
Simple.
TREVOR BOWN, Seacombe Heights
End the season
IT’S not because I follow the Adelaide Crows, and the fact they are languishing on the bottom, that makes me think the AFL should abandon the 2020 season.
There are many ongoing issues with coronavirus.
But it’s more that I don’t like Port Adelaide Power, and they are unbeaten on top.
PETER McCALLUM, Booleroo Centre
THURSDAY, JULY 2
Wattle we do?
SO, to promote Australian interests overseas, the nation’s Brand Advisory Council has replaced the official double boomerang logo with a bunch of dots that looks more like the NBN logo than a wattle flower (“Wattle set to sideline kangaroo in selling our nation”, The Advertiser, Wednesday).
This is now preferred to a kangaroo that was internationally and immediately recognisable.
Seriously I had to check that it wasn’t April 1 or perhaps a new ABC series of Utopia.
No thanks. My export-award-winning company will stick to giving out the highly sought-after and immediately recognisable kangaroo tie pins we have been giving away at international trade fairs around the globe for more than 35 years.
Marketing 101, I would have thought. But what would I know?
DAVID HALL, Tranmere
No imagination
THE new logo to represent Australia would have to be the most unimaginative piece of artwork possible.
It has no resemblance to a wattle branch or the colour of wattle.
The ugly imprint of “AU” in the centre does not reflect anything Australian.
Trade Minister Simon Birmingham should dismiss Australia’s Nation Brand Advisory Council, if that is the best they can come up with, instead of accepting their logo.
We deserve better than that to represent us.
A. BOWERS, Glenelg North
Red-light turns
IT was encouraging to read of the State Government’s intention to trial the scheme of turning left through a red light when safe to do so.
Such schemes have been working effectively in other parts of the world for a number of years.
This initiative has the potential to ease congestion, reduce travel time and cut emissions, for negligible outlay. Hopefully, this scheme will be rolled out across the city in the near future.
MARK WALSH, Tranmere
Pollies do right
CONSTITUENTS expect a higher standard of politicians than just that they are doing nothing wrong.
M. F. HORTON, Clarence Park
Heed flu warning
WE should take the warning that “China discovers new swine flu strain” seriously, and not be downplaying the threat to humans (The Advertiser, Wednesday)
We have all seen what has happened in the US through President Donald Trump’s refusal to take the coronavirus seriously. Literally millions of people are going to die because of his incompetence.
If we continue to use and abuse animals in these cruel and appalling factory farms, diseases such as this new strain of flu, G4 EA H1N1, will flourish. And there is no guarantee that they won’t mutate and cause human-to-human transmission.
Isn’t it obvious that the pandemic we are now facing was caused by the terrible treatment of animals in wet markets?
How many more warnings do we need to alert us to the fact that we can’t go on treating animals the way we have been, and still survive without these deadly infections?
JAMES M RICHARDSON, Waterloo Corner
Council harmony
DISAGREEMENT between Tea Tree Gully Mayor Kevin Knight and councillors does not make for good government (“Opinion, The Advertiser, Wednesday).
Such tensions occur in any system where the presiding officer is directly elected by the voters.
Hence, the farcical agreement of councillors to express outrage at the Mayor without the power of removal.
Better to fill the top position from among elected councillors, so their chosen presiding officer enjoys the confidence of council, serving at its pleasure and doing its bidding.
DAVID D’LIMA, Sturt
Check-out cheque
MY sister Heather has disabilities so it is hard for her to even do her grocery shopping.
Wednesday morning she told me she had gone over to Foodland at Aberfoyle Park to find she had left her purse at home.
It was too much effort to go home and get her purse, so she went into Foodland and only chose a few groceries because she had a small amount of money inside her mobile-phone cover.
When she came through the check-out, she had to leave a few groceries behind because she didn’t have enough money.
A very kind and thoughtful person in the queue behind Heather came racing out to her car and gave her the additional groceries, which they had paid for.
Finally a feel-good story that makes us all realise there are still people that will be thoughtful enough to think of helping others in these difficult times.
VALERIE DELLOW, Hove
Target legal aid
I READ with interest the article “$2b boost to state’s legal aid” (The Advertiser, Wednesday).
I certainly agree with the funding proposed. Especially to help those in troubled relationships, families in crisis and the most vulnerable.
However, there must be a criteria set for those that perpetrate continual trouble within the community and have accumulated a long criminal history. In most cases, when in trouble with the law, these people approach legal aid for assistance. They seem to thrive on attending court hearings and are basically a nuisance to society.
But they are costing the taxpayer hundreds of thousands of dollars as a result. Unfortunately, there appears to be a considerable number of these people and the funding will soon dissipate if they are not stopped.
DES KEMP, St Agnes
Open for business
I HAVE just returned from a six-day tour of the state’s north in a modest attempt to help support our economic recovery.
I was amazed to find many businesses remain firmly closed.
Our attempt to splash the cash only enriched accommodation providers and a few hospitality businesses. Many small towns had nothing to offer at all.
Returning via the Clare Valley, we found active businesses were at bustling capacity while others had signs reading: “We will remain closed until the current restrictions are removed”.
I hope some business owners have not become too comfortable with COVID-19 welfare.
BRIAN HENSON, Roseworthy
Good bus reversal
I APPLAUD the State Government’s sensible decision to scrap the public transport overhaul (“Wheels fall off bus stop reform plans”, The Advertiser, Tuesday).
Transport is the second-largest source of carbon emissions in South Australia.
Proceeding with the culling of bus stops would have directly contradicted Premier Steven Marshall’s pledge earlier this year to tackle climate change and slash South Australia’s carbon emissions. The longer walking distances to bus stops would have discouraged use of public transport even further, resulting in residents seeking alternative transport options.
What I would like to hear from the Government instead is a climate-smart transport plan. One which incorporates strategies to accelerate the transition of petrol vehicles to electric vehicles, to promote cycling as a proper form of transport (and not just for exercise), and to encourage much more use of public transport.
It will be prudent for the Government to consider the changing climate and our contribution to emissions, when making plans for the state.
We simply cannot afford to go through another black summer like last year.
CHING ANG, Kensington Gardens
Cats are for life
I AM in total disbelief at the statements made by G. Hannah of Kensington (“Bridge too far”, The Advertiser, Tuesday).
So, if you are not capable of dealing with a litter tray, it is perfectly fine to let your cat roam at will, destroying birds, possums and lizards, leaving foul deposits in neighbouring properties and running the risk of being squashed on the road for someone else to clean up.
Personally I would assume, if you are not able to look after a pet properly, then maybe you should not keep one.
MOIRA NEWMAN, Hawthorndene
Cruel killers
G. HANNAH thinks cats should be unrestrained because it is cruel to confine them.
I say that cats are a cruel, cunning and efficient killer of birds and other native wildlife.
Just like any pet owner, cat owners have a responsibility to keep their pets under control at all times. And, if this means confining them, so be it.
MICHAEL WHITE, Mount Barker
Farming reality
JIM Higgins, your statement that “bushfires and droughts are natural disasters” is a little bit overdone and clearly an emotional viewpoint (“Drought to north”, The Advertiser, Monday).
Bushfires and dry periods are natural parts of Australia’s environment that have existed for millions of years with the natural cycles of our climate.
We only use the term drought because we have tried to force the land to conform to what we expect to be normal based on a few years of good rains. The normal is far from that and is very different across different areas of the state.
This is why we have good crops in some areas while other areas remain in what we choose to term drought.
Bushfires do get more attention than dry periods because they are short, intense and cause massive and immediate destruction of people’s property and native wildlife. They also help regenerate the land, as they have done for millennia.
Dry periods are just long and slow and can take years to manifest their damage to people’s lives, rather than days.
PETER WILCOX, Ottoway
WEDNESDAY, JULY 1
Redesign toy gun
IF gel-blaster gun enthusiasts claim the guns are toys and used for fun and sport, why do they have to be made to look so much like real guns?
If they were bright green, yellow, or even pink, then they may have a point.
JOCK OSBORNE, Hawthorn
Safe on bikes
ONE of the positives of COVID-19 has been the increase in the number of families and individuals who have experienced the simple joy of pedalling a bicycle, whether that be a trip to the local park, along the Torrens, or a ride through the beautiful Adelaide Hills.
The downside is the number of people who ride on the road and choose to dress in black. What are you thinking?
Bad enough in summer but on a dull winter’s day, the motorists have no chance of seeing you. Please wear a brightly coloured top, put a bell (required by law in South Australia) on your bike that works and is loud, and some flashing lights front and back.
The motto is: Be safe, be seen, be heard. Remember the only people who look good in all black are Johnny Cash and Roy Orbison.
G. HENWOOD, Black Forest
Turn down calls
MUCH has been made about permanent home office employment arrangements continuing beyond COVID-19.
But there is a less desirable aspect to this.
For neighbours, it brings noise. The noise in a hitherto quiet location during the day of people pacing around in their garden talking business, loudly and earnestly, on their mobile phones. Unwittingly broadcasting secrets of their job and annoying the whatever out of others, who can’t wait for them to return to the office.
LENI PALK, Unley
Respect the fallen
IT is one thing to graffiti a historic statue under the guise of a protest.
But to desecrate monuments to the fallen soldiers (the Boer War memorial) of our country is abhorrent and not acceptable.
These monuments are in remembrance of soldiers who fought for all ethnicities of our country and should be treated with respect.
Those who fought for us did not discriminate over who they fought for. They did so to enable these mindless idiots the freedom to protest. But not to damage property or monuments to our heroes.
It’s about time the authorities showed some strength and pride and got tough with the disgusting, brainless misfits who are ruining our treasured monuments.
They are the property of all Australian people, regardless of race or religion and should be treated with respect.
ROD YATES, Hallett Cove
Poor protest time
APTLY tacked on to a story about coronavirus, The Advertiser reported on police preparing for a large Black Lives Matter rally planned for Victoria Square this weekend (“Three new SA COVID cases”, Tuesday).
Watching coronavirus tear through Victoria like wildfire, the stupidity of the Adelaide organisers rankles.
If they were only risking their own health, they deserve it, but they will needlessly spread the risk to innocent people.
If they cannot control their own exhibitionist bent, at a time of national crisis, they deserve every police charge in the book.
There is no goodwill to be gained, no law to be upgraded and no prisoner to be taken out of jail. There is only rage roaring out of rabblerousers.
MARGARET MINNEY, Royston Park
Steel ourselves
EVERYONE is talking about Australia being more self-reliant in manufacturing.
Many companies are already looking at diversifying or changing production lines to make some items currently coming from overseas.
With modern technology, these items could be made only slightly dearer than these inferior products.
Current items we should look at, in particular, are building cladding and steel products. Build new smelters or expand Whyalla and other smelters, which produce better-quality steel than we get from overseas.
With quantity, the prices will come down. And from a design point of view, the stronger the steel, the less you need.
It seems ridiculous that we sell China and other countries iron ore and they send us back inferior products.
Also, with developing countries such as India next on the list of manufacturing cheap products, we need to think smart and make products other countries are not making.
There will be an initial backlash from countries such as China but we need to find alternative markets.
There needs to be an advertising campaign to convince consumers it is better in the long run to, not only buy local, but that they are better made and will last longer.
It looks like the global-trade idea hasn’t worked because politics has got involved.
IAN DRIVER, Aldinga Beach
Bus vigilance
SO the public has won on the issue of axing bus stops.
But the world is driven by bean-counters who “know the price of everything but the value of nothing”.
Do not for an instant think they have given up on the notion. They are ideologically driven, and not the least concerned about the public good.
They will, for certain, try again in a few years.
Hence it is up to us all to keep emphasising the value of public transport.
It is for us to keep pounding into the brains of outdated policy makers that, in the green post-COVID-19 world that is almost upon us, we will need more and better public transport. Not less.
GORDON STANGER, Hallett Cove
Eye on transport
IT is not only the Labor Party that will be watching any negotiations to privatise train and tram services in South Australia (“Aborted overhaul a mark on Knoll”, The Advertiser, Tuesday).
A majority of taxpayers will be watching very closely.
We are fed up with our essential services being sold off to opportunistic monopolies that end up bleeding us.
GARRY TURNER, Port Pirie
Knoll a doer
I ADMIRE Transport Minister Stephan Knoll.
He is one in that group of people who really get things done. Because of that, he will inevitably upset some people.
Don’t let that deter you, Stephan. Accept that this is part of leadership and press on.
KEN BUBNER, Laura Bay
Health shortage
I AM a pensioner and have tried to see any doctor in a Kadina medical centre on several occasions.
I have been politely told there was a doctors shortage and there was a two-week waiting list. So I asked to speak to a nurse and again was politely told she could push me in earlier but it would be at least 10 days. Because I was in pain and had trouble standing up, let alone walking, I was driven to the emergency area in Wallaroo and, after 90 minutes, I was attended to. I was told to have an X-ray to seek the root cause. I made an appointment and was done the same day. Now I have to wait 12 days to get my results as that’s the earliest appointment I can get.
This is disgraceful. The Yorke Peninsula is full of pensioners. Surely the State Government and SA Health should be focusing on providing better care for the elderly instead of focusing on cutting costs to buses, etc.
I understand the importance of budgets and keeping the state financial. But lets start with the politicians’ perks and freeze them for the duration of the negative budget.
Spend the money wisely where it’s needed – providing services like health care in a timely manner.
JOE MAIO, Moonta Bay
Poor reaction
IF Victoria were a Liberal state, Andrew Bolt would have nothing to say (“Opinion”, The Advertiser, Monday).
As this paper continues to report, the spike in Victoria has been, and will continue to be, caused by a generally poor reaction by people to measures put in place to curtail it.
PETER RUSSELL, Semaphore Park
Protect dolphins
WE are so lucky to be able to enjoy dolphins in the metropolitan area. Sadly, yet again another dolphin has been badly injured in the Port River.
Dolphins don’t read signs or know anything about boundaries. Humans do, though.
How can we call it a dolphin sanctuary? Boating in the Port River has caused so much suffering and death.
Surely Environment Minister David Speirs must act to put a stop to the carnage.
FAY MATHEWS, Henley Beach
AFL dog’s brekkie
AFL teams finishing down the ladder this year really can’t get despondent.
The shuffle and reshuffle of fixtures is becoming a dog’s breakfast. Unsettled players can never contribute to their maximum level.
No matter what sport one plays, not ending up in your own bed as regular as possible is a downer. And the odd umpiring definition of new rules is the spanner in the works the game doesn’t need.
HARTLEY FOLLAND, Glenelg North
Vics in box seat
WELL, it finally looks like it is official, a Victorian club will win this year’s flag.
They are refusing to move the grand final, and no one from interstate will want to run the risk and go there to play.
They have come up with the perfect solution.
ROGER BATES, Paralowie
Scrap season
WITH COVID-19 now more rampant in Victoria than the first round, it is time the AFL bins the remainder of the season.
To do anything less makes a complete mockery of all lockdown protocols.
It is only the AFL and sports betting greed that will try to keep the season alive.
PETER WILCOX, Ottoway
TUESDAY, JUNE 30
Fast-track power
THANKS to The Advertiser for reporting on delays with the Project Energy-Connect (“Power link plan stalls”, The Advertiser, Monday).
Stronger connection of the electricity grid to the eastern states underpins economic development, affordability of electricity, and achievement of the state’s emissions reduction and renewable-energy targets.
Time is of the essence.
If the governments concerned can’t fast-track this work, the community wears the negative impacts. And solar owners, presumably, are under increased threat of authorities switching off household solar.
JIM ALLEN, Panorama
Save tourist bus
SO the Marshall Government is doing a U-turn on proposed changes to bus routes.
I truly hope this extends to the City Connector routes 98A and 98C. I mainly walk to the city, but on the occasions I do use this route, I am astonished by its use.
It is a major tourist drawcard. Many visitors clutch their route maps and hop on and off at the jewels of our city.
A proposed new route would remove easy access to a number of tourist destinations and would bypass two major tourist accommodation locations in North Adelaide. Significant use is made of the route by the elderly.
Residents of the Helping Hand centre will no longer have easy access to shops, Calvary hospital and the RAH.
The former route is also used by students (Are we trying to be an “education city”?). The proposed route neatly bypasses a number of residential colleges and TAFE SA, UniSA and Adelaide uni in the west end. Are the changes efficiencies or cynical cost-cutting?
DAVID HALLAM, North Adelaide
Pokies go-ahead
WELL, hallelujah and praise the lord, the evil restrictions on gaming machines are being lifted and the eager hordes can once again pour their cash into the pockets of the pokie barons.
No doubt they will be smiling today. For a month or two there I thought some of them might be forced to downgrade their Lamborghini orders to, maybe, a plebeian Porsche or some such low-rent item.
PAUL BUXTON, Westbourne Park
Prestige keeper
THE reason so many people from some of Adelaide’s wealthiest, most affluent suburbs are seeking JobSeeker payments could not possibly be because, when unemployment benefits were about $570 a fortnight, these people thought the dole-bludger tag was beneath their consideration (“Virus hit rich areas hardest”, The Advertiser, Monday).
But perhaps, now the name has been changed and the payment has now increased to more than $1000 a fortnight, mummy and daddy have told their long-term unemployed trophy kids to get off their backsides and get some of this cash.
ROBERT McCORMICK, Bridgewater
Useless campaign
I DON’T understand why the State Government is spending thousands of our dollars on a radio and TV advertising campaign that simply tells us we’ll save a couple of hundred dollars on our next water bill.
What a waste of money. There’s absolutely no community benefit to this costly campaign.
It would have been more beneficial to save on the advertising expense and pass the savings on to us.
MARK STANDEN, Nailsworth
Bridge too far
IN response to David Kimber. Yes, putting in a cat run is too hard (“Test Talk“, The Advertiser, Monday).
Many residents live in rental properties where it is not allowed. Also, David, have you thought about cat owners in a wheelchair or on a walking frame? How are the disabled and infirm, whose only companion is a cat, going to clean litter trays and manage confined cats?
Compulsory confinement is not only cruel for cats, it is cruel for those that love them.
G. HANNAH, Kensington
Health overhaul
THE major impact of COVID-19 in South Australia should now be over, unless there is an irresponsible rush to remove or ignore restrictions, and to open our vulnerable eastern borders.
But what lies ahead for our health and hospital system in the next 12 months is worrying.
The long-term inadequacies of our hospital capacity will be dramatically exposed when the backlog of chronically ill and elective-surgery patients returns to the system.
And already we are seeing the return of ambulance ramping and problems in emergency departments, particularly for mentally ill patients.
Add to this the economic, social and mental health sequelae of the pandemic, the movement of patients out of unaffordable private hospital cover, and the revelation of the shortcomings of telemedicine and community health services, and the public system will be faced with an unprecedented tsunami of patients with needs for hospital care.
The State Government has done an admirable job in protecting us from COVID-19. It will now to lift its game in rejuvenating our still ailing public-hospital system.
WARREN JONES, Emeritus Professor, Flinders Medical Centre
Healing needed
BOTH social perceptiveness and emotional intelligence is indispensable in today’s complex times.
While we, in general terms, do not accept vandalism of any kind, we must look further through different eyes and different experiences which various peoples have endured at the hands of those in power.
The black and First Nations people across the world protesting and singing around a fallen statue are not ignoring history. They are acknowledging its full complexity and relationship to the present.
It’s also healing in action – and the First Nations in Australia need some of that too.
LEN LEAN, Paradise
History lesson
SADLY, the people who are targeting these monuments and know less about history are not alone, David Penberthy (“It’s not making change, it’s just making trouble”, The Advertiser, Monday).
In saying we have never had slavery in Australia, our Prime Minister Scott Morrison showed that ignorance of our history goes all the way to the top.
ALLAN HUNT, Highgate
Justice call
WHEN will the collective law enforcement people, policies and processes in the wide, brown, stolen land get the message that justice delayed is justice denied?
And that indifference to evil is the absolute essence of inhumanity.
How long’s a piece of string? How long?
ANTHONY HOSKING, Dover Gardens
Tram industry
IN 2017, China developed and produced trackless trams.
The trackless tram is like a long electric bus, but in a tram-carriage form. They receive their power generation from underneath the road as well as using battery power.
Like a bus, trackless trams use rubber tyres where electric trams run on rails. Trackless trams are cheaper to install and run than electric trams and this could allow the opportunity for outer-suburban areas and major regional Australian cities to have tram services.
With federal-and-state government support, why not create an Australian trackless-tram manufacturer that could design, develop and build for the Australian and international markets?
As it is quicker and cheaper to install trackless tramlines than building new electric tramlines from scratch, an Australian trackless-tram manufacturer could be a profitable business in Australia and abroad. An Australian manufacturer could create hundreds of new jobs and earn billions for Australia in exports.
It would be another great way to further increase manufacturing levels in Australia.
MALCOLM WEBSTER, Boronia, Victoria
Mob mentality
MY understanding is that Twitter seems to exist primarily for the purpose of generating mobs mainly composed of individuals who are hungry for blood and desiring to bask in the joys of reasonably risk-free reputation destruction, revenge and self-righteousness.
This situation leads to a lack of standards and integrity, and mainly without any research into the comments made.
Many messages are of appalling idiocy, detestable, envious, and embarrassing to behold.
BRUCE HAMBOUR, North Haven
Rescue Overland
HOW many realise funding for The Overland train will officially cease on Tuesday, June 30?
This is the only rail service linking South Australia and Victoria. It travels through beautiful panoramic, rural areas between Adelaide and Melbourne and is a real joy.
Importantly, it offers those in their senior years, the elderly and disabled the only suitable means of travel, many for medical reasons, not to mention what a fun adventure it is for families.
The Australian Government has committed $9.3 billion in grant and equity funding to the Australian Rail Track Corporation for the delivery of a train to run between Melbourne and Brisbane by the mid-2020s.
Meanwhile, this iconic train service, which has been running for the past 133 years, is fighting for funding to survive. Doesn’t make a lot of sense to me when we are being encouraged to holiday within Australia in these challenging times.
It is simply not fair.
We have reached a defining moment in history. Let it be that, due to popular demand, and a public outcry, that The Overland will continue bigger and better than ever.
Please give us the chance to share this part of history with our grandies.
We live in hope that common sense will prevail.
MARGARET MILLINGTON OAM, Nhill, Victoria
MONDAY, JUNE 29
Positive action
HERE’S a question for the mindless heroes who seek to deface the statue of Colonel William Light.
As your reckless actions simply alienate open-minded South Australians, we have the contrast of Eddie Betts speaking up about the hurt caused to him and his family by a small minority of bigots with their racist taunts.
Which actions best advance your cause?
The courage of Eddie Betts and Adam Goodes to call out racism is commendable.
Eddie is loved at Adelaide and Carlton. He is bordering on a cult hero at both clubs.
His actions and words demonstrate what a class individual he is. If you want to win the hearts and minds of Australians, Eddie is your role model.
Pursue your arguments with respectful vigour and harness the voices of those who will win over public support.
GUY MUDIE, Highgate
Soldier a hero
WHAT exactly do these “woke” activists think they are achieving by vandalising the statue of a bi-racial town planner and a war memorial which honours all soldiers, including the Indigenous men who served our country?
These include William Westbury, the well-known country footballer and athlete from Boandik country who went on to also serve in World War I, landing at Gallipoli with the 10th Battalion.
P. THOMAS, Goodwood
Stamp out graffiti
THE senseless and unacceptable behaviour of the vandalisation of Colonel William Light’s statue must not be allowed to continue.
If a “stupid” man is sent to jail for 12 months for making a homemade bomb, I would suggest that vandals desecrating a statue are given the same treatment, without any court processes to argue the point (“‘Stupid’ man sent to jail”, The Advertiser, 26/6/20).
SAM MATHESON, Fullarton
Vandals ignorant
I AGREE with every point in David Penberthy’s column “It’s not making change, it’s just making trouble”(The Advertiser, 26/6/20).
However, I fear that those who would benefit most from the advice in it either do not read the paper, or are incapable of doing so.
Four words hastily scrawled upon revered monuments may be the extent of their ignorant vocabulary.
J. MARSHALL, West Beach
Drought to north
I READ with interest Clare Peddie’s article about the state’s farmers and the great start to the season (“Good rain is top of the crops”, The Advertiser, 25/6/20).
Terrific, but I suggest that she might like to jump into her car and a good look around north of Peterborough, Orroroo, Quorn and all areas in the southern pastoral regions.
She will see some of the toughest people in the world battling their fourth year of drought.
I believe they have been forgotten by everyone, including governments and the media. Bushfires and droughts are natural disasters but one seems to get a lot more attention than the other.
JIM HIGGINS, Booleroo Centre
On the parklands
MEMO to Adelaide Oval Stadium Management Authority chairman Kevin Scarce (“Suite peek inside lavish Oval Hotel”, The Advertiser, 26/6/20): The Adelaide Oval Hotel does not “overlook the parklands”, it occupies a lease on the Adelaide parklands.
Keep the record straight. Don’t forget. We won’t.
LIAM HANNA, Glenelg
Veterans on bus
FOR the life of me, I cannot understand why the Marshall Government is culling up to 1000 bus stops around the metropolitan area.
It is mindless to do this without consultation with the seniors groups and the various veterans’ groups.
I am a veterans’ advocate who has processed hundreds of claims for South Australian veterans. Among the information required is how your lifestyle is affected due to your injuries and illness.
Many dozens of those claims have been for loss of limbs, impacted spinal injuries, cerebellum illness, lung disease from asbestos while serving on ships, and far too many more to mention here.
How do they get on, Premier Steven Marshall? Some are unable to walk more than 50m before needing to sit and rest.
Others have wheelchairs that will need to be pushed some distance and then across roads to get to a bus stop.
Stop this madness, Mr Marshall, and get it right. Don’t undo all the goodwill you have built up over this stupid and ill thought-out monster of a plan.
DEAN RYAN OAM, Woodcroft
No, Minister
IT’S a pity the brilliant British comedy series Yes, Minister has finished.
Our current public servants, particularly in the transport area, could have provided material for the scripts.
P. MATTHEWS, Fullarton
Making good time
MATHEMATICAL modelling for optimising the cost of running any public transport system clearly shows that without passengers these networks would run like clockwork at significantly reduced cost.
It seems that Transport Minister Stephan Knoll has gotten wind of this analysis and has begun the process by obliterating more than 1000 bus stops.
To further increase efficiencies, Mr Knoll should perhaps consider using driverless buses to operate the passenger-free network.
JOHN BEDNARZ, Dernancourt
Qantas reductions
WITH the announcement that 20 per cent of Qantas workers are soon to be out of a job, I look forward to hearing of the reduction in chief executive Alan Joyce’s salary now that the management requirements will be simplified.
R.A. LEE, Aldinga Beach
No joke for Joyce
ALTHOUGH the job losses are really disappointing, there has to be some respect for the decisions Alan Joyce has made as the CEO of Qantas.
Considering some countries’ handling of the coronavirus, it will be some time before international travel is at the same levels that it once was.
Mr Joyce has realised that business, post COVID-19, has changed forever.
People will conduct business online, expenses will be trimmed and the smart businesses will cater for this need.
Waiting for business as usual will only hurt existing business further.
Picture this: Would you like to be in Mr Joyce’s shoes at his latest press conference?
ALEX NEILL, Netherby
Solar farm first
A 30,000 solar-panel development at Happy Valley Reservoir announced in May 2019 is apparently going ahead.
This is despite a recent announcement that, at times, far too much solar energy is being produced, compromising the network base load. It is often suspected that such “farms” are the major contributors of oversupply to our network.
Can the State Government please provide some reassurance to owners of solar panels connected to the grid that their investments will not be compromised by such a large development? And can it provide reassurance that home solar systems isolated from the grid at these times will not result in financial loss to them?
PAUL LEWISTON, Blackwood
Trump laughing
IF US President Donald Trump says it was a joke, it was a joke. It takes one to know one.
M. F. HORTON, Clarence Park
Donation thanks
WHAT a huge six months we’ve had. As we continued to battle the worst drought in the past 100 years, suddenly the most devastating bushfires our country had ever seen hit. Then came a pandemic.
COVID-19 struck and financially crippled the nation. Not only did it bring economic hardship, it also brought extreme grief and loss, acute loneliness and uncertainty.
Indeed, COVID-19 brought out some qualities we would prefer to forget: fighting for toilet paper, hoarding grocery items and stockpiling medicines. But it has also managed to bring out some of our best qualities such as our ability to rally together when the chips are down and looking out for one another – the true-blue Aussie spirit of mateship.
This is certainly what the Salvation Army has been seeing during the past few months. With the Salvos’ 55th Red Shield Appeal taking place, we have witnessed incredible generosity, camaraderie and mateship.
Because of COVID-19, we couldn’t knock on doors, but everyday Aussies still dug deep and supported us through our digital doorknock. For this, the Salvation Army says thank you. Frontline services have been hit hard by COVID-19 and we know many Australians have been affected.
Any support you can give to the appeal will assist Australians in need across the country. See salvationarmy.org.au or phone 13 SALVOS.
LT-COL NEIL VENABLES, Salvation Army communications secretary
World-cup joy
THE most prestigious prize in women’s soccer will be contested on Australian soil for the very first time.
It is exciting news that Australia and New Zealand have been awarded hosting rights to the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup. I waited up to hear the announcement at 1.30am on Friday morning.
Let’s hope Hindmarsh Stadium is improved so that some games are played in Adelaide.
JULANNE SWEENEY, Eden Hills
What’s the cost?
SOME say winning the right to hold the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup is the biggest thing since the 2000 Olympics.
In the end, how many billions did that turn out to cost?
GORDON DRENNAN, Burton
Player health
BY now, Victorian Premier Dan Andrews’ famous line about who would want to visit Adelaide has been surpassed by: Who would want to visit Victoria?
In fact, even his only friend throughout this pandemic, NSW, wants Victorians to stay away.
But the state is now being supported by the AFL, having programmed both Adelaide and Port Adelaide to travel to Victoria for Round 7. It begs the question: Where is the health and safety aspect in that decision?
Why haven’t the respective chairmen put the safety of their own players first and questioned the decision? This sums up the farce that is the AFL this season.
GREG GADE, Ingle Farm