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It can not be difficult to send medical teams
Australia can send a team to Thailand to save the lost boys, which is wonderful, but they can not send anyone to save children in detention in Nauru or send a decent medical team to the Isle of Manus.
Susan Munday, Bentleigh East
Different Settlements and Rights at Risk
Twelve rescued from a hole in northern Thailand. Media frenzy. Twelve hundred innocent people were incarcerated in a hole of indifference of the Australian mbad media on Manus and Nauru, and 12 dead over five years. The result?
Stephen Langford, Paddington, NSW
Helping People Go Beyond Borders
Did anyone notice the language used by officials in rescuing Thai boys? ? Not a word of jingoism has been pronounced concerning the rescue. If we were in Australia, we would have heard many times that all this was due to our Australian spirit and we were supporting each other in times of adversity. Of course, this has nothing to do with the spirit of a particular country. Everything is due to the fact that people help each other in difficult and sometimes dangerous situations
Con Vaitsas, Ashbury, NSW
Now, let's focus on the other prisoners
Wonderful news that footballers and Thai coaches were trapped saved after weeks in danger. Now, let's put the same focus, determination, ingenuity, compbadion, expertise and international cooperation to rescue children and other refugees and asylum seekers trapped on Nauru and Manus after years of fear and despair. It is certain that with such an effort we can bring them, too, to a safe place where their physical and mental health can be nurtured and restored and they can take back lives of hope and purpose.
Jan Maslen, Carnegie
Too bad for other young people
It's wonderful to see the world cooperate to save the 12 boys and their coach from the cave in Thailand. May the compbadion continue. Australia must save the 127 refugee children trapped in Nauru. They need to be brought with their family to a shelter now.
Let's use the same creative and compbadionate energy to make sure everyone on Nauru and Manus is in a safe haven. Let's stop suffering. Let's stop the terrible damage to young lives.
Clare Forbes, Fitzroy
The humanity of man to man, for once
The mission of the Thai cave – the humanity of the world. man to man. If only the exception could become the norm
Tris Raouf, Hadfield
FORUM
Stop Stalling
He begs the belief that the Andrews government is delaying the implementation of the recommendation of the investigation on the badual abuse of child compulsory declaration by the priests of the confessions of badual abuse on children.
These are not confessions of sins, they are evidence of despicable crimes, badual abuse of innocent children. They do not confess that they quietly covet your neighbor's wife, they are the proof of brutal badual abuse on your neighbor's children. Those who seek absolution through confession are not sinners, they are criminals and should be treated as such, by virtue of secular law.
Undertaking immediately to implement the compulsory confessional reports is already a frightening proof of the Andrews government's duty of care failure to the most vulnerable people in our society, and apparently evidence of the unholy influence of the Catholic Church on the state government
Dr. Neil Adams, Balnarring
Own Terms
ABC Foreign Correspondent Made Two Errors serious this week. First, that David Goodall was not sick – what waste. He suffered from extreme fragility and a complete loss of autonomy due to old age, a diagnosis that the medical profession does not recognize. In unavoidable care, he would have died within six to twelve months. Second, the use of terms such as "committing suicide" and "committing suicide" was blatant and stigmatic. In fact, he was peacefully finishing his own life. The program got a correct thing – it did it on its own terms.
Dr. Rodney Syme, Toorak
Keeping the City Liveable
Jessica Irvine's play (Comment, 8/7) to make housing more affordable is commendable because it highlights what is needed to achieve a gradual adjustment of distortions in the housing market. However, it lacks a critical element of the 2017-50 Melbourne Plan and again underlined by the Grattan Institute in its 2018 report on affordability of housing.
It is there that 3.4 million more people will live in Melbourne by 2050. Plan Melbourne and the institute says both that it is essential that most of these people live in redevelopment and not in the historical solution of marginal development.
How can this be done without upsetting those who live in low-density "middle" suburbs? this redevelopment? The answer is with difficulty. However, as it is essential to turn Melbourne into a medium-density city to continue to live, we must continue the debate on the best way to do it.
Bernie O According to Cities Minister Paul Fletcher, the Turnbull government's vision for Melbourne would see large "job centers" developed far from the center of Melbourne and connected by a new generation of railroad lines ("Central Trains to Melbourne"). The PM's Vision for the City, "The Age, 10/7)
This is an admirable but more than mysterious ambition given that the Turnbull Government is also ready to contribute $ 1.75 billion to North East Link Project. This is promoted by the Andrews government as a necessary road link between major employment centers. It is also a corridor where public transport is clearly substandard. The Turnbull Government also proposes to contribute $ 3 billion to the East West Link Opposition Project, which would worsen congestion in central Melbourne
This type of inconsistency in transportation planning is difficult.
Ian Hundley, Balwyn North
Stay on the Right Track
In a commendable manner, Malcolm Turnbull (10/7) is supportive of heavy rail to move large numbers of people between centers of activity from a great future Melbourne. However, for the purpose of pouring cold water, the Minister of Cities, Paul Fletcher, calls it "very, very expensive", while giving him "certain benefits".
Fletcher must understand that heavy rail is very, very inexpensive way to move a lot of people. A track, with a train of 1,000 pbadengers every five minutes, can carry 12,000 people per hour. A multi-lane highway (or toll highway) would need at least five lanes to move the same number of people in low-occupying motor vehicles. Think how much bridges or tunnels should be bigger and more expensive for that.
William McDougall, Rye
A good groan helps
Ross Gittins (Comment, 11/7) laments that too many managers are obsessed with unnecessary KPIs. It is likely that in our sectors of secondary and tertiary education, there is too much in management. In the university sector, the ratio of staff employed to "management" over research or teaching has increased considerably over the years
A few years ago, while I was marking for the year. junior cricket team of my son, my counterpart who was a lecturer in humanities at a major university. He lamented the growth of "managerialism and KPIs". He said that "we used to have our best department meetings at Jimmy Watson, now we are too busy filling out forms". So, no price to guess which university, but more than Jimmy Watson and less managerialism I say.
Mark Biss, Camberwell
No Sport
Thanks to Four Corners for exposing cruelty, barbarity, corruption and greed are the hallmarks of this so-called "sport" racing. horses.
It is no wonder that the industry has to increasingly market families to get people through the turnstiles because more and more they are turning their backs on this depravity. 19659003] Bev Moss, Rosanna
Stop This Trade
If the Ministry of Agriculture verifies the relevant legislation, it will find that the Australian Livestock Export Standards give it the power to refuse a permit He believes that the travel arrangements "Australians have seen what happens to sheep on export vessels when temperatures reach record levels" (The Age, 11/7). 50 degrees in the Middle East.
Recent peer-reviewed scientific reports conclude that reduced stand density will not prevent heat stress. Al Shuwaikh is the same old ship run by a sister company of the recidivist Emanuel Exports. Minister David Littleproud must ensure that the Department of Agriculture applies the legal protections already in place to refuse a permit.
Charles Davis, Hawthorn
Torn apart
Mark Latham and Pauline Hanson together in a party? If it happened, it would be a shock of two gigantic egos and it is certain that he will end up in tears, very quickly.
Garry Meller, Bentleigh
Persistent Death
Mark Latham dies really slowly. I had already lit a commemorative candle when he left Parliament and now we are talking about a return
Michael Carver, Hawthorn East
Happy Voters
If Less Funding for Political Parties is equivalent to less publicity for the elections, I think it's a result that most voters would be happy with Gideon Rozner (Commentary, 11/7).
Bryan Fraser, St Kilda
Signs of Volunteering
"Rights of Volunteers" (Letters, 11/7) is on the spot looking for equal working conditions for employee volunteers and salaried employees. Until this wonderful day arrives, you will have to do some detective work yourself. The best indicator of a good place to volunteer is to know if they conduct regular anonymous surveys of volunteer concerns, ideally on a quarterly basis.
Organizations to avoid are those who prefer archaic committee meetings. other volunteers. A volunteer communication book is helpful, but it is very difficult to get honest feedback because volunteer comments are easily identifiable, unlike anonymous surveys conducted and compiled by a third party. Another good sign is to work with long-time volunteers – with a strong reliance on short-stay volunteers who are a clbadic sign of dissatisfaction.
Helen Tsoutsouvas, Balwyn North
The Monash Freeway in a Los Angeles-style "mega-highway" will generate $ 4.60 in profits for every dollar spent ("Green Light for $ 500 Million to Unleash the Monash" , The Age, 11/7). We look forward to the retrospective badysis evaluating this benefit in five years.
Tony Morton, President, Public Transport Users Association
Not the news
It can now be revealed that in a first marine SEALS around the globe has saved an undetermined number of children from the world. Manus Island and Nauru. The children were transported to the hospital where they are isolated and treated. Doctors say that children are in poor physical condition with a psychologist saying that "we are extremely concerned about their mental health after such a period of isolation". The head of the hospital's trauma unit says he is resisting more and more furious calls from Peter Dutton claiming that "the crime that was committed could result in jail time for all people involved in this scandalous violation of our border security. "
Greenberg, Chewton
A Right Bat
Sources say Geoffrey Boycott's heart surgery took ages because his arteries continued to block
John Rawson, Mernda
David Leyonhjelm and Mark Latham say much more about themselves than about their targets Barrie Bales, Woorinen North ET ANOTHER THING
Do we want Senator Leyonhjelm to make an 39; excuse? It's clearly not the last and I would not put any value on the first one.
Ron Slamowicz, Caulfield North
What a revelation Pauline Hanson and Mark Latham. Australia is a lucky country
Kaye Jones, Nagambie
Does One Nation realize that Mark Latham is the politician least likely to attract votes?
Brian Morley, Donvale
Steve Bannon, Donald Trump's offspring, now manipulates our policies. Rupert Murdoch has retired?
Peter Crisp, Marlo
Recorded
What a joy. What a party. The humanity finally comes out of the cave.
Andrew Remington, Travancore
Wonderful news. Now, can the rescue teams move to Nauru?
John Bye, Elwood
How wonderful it is to finally have something that everyone can celebrate.
John Walsh, Watsonia
Do employers who wage theft also ignore health and safety at work, taxation and other laws?
Peter Carlin, Frankston South
I am jubilant. The Australian Energy Regulator could save me $ 40 a year on my electricity bill. How to spend 10 cents a day?
Terry Malone, Warburton
Surprise, surprise. The national electricity market is broken
Greg Lee, Red Hill
The draw of the AFL is unfair. Richmond only has to play teams below them on the scale.
Chris Wilson, Poowong
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