Your views: on barracks, nuclear waste and ‘bullshit jobs’
Today, readers comment on the spiralling cost of moving police horses, the failed push for a Kimba nuclear storage site, and the dead weight of unnecessary admin tasks.
Commenting on the story: More costs loom for police horse move
It is incredible how high the cost is going. To think India sent a probe and lander to the Moon for $75 million.
That may be where the horses are moved to. It’s cheaper. The Labour government has no cost barriers or strength to look after our tax dollars. – Werne Langer
Police horses are mostly used for city events, so what earthly logic exists for moving them away?
Leave the heritage Barracks alone, and find a new hospital site, preferably out of the city centre with somewhere to park. – Angie Walker
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Commenting on the story: Govt reveals bill for dumped Kimba nuclear facility
The planned dump for Kimba was not simply a ‘low-level waste repository’.
The plan was to put 60 years of accumulated radioactive waste produced by ANSTO including Intermediate Level radioactive Waste,which is internationally acknowledged to be required to be kept from people and the environment for 10,000 years, at Kimba, as well as reprocessed spent fuel which must be kept safely for a lot longer than that.
The site selection process was flawed and deliberately manipulative. – Andrew Williams
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Commenting on the opinion piece: ‘Bullshit jobs’: How red tape strangles staff motivation
Someone talking sense at last. Nice work. – Ivana Dawe
I could not agree more with the claims in the article. Bureaucracy and red tape in universities has grown exponentially in the last 30 years.
I spent 16 years out of the university system and then re-entered it. It was like a different world to the one I previously left. Whilst it was pleasing to see how universities had developed a serious regard for OHS&W in that time, requiring increased paperwork but with a purpose, some functions appeared to have grown without adding significant value.
A major one for me is the onerous task of gaining ethics approval to conduct research, especially where it involves human interactions. I can think of a PhD student who had their ethics application returned to them six times for amendments before the ethics committee approved it. I may be wide of the mark, but I suspect that part of this conservatism and caution is due to the litigious world we now live in, thanks largely to our friends stateside. – Christopher Saint
Commenting on the opinion piece: Mali’s Mad Mouse escapades around the city
Your observations are spot on, Matthew. The decision to demolish the Police Barracks was lunacy. The ensuing twists, turns and spin from the Government has shown this. Plus the ever skyrocketing costs of demolition and relocation would make an oil shiek cry.
The Government has an overwhelming majority in Parliament, why is it so worried about losing one seat? It’s time for the Government to do a triple backflip and relocate the new Children’s Hospital on the most appropriate site. The railways oval. There is more than ample space for expansion if future needs dictate.
Surely the financial incentive to the State would far outweigh the need to retain a seat! Who knows, the public may support the Government’s decision to be cost effective and return it with a greater majority. – Trevor Howard
Matthew Abraham must be the only person in the world to describe the Thebarton police barracks as “superb.” – Louis Rankin
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