Your Views: Letters to the Editor
This week, InDaily readers have their say on a world-class opera landing in Adelaide and the Santos name disappearing from a prominent building in the Adelaide Botanic Garden.
Responding to Santos name disappears from botanic building
When the Environmental Defenders Office and Extinction Rebellion, plus other climate change fanatics, have driven the last fossil fuel company from our shores and all their mines have been closed, we will be a considerably poorer country. The billions of dollars these companies pay in taxes and royalties to the state government, plus the feds, will be no more. No country has reached net zero because it is impossible. Sure, reduce our emissions, but don’t close down industry and hit people and businesses with sky-high electricity prices (which is now happening). – Evonne Moore
Responding to ‘I will work to regain everyone’s trust’: Banned Crow breaks silence
When are the AFL and many of its players going to grow up and show some maturity and leadership? There must be many gay players in the entire AFL who are worried that by coming out, they could face victimisation. Maybe the AFL is more worried about brand damage in the hyper-masculine world. – Paul Noakes
Responding to World-class international opera to land in Adelaide
It’s disappointing to see Jack Batty falsely claim that the Labor Government has “cut funding” that supports South Australian artists.
The inconvenient truth for the Opposition is that we’ve managed to boost funding to our world-class artists and festivals, while continuing to innovate in new events which bring people to our state, delivering significant cultural and economic benefits for South Australians.
While we’ve invested an additional $160 million in the arts since coming to government and released South Australia’s first-ever ten-year State Cultural Policy – an $80 million investment over the next four years – the former Marshall Liberal government released their Arts Plan in 2019 without a single dollar of new money attached. – Arts Minister Andrea Michaels
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Responding to Australia Day Council call over mass anti-immigration rallies
I would suggest that the people marching on Sunday were/are not against immigrants, as we are all immigrants or descended from immigrants. They, plus a lot more who were unable to march, are against the mass migration that has occurred over the past year. This country does not yet have the infrastructure to cope with the current population, never mind thousands of extra people. – Gillian Bossert
Regarding the anti-immigration marches, I would rather we march to insist government do more to increase housing than to march against immigration.
In a world with more than eight billion people, we don’t have the luxury to simply close our doors on humanity. We must instead use our imaginations to think of new ways to house our population, both today and into the future. – Susan Coulter
The March for Australia was a call out to inept and unaccountable politicians, bureaucrats and even captured media who buy into the narrative.
To be clear, 99 per cent of those who marched love the diverse nation we are, including all those from varying ethnicities.
The Premier, the Australia Day Council and the media only focus on the racist white Australia pushing the National Socialist Network mob, who were one per cent of attendees. – Mark Neugebauer
I think the council and others have the incorrect message for the march yesterday.
It wasn’t anti-immigration; it was about the fact that too many immigrants are coming each year.
I, for one, am all for immigrants (after all, we all come from other countries). Just too many for the country to cope with too quickly – needs to be culled a little. – Elaine Niedorfer, Gilberton
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I really don’t know how the public expressing concern about the inability to buy a house and raise a family, due significantly to excessive migration levels, is in any way racist or denying the contribution all Australians have made to this (previously) great country.
The deflection and reframing of the genuine concerns of working Australians is not appropriate and reminiscent of 1984 (the book), and if anyone should familiarise them with history, it is the Premier. Maybe a reference to “let them eat cake” or Bastille Day may assist. Or the Russian Revolution.
When people peacefully ask for help to address an issue, you are paid to listen and respond, not deflect and deny. – Robert Lloyd, Seacombe Heights
Responding to Smithson: Hedging bets as anti-immigration placards march toward state election
I think it’s appalling that the flag is draped and shown the way it was. This isn’t on a flag pole as intended. Nationalism is dangerous, and just look at what is going on in the so-called land of the free, where the Proud Boys killed and maimed police, were sent to jail, and then Trump let them out. Proud Boys wearing stars and stripes. – John Hocking
Responding to Bell rings on SA by-election ruling
It is outrageous that there is no democratically elected representative for Mount Gambier for seven months, plus the time after the next election before the new member is sworn in. For the speaker to say that unelected office staff can represent Mount Gambier in the Lower House is a joke. Why didn’t the speaker move a motion to remove him months ago when he was found guilty, as he should have? To say the cost to the Electoral Commission to undertake a rural election is a consideration in whether we have an MP proves the point we need someone in the Lower House ASAP to represent us. – Simon Bennett
Responding to Doctors accept pay deal: ‘We’ll take what we can get’
As a specialist in the public health service for more than 30 years, I am curious to explore how SA’s premier has dreamt up the figure of “a million” from.
I find it very challenging to remain positive when young, aspiring people talk with excitement about working in health.
Will you explore this “direct quote” and research the background to this figure? It gives a very false image when doctors are not fighting for the money, as a bottom line.
We want a better health service for patient care. That means conditions conducive to working at our best; enough staffing and downtime to recharge and refresh, to function at our best; enough numbers of staff to avoid excessively long shifts, double shifts that will wear anyone down.
For this, pay is a base measure. People are voting with their feet – not for more money, but for better conditions that will lead to less burnout and distress among staff, so we can better manage patients and deliver quality care.
This is not rocket science. – Liz (surname withheld)
Responding to InDaily announces new Editor
Congratulations to all the new appointments. I hope it all goes well! – Tony Simmons
