Letters to the Editor on the Liberal Party’s future
This week, InDaily readers have their say on the Liberal Party’s potential breakup and a gay rights activist who became a One Nation MP.
Responding to Will SA Libs see a band of breakaway MPs step to the left?
Yet another Liberal MP suggests the party should move to the right to counter the rise of One Nation.
The problem is not the policies of One Nation, but the behaviour of the Liberal MPs.
The electorate may not clearly remember each incident, but the behaviour of Liberal MPs leaves an impression that the party cannot be trusted.
The electorate quite reasonably directed votes away from the state Liberal Party.
It is slightly alarming that Liberal MPs don’t grasp this fact. – Fred Newman
Reminiscent of the days of the Liberal Party and the Liberal Country League (LCL), quite possibly a merger that has never been a happy one.
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When the electorate feels disrespected, it will eventually push back.
Labor will ultimately self-destruct, immersed in its own smug self-praise and spending as the state debt blows out. What is coming will make the State Bank disaster look inconsequential.
God knows what will emerge from the wreckage. – Grant Petras
Responding to From test cheat to One Nation state president
What is it with all these One Nation candidates who appear not to be vetted in any way, shape or form and then when the party is contacted for comment, there is no one prepared to address the issue. Do they think they can continue to dodge journalists’ questions for the entirety of their term? This party is a joke, not a would-be serious threat to any political party. The sooner they disappear into history, the better for this country IMO. – Di Martin
Responding to Gay rights activist now frontline SA One Nation pollie
This guy, going full-on for gay rights and then going for the opposing side, is like I am being asked to like someone who just can’t be trusted. Why would we respect him? Where will you go next? Absolutely no trust. – Sheila Whittam
Responding to ‘Too far gone’: CBD heritage home faces the wrecking ball
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Sadly, many of Adelaide’s buildings, particularly those from pre-WWII, are structurally poor.
The reactive clays of the Adelaide plains, derived from weathering of the adjacent ranges, have always been a challenge to builders.
Combined with the use of ‘bluestone’ of often inferior quality, and clay brick walls which can exhibit cyclic movement similar to the clay soils but on a smaller scale, many older homes are riddled with micro cracks, which are usually considered benign, but which can readily become severe with seemingly minor nearby work, or perhaps just the drying effects of a long summer.
So, what should we do with heritage homes that may look good but have a multitude of latent problems?
The best answer might be to demolish and rebuild: not with a modern brutalist high-rise, but with a modern re-interpretation of the old style, with good foundations and the materials and techniques currently available, including better energy-saving design.
We really only need to preserve one or two older houses, not as residences but as museums on how not to do it. – David Inkster
Responding to Claws out: Rescue shelter caught in stray cat stand-off
If you feed a cat, you own a cat, and you are responsible for its behaviour. These cats should be euthanised just as they euthanise 1.4 billion native animals a year. – Yanni Yanapoporopoulos
These are feral cats. Feeding just increases their numbers and the dirt from the urine and faeces they leave.
They need to be rounded up and euthanised. – Charles Brown
Responding to The Texas oil man planning to frack the Kimberley
Tell the Landman to go back home and mess up his own country. Fracking is not environmentally friendly or sustainable and does not respect cultural heritage. – R Bryn L Troath
Responding to SA company’s luxury train suites come with a price tag not for the faint of heart
Journey Beyond may be “Adelaide-based”, but it is “owned by the US private equity firm Crestview Partners”. The real winners the shareholders. Will Journey Beyond spend its profits on upgrading the Overland service to Melbourne? Will the exorbitant and inaccessible standard fares on the Ghan be subsidised by the suites and services for the super-rich? Or will the cheaper rates quietly disappear? Did you ask any searching questions? If not, why not? Please adjust the article. “Adelaide-based” is misleading. – Nicky Page
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