Letters to the Editor on ‘high-decibel’ college raves
This week, InDaily readers have their say on a noisy boarding college party and a One Nation MP whose seat is now in doubt.
Responding to North Adelaide residents up in arms as loud college party rattles windows
Welcome to infill suburbs, where noise constantly invades your space. Swearing, threats of violence, drugs, people jumping fences and breaking bins, domestic abuse, and on it goes. TVs in backyards, low-level music playing 10 hours a day. This is years, not once a year.
But, of course, not North Adelaide. – Sabina Hannan
It is very positive that you covered this matter, but the humorous tone of the article risks trivialising an important point. SA’s housing crisis is real, and the land directly adjacent to the college, for many years underdeveloped as offices, is shortly to be redeveloped with medium to high-density housing.
As a resident, I welcome that development. However, the board of St Ann’s College does not seem to realise that they can no longer hold open-air music and drinking events without disturbing ordinary residents. I hope that Labor and the Adelaide City Council can work together to prevent this from happening again. – Cate Cheetham
Responding to One Nation seat in doubt after stash of new votes
It is excellent that the votes have been found and will be counted.
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My concern is regarding ECSA. I have worked for ECSA, and I have to say that they should never be shut down until everything is counted, collated, information sent to the tally centre, then packing, counting, checking off every item before sending everything to the main centre.
Why has ECSA let the voting public of SA down? – Richard Burnard
One Nation candidates have been grandstanding, but was their platform a soapbox or a ballot box? – Richard Webb
Responding to Concerns Hills travellers are stranded over public holiday shutdowns
Why are they complaining? There are plenty of towns with no bus service whatsoever, such as Burra, where I live. I am disabled, unable to drive and can’t find any carers willing to help me, so I’m stuck in Burra. Stop complaining. – Andy Brown
Same in Strathalbyn – no weekend and no holiday bus service.
If the buses are always full and profit is made, then it is a business. Easy done.
But instead, it’s “weekday-only service due to low demand on the weekends and public holidays”. That’s why we pay taxes so the service can be provided.
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Travel to and from Adelaide and the Hills also adds to revenue if people can travel – e.g., going to the movie theatre in Mount Barker is impossible on weekends/holidays for Strathalbyn people without a driver’s licence or who want to save on petrol. Also, won’t join any Gather Round events in the city. – Sabine Schaaf
Responding to ‘Paid $97 a fortnight’: Voice to SA parliament sees candidates fall in state election
Regarding the SA Voice to Parliament, I think we owe it to Aboriginal people to allow the Voice a decent amount of time before any consideration of scrapping it.
Recently elected politicians such as Mr Bernardi will be earning close to $200,000, and as a white man, he has the benefit of being part of the majority culture in Australia.
In comparison, members of the Voice are constituents of probably the most disenfranchised group of Australians. Yet, he and others seem hell-bent on perpetuating the burden of social, economic, physical and spiritual inequalities which exist because of the history of a violent colonisation of our country.
I, for one, think we should be giving the Voice members warm encouragement for their efforts to engage with our political system – despite historical obstacles and personal difficulties such as living with racism.
It is churlish indeed to try to derail the Voice before it’s had a chance to prove or disprove its benefits.
The future well-being of the Aboriginal community may well be vastly improved over the long term if they are given the chance to engage with the colonial infrastructure that permeates their lives. – Susan Coulter
Responding to Fuel crisis to hit SA homeless sleeping in cars over winter
Isn’t it a pity that the state government spends more each year on sporting events than it does on increasing social housing and alleviating child poverty?
Strikes me that the Premier has his priorities wrong. – Graham Tench
I saw the article tonight on an 81 per cent increase in women seeking shelter in winter in comparison to last year. I was wondering if there is also a similar increase in men seeking shelter as the weather gets colder and wetter, or do they all just keep on sleeping out on the streets? – Aussie Kanck
Responding to From test cheat to One Nation state president
We all may have made errors of judgment in the past (this cheating was more than 30 years ago). Are there any perfect people out there? I think not. – Margo Vanstralen
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