LETTERS & OPINIONS

the NSW Liberal and National Party MP’s who are facing serious corruption accusations, have yet been brought to justice.

Richmond electorate, (Labor’s Justine Elliott) were given a $2000 payment.

THE LONGREACH STOCKMAN’S

HALL

I noted in the tribute to Sam Cladon a reference to the ‘”Radium “ horses. Mark Radium was a champion high jumper from the 30’s to the 50’s This 14.2 hands horse held the Australian record of 7feet 8 inches. He retired aged 23. References to this horse and his jockey Jack McGee are online and at The Longreach Stockman’s Hall of fame and of course he is ferted at Berry in NSW.

Rob Lannoy Cumbalum

The Pinocchio Party

With the state election coming up it’s time to get rid of the Pinocchio party aka the liberal national party. They have failed us so dismally for twelve years now they want to destroy us even further seeking another four years to even more damage.

They didn’t turn up during the Lismore foods they built a highway that exacerbated the foods in Woodburn and Wardell they got rid of two leaders Gladys the premier and John Barilaro they have taken away power from council and given it planning panels and developers when it comes to development applications and planning they continue to allow building on food plains they want to put a gas feld in the middle of the NSW food bowl in Narrabri they spend all their money in Sydney not the region’s where’s the money for Grafton base hospital upgrades they won’t pay nurses teachers police and other front line workers properly they are responsible for the housing crisis for not shutting the border during the covid 19 crisis and letting in intestate buyers and Sydney people to buy up houses in regional areas pushing out locals and pushing up rents they promise plenty and deliver nothing other than to destroy forests and turn national parks into tourists parks the new leader belongs to a secretive cult in Opus die who are into pain and suffering like Christ. So, if you want to end the pain and suffering and be like the rest of Australia and get rid of the Pinocchio party aka the liberal national party and if you are a rusted on redneck national party voter do yourself a favour and vote for the farmer’s fshers shooters party they would at least represent you.

Alan Mosley Yamba

The Ultimate Insult

There was a great letter from Alan Veacock (Feb. 23) comparing the ongoing corruption scandals over the 12 years of this NSW Coalition Govt, to the now defunct Morrison Govt and the infamous Bjelke-Peterson Govt in Qld., there are striking similarities, although unlike Qld. none of

Dominic Perrottet has undoubtedly put a likeable face on an abysmal Govt, but the three Nationals MP’s in the Northern Rivers, Hogan, Gulaptis and Provest have all been complicit over many years in supporting these highly questionable “pork barrelling” initiatives, they claim there is nothing illegal in “pork barrelling” but that has never been tested in court, Govt MP’s and especially Ministers take an oath to administer public funds “without fear nor favor”.

The worst examples of Coalition “porkbarrelling” have to be the devious manner in which Barilaro distributed bushfre reconstruction grants to only Coalition seats with Tenterfeld, (Labor’s Janelle Saffn) and badly ravaged by bushfres missing out, for heaven’s sake this must be the ultimate insult to the people in the Lismore electorate, courtesy of the National Party. Equal in infamously must be the contemptuous decision by the master of deceit ex PM. Scott Morrison, to politicize Federal disaster food relief where residents of the Page electorate, (Nationals Kevin Hogan) were given a $6000 payment, whereas residents in the

Again, this is as insulting as it gets and really beneath contempt, what sort of diabolical mind takes advantage of traumatized people who have lost everything? Only intense lobbying from Justine Elliott and Janelle Saffn rectifed the injustice, and to this day not a hint of an apology was heard from our shameful “porkbarrelling”

Nationals MP’s, (Hogan, Gulaptis and Provest).

Keith Duncan Pimlico

Candidate Booyens Wild Promise

The candidates are really getting desperate in their bid for votes. I understand Mr Booyens is offering to get South Ballina beach re-opened to 4WDs but is going to ensure Patches Beach remains closed. How could this be? Is he proposing to erect a fence into the ocean to keep this part of his pledge?

South Ballina beach is quietly restoring itself to pristine environment, and the last thing it needs is an invasion of 4WDs driving on the beach and over the dunes again.

Mr Booyens, take your 4WDs elsewhere. We don’t want the interstate hoons destroying the peace and tranquility of wildlife on the beach.

Margaret

Howes

Empire Vale

The Gilded Mirror is the frst in the Finding Ever After series.

By Samantha Elley

Author:

K E Barden

Publisher: Shawline

Publishing Group

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