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LETTERS Please keep your letters to no more than 200 words, this enables us to submit a number of letters for everyone to read. The comments and opinions on these pages do not reflect those of The Bribie Islander
Dear Editor, Thank you for the new page with the current astronomical viewing details. Despite the light pollution, there are plenty of opportunities to enjoy what the heavens have in store for anyone who bothers to look up when out at night. If one learns what to look for at home, holiday trips can be a good opportunity to get out the binoculars and get lost in space. If you are getting to know Queensland, don’t just visit the tourist traps (though that is good for the economy). Camp in National Parks and make the most of the dark nights, the further west the better. Then when you are allowed to go overseas again, you can promote Australia as a great place for starry skies - much better than the Northern Hemisphere. Hazel Beneke
Dear Editor, I, like many other Bribie Island residents, decided to vote early to avoid crowding. It was busy with the usual how to vote pamphlets thrust upon us. That was not a problem, what I really found offensive was the Labor female helper making snide remarks about the LNP as she handed out how to vote Labor. This type of behaviour is not only uncalled for it unnecessary and lowers the credibility of that particular group. SAS Banksia Beach
Dear Editor Never before have I been so compelled to respond to an article of correspondence
shared on your ‘Letters’ page in Issue 125, October 23, 2020 regarding the Termination of Pregnancy bill.
After all, you just wanted to rant anonymously didn’t you, not have to actually ‘do’ anything?
I am a little disappointed that the author didn’t ascribe a name to their offering as I wanted to offer up the feelings of overwhelming joy I experienced to realise that we have such a generous benefactor in our midst. Indeed, everyone agrees that life is precious and if parentsto-be are in the position to welcome a child into their lives, happy days - but often that is not the case. The reasons that people choose to terminate a pregnancy are many and varied, but financial stressors, the ability to feed, clothe, educate and provide medical care for a child only add to whatever life-events are happening at the point in time when someone has a confirmed pregnancy and chooses to terminate.
And by-the-by, you told a couple of little porkies in your letter, the most heinous being that the Labor State Government “made it legal the killing (sic) of unborn children up to and including the day of birth”. The legislation provides that a woman may procure an abortion in the first 22 weeks of pregnancy without
Dear benefactor, you are obviously not one who just bleats about the fact that ‘every sperm is sacred’ (thanks Monty Python), but turns their back on the child once it is earth-side. To know that there is someone in our community ready and waiting to provide their own resources to fund a child (or 22,000) for the term of their dependence is remarkable to encounter in this day and age! Please don’t forget to publish your name and contact details so that all of the expectant mothers, who may have only had termination as a choice, can come to your door for assistance (phone or email might be handy in case the sheer numbers of them cause a problem in your street).
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penalty, after 22 weeks is at the discretion of a medical professional – if the mother’s life is deemed to be in danger. But we don’t let the truth get in the way of a good porky, do we? Additionally, the State Government does NOT ‘sanction or encourage the killing of unborn children’, it merely provides a woman with the right to choose what to do with HER OWN BODY. K. Lucas
