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Comment on Indians used as Australian punching bag by Raman

Raman — Sat, 18 Dec 2010 02:25:04 +0000

I know many taxi driver faced this problem in australian more than others. They do work hard listen bad words from passengers. They quiet because they want to earn for living but that is not right.

Message want to convey : Please People who hire taxi respect the people who drive taxi for you.

Comment on Indians used as Australian punching bag by Raman

Raman — Sat, 18 Dec 2010 02:21:43 +0000

I just wanna to say on this issue that every person he is australian or from others country . Don’t be blame that it is racist attack by Australia, may be it is done by some other country people who is in Australia. I don’t like without proof blamed on Australian people. In every country good & bad people , but if you are good and work safe in safe hours nobody hurts you.

I can understand due to this happening , many indians go back their country and i just want to request to every employers give equal rights to every people either australian, indian , chinese etc.

This is not wrong that Indians are work harder. They are more stronger to face any problems.

I proud to be Indian and love to be part of Australia . I just want to give opinion to employers think when you arrive australia to get settled yourself and take every student like that and pay their hard work and trust them.

Comment on Wonthaggi Desalination Plant by S!DZ

S!DZ — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 09:07:32 +0000

its the most useless thing in the world we would have to pay aboyut 67% more for the cost of water, or even double the current price
Shut it down even before u build it, its useless

Comment on Wonthaggi Desalination Plant by James

James — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 09:34:05 +0000

Michaela,

There is nothng wrong with the Desal Plant.

Contact Aquasure, they will set you straight

Comment on Wonthaggi Desalination Plant by Michaela

Michaela — Wed, 19 May 2010 11:07:23 +0000

The Government needs to explore the more cost-effective, environmentally friendly althernatives, it’s just plain dumb not to do that in the first place.
Shut down the Desalination Plant.
Now.

Comment on Wonthaggi Desalination Plant by KEITH STEPHENS

KEITH STEPHENS — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 03:38:00 +0000

1-4-10
As a retired Irrigation Farmer from Pyramid Hill I favor the desalination of sea water for the following reasons–
1. The salt can be piped well out to sea,
2.Electricity can be generated by wind power and solar energy.
3.Water caan be piped inland all over Australia.
4. There are many rich river deltas around the coast.
5. We are a huge land mass bigger than the whole of Western Europe.
KEITH STEPHENS
PHONE 0354462273

Comment on Ticket inspectors flock on fines by Will

Will — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:13:04 +0000

I tottally agree, i once returned to my car with 1 min left and the inspector was in the process of writing a ticked i asked him what he was doing as i had around a minute left he replied with ” i didnt see any one around so i assumed the owner would be back after teh tiem has expeired” what a tool got his name and made a complaint to the council.

Comment on Qantas increases A380 fleet, London flights by Steven

Steven — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 08:10:23 +0000

How could Qantas buy such an unproven ugly aircraft like the A380? It is like travelling in an oversized sheep truck. Did Qantas not see the Boeing 777, one of the most attractive and best performing proven aircraft in the world?

Comment on Allies unite behind Zardari, vow to fight graft charges by Fouzia

Fouzia — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 14:17:27 +0000

President Zardari seems committed and will not resign from his office, rightly so. There are no criminal proceedings against him and he has not been convicted for any offence. And now that he is also the President he has the constitutional protection of Article 248 (2). The demand for mid-term election is unjustified. Article 22 of the Charter of Democracy clearly calls for respecting the electoral mandate of representative governments that accepts the due role of the opposition and declare that neither shall undermine each other. This demand is against the spirit of the CoD. The PPP has faced challenges in the past and is ready to face any challenge in the future as well.

Comment on Activists renew call to end live exports by truth shall be heard-live export is cruel

truth shall be heard-live export is cruel — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 07:38:55 +0000

Minister on the lamb
By David Bell
John Castrilli has palmed responsibility for animal welfare onto the very industry profiting from alleged abuses.
The local government minister says it’s unreasonable to have state animal welfare officers at every loading and unloading.
Following complaints his department launched an investigation into allegations of animal mistreatment during a loading at Freo last week.
Complainants told of overpacked pens and limbs and heads sticking through bars over three days. Tens of thousands of sheep were loaded and no animal welfare inspector turned up to check it out.
“Inspectors cannot physically be present at every instance of live sheep exporting” Mr Castrilli said. “First and foremost it is the responsibility of the individuals and companies associated with the live export industry to act responsibly and in accordance with the Act and their licence conditions.”
His Labour shadow Paul Papalia describes that as a “cop out”. “There is (still) always going to be a need for government to provide oversight,” he said.
“There’s a great deal of concern within the local community…I don’t think a response of ‘it’s not our job’ is particularly sensitive.”
South Metro Greens MLC Lynn MacLaren said the export industry had proven time and again that it was incapable of policing itself.
“The industry does claim that it can self-monitor but we’ve seen that it’s not protecting the animals.
“The trade itself does keeps demonstrating that it is inadequately monitored and that the animals are suffering as a result of these practices.”
WA Livestock Transporters and Country Bulk Carriers Association president Grant Robbins says he’s satisfied.
“There are always AQIS (Australian Quarantine Inspection Service) inspectors there as part of the loading.”
Former Melville councillor Trish Phelan was at the loading last week and she said AQIS inspectors only showed up for an hour on the third day. It was their job to look for disease and blindness, not report on animal cruelty.
Freo’s council chief ranger Cameron Bartkowski said livestock was “not within our jurisdiction’. Even is abuses were sighted on trucks heading through Fremantle, it would be an RSPCA matter”.

Herald Saturday December 19 2009