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YOUR SAY The virus in us all Crises bring out the best and worst in people. When the bushires ravaged Australia, people responded quickly and generously, it was great to see the outpouring of assistance and sympathy to all those afected. Enter the coronavirus – now people are behaving irrationally and in a very selish manner, thus demonstrating the worst of human behaviour. It seems that when a crisis doesn’t afect a person individually people are quite prepared to help and be supportive. However, once something is perceived as posing a direct threat to a person, the selish gene kicks in. he generous spirit disappears and is replaced by a mean and irrational fear. his manifests itself in many bizarre ways such as stockpiling toilet paper and even ighting over it in supermarkets. If we value the notion of civilisation it would behove each one of us to relect on our own responses to the coronavirus and to ascertain if we have displayed the spirit of mateship and generosity we Australians are renowned for. Alan Barron, Grovedale
Rational rationing required Take a deep breath, and ask yourself if you really need it? Current basic food and essential shortages in our supermarkets across Victoria are causing increased alarm and concern to many people. As people who have been able to rush to supermarkets to stock up on essentials, many in our community have been let behind. Remain calm and rational, and think of others. Australia does not have a food supply shortage. We have a temporary out of control demand issue, that if we are not careful will
see some of our most vulnerable children, and families let without food and necessities. It will be a terrible situation if we do more damage to our people and communities by inlicting unnecessary hardship, stress and anxiety through panic buying and hoarding. Australia’s main food producers and distributors are all going lat out and the outbreak of COVID-19 is not going to cause us to run out of food and supplies. Many of our welfare services are experiencing increased demand for help with food as many people who live day to day are inding it diicult to access basic foods and supplies. he bushires caused a depletion in non-perishable goods in welfare stores, and this current run on emergency food is beginning to cause some diiculty. Richard Riordan MP Member for Polwarth
Four bin recycling Industries should be made to collect from stores packaging they are responsible for. I recall going to supermarkets in the Netherlands, where plastic, glass and cardboard drink vessels are returned to supermarkets, collecting a voucher redeemed when goods are purchased. In the New South Wales town of Murwillumbah, cars line up and cash in, with a container deposit scheme in place! I purchase mainly from whole food stores, fresh fruit and veg directly from fruit shops, bread from bakeries. No junk mail cramming my mail box, compost food scraps. And Bingo, my yellow bin goes out twice per year. Household scraps bin every few weeks 80 per cent empty! I have a large garden so tree pruning and excess green does ill my bin fortnightly. So to collect max of 30 bins annually I get a
charge of $440 in waste management council fees. Will I now be charged to receive two more bins to stack in my driveway which I doubt will ever be used by me? H Vermeeren Geelong
Setting a ine example I was extremely encouraged to read that the Geelong Cats AFLW players are involved with a program trying to ind employment for young jobseekers right here in Geelong (“Tackling youth unemployment,� Geelong Independent, 28-02-2020). It’s always heartening to see people who are doing well being willing to assist those who are struggling in our community. he Geelong Cats female players are also setting a wonderful example to governments of all levels in Australia. hose who are unemployed, also in Geelong, desperately require a signiicant boost from governments in spending on jobs growth. As well, the unemployed need an immediate increase of $100 from the federal government to their Newstart allowances so that they can aford to both meet their daily living requirements and search for employment. At present many unemployed young people and adults are living well below the poverty line. Robert Van Zetten Geelong
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I wonder what it will take for the ratepayers of Geelong to revolt. It wasn’t any of the following: highly inlammable grass planted in the middle of Melbourne Road, three attempts and millions of dollars to re-do Mercer Street, Busport, the mall, illegal camping at Eastern Beach, hundreds of thousands of dollars spent on consultants to decide the future of Osborne House, sale of Cunningham Pier, High Street Belmont revamp proposal, Gertrude Street Geelong West bike path, illegally placed and dangerous pedestrian crossings in Pakington Street, the proposal to paint pedestrian crossings in slippery rainbow paint, or the plan to release personal details of gym and pool members to a couple of overseas companies. None of these provoked the slightest protest. So why should the council worry about a mere two million dollars or so to undo the Malop Street iasco? Do we really have to rely on a state government member of parliament to speak for us or will we rise up and say “enough�?
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