Maybe the council could take a little off the $9 million set aside for Equex.

I wonder how many candidates will say that they support community initiatives, particularly for young people.

Major sporting facilities do not necessarily favour minorities and do not always promote a healthy community, whereas small things that encourage and support healthy outdoor activity have a positive outcome for all.

It would be interesting to hear the opinions of would-be councillors regarding the issue of looking after the interests of small centres.

SO GEOFF Field of Gundagai has let us know in a recent letter what criminal cases were dealt with at the last sittings of the local court.

Now, this is where Mr Field gets himself well and truly mixed up and confused, in fact to the point of being wholly un-Australian.

In his penultimate letter, he complains about crimes being committed by people "of that appearance or this".

He is making it clear that those people ought not be living here.

But when confronted with the knowledge that there are people who are in his backyard who committed crimes, it gets a mere shrug of the shoulders.

Preachers of intolerance turning a blind eye when it suits them – this is classic double standards.

AFTER all the terror attacks of the last 12 months, who really cares enough to speak out? 

What happened in Nice, France, will escalate around the world.

Us dummies at home listen to politicians condemning the acts of terror. How nice.

The United Nations do bugger all about it.

How long before similar acts of terror will occur on our shores?

Our politicians have a duty, not just to protect their own pay packets, but to ensure the horrific events from overseas will not occur in our country.

I AM really concerned about the approach the Baird government is making to TAFE.

The proposed changes will mean more administrative tasks will be put on the TAFE teachers, which means they will have less time to devote to their teaching responsibilities and students.

The other concern is the push to put more lessons/tutorials on line.

This will disadvantage further the very people that TAFE was set up to train – those people that learn by doing and have difficulty with their literacy skills.

Is this another attempt at having a surplus in the state budget while disadvantaging people with the greatest need for assistance?

Where is the public good in that?

TONI Hassan, in a column in this newspaper in late June, writes in the third last paragraph: “If what concerned citizens really care about is children’s rights, they should deal with the question explicitly. Too many children grow up with only one active parent, and without good role models.”

The critical word here is “if”, because many “concerned citizens” completely ignore children’s rights. The question of children’s rights should be dealt with explicitly, as confirmed by Ms Hassan.