Remember that the new waste scheme was introduced on the back of an earlier "audit" which found that well over 90 per cent of residents wanted no change. Compared to this, about 4 per cent said that they would not be miffed if the collection system changed. So how did Council interpret these statistics? By deciding that four was an overwhelmingly larger number than 92.

Add to this the blunder of equating weight and volume statistics (assuming that a kilo of feathers takes up as much space as a kilo of lead, for instance) and thus vapidly concluding that two thirds of our general waste "volume" was comprised of dinner left-overs. And graphically depicting it as such until I drew attention to the schoolboy howler; after which they claimed they knew it all along.

No, Mr Koop, I can't join in with your optimism. Whenever this council says that they are going to ask us about something, it's a sure sign they've already made up their mind to do something quite the opposite of whatever we say we want.

As agreed, a hand-signed petition began by the Griffith branch of the CPSA for the reinstatement of the midweek passenger train to Griffith has been supported by over 1000 signatures.

It has now been presented to the state Member for Murray Austin Evans’ office to be forwarded to the NSW Minister for Transport to go to the speaker of the house. Also copies have been forwarded to the SFF Party and to the Labor Shadow Minister for Transport,

Special mention is to made of the Mayor John Dal Broi, who has actively supported the reinstatement of the train. Also thanks to the persons who obtained pages of the petition and to the chemist, shops, newsagent and Griffith Central for their help. Head office of the CPSA and annual conference likewise for their support..

When in Sydney, people say to myself we hear so much about Griffith and if there was a better passenger train service we would go there as it is trying distance by road and plane fares to here are very expensive.

If granted the midweek passenger train would also promote a two way tourism advantage.

Labor reads like a John Le Carre novel.

Just look at the number of Labor people pushing a relationship with China despite China’s human rights record. Sam Dastyari did the wrong thing and got caught. Bob Carr and Paul Keating frequently lend to a closer relationship with China. Penny Wong got sprung playing fast and loose with top secret files (The ABC’s The Cabinet Files) and now the Victorian Premier makes a secret agreement with China over the Belt and Road Initiative (all Belt and Road is, is a series of future invasion roads). Who could deny that China has already penetrated our political system?

National security demands that we become aware of Labor before the next election.