This is as powerful a message that I have seen being sent to Canberra.

That is that we have had a bloody gutful of the inaction, lies and no service to our farmers and communities.

Just take a drive around our shocking roads, drive through the smaller towns that have been decimated by decades of very poor government policies, take a look at some of the very basic health services and you like me will hopefully see a desperate need for change.

Those of you that still have the mouldy old Coalition handbook full of cliches and broken promises. Burn the bloody thing and become part of the voting revolution.

Council seems well intentioned in attempting to gain after hours community access to school ovals ("Bid to open school oval", The Daily Advertiser, May 28).

Any decision, however, will not rest with schools (or even with the relevant minister) but with their insurers.

In a society where people love to sue for the slightest scratch, which is unfortunately what we've become, school insurers will not cover injury costs which are outside the "rules" which are inherent in the current use of ovals by children while at school: some types of play are forbidden; there are designated areas for specific play; some areas are out of bounds; and adult (teacher) supervision to enforce various rules and control behaviour is constantly required.

Varying any of these contract conditions is not an option which schools can apply at their own whim to a changed 24/7 situation on grounds owned by them.

What Councillor Dan Hayes seems to be suggesting would initially require the transference of the cost for the (extra) out-of-hours grounds insurance, and enforcement of any required conditions-of-use to council.

Then there'll be the repair bill for grounds made unsuitable for normal school use due to vandalism or simply the extra wear and tear; how one calculates the cost of the forfeiture of a home match because the oval resembles a trail bike track is anyone's guess.

For me, when it comes to thinking about how insurance companies operate, I don't give the well intentioned proposal much hope unless Cr Hayes has a lot of extra dosh in his pockets that no one knows about.

Earlier this month, NSW Labor MP Walt Secord called on the NSW Premier to ban public displays of Nazi flags in NSW, and rightly so.

The cute story 'To Russia with Love' broadcast on ABC's Australian Story on Monday night included footage of an Australian men's choir singing in front of a banner which included a 'hammer and sickle' symbol.

In the same way that displaying a swastika is offensive, symbols of socialism should also be seen as offensive as millions of people were persecuted under various socialist regimes in the 20th century.

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