Roadsides compromised
Much of the deterioration of the road embankments in Kangaroo Valley is due to the poisoning of grasses and plants at the sides of the roads and on the edges of the embankments. All the grasses and native plants at the sides of the road stabilise the ground, but now that they are bring regularly poisoned, the stability is lost. RMS, and or council, need to do some research on this and reconsider their management of the area. I have travelled regularly in this area for over 40 years and have been saddened to see this destabilising of the embankments occurring.
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R. Marriott, South Windsor
Things Nowra needs
Nowra definitely needs a proper bypass around the town sooner rather than later. After living on Worrigee Road for 23 years we are desperate in need of footpaths to protect our children on push bikes, young mums pushing prams or anyone wishing to go for their daily walks safely.
K. Oke, Worrigee
Over to Albanese
Is Anthony Albanese all bluff and bluster or is his calling of the sacking of John Setka from the Labor Party his attempt to differentiate his leadership from that of Bill Shorten?
Albo in support of his calls for sacking should back the government's two proposed Fair Work amendments designed to ensure integrity and proper use of workers' benefits.
Albo, if he is to improve his electoral stocks and regain much of the lost trust of the voters, must back the latest government policies in order to clean up the union leadership issue. Voters become nervous when union officials appear to become too influential in political matters.
Unions are vital to our economy but when their demands and conduct become untenable corrective action must be adopted.
Political leaders that appear to be heavily influenced by unelected and under regulated bodies are destined for a short leadership tenure as has most recently been shown.
Will the real Albo stand up or will party politics prevail and force his backdown? This would surely spell the end of the Albo dream.
Stay strong, Albo, as the nation needs a strong opposition as to keep the government honest as has been much stated in the past.
B. Cumberland, North Nowra
Deadly dust lingers
Lung disease continues to be one of the worlds most common cancers.
August 1 was World Lung Cancer Day.
Asbestosis, mesothelioma and associated lung diseases are a legacy that workers have inherited through no fault of their own. I am still seeing Australians with lung disease coming forward today.\
Slater and Gordon was one of the first law firms in Australia to hold big business, mining companies and big money to account on behalf of Australians who were suffering from Asbestosis and associated lung disease. I believe that our work didnt end with Wittenoom or James Hardie.
I see people in their 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s who are diagnosed and dont know how long they have left. They are men who worked in the mines and women who washed their dust-covered clothes.
The reason that some struggle to breathe is because they worked in the mines or a factory where Asbestos dust and debris were strewn across their workplace.
However, it lives on in our buildings, in our homes, schools and work sites.
In our desire to bash out the walls of our 50s-70s do-er-uperers, we forget that the dust lies dormant in many of our homes. Because of this we're seeing a new wave.
Please check if you have asbestos walls or rooves in your house before knocking them out. Check if you need to protect yourselves, neighbours or contractors.
No one should ever have to go through what my clients and their families have had to.