All in all, premier will get brickbats over dam wall

In 1983 Bob Hawke gained authorities on the again of a marketing campaign of “No Dams”. Might Chris Minns on the subsequent NSW election repeat historical past? John Bailey, Canterbury

“Folks earlier than vegetation” clearly defines the all-too-common view of our distinctive, advanced, stunning however ever diminishing surroundings. Peter Lane, Margaret River (WA)

Fixing crowded hospitals requires good dose of will

I first skilled hospital emergency division overcrowding within the Eighties, with lengthy ambulance queues creating within the Nineteen Nineties (“Texts inform of ‘Third World’ situations in Sydney EDs”, October 6).
As a specialist emergency doctor, I’ve been to extra workshops, coverage opinions and conferences about this problem than I may poke a stick at. Annually the issue will get worse and spreads wider. It’s time we recognised that the system is designed to overload EDs. Whereas they continue to be the backstop for gaps in each different social and medical service, wants won’t ever be met. If we don’t re-direct sufferers who can anticipate different providers and we don’t transfer out sufferers who want ward beds, EDs will all the time be full and expert workers will proceed to depart out of frustration and exhaustion. We may clear up this tomorrow with the correct will. Unload all ambulances on arrival. Re-direct sufferers whose situation just isn’t vital and transfer the backlog of sufferers requiring hospital beds out of ED. Re-purpose concepts from COVID: medi-hotels may accommodate these nearly able to go dwelling, or solely needing day by day care. Sue Ieraci, Balmain

As soon as once more Brad Hazzard resorts to weasley phrases. How comforting to listen to that he’s “sympathetic” in regards to the stress skilled by docs and nurses who merely can’t do their jobs as a result of there are too few of them after we are sick or dying. Kerrie Wehbe, Blacktown

The deterioration of well being providers and public training, and the rising variety of households residing in poverty, counsel that in some methods Australia is certainly trending towards Third World standing. Way more vital than any election promise to cut back taxes is for governments to do their utmost for the well being, training and residing requirements of the complete inhabitants. Geoff Harding, Chatswood

After I was a hospital resident in 1987, no ambulance ever needed to wait longer than 5 minutes to unload its affected person and have them transferred to a mattress and attended. What has modified so dramatically? It isn’t the desire or the experience of the workers, which has enormously improved. The one issue is the inhabitants enhance since then, unmatched by an efficient, inflation managed enhance in hospital funds. What did the federal government boffins assume was going to occur to hospital care? Who has benefitted from this enhance in inhabitants, when individuals can now not be cared for and even stored alive when sick or injured? Who wins? Not these within the ambulance or the ready room. Jennifer Briggs, Kilaben Bay

All academics deserve a pay rise

Who’s deserving of a pay rise amongst our public college academics (“One in 10 academics may get pay increase”, October 6)? Is it the instructor at a prime selective college whose college students all obtain band six within the HSC? Is it the instructor of 12 months 8 music or a language who conjures up their youngsters to comply with the topic on in later years? Is it the instructor in a distant space who manages to get youngsters to come back to highschool and builds social cohesion in a few of the most difficult circumstances? There are myriad methods wherein a instructor can obtain excellence and few of them may be measured on a inflexible scale decided by “coverage consultants”. Increased salaries for all academics will appeal to just a few of one of the best and the brightest, lowering the workload will appeal to much more, as will the popularity that being a public college instructor is a invaluable and revered profession. Peter Cooper-Southam, Frenchs Forest

Why would so-called consultants in training imagine that paying high-performing academics greater than different academics will cease academics leaving the classroom? Who will assess the academics for his or her pay rise? How would a instructor really feel figuring out the instructor within the subsequent classroom is being paid extra for doing the identical job? So many questions and so few solutions. Robyn Lewis, Raglan

So, 90 per cent of academics can be completely happy to see the opposite 10 per cent paid extra, whereas they proceed to be underpaid, under-resourced and undervalued. That’ll encourage individuals to fill the hundreds of gaps which might be already within the system. Invoice Irvine, Goulburn

You’ll assume by now the Premier, Training Minister and the entire authorities would get it. Lecturers aren’t leaving in droves due to the pay, it’s the workload and situations. Earlier this week the concept of lengthening the college day was floated. This may ship much more academics packing. Enhance the situations, reduce the workload after which, and solely perhaps, will you appeal to and retain extra academics. Peter Miniutti, Ashbury

Labor’s tax downside

My major causes for voting for Labor this time was the dedication to addressing local weather change, the Voice to Parliament and a nationwide ICAC (“Ministers at odds over tax lower debate”, October 6). I didn’t vote Labor in order that the wealthy may obtain tax breaks on the expense of the needy. To this point, though Labor has demonstrated larger integrity and intelligence than the Coalition, I stay dissatisfied by the shortage of motion on addressing local weather change and tax breaks for the wealthy. Jennie Lindbergh, Darlington

The PM must stamp out any debate over the 2024 tax cuts. What is completed is completed and it could be very silly to provide ammunition to a weak Opposition to take advantage of. The federal government must be sensible about this and take care of the elephant within the room – tax reform. A summit may very well be held throughout the subsequent 18 months in order that the emphasis is on structural change to a system that’s buckling beneath the burden of its reliance on earnings tax. Michael Blissenden, Dural

Labor ought to by no means have supported the stage three tax cuts. They’re massively inequitable as they so favour the rich. Actually, why ought to somebody on a primary earnings of $46,000 be in the identical tax bracket as somebody incomes $199,000 (30 cents within the greenback). It’s mainly an try by the Coalition to introduce their flat tax coverage by stealth because it eliminates one tier of the tax brackets. Malcolm Freak, Armidale

So attention-grabbing that these politicians arguing for the tax cuts are all going to get essentially the most monetary benefit. A person’s gotta chortle. Barry Ffrench, Cronulla

Deliver them dwelling

The federal government has generously supplied to convey dwelling ISIS wives and kids (Letters, October 6) who (even when solely minimally) supported the violent overthrow of plenty of governments, and but it appears to have little interest in bringing dwelling Julian Assange, who has solely sought to inform us what our governments are actually doing. What about some compassion for this Australian citizen too, Mr Albanese? Lee Prepare dinner, Orange

Peter Dutton tries to justify the earlier authorities’s lack of humanity in refusing to repatriate girls and kids from Syria. His issues for nationwide safety are fairly pathetic when there are 40 youngsters and solely 20 girls concerned. If he’s so involved maybe he can persuade the Albanese authorities to spend a pathetically small quantity of our defence price range to observe these girls. Peter Rose, Jamberoo

For the primary time, I agree with Peter Dutton. Bringing the ISIS girls and kids could be very harmful for Australia. I imagine it’s much more vital that we ought to be attempting to convey the stranded Afghans, who helped us towards the Taliban, to security in Australia, and it’s undoubtedly time we made positive that Julian Assange was free and capable of come dwelling. Pam Nankivell, Parkes

Airport connection

Many passengers on the new airport (Letters, October 6) could have connecting flights with Mascot airport. A line by way of Leppington would provide a direct and shorter journey east to Mascot just a few kilometres away. Why go on a tour north to St Mary’s that’s a lot additional away and can take for much longer? Plus, take into account the additional prices. Alberto Bizcarra, Rozelle

Loretta was higher

Loretta Lynn (“Nation legend Lynn dies at age 90”, October 6) was as soon as requested how she want to be remembered. She mentioned: “As a superb particular person. Somebody who by no means harm no one.” I’m wondering how many individuals in energy can be remembered that manner? Rajend Naidu, Glenfield

Over the rainbow

Relating to rainbows (Letters, October 6), my fridge magnet says: “Some individuals stroll within the rain, others simply get moist.” A rule I attempt to dwell by. Llieda Wild, Eastwood

Jo Rainbow from Orange says her rainbow connection is life-enhancing for her husband. I’m wondering if his title is Roy G Biv? Certainly they’d be a slightly vibrant couple from a vibrant city. Denis Goodwin, Dee Why

Misplaced heritage

Any replace on when the NSW authorities plans to reassemble Parramatta’s heritage-listed Willow Grove? Martin Frohlich, Adamstown Heights

Fairly opposite

It’s disappointing {that a} main disaster like some Danish princes and princesses dropping their titles was relegated to web page 22 of the Herald (“There’s one thing about Mary in title combat”). Mustafa Erem, Terrigal

The digital view
On-line remark from one of many tales that attracted essentially the most reader suggestions yesterday on smh.com.au
One in 10 academics in line for greater salaries beneath main shake-up
From dannypockets: ″⁣What a joke. The issue is with retaining latest graduates who’re burning out beneath the huge burden of non-teaching administrative duties on prime of all of the unpaid class prep exterior of working hours. No quantity of fiddling across the edges will redress this. The one resolution is to spend so much more cash, both to pretty compensate academics for the actual quantity of labor they do, or to rent extra administrative help workers to reduce their burden. Something much less is an unserious non-solution.″⁣

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