What better chance will the council have in this regard than to support the Morisset peninsula and surrounding community in its endeavours to stop the impost of a helipad and noisy helicopter operations at Trinity Point?

The community has made its position clear. Of the almost 500 submissions to the Department of Planning and Environment (DoPE) only about 10 are in support, most of whom live in Sydney so will not feel the negative impact on their wellbeing and lifestyle. So, Cr Fraser, we have had our say. This is our home. We live here. And our values do not include a helicopter operation.

Will the council and our elected representatives please stand up for this community and tell the DoPE that this community’s values do not include a helicopter operation? Will the council help to keep our community liveable?

- Margaret Carew, Morisset Park

I HAD to have a chuckle this week. On page 2 (“Man charged over power station copper theft”, Lakes Mail, February 23) a man is charged after 30kg of copper is found in his car, valued at $50,000. Turn to page 10, and ‘Letters to the Editor’, and there is yet another letter bemoaning the fact that the National Broadband Betwork (NBN) is a dud. Have you seen the size of the copper cabling that the Rudd and Gillard government dug up to conveniently make way for the broadband cable? How much do you think enough copper cabling, as thick as your arm, to connect the whole of the country would be worth? Where did that money go? What a scam.

- Paul Kilshaw, Rathmines

MEMO to low-paid workers: Here comes the judge. For the record, Justice Ross, who I believe never works weekends and earns $8000 per week, has made a ruling that low-paid workers working on a Sunday deserve a pay cut. We are all equal in the eyes of the law, except some are more equal than others – like politicians who gorge themselves on taxpayers’ perks. The law is an ass. 

- Richard Ryan, Summerland Point

WHILE I believe teaching of religion and politics should not be part of the school curriculum, I think those who believe religion should be replaced by ethics simply want to eat their cake and keep it, too.

They would be replacing fallacy with fantasy, as ethics are but an off-shoot of religious teachings and standards. The questions would have to be asked: "How ethical are the ethics being taught and how ethical are the people teaching them?" 

Judging on past performances, with but few exceptions, I prefer my own. 

- Ron Elphick, Buff Point 

THE decision of the Fair Work Commission with what I would call the tacit support of the Turnbull government to reduce penalty rates should be a wake-up call to all those people on average and low incomes who have voted for the Coalition in the past.

I think the Liberal and National parties have always exclusively represented the interests of the rich, although they have been very successful over the years in convincing average income earners that they look out for them. This could not be further from the truth. 

It appears obvious to anyone with even a passing interest in Australian politics that the goal of the Coalition is to create a dog-eat-dog mini America, with an army of low-skilled, low paid, and non-unionised workers for the business community to exploit. 

- Peter C Jones, Rathmines