Community well served
ONE wonders if the gentlemen serving community service orders who assisted the wounded constabulary restrain the man at Toronto ('Daylight stab attack', Lakes Mail, October 10) will be credited for their efforts? I think it would be more than appropriate for their orders to be cancelled by the authorities. I believe they have served our community.
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- Paul See, Merewether
First impressions count
WELCOME to Morisset? Yeah, right. Welcome to the parking lot of vehicles for sale along the main road to our lovely town. I counted 30 different types of cars, caravans, boats and various other wheeled items the other day along Dora Street outside the former golf course. How about tidying up the whole area before someone gets killed rubber necking? Welcome to the ghetto, I say, because that's what it looks like.
- Mary Barton, Bonnells Bay
'Enough' already
CLIMATE scientists are urging world leaders to take actions to keep mean global atmospheric temperature rise below 2 degrees Celcius above pre-industrial levels. Three million years ago, in the Pliocene era, was the last time this temperature was exceeded, and atmospheric carbon dioxide levels exceeded 400 parts per million. Scientists discovered up to one third of Antarcticas ice shelf melted, and sea levels rose by up to 20 metres.
They predict, if we continue our current emission trajectory, the median (66 per cent probability) global sea level rise will be 1.2 metres, with 2 metres (5 per cent probability) a plausible upper limit, by the end of this century. That's within the life span of our grandchildren, and it wont stop there. Yet the policies of our federal government, some state governments, and the Mineral Council of Australia are aimed at increasing the burning of carbon worldwide, hastening this process. It is time we all said enough.
- Richard Mallaby, Wangi Wangi
Help with mental health
I WRITE on behalf of the not-for-profit Mental Illness Fellowship of Australia (MIFA) to urge readers to reach out for help if they or someone they know is facing mental health issues. It is now estimated 3.8 million Australians live with a mental illness.
People with any kind of mental illness, including severe mental illness, need as much support as they can. People with severe mental illness can live successfully in the community and can recover if the correct support is there. The last thing we want to see is people ending up in acute mental health care facilities. That is why we urge readers to reach out if they feel they need support. Latest data suggests 65 per cent of all GP presentations are for mental health issues. Some 690,000 people across the nation live with a severe mental illness. We are most concerned that there are at least 225,000 people across Australia, with a severe mental illness, who are are at risk of getting no support because of the changes brought about by the introduction of the National Disability Insurance Scheme. We believe all governments need to be held to account for the clear current inadequacies of our current mental health system. If governments do not tackle the big issues, taxpayers end up funding higher costs of mental health services, prisons and lost productivity. We urge people everywhere to reach out. Get free help by ringing Mi Networks on 1800 985 944 or visit minetworks.org.au.
- Tony Stevenson, national CEO, Mental Illness Fellowship of Australia
On climate alarmists
WHAT I find amusing about the climate alarmists is the wildly differing opinions. Some tell us that we are all doomed by 2030, but the other day I saw one telling us how high the oceans will be by 2300. It seems they just believe whatever their computer model spits out.
- Greg Hunt, Newcastle West
