It is extremely dangerous for cyclists and only a matter of time before someone is badly injured. With the one-metre law in place it leaves passing motorists no option but to enter another lane to pass a cyclist causing frustration.

The council has no option but to close one lane and widen the other. It was designed improper in first place.

I am writing to express my sincere appreciation to everyone in Victoria who gave generously to The Smith Family’s 2017 winter appeal.

This year we had exceptional support from the Australian public, raising over $4.6 million nationally to help thousands of disadvantaged children across the country with their education.

For the 1.1 million young Australians living below the poverty line, staying engaged at school and keeping up with their peers can be extremely challenging. Without educational support and extra resources, they may never reach their potential and are more likely to experience hardship as adults.

Funds raised from our winter appeal will help nearly 11,000 disadvantaged Australian children with the extra learning support they need, through our reading programs, after-school learning clubs and the iTrack online mentoring program.

It is heartening that this cause has resonated with so many people who gave to our appeal, which not only helps the children who access our programs but their families and communities.

I would like to thank each and every individual who made a donation. Your help will have a direct, lasting impact on disadvantaged children here in Australia, giving them the best chance possible to break the cycle of poverty and create a better future for themselves.

Is it any wonder people have lost all faith in their politicians. At some point in the past decade or so, politics has become a silly little game, where  you stick up for “your team” in the face of all indiscretions but are quick to go for the jugular when someone from the opposition team does exactly the same thing.

A case in point was Malcolm Turnbull’s reaction to the oversight by two Greens politicians who had to step down after learning they both held dual citizenship.

Prime Minister Turnbull was having none of it, no excuses and no sympathy for the pair or the party who he said had shown “incredible sloppiness”.

He also accused them of “extraordinary negligence”.

And maybe there are those that agree with him. Maybe he is right. That’s a matter of opinion and we are all entitled to form our own.

But a matter of fact would be that if Malcolm Turnbull had foreseen that one of the members of his Coalition government would get nabbed for the very same oversight a week later, he would no doubt not have chosen to throw such very sizeable verbal stones towards an opposition party.

It would seem there might still be a way out for Matt Canavan, who has handed up his mother as the one to blame for covertly obtaining Italian citizenship on his behalf. Poor mum. In the case of a member of the Coalition getting caught for “extreme sloppiness”, his poor mother was to blame.

It’s just another demonstration of the silly little games many of the politicians in our country play. If only they’d get on with doing the jobs we elected them to do and stop with the “us versus them” antics and one-upmanship, they might find time to do something about the things that actually matter.