To the person or persons who tagged the wall of my daughter's house with mindless graffiti - I wonder if you have ever considered the real cost of your actions.
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There is, of course, the obvious financial burden of having it removed but it goes way further than that.
Later, she found her four-year-old son packing a bag. When she asked where he was going, he said "to live in the house next door to my cousin - they don't write on walls over there".
You have cost him the ability to feel safe in his home.
Carmel Grealy, Wodonga
The real price of energy
I have been watching the renewable energy debate as well as increasing power prices and got to wondering what would renewable energy cost me.
Solar power only works for about eight hours a day and to power our 8.4 million households, as well as businesses, would cost us tens of billions of dollars.
Maybe wind turbines would do it, rough figures I gained for wind turbines means we would need about 5600 to just power the households and this equated to about $32 billion and then you have business use on top of this.
We are probably talking $100-billion plus for 24-hour renewable energy and who is going to pay for it:
A) The government - this means you the taxpayer.
B) The power company - this means you the consumer.
While my figures are nothing more than rough estimates you can see renewable energy would cost households well over $100,000 when costs are passed.
I cannot see how this will make my power bill affordable
Breck Scott-Young, East Albury
Safety starts with you
In response to Troy Tonkin's letter "Safety Must be a Priority" published Friday 5 April, I wish to advise that safety is everyone's responsibility.
Surely one must be responsible for themselves initially before they can consider others.
If you are unable to act responsibly for yourself how you can reasonably expect to do so for others.
The WHS Act 2011, Part 2 Health and Safety Duties, Division 4 Duty of officers, workers and other persons, 28 Duty of workers, clearly states, While at work, a worker must: (a) take reasonable care for his or her own health and safety.
Safe Work Australia statistics indicate workers "just not caring" or workers "carelessness" categories when combine account for over 74 per cent of all incidents nationally.
While there is a duty for employers, workplace safety should equally be a priority for individual workers, it's the law.
The Building and Construction Industry is the fourth highest risk work environment year in, year out in Australia. Safety starts with you. How industrial manslaughter laws will prevent individuals from harming themselves is not obvious to me.
David Solomon, Albury
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