Give the RSL some love
Having proudly attended the dawn service in Wodonga on Anzac day last week in Wodonga which was as always an enlightening and yet humbling experience, we were honored to be invited to the local RSL club for breakfast along with approximately 300 attendees of the service.
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The "feast" for a gold coin donation was just a simple gesture, and yet a community-centric experience.
For such a large influx of people the volunteer staff did an amazing job. Sadly though, the RSL Club is tired, run down and truly in need of some funds to keep it thriving in the true spirit of the veterans who still frequent the Club.
I have visited a number of RSLs around Australia, and the Wodonga RSL is in a sad state and is clearly struggling. In these weeks of election debate, why not place refurbishment of the Wodonga RSL as a priority election can do?
Albury, Wodonga and Corowa districts are steeped in Anzac spirit. Do we really need more sports grounds and all the other trivial tokens of election bravado that never or rarely come to fruition. They will always remain cyclic rambling "promises". Get behind our community spirit and support our veterans and keep the spirit alive.
Sharon Woods, Wodonga
Just do your jobs
Scott Morrison promises heavy handed treatment of animal activists who trespass on farms even equating protesters to ISIS terrorists .
Our Prime Minister intends to force through the changes in law that will mean non-violent activists face a year of incarceration in our already crowded gaols. Yet the Coalition has no election promises which address animal suffering in agriculture.
Reflecting back I see all that the Coalition has neglected to achieve for animals. One of the first acts of Barnaby Joyce when elected in 2013 was the disbanding of the Australian Animal Welfare Advisory Committee, a move condemned by animal protection organisations. The then chairman, former Australian Chief Vet Dr Gardner Murray warned against this dismantling, pointing out animal welfare is now a huge mainstream issue under intense public scrutiny.
The Coalition does not support mandatory CCTV in abattoirs and ignores polls which show three out of four Australians want an end to live exports. Instead of demanding that the RSPCA be properly resourced, Coalition politicians like David Littleproud and Bridget McKenzie have a history of denigrating this vital investigative organisation. David Littleproud recently called for a boycott of the RSPCA. The Coalition has made an art form out of shooting the messenger. They did it to medics, threatened with prosecution for speaking up for the better treatments of asylum seekers.
Instead of standover tactics, how about the ministers for agriculture do their jobs? Time to address what is obvious to all, the endemic suffering of animals crammed into factory farms and live animal export ships.
Cassandra Pollock, Wangaratta
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