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CONTACTUSYour Mall, Sunday Mall
GpO Box 339, Adelaide SA 5001. fax (08) 8206 3646~
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.~1V .H4i'y:o.u" "TH:I N~K-CFEll~A,USTRAlIA"'1'_'..,, .__ ~.;,.. " - -.-- '_0._ :_ ' , _ _ " 0
~legia~cejto theQu~n..:NICK-MbicbmStat~tlia:t-''MiCbael..JetreIY,. ;the, Governor-General, Is: our Australian
~Head ot St,8te (2OJ5/07).. .What'pune,WealI'know that politicians
ilse spin to contuse the public, but please!HIs continuing insistence; since the republicreterendum, on that statement Is now In-sult1i1g' to :.aII ot us.'-.would sUggeSt to the Honourable Sena-
m,that..he.be caretul. He bas,_ :~<t#l~eglanceto'.the Queen,
"asa.Senatot'apd then as a MInIstero.rtthe"'~Crown~!~~~'.: ,.. Iii1.he very. UDIIkely event that the Queen
were.totake an Interest.In,we Australians,..and',read.hIs.statement':' she may havehIrri charged with treason and thrown Into-one"ot<lJer .MaJesty's' PrIsons,
~.:;::., ';'.DRANTONIO COCCHIARo, AM, MBBS
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;:,~_!Q~~~~~.'",a<;>W;f99~<lQe1:M@owardthink we.are?"<:A'f"'fIiIniess4test!J.>'tor'1ill'new'AWAs Is a
1':ibl8fJ!.D(a~tiimptiO'cover.1ipthe loss ot,true"'PIC9tectlp.n,,.tor.-workers.. caused" by"WorkCholces;orwha~verhe:caIls It now....::Tlie?:taIn1ess test""olfers nothing tor the~;OOo-odd "AU$sIe~who've'~ady signedan"AWA:'secondly;.W\1owill actually check
.tI!8t eVeIYl!~wJ\.WAIs"taJr"'and, even moreI1Pportantly? h9W.,:wIIlthis \Ie funded?'In. the recent.Budget. the Department ot
Employment' and Workplace Relations omyrecelved an additional 15 stair. Worse, theareil.under whlch'the Olllce otEmploymentAdvocate operates will actually be reducedby 57 pe9ple. The "talrness test" Isa sham.
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'Biwal:'8Jnore hard 'Labor:oobii;;i~~alttlie traii'e'imlonsW<econtrof agaln.,.Have we not ,learned .ourle~OIl !rom, previous Labor governments.Wlthatnkes, recesslona that we had to have,p .hlgh Interest rate.? .
, . TOM HAWDAY-:+t--:...i.,,\-!,.,~-H~~..i""" ~n Vele'- .;::: ~_':""~.-:";-';'J.'::'-;: h___u n ___ ___
'tlead of-state'not officiartitle'PETER GOERS writes that "Senator NickMInchin calls the Governor-General ourhead ot state, but the Government citizen-ship test calls the Queen head ot state"(27/5/07),
The Government has announced Its inten-tion to develop a citizenship test, but noquestions have yet been circulated.'In mid-May some media outlets published'
what they claimed were "20 citizenship testquestlons";'Those "exclusive" scoops did
,..oot'mention th8t.the questions were In tact. .Invented by the media.
The tenn "head ot state" Is somewhatprone to misuse because It IS'not an olllclaltitle but a political description. The tound-Ing tathers did not use the term. The claim~t Australians have a torelgner tor ''headot.stat.e"ls a work otmodern spin doctoring,
;with~no"basls:1n law-or, practice. . _;,:;~itroleot head ot ~te, as linderstood~lnternatlonaJlY,lnvolvesthe:exercise ot con-stitutional.powers.which are wielded InAUstralIa by the Governor-General alone,.'.The-Governor-General bas exclusive res-
pOnslbWtytor the exercise ot alIexecutive..po,}!-etunde~section 61 ot our Constitution,:an!!tor aIIreserve powers: He signs our laws
iI'~torce;:he j)rorogues.and dlssolves'par-",,'jllu:nent'and he.regularly appoints and with-~\~~~.lD4JIsterial COll1J:!1L5slonsthroughout!.wr~JIl!!!\!!1el!t~~~.'Ji::_.; '-""':_ .5" .;.';I'I:i1!]:9Qye~or:General: Is an Australian';cltlzen .and he resides .In Australia. All
.A~ can asplre'to this high Qlllce.:i'I'lie,fewpowers given to the Queen underour Constitution are omy exercisable by theGov.ernor-GeneraJ;and evenIn the exercise.'otreserve powers she never 'acts outside theadvlc:e.:otthe Governor-General. .
Moreover, the Governor-General has sig-DitI~t Independent powers which are hisalone,'1nwhich he does not even consult theQueen'and which are not delegated to him
~e'Que~n, SENATOR NICK MINCHINMinister to< Finance and Administration
Lead~~ of 1I>eGovernment. in the Senate
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States to blamefor wa~ercrisisSOMETHING must be done to place.theblame for the i\ustraliacwide water problemswhere tt belongs - with state govemmentsC'Washed up", 27/5/07).
The last metropolitan weter storage con-structed .here was ccsmpletedIn 1969, Whathas OUI' population done since, then? In-creased dramatically and l}'Iuch 01 the
.country pof'ulatio,n ,~as shilled to. the ,city:The SA Govemment (and other state.gov-
emments) has not done its job In providingwater for our population,even for good yearslet alone' for drought years.
They use the excuse that the problems aredue to "climate change", but tt Is theirinaction and not any natural or unnaturalclimate change that is causing the trouble.
GRAHAMWISEMANTwo Wells
I. LaborlosUor answersI AM an extremely concemed citizen whocares about this great country. Austr8Jianvoters'are acutely aware thet the water Issuehas been a state issue and (Jota federal one,
The states Cl:)Uld,not agree witheach other,Onlynow out of lrustratlorthas the FederalGovernment been brought in to sort tt out.Once, agail'l this. Is just . ano,thel' classicexan:tf'!e~t~r'polipyf~IU~!!;, .. 'C_41f Labor fIad aU the' solUtIons' on' water,climate change, health care and stite edu-cation, why are the states in the 1}'18SStheyare. In? Over the past seven years they havereceived billions of dollars In new fundingfrorp the G.ST'but still co~tinue to cry poor;
DAVID.DAHM, <ldelaldE!
AtyoursemceASSUMIN:G I have done my calculationscorrectly, and based on an SA populationot 1.5 mUllon and on. the ligures ot 76,000public servants In the state, I arrive at allgure ,ot one public servant tor every 19
; living souls within SA. - . .Adding the unknown number ot Common-
wealth public servants In SA, I am amazedwe ever have any dIt!lculty with any ot theagencies that are supposed to supply uswith assistance.
I am also amazed that In SA one personIn 20Is drawing on state taxes tor a working,Income,
DEREK BALLTaperoo
Iraq a nation in ruinsI WAS appalled when Tony Blair, an intel-ligent leader, on his last trip to WashingtonDC as British PrIme MInIster, declared hedid not have any regret invading Iraq.
Iraq Is In ruins, the Intrastructure Is almostnon-existent, but worst ot aIIthere Is no lawand order, which causes death and mIs~ry,..' Mld-2006'the death ton tor Innocent 'cIv-maps ~ more than60,OOO.aridwas'iiSIrig
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1WASHEDUPWater .woes spell doom forHoward and tluLUbs In SA
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'''"POll PINPOINTS KEY ISSUE ,(.
Victoria goes to waterIF yo~rheadllne "Washed. Up: Weter woesspell doom for Howard and.the ,Ubs In'SA"reflects the attitude ot Soj,lth.AustraliansgenerallY,.tt $:BI'). only il)dica!e an ul)believable ., .
cdegree ofjgnorance"j_~--,.{:,~f. 'I wouliOiavethougtit ~}YasuniversBily;
'knQwnthat.Waterls:a.~resP9nsibuitY:'l1!1d ?the Commonwealth, regrettably, cannot ar-rogate. that responsibility. to .itself. without .
specific'ilpp..ov'aI.fromeactutate.... :J'}1e,Corjlmol')wealtl:1.olfe!On;thaMurray,anCl water. In get'\aral Is now In' limbo; solely'because ,of Victoria's 'refusal' .to.,accept It
: .~,~.' ;~~::;J.:"~HAlilES.l'~:;:;'~~;.:0,/ -:f~' ';;6::":J".
by 1I:i'QUt'100' a week. sUnriis and Shiiteslived peacetulJy betore the war and now they'kill each other. Saddam Hussein was a crueldictator but there was no .terrorlsm anddellnltely no<al-Qalda: '.
The "coalItion ot't~e :wIIlIng':;aII demo-~cratlc (:olintrles behind. the George Bushbanner, .defled the United Nations resol-
.utlon nQt to Invade Iraq. What happened,.In Iraq Is now the result ot that decision.. .. BERI'CROlT
SalisbUl)'
.Cheats have lost the plotREOARDmG WorkCover,Craud ("Trappedbytapel',; 27/5107),why would anybody In'thelr righfmind want to be onWorkCoverwhen' yoil don't have to be?, -.
You. lose yoUr rlghts,--'imtitlements,.lItestyle, dignity and become' branded tor'lite, It you decide to be on WorkCover It you.don't have to be, you have dellnltely lost theplot. and need treatment,
." WAYNEMAnNER. "Plympton
:8 LE1TERSande';'alls should be brief, must.; .,,'.118slgned,and Include name, sddreaa arid
. -daytime phone numberforverlflcatlon;'They~" " may;_beed~foi"lIpaClt and.clarlty"-.r ...~..Mi _ z~ ~
RICKPLEHO"25;KI,lkenny'
Ithink Adel8Jde latoosniall for a toll i08d,Wedon't need one
.' because tharalsn't.the trafflccongnUonIIkayou .aaln othorpl_.llwouldn'tmaka a ~i1hIrenca.
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BIANCA YOUNG~;. "Ici.8ren \lale
No, I'm frO(l1 VlQtorlaand I hate whatthey've got overthere. I go oUt of myway to avoid tt and I'dd.o tho 118I'(I0In SouthAultfaUa.
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\lAMIIt CR,4'IG:,"':!t/GlSndP'!l .;">.
N~:ti's'iU8t8n0iiier'.c;oat that we don't,need to pay. Idon'tthink If, bOtn
.'luCQanfulln' Sydnoy'or Malboumo and It'snot .omathlo"that.s(1QIII(jqom" ",rWI
CHRIS', ~RI:!II':!() .
:t 8(Toorak,i '~arde.~s'filen'! driVeafttie,riJomontso It's notahuge Issue tor me; .but I wouldn't like to'00 ono'in South'AU'lraUa.,ldoo:t...thl! R9'nJ.,t WI,.
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STEVE Bracks,fi'in a:V\Qtol1an1Iivlng'!i,'SA'andbecauseof.your pJirelyP91ltJC;7IJ7att!iJi'fie.}you could be pultlngQur main drlnklng.waterat risk, I hope you know what you're doing,
'MICHAEL SCHADE
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~OHN HowarQ haspass~fi.!! ~Xg!&d~!Ht;~time for a change,.' " ~~~" ~
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DO people fpl'get ~art6elate-"80.s :!~arlY''90s were like u.nderthe laborGol'emmeJlt?I don't and JonnnY Is getting my JI~te.-,
CHERRYLBRADY"':""~\1
UNDERJohnHowardAUstraliahasgonetiom:the land of the long .y,oeekenCl.to the~land'Qf No Weekend. "''::~~
~NElL'MORGAN~. . Gle~a.lJ.1bo,
.NOTonly ,;ih' ()ueeriofEngland'Ou~I!e'ad:of. state, but AuatJ:alla Is a constitUtionalmonar"hy which III based. on'Cathollclsm;-before the Englishmonarchy.became'Prot--
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HOV/daft :m~s!jijose:~~\~,sC£g;,I~t2.8~~cdeny young wOl))en.the)~~~ CJ!!:!.~.'(as~cination fort!1e ;reason given,:.The\Nl!<1CinE!.doesn't promote promiscuity;,Slack.parenting:and lack' of suPeMsion' do; In:;my~OpJriiOO:i..
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REDEEM youraelf,~~Davlci';tllcb~sel!~YQij""atory to 6O'Mlnuto$OHVoml!n'S~Day@e~a book or even do a.telemovle;'andglve"all"the proceeas.to"flghtJng:terrorlsm7; -~'...
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ANOTHER ignorant, InCorrect'com;n,ntttfo.:n~.Amanda Blair:"Adelaide'is not !Q;owo"tOf11iS"cultural diversit1':C:~ng !1)Y'wo.ri:!S,~~,,~gusto", 27/5/0"!),) ',,!:(Ygetti!1g:,oUt'~'.~,;s!.t¥LArpanda. .. 'Ii ~'-~.
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HOW. can the. Govern.ment.spend:$5~ciOo~.to bring convlQted, supporter oLte~ro""sll\David Hicks hom.e' on a luxury let ~.\'!IIenShepalle Corby, a convlQted.drugsl}'lugglor;Is left In a Ball, pi180n?~Wlllthey'bri . .home t.o!1er1Ilml!!'1£~IJ:t.1!!!~;'
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. ,I A!'Aoniholid~ysJrom:;NSWA'hom~..to:prinJ;.pl\.O!IT-~II:I;,'I~ _.'I and suNNed ~ ..; , .'~.
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PETER Goera;you~ar~a"mii1ot-iif~...m...,
I and. many :othera al'!',.l!rob,iI'!JI8II~,~~~we.COllle from SA (':MelbOurne mllyjose lI1e.'Grand 'PrlX;iHow:wo.n4.e.rful!if..2i/5J~1!~' ,'e'f:.SA Government loat the'Grand~prb(.'bi,w.y;r:;01 lack of negotJatJon."The Vies "didn't ateai"It; No wonder everybody laughs.at:us:'..Getthe chip off your. IIhoulder: .";'"i,:~ .. .-
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