Jigsaws dangerous
I write to correct a rumour which my two friends have told me is going around the community. It is untrue that the injury which I recently suffered, and which saw me in hospital for five days, was caused by a jigsaw.
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I make this correction in the hope that by doing so I may avoid a visit from the health and safety people to inspect my non-existent workshop.
So the truth must out and I confess, shamefully, that my injury was caused by a jig-saw puzzle, quite a different thing.
I won't go into detail for fear that it might lead to the banning of these seemingly harmless puzzles from all toy shops in Victoria, it might also raise questions about my sanity.
Nevertheless that is what happened, two identical accidents on consecutive days.
They say it could take eight weeks to heal, each time the wound specialist calls she takes a photograph and I think these will appear in a DVD with R rating.
So my friends, both of them, need not worry, not talk of amputation, and I am enjoying sitting on the sofa in the mornings watching the ladies' soccer.
I have learnt my lesson, the home is a dangerous place.
Reg Wiltshire
Ararat
Praise for wind farms
Congratulations to RES and the Landholders who will be participating with the Ararat Wind Farm.
It's great news that somewhere in our community people are helping to produce Clean Green Energy.
The benefits for Ararat with extra employment, accommodation, food, fuel plus the added income for farmers.
To know the income from wind farms will be money that won’t be effected by the seasons.
The landholders knowing they are contributing to combat climate change.
The Ararat Wind Farm and the Crowlands Wind Farm sites have been being prepared for so many years.
I am so pleased to know one is about to commence construction.
Helen Darbyshire
Eversley
Road conditions
Recently the Minister for Roads and Road Safety, Luke Donnellan announced that he now wants to listen to road users and wants to hear about the condition of our roads.
I have written to the Minister's office on numerous occasions and I lodged a petition in Parliament with over 700 local signatures supporting the urgent need for funding to improve and maintain our roads in the Lowan Electorate.
If the Minister truly wants to listen and wants to make our roads safer, he should start with reinstating the funding for maintenance and improvements that it cut from the State Budget.
The State Government is calling for submissions to its Towards Zero strategy to reduce the road toll. At the same time, it has cut the $160 million Country Roads and Bridges Program and cut 10 per cent from the roads maintenance budget.
Nobody would disagree that we need to reduce the state's road toll and the Liberal Nationals Coalition supports these efforts to do so.
Any death or injury on our roads is one too many.
But if Daniel Andrews and his government truly mean what they say, they need to reinstate this roads’ funding as soon as possible.
We are talking about money that was directly improving the safety of our roads by fixing and preventing hazards such as pot holes and crumbling bitumen.
It is hypocritical of the Andrews Labor Government to be developing a strategy to make our roads safer, while at the same time reducing the amount of money available to maintain and improve them.
I sincerely hope the Towards Zero strategy does not end up as another Andrews Labor Government talkfest and delivers some positive results for our community.
Emma Kealy
Member for Lowan
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