FROM THE EDITOR ONE of the great scourges of our modern democratic system is that political parties view power as an end in itself, and not a means to an end. Of course, governing is the end. Power is just the means to be able to govern. We live in a state where the Labor government seems unwilling or incapable of performing the tasks required to effectively govern. Decision making is tortured and flawed, with the best outcomes taking a distant second place to political considerations. Whether it is crime, cost-shifting or crumbling infrastructure, the result is that we live…
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WILDLIFE advocates are renewing calls for drivers to slow down and stay alert after a mother kangaroo was tragically killed in Arthurs Seat. The incident occurred on Arthurs Seat Rd after the kangaroo was struck by a car, causing critical injuries.According to the Vets for Compassion Facebook page, the mother kangaroo managed to reach dense bushland with her joey but was badly injured and had struggled to move. When rescuers arrived the next morning, they came across a rare and emotional scene with two male kangaroos standing guard over the injured mother with her joey.“Through the long, cold night they…
THE state government is being lobbied to improve roads around the Inghams Enterprises chicken processing plant near Baxter. The factory, which rose out of the ashes of a major fire in January 2010, has a staff of 600 processing more than 500,000 birds a week. Following this week’s announcement of the loss of 170 jobs at BlueScope, Inghams is now the largest private employer in the area. General manager Alan Wilson said projected increases in production meant that Inghams would increasingly use the larger B-double trucks that were hard to manoevre around the six-way intersection near Baxter Primary School. However,…