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$ LETTER OF THE DAY

UNESC0's decision onthe reef defies belief

- ERNEST WRIGHTSunrise Beach

builciing thc siimcr rrldlruildiugs l;asutl otr all tlteold rtlcas, * ith thc outlvirigphilosoph-v lrr:ing thirt lhrrpurposc o{ citics isltrrildings and llrc protil lnbc marltr Ii'onr sclling thcnr.

Thc.y glarn it up rriths<lmc quaint tcch, conncc{ ittu il milzr: ol solar pancls inthc $i4 milliun pincrapplcrlicld althorrgh I think Isairy a $i9 million itcur lbrthis 1.1u.jcct il cr-rurrcilitccuunts but what thchcck. $4m ()r'Sgm as long usit rcaclrcs tlrc right cntl andw(r ncrvct; cvcrt'. ha\.c t0 payirnothcl clcctricity bill lbrthosc "srnart" strrrct signs.

Thclc is nnundclstnnding of "NcivUlbanism" llcrhaps in 50Yt)a ts.

.Iust likc thcv just caughton [o 70kmh trashiug half a

GIVIN tho amount of landclearing, spread ofagriculture (not a bad thingin itself) and the resultanlcontinual run-off ofchemicals to the GreatBarrier Reef, how couldUNESCO not declare thereef "in danger'' (Daily,Seplember 29|?

lf climate change is alsocontributing to the rise insca tcmpcraturcs and somcreefs expected to notre-grow, perhaps Sir DavidAtLenborough's rccentwarnings need to bere-visited.

He says it is rn "gravedanger" and, indeed, theAustralian lnstitute ofMarine Science says thereef has lost around 50% ofits coral cover from

ctntrlry 1atc, maybtr thcy'llcatch up witlt fire lust ol'thcworki's thinliing that peoplcmalic up a rit1,. not a pilrr oflrricks.

- MICHAEL BUBGESSParrearra

1985 2012.Coral bleaching has been

reported since the 1980s.With record wanner

weather over the past twoto three years and a rise inocean temps of 1-2 degreesabove the norm, federaland state governments aswell as citizens of ourcountry need to be alert tothis possible destructionand bc looking foriong-term solutions so thatthe reef will be available forfuture generations Lo

wonder at.Perhaps extra specific

funding to marinescientists r,vould be in orderand be an obvious firstresponse?

- CTAIRE JOTTIFFEBuderim

Keep your kids safeTlIAl,iK .r'uu iil' 1-rui rlishirr gcxtt'acts fi'clm this )'cat'sRoval Lilc Srr.'ing Drrrrvningllc'pott "Kccp -'"our kitlslt'akl' s;ltir" (Dailv.Octobcr'1).

\tr/t r,r'oultl like 1ocrnphasiscr thc puittL lhirt l'lr.lustin Scurr mulicts in thcar tirlc alnut trncoulaging;lt:opk. I o ;rclir.r'lv supclvisirch ilch'cn llrountl lr,irtcr-.

It is Lragic thal81/i, ul'dloivning clcalhs in -voungchildt'rtn alc thc rcsult ul'lalling in.

il'Ian1' pcopl-: rion't lc:rlisclhat, unlikc thc movics.rh'oivning is silcnl anrl iltahcrs onlv scccinds lol l-r

chiltl to rlloivn.r\s summcr approachcs

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so many "cclcilllitics" {iurss that shc cnjcysjoslling to gtrL tltcil I'aces h pul;licitv as sltr: sur:rtrs tu guthc mcdia, \\'c tlon't know out ol'hcl' $'av tu gtd it,horv lur thcv will go to gct r\nd thc pr:oplc vvho tluvcxposul'c, so rvc stalt to thc gltlssl'fiag-c 61' n'atchftr:al cvrrt"y siitr;r1ion as lhc tr"ashv TV shorvs t'anpotcntierlly dodgl: sharc thc blamc ltrr thcr

I l'cul vcr'.v sun.v I'ul Kim situalion c.tistirtg at all.Kardashian il'shc u'as lt's a vicrlons circlc, r",hiclractualll' ttcrld at gunpoint. it lcsults rn pcoplrr liltc mcrwoukl havc bcrcn no lcss bcing -c113pisious of'k:r'rif'ving lr:r'hcr lhan it cvcrvthing pt:r4rlc likc Iiirnwoultl bc tbr anvotlc rrlsc'. Kaltlashian serv and rlo.

Ilut it's n(i rn.v luult sirc I'rn slill not sr.rrc iI'thaLand othcls likc hcr chasc malics mc a bad porson butpublicitlr I'm only vagucly I clo know that I'm bigarvarc of who shc is, harrcr crnough to apolugiscr to Kimncvrl u,ittchcri hei'{'eunilv's lbr m1" r'cuctirln.TV shon' ancl would ncvcl I ltopct shc's okay.buy a rlagazinc basccl on Evcn a publicity-hungr'1,,hcr tlrring on tho li'clnt covcrr'. (l-gradc cctlcbt'llv dotsn't

Shc mry be a complctcly dcs*rvc tu huvtt tirat happonkrr.,cly pcrson llul I can onl] 1o thcm.

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tllrnsprnngJAMIE Milnc dcscrvcs somcmassive congratulations.

ln the space of two-and-a-haif weeks he's managed Lo

run all the rvay fronr the south-ern edge of the Austraiiancontinent home to the sun-shine Coast, covering theequivalent of two maratlrons aday.

Ir's the sort of thing rhehuman body is simply notdcsigncd to do at lcast,that's what we're assuminggiven the pain and sufferinghe's put hinrself througlr.

It's become almost common-place for people to travel overdistances to raise money forvarious charities, There arepeople rvalking and cycling,driving unusual cars, ridingcamels, flying balloons, sailingboats.

There's probably someon eout there using a pogo stick totravei from one place toanother for charity.

This is not intended tobeiittle the efforts of peoplelike Mr lvlilne or anyone elsevrho tries to help others bydoing sornething unusual.

0n the contrary, rhe effortsof these people are extra-ordrnary ond, bcyond thcirstated goals of helping peopiein need, fill our very humanrreed to erplore our world andtest boundaries.

in a lot of ways, people likeJamie illilnc arc thc DouglasMawsons and the Burkes andWills of our times. However.instead of exploring placesthey are exploring the limits ofhuman endurance and thedcpths of our initiativc.

lvtr Milne has done some-thing inspirational in his runfroln Melbourne, part icularlyfollowing on from his gruellingrun around Tasmania less thana ycar ago.

0ne can only r,vonder whathe's going to atrempt next.

T LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

- JOHN HANSENlittle Mountain

bcttrrr than an-v othcrs) stL.rr]. c.xccpt pr:r'ltaps thrSunshinc (hast's ruhiclrrc c1'clcs alrnost nothing.

Lihc alt lxry:;, thctxrrtnr:illols alr: prcrrlr:cupicrlwith htxr last thc tlashrllovus. ralher Litart 'rvhaI tt.r

do lvith it whcn it spurts outintn sturagc sikrs.

Thc spcorl ol'thcirintcrncl sr:t:ms lo hr:anothcr I'ascinatiun, instcadof clcatlrg al r:nvilounrcnLconducir"c to thc."innovativr* pcoplc thc) arctrying to attracl to nsc il.

It's all spctrl, sptrcd.spec'tl. I hopct those str,--'crisitr1us tlon't tum ott'brdbleyou hn'tr timc to lcad thcm.

As to thc lrcnc.lit fbr thrt"natulal cnvironmcnt" -

tlris dcvriopmt-.nl is ircingtiuilt b1' "bricks and rnortar"'t1'pc pcuplc.'l'h(\-v al'c

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