I was pretty excited to read that the Hinterland Aussie Day Expo is going ahead next year. What a great way to meet all the community groups that make the region tick, not to mention the very important Australia Day citizenship ceremonies to welcome newcomers to our wonderful and diverse little part of the world.
But is everyone on board? Will council continue to support this tradition? Probably a couple of questions worth posing, I would think.
COST OF EATING
You would think the world has caved in every time to turn on the tele to watch the news or listen to the radio. Inflation, interest rates, mortgages, cost of yadda yadda yadda. Boring!
Well it turns out not everything is going up and in fact some things are falling in price.
Meals on Wheels seems to have dropped its cost, with one old fella telling me he was pretty excited to see that his bill had fallen from $11 a meal to $8.
Now that’s the kind of thing that should be making the news.
BET YOU’LL LOSE YOUR VOICE
Not sure which way the Voice vote is going to go?
I can answer that.
Down. At least that’s if you believe the betting markets, which at last glance had No at $1.14 and Yes at $4.90. That’s pretty decisive. It’s fraught to even whisper your position on the Voice referendum, so I’m not going to do that.
But surely I’m not the only person asking what is the point of even continuing to go ahead with it. How did the country get itself into this position?
Why didn’t both major political parties agree on the format of the Voice before bringing it to the nation. How do you expect to pass anything such as this without bipartisan support.
It has become a complete and very expensive mess that could have been avoided.