Ok so we’re a bit cranky this week. Here’s a few things that have got our backs up today:
Fraser Island Rangers:
RANGERS on Fraser Island are reportedly so bored they are demanding to be flown back to the mainland daily at taxpayers’ expense.
A group of rangers, employed by Queensland’s Environmental Protection Agency, are choosing to live at Hervey Bay rather than stay in State Government provided accommodation on the island, the Sunday Mail reported on the weekend.
The EPA has confirmed about one third of the agency’s 48 staff were choosing to commute and are being flown to and from the island daily at an undisclosed cost to taxpayers.
Locals are bewildered the rangers do not want to live on the World Heritage listed island, with the rangers apparently whining that they can’t go out for entertainment or shopping and they are bored.
The relationship between rangers and locals has deteriorated since the EPA constructed a controversial dingo fence on the island.
Strewthisback writes: We’re not surprised their popularity has dropped since the ugly fence went up but honestly, should we tax payers be footing the bill or should we demand the EPA replaces the staff with those who are prepared to work to the conditions of the job?
And… A government out of control?:
The second issue really bugging us at the moment is the State Government. They have just announced they will be fast tracking the desecration of large tracts of green space for urban development. These announcements go directly against the previous Beattie government’s 20 year plan for the future and make us wonder what happened to Sustainability?
We should be concerned as a government that constantly back-flips on its own “expert” advisers and reports stands to make errors that could well be irreversible in the future. The Traveston Dam is just another of these mad decisions made by a government that has lost touch with reality.
Gee those Rangers are terrible sods - imagine wanting to go home and see the wife and kids when you finish work. It’s terrible.