Is Flagstone neglected?
THERE are a lot more people in Flagstone than Yarrabilba, but Yarrabilba seem to get everything!
- S. Botfield, via Facebook
State election
I WONDER how many thought they were (in) Logan to find out the divisions have changed. Now Scenic Rim. It would have been nice to be notified.
- T. Hargreaves, via Facebook
BRING back 6am opening times. Hubby’s one hour late for work now. Night shift workers can’t vote on their way home from work. Instead poor things are standing around or napping in their cars waiting for this soft generation to get out of bed.
- D. Cross, via Facebook
THIS “soft generation” were clever enough to vote during the week at a pre-poll or applied for a postal vote online so they don't have to wait around to vote at a booth today.
- S. Smith, via Facebook
Rohingya crisis
AS the festive season rapidly approaches and families across Australia make plans to get together, hundreds of thousands of families camping out in Bangladesh are not so fortunate.
In Bangladesh, the world’s fastest growing humanitarian emergency shows no sign of easing, as more than 618,000 Rohingya people are now in an impossibly difficult situation.
It is estimated more than 60 per cent of the Rohingya who are now living in makeshift camps in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, are women and children. Ensuring their safety in a precarious environment is a huge responsibility. Thanks to generous donations, we have now been able to reach almost 60,000 people living in the camp with aid.
Plan International has constructed 400 toilets and distributed thousands of hygiene kits to families living in the worst conditions imaginable. We aim to construct 1000 latrines and 200 bathing spaces over the next year.
Work to reunite children with their families is urgently required and Plan International stands ready to support this effort and to set up child-friendly spaces. We must ensure children living in these appalling conditions have the chance to play and just be kids.
For these people, the future is bleak. To help go to abc.net.au/appeals, or donate to Plan’s projects in Cox’s Bazar via plan.org.au/rohingyacrisis or call 13 75 26.
- I. Wishart, chief executive officer, Plan International Australia
Letters
WRITE to us in 200 words or less and email to jtletters@fairfaxmedia.com.au. Name, address and contact number must be supplied.
