NEW TACTICS ARE NEEDED
Over the last 10 years at the same address in East Griffith, I have lost count of the number of times I have been woken by youth and young adults trying to steal from my cars.
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Although I do my best to protect my vehicles and belongings, I have had one car stolen and torched.
I have had work and farm keys taken. I have had jackets, loose change, prescription and even food taken.
What happens is, I live near a corner and sleep lightly.
I am regularly awoken to see a male standing or sitting outside my bedroom window (generally smoking) with his mobile phone in his hand.
His partner will be walking along the street and as he does, he approaches houses to see if the front door is locked, then he will move onto see if the car is locked.
I have watched as he rummages through my 80-year-old neighbour's car, and I am sure he entered her house while she slept.
If a car approaches the area, the scout, or lookout, will move under my tree and proceed to text, but if not responded, will be ringing the thief and they both proceed to hide. Given the severity of the theft from vehicles, I would like to see the police equipped to catch these thieves.
I would like to see bait cars employed in Griffith - unmarked cars with GPS, cameras, alert systems etc, to help apprehend these 'ghosts' of the night.
Greg Adamson, Griffith
'GREEN MINDSET' IS PROBLEM
The real destructiveness from the more severe than ever fires is the attitude of the crazy green mindset.
They claim such fires are caused by climate change yet it is they who are the ones who wanted the forest undergrowth to get out of hand with no backburn and our fauna and flora have perished needlessly.
Every year we expect fires and used to prepare for them by clearing the undergrowth in our forests so the fire fighters could get in there and fight fire outbreaks.
This year we have seen ferocious fires allowed to take off through lack of careful forest management and a means of escape for our fauna that has also perished needlessly because the green dream to shut down commonsense reasoning for our forest protection was allowed to rule the roost and we now see the evidence of such stupidity in all its' disgracefulness.
Time to make the Greens a spent force at the next election, our country cannot afford anymore of their blunders in their quest to destroy our coal-powered energy.
Yvonne Rance, Griffith
MAKE THE RIGHT CALL
This summer we are urging men to 'Make the Right Call'. From 2009 to 2019, 2855 people lost their lives to drowning. An overwhelming 2262 of these people were males. 837 drownings happened in inland waterways and 287 involved alcohol.
We want to highlight to readers that everybody needs to be aware alcohol reduces co-ordination and can impair a person's judgement and reaction time when they are in, on or around water. It also reduces inhibitions and distorts the perception of risk.
Wearing a lifejacket can actually increase a person's chance of survival by 50 per cent. Royal Life Saving maintains the National Drowning Database and our research suggests men recreating in our inland waterways in the summer whilst consuming alcohol is a deadly cocktail. Much more needs to be done to educate men on the risks they may face.
We are asking people 'Make the Right Call', to avoid alcohol around water, wear a lifejacket when boating or using water crafts and avoid swimming or recreating alone.
Too many people think 'it will not happen to me'. We ask people to look after themselves and their mates. In the past decade, inland waterways have accounted for nearly 40 per cent of all drowning deaths. Over 80 per cent of those drownings were males.
That's why it is vital to 'make the right call' this summer.
You can get more tips from www.royallifesaving.com.au/maketherightcall
Justin Scarr, Australian Royal Life Saving Society
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