Dummy spit needs response JOHN Carey’s recent dummy spit under parliamentary privilege about lord mayor Lisa Scaffidi (‘Protection racket’, Voice, July 8, 2017) should not go unanswered. His claims that it’s all a Liberal party protection racket calls into question whether the ability to mouth off in parliament warrants changing its name from the coward’s…

Charity success story IT all started with a “general idea” from our dear Alphonsus—”organise a charity event with a target date.” On my first day of class Janice, Lizzy and I got introduced to what would be our teammates for the weeks to come. Rodrigo and Elleen presented the project and the team to us.…

Eat my shorts, Uber! YOUR story “Uber eats into profits” (Voice, 24 June, 2017) is a realisation of the impact these new companies have on our society. It appears the Uber honeymoon is coming to an end as smart people understand the destructive impact this foreign company has throughout the world. When Uber ride share…

Silent majority I WOULD like to comment on Sonia Gurrin’s Speaker’s Corner in the Voice (“Love and ‘marriage’,” June 3, 2017). I feel that her article is misleading and only speaks to one side of the story. I don’t believe that 65 per cent of Australians agree with marriage equality. I believe there are many…

Flying the rainbow flag CONTRARY to the letter by Mr Frederick David (“Keep Politics out of Council”, Voice, May 27, 2017), I fully applaud Bayswater and Fremantle councils for joining with the city of Vincent and Port Hedland, and publicly affirming their rate-paying LGBTI residents by flying a rainbow flag and supporting marriage equality. The…

Leftist cant WE’VE heard it all before, Jasmine Kaslauskas (“Welcome to ‘Oz’”, Speaker’s Corner, Voice, May 20, 2017). You are not thinking at all, merely spouting simplistic, wrong-headed negative and leftist cant, of which your grandfather might well be ashamed. Two facts to add to your “thought process”: anyone who is born in a country…

Australia Day THE call by some councils and a very small minority of individuals to change Australia Day, does not speak for the majority of Australians or me. These minority individuals say they are speaking on behalf of Australians and Indigenous or culturally sensitive people, well that’s there opinion. These people are trying to rewrite…

Stand fast, Lisa DOES WA’s capital city really want to step back a decade; even return to the 20th century? There’s real and present danger of this happening were Perth lord mayor Lisa Scaffidi to bow to the cruel pressures that currently she’s looking in the eye. Given such adversity, the fair minded among us…

Roman councils THE article “Marriage equality push at Bayswater” (Voice, April 29, 2017) proves what many people believe about all local councils — they have an inflated opinion of their own importance. This is no doubt why so many councils fought against amalgamation. They wanted to be empire builders. What’s next, Bayswater? Declaring war on…

Detention for Mr Hughes JOHN HUGHES’ letter (“Modern life is rubbish,” Voice, April 8, 2017) berates Perth Modern School students in terms I find quite shocking. His rant is directed at children from 11 to 17 years of age. Why, Mr Hughes (supposing that anyone takes you seriously) do you set out to undermine their sense…