Commenting on the story: Marshall backs Tourism Commission’s $400k grant to Cosi

This grant is outrageous. Whilst he is a good ambassador for SA, this is his business.

This private development should not be funded by SATC. Not a good use of taxpayer funds. Now, if it was to fund a helipad for the tourism area, that would be a different thing. – David Waylen

This is so disappointing to see and read. For the last four years I’ve been fighting to get Invictus pathways program funding from federal and state governments (Veterans SA).

Inviting the Premier to events, the Premier stating that it’s a gold standard event for veterans and their families for transition into psychosocial communities and activities, into sporting communities, into art therapy, equine therapy – to name a few of the transition pathways that are available.

Everyone wants to say it’s a great program, but no one wants to fund it. To hear that Cosi gets $400,000 from SA Tourism – yes, I get it’s for tourism, but here I am trying to get $100,000 to help veterans and their families and keep the Invictus pathways program going which I cofounded back in 2016.

This just confirms my vote at the next election. I’m done. – Mark Reidy

Commenting on Your views, Thursday May 4: on COVID restrictions and population growth

Gilbert Aitken has every right to give his personal views on COVID restrictions in SA but he has no right to claim he speaks for all South Australians, many of whom I have spoken to would have preferred a slower opening of the borders than was the case.

I am also concerned with the attitude the pandemic should have been governed by politicians; it just frightens me. My confidence was and will remain with the decisions of Dr Spurrier. – Charles Hastings

I have to say this is the first time I have read so much good sense about the imperatives of dealing with Adelaide’s future population.

Of course the future is not around the corner, it is right here now. Oiling the political wheels will take many years before action is taken, in the mean time Adelaide will remain in the eyes of many as a small country town.

As has been shown in the eastern Australian states, transport infrastructure is the first step needed to grow industry and then jobs will follow as a consequence. Let’s direct our investment into good rail systems. This should be ahead of more sporting venues, or even more and more ambulances. – John Kirkwood

Commenting on the opinion piece: Strong law must muzzle the dogs of war

Spot on, Morry Bailes. – Tim Jones

Commenting on the opinion piece: Ignore population growth advocates who can’t answer this obvious question

I agree with every word of David Washington’s assessment of population growth advocates who neglect to address the obvious implications relating to traffic and public transport.

It is mainly big business types and developers who want population growth, but neglect to consider the impact on the general population in terms of traffic congestion and urban densification, along with the resulting loss of trees, open space, amenity, character and heritage. Neither do they care about the risk created by millions of square metres of porous ground being paved over, thereby no longer able to mitigate flooding.

And of course, you’ll never hear population growth advocates talk about climate change or species loss. Whether it’s here in Adelaide or anywhere else in the world, continuous growth is causing the existential crisis facing every living thing on the planet. – Carol Faulkner

Commenting on the story: Vale Neil Balnaves, whose arts legacy touches us all

Fine tribute to a truly constructive arts man. – Samela Harris