Commenting on the opinion piece: Labor does a burnout on its ramping promise

I think Matthew Abraham was hit in the head by the strawman that ABC Radio set up and tried to knock over on ramping.

Response times and ramping are all part of the same issue. Trying to pull them apart to confect an issue is just childish. – Alistair Cranney

There is no doubt that Labor did promise to ‘fix’ ramping in the 2022 election. But there was never any indication or possibility that this could be done within 12 months.

The Liberals left the hospital system in a parlous state, largely because they were unable to repair the damage wrought by Transforming Health.
The present Government’s commitment to restoring and enhancing bed numbers, increasing access to health services and tackling the difficult problem of the clinical workforce will slowly but surely reduce problems of bed block and patient flow in our hospital system.

It is only then that ambulance ramping will abate. In the meantime, the Liberal Opposition needs to avoid reckless rhetoric about the flaws in a broken hospital system they bequeathed at the last election. – Warren Jones

Commenting on Your views: on park lands development

Like most voters, I support the construction of a new WCH, but not on the proposed park lands site.

It is unprofessional to suggest that is the only site for the proposed hospital. Three alternatives have been proposed and none of these take park lands.

Mature cities jealously guard their open space – once it is built on, you never get it back, For example, Adelaide High School, it just gets bigger. – Malcolm Dixon

Simple answer is to use the area already allocated for horses in the northern section of the parklands. Cease the current cheap leases for the privileged few and use the land for the police greys which by their services benefit South Australians. – Kevin Evans

Commenting on the story: Why are millions of fish dying upstream from SA

When the Basin Plan was first concocted and transcribed into the now infamous report, only two pages were dedicated to water quality, it was all quantity.

This was because of a lack of understanding amongst those charged with producing it that quantity and quality are effectively inseparable. Such quality issues described here will continue to occur on a regular basis if a more holistic approach in considering the water system as a whole is not taken. – Christopher Saint

Commenting on the story: Revealed: Where winners and losers under Stage 3 tax cuts live

I can’t help wondering why charity organisations waste their money (which in my view is what Anglicare has done here) with this kind of report. Surely it isn’t news to anybody that more people in the eastern states will benefit from high-end tax cuts, and that more of those beneficiaries will be inner-city residents?

What benefit to the people who rely on the help of organisations like Anglicare is a slightly more current and nuanced breakdown of wealth distribution than probably could have been reasonably derived from the ABS for a lower cost? – Tony Dawkins