Comments for Reportage Online http://www.reportageonline.com Magazine of the Australian Centre for Independent Journalism Fri, 24 May 2013 01:01:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Comment on Light-rail system displeases Sydney community by Lucy Marks http://www.reportageonline.com/2013/05/transport-nsw-denies-railroading-the-community-of-surry-hills/comment-page-1/#comment-11695 Lucy Marks Fri, 24 May 2013 01:01:53 +0000 http://www.reportageonline.com/?p=18399#comment-11695 Hi Richard, Thank you for your comment. Please feel free to share this article! Hi Richard,

Thank you for your comment. Please feel free to share this article!

]]> Comment on Light-rail system displeases Sydney community by Richard http://www.reportageonline.com/2013/05/transport-nsw-denies-railroading-the-community-of-surry-hills/comment-page-1/#comment-11481 Richard Mon, 20 May 2013 07:52:42 +0000 http://www.reportageonline.com/?p=18399#comment-11481 The Transport for NSW website is still (20 May 2013) shamelessly claiming that its light rail plan "was developed in close consultation with .... local communities". This is completely untrue, as Lucy Marks makes clear in her refreshingly accurate article. As a long-term resident of Surry Hills I was aghast to discover (via a press release from the NSW Premier in December 2012) that enormous train-size express trams would soon be running through the shattered remnants of our streets and parks at (according to the State Government) intervals of every two minutes or so. If Transport for NSW is determined to build this SE Light Rail system, and refuses to reinstate the "old" overground tram route along Oxford and Flinders Streets, the new line should be connected to Central Station via a tunnel. Devonshire Street is a narrow commercial and residential street which rises steeply from the southern extremities of Central to Crown Street, and than heads downhill to end at Wimbo Park. A shallow tunnel under Foveaux Street would provide a shorter and more efficient linkage from Central to the SCG and to the existing tram reservation which runs along Anzac Parade towards Randwick and the UNSW. The Transport for NSW website is still (20 May 2013) shamelessly claiming that its light rail plan “was developed in close consultation with …. local communities”.
This is completely untrue, as Lucy Marks makes clear in her refreshingly accurate article.

As a long-term resident of Surry Hills I was aghast to discover (via a press release from the NSW Premier in December 2012) that enormous train-size express trams would soon be running through the shattered remnants of our streets and parks at (according to the State Government) intervals of every two minutes or so.

If Transport for NSW is determined to build this SE Light Rail system, and refuses to reinstate the “old” overground tram route along Oxford and Flinders Streets, the new line should be connected to Central Station via a tunnel.

Devonshire Street is a narrow commercial and residential street which rises steeply from the southern extremities of Central to Crown Street, and than heads downhill to end at Wimbo Park. A shallow tunnel under Foveaux Street would provide a shorter and more efficient linkage from Central to the SCG and to the existing tram reservation which runs along Anzac Parade towards Randwick and the UNSW.

]]> Comment on Born to fly by robert mersin http://www.reportageonline.com/2008/05/born-to-fly/comment-page-1/#comment-11457 robert mersin Mon, 20 May 2013 02:13:21 +0000 http://www.reportageonline.com/?p=560#comment-11457 Hi Gabby, As a pilot my self, I obtained your video by accident and after watching it several times, I could only admire your achievement not as a female but as an aviator, aren't we lucky an aeroplane can not tell the difference between females and males. I can only dream of such a feat the challenges you faced would of been to say the least very testing. Whilst the world is big, thank God Australia is also a large continent, and most my flying has been local. Any how I just thought I would say hello and hopefully we may meet up? Cheers Hi Gabby, As a pilot my self, I obtained your video by accident and after watching it several times, I could only admire your achievement not as a female but as an aviator, aren’t we lucky an aeroplane can not tell the difference between females and males.

I can only dream of such a feat the challenges you faced would of been to say the least very testing. Whilst the world is big, thank God Australia is also a large continent, and most my flying has been local.

Any how I just thought I would say hello and hopefully we may meet up?

Cheers

]]> Comment on Weight-loss pills not the answer by Marissa Sanders http://www.reportageonline.com/2010/08/weight-loss-pills-not-the-answer/comment-page-1/#comment-10976 Marissa Sanders Sun, 12 May 2013 03:05:11 +0000 http://www.reportageonline.com/?p=6167#comment-10976 I don't exactly call it a diet pill, but a metabolism booster. What paved the way to my 20kg weight loss in 4 months is Prescopodene and Clear Cleanse Pro. I had to lose weight for health reasons, my bloodline included hypertension, diabetes and heart problems. It slapped me in the face when I had my bloodwork and everything was off to the ceiling. I still want to see my kids grow, and I thank presocpodene and clear cleanse pro for bringing me closer to my ideal weight. I don’t exactly call it a diet pill, but a metabolism booster. What paved the way to my 20kg weight loss in 4 months is Prescopodene and Clear Cleanse Pro. I had to lose weight for health reasons, my bloodline included hypertension, diabetes and heart problems. It slapped me in the face when I had my bloodwork and everything was off to the ceiling. I still want to see my kids grow, and I thank presocpodene and clear cleanse pro for bringing me closer to my ideal weight.

]]> Comment on From Vancouver to post-war Baghdad: a literary life journey by Joyce Withers http://www.reportageonline.com/2008/10/from-vancouver-to-post-war-baghdad-a-literary-life-journey/comment-page-1/#comment-10965 Joyce Withers Sun, 12 May 2013 00:14:45 +0000 http://www.reportageonline.com/?p=298#comment-10965 Having just finished "The Orange Trees of Baghdad" I would like to know what happened to Leilah's family. Six years have passed since the book was written. I would like to think that in the intervening years their quality of life has improved and that that the people who were still alive at the end of the book are still alive now. Having just finished “The Orange Trees of Baghdad” I would like to know what happened to Leilah’s family. Six years have passed since the book was written. I would like to think that in the intervening years their quality of life has improved and that that the people who were still alive at the end of the book are still alive now.

]]> Comment on Weight-loss pills not the answer by Brandon http://www.reportageonline.com/2010/08/weight-loss-pills-not-the-answer/comment-page-1/#comment-10919 Brandon Sat, 11 May 2013 05:43:30 +0000 http://www.reportageonline.com/?p=6167#comment-10919 Just to shre some insights, diet pills aren't made to serve as a quick fix for weight loss. Liproxenol is very famous from where I come from. My wife uses it too. However, I kind of like Prescopodene more since I have been losing weight in it. Works even better when I couple it with exercise. Just to shre some insights, diet pills aren’t made to serve as a quick fix for weight loss. Liproxenol is very famous from where I come from. My wife uses it too. However, I kind of like Prescopodene more since I have been losing weight in it. Works even better when I couple it with exercise.

]]> Comment on Survival skills in the political Outback by maggie atlas http://www.reportageonline.com/2013/03/australian-prime-minister-survives-another-leadership-challenge/comment-page-1/#comment-9687 maggie atlas Thu, 25 Apr 2013 09:58:23 +0000 http://www.reportageonline.com/?p=17750#comment-9687 It is a pity that there has been so much disunity at a time when it should be all energy to implement good policy energy to deliver that information to the people and lastly to ensure that we are not burdened with an out of date neo Liberal Country party lead by Mr Abbott and this current front bench. It is a pity that there has been so much disunity at a time when it should be all energy to implement good policy energy to deliver that information to the people and lastly to ensure that we are not burdened with an out of date neo Liberal Country party lead by Mr Abbott and this current front bench.

]]> Comment on Federal seats double in price for Australia’s minor political parties by maggie atlas http://www.reportageonline.com/2013/03/federal-seats-double-in-price-for-australias-minor-political-parties/comment-page-1/#comment-9686 maggie atlas Thu, 25 Apr 2013 09:52:34 +0000 http://www.reportageonline.com/?p=17771#comment-9686 We are sliding down the American path great for Big business but anti democratic. We are sliding down the American path great for Big business but anti democratic.

]]> Comment on Housing NSW tightens tenancy law by maggie atlas http://www.reportageonline.com/2013/04/housing-nsw-tightens-tenancy-law/comment-page-1/#comment-9685 maggie atlas Thu, 25 Apr 2013 09:50:22 +0000 http://www.reportageonline.com/?p=17945#comment-9685 Just another example of governments abdicating their responsibility to provide affordable housing for the low income or government benefit recipients. A disgrase! Just another example of governments abdicating their responsibility to provide affordable housing for the low income or government benefit recipients. A disgrase!

]]> Comment on Online technology key to mental health interventions by Gouri Das http://www.reportageonline.com/2013/04/online-technology-key-to-mental-health-interventions/comment-page-1/#comment-8706 Gouri Das Wed, 10 Apr 2013 12:31:13 +0000 http://www.reportageonline.com/?p=17933#comment-8706 A most informative and insightful article, my commendations. The aforementioned revelations in technology have had an imperative impact on mental illness, and remains the hallmark of support and assistance in this era. Indeed, I have on occasion heard social media outlets and forum based technologies to be comparable to, if not, better than therapy. A most informative and insightful article, my commendations. The aforementioned revelations in technology have had an imperative impact on mental illness, and remains the hallmark of support and assistance in this era. Indeed, I have on occasion heard social media outlets and forum based technologies to be comparable to, if not, better than therapy.

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