Early morning recycling
Dear Echo News,
I am writing very tired from being awoken at 6.30am by a man taking beer bottles out of next door’s yellow bin.
I spoke to him and advised he had woken me up and he replied that it was his livelihood.
This I don’t believe, as even the unemployed have benefits.
He had no concern that he had woken me up and said next time he would come back at 7am.
Do I want to get woken up by the sound of some stranger searching through bins and dropping them into a crate? No, I want my rest after a long evening shift.
I rang the police and was advised it was a City of Swan matter.
The police officer also advised he has the same issues up in the hills on bin day.
This man is new as the rest come late at night, and he is organised with his own crates and own car.
The others are usually on a skateboard. One is completely covered in black and has a cloth over his face.
So, if you see a guy with brown short hair with a cap and an Australian flag t-shirt tell him to bugger off.
Name supplied
Midland
--------------------------------------------------------------------Swan hospital demolition by neglect
Dear Echo News,
Thank you for exposing the political situation with the old Swan hospital in Swan District Hospital in ruins and in limbo (Echo News, April 4).
The hospital will now end in demolition by neglect, a term previously used to destroy an old home on Spring Road and Great Northern Highway.
However, it appears that a land developer has the land, seeing the area is fenced off with Rivermark signage?
D Cruden
Jane Brook
--------------------------------------------------------------------Sensible advice for voters
Dear Echo News,
Some sensible advice to the voters with the federal election approaching.
Try choosing the ones with some common sense – ones who will eventually help the voters and really help the people.
I have one very sensible suggestion, slow down immigration for up to a decade.
I also have a suggestion to all candidates – please, when advertising yourself, put your mobile number as well as all other ways of communication.
Not every voter has a computer and not every voter uses Facebook.
I am 73-years-old, and do not know or use any modern extras.
Love your paper!
G Harry
Glen Forrest
--------------------------------------------------------------------Donate to The Salvos 61st appeal
Dear Echo News,
The Salvation Army is calling on the community to sign up for this year’s 61st Red Shield Appeal, raising local funds to support people who are struggling most in our region.
Across Australia the Salvos are aiming to raise $38 million for Australia’s largest and longest-running door-knock appeal.
The last few years have been incredibly tough for the hardest hit in our community, and for many that shows no sign of slowing down.
We see so many people grappling with increased stress and uncertainty as everyday living has become unaffordable, leading to housing stress, financial hardship and an inability to get by.
The funds raised in Perth for the Red Shield Appeal will stay in the local community and will be used to meet the specific needs faced by the most disadvantaged and vulnerable.
Earlier this year, The Salvos released their Social Justice Stocktake and within WA it was found that 73.5 per cent of people identified the issue of housing affordability and homelessness as the top concern for the community, with the second being access to health care at 56.6 per cent.
The Red Shield Appeal culminates in the Red Shield Weekend (May 24 and 25), and there are a number of ways to get involved throughout the month of May - volunteering by collecting at local shopping centres and other locations, door knocking, online fundraising, organising a collection at your workplace, school or sporting event and making a donation.
Across Australia last year, through The Salvation Army’s network of over 400 centres and 2,000 services in areas such as homelessness, family and domestic violence, youth, drug and alcohol rehabilitation, financial hardship and much more, the Salvos provided more than 1.76 million sessions of care to over 250,000 people in need, over 1.1 million bed nights to those who needed accommodation and more than 1.5 million meals to those who accessed our homelessness services.
Please reach out to your local Salvos to find out more about volunteering opportunities by visiting www.salvationarmy.org.au/red-shield-appeal
To donate or volunteer for The Salvation Army’s Red Shield Appeal or if you need support from the Salvos, visit salvationarmy.org.au or call 13 SALVOS.
You can also donate at any Salvos store.
Major Warren Palmer
The Salvation Army
