When Hodgkinson crossed the floor with two of her fellow Nationals on the banning of greyhound racing legislation, Grant said "There is no resentment against them for doing that. I'm actually proud of them for doing that, it is not an easy thing". 

As a matter of fact he was so proud that he demoted her with a salary loss of some $30,000. Some pride. 

But it is hard to feel sorry for her after her feeble attempts to try and stop the council amalgamations.

All the time she was right behind the Gundagai Council pledging her full support. And what did she do? 

She pulled the rug from under them. 

While Troy Grant was not fair-dinkum with Katrina and feigned his support for her, this is exactly what she did to the residents of Gundagai and their council.

Although it might be too late to do anything now, at least everyone is a wake-up to her “Claytons” support.

I have never believed in karma but, after this latest Grant/Hodgkinson incident, I’m starting to have second thoughts. Maybe I was wrong.

The government has caved in to the super rich by abandoning the $500,000 lifetime cap on after-tax contributions since 2007.

It has replaced it with a cap of $300,000 every three years to a lifetime cap of $1.6 million.

After-tax contributions must stop once people have $1.6 million in their super, but this is virtually meaningless as only 1 per cent have that much.

To pay for this, the government robs the poor by abandoning the measure enabling over-65s to make after-tax contributions to their super. This is particularly bad news for downsizers trying to free up capital wrapped up in their home.

The deferral by one year of catch-up concessional contributions affects typically over-50s finally able to top up their super after paying off their home.

A staggering one in three of people reading this letter will face at least one natural disaster in their lifetime. And after the disaster hits, sadly there’s one thing most will also experience.

Regret about not being better prepared.

In Emergency Preparedness Week, Red Cross is calling on all Australians to take action before it’s too late. We want all Australians to be prepared for an emergency, whether it’s as large as a bushfire, cyclone or flood, or as personal as a family crisis .

Too many conversations after an emergency begin with “I wish I had…”. People wish they’d taken the kids’ baby photographs; kept their passports safe; upped their insurance; looked in on their neighbours.

For decades, we’ve seen first-hand the trauma, stress, and hardship that disasters bring; things many of us just aren’t prepared for like anxiety, grief and loss, relationship problems, and financial hardship that can go on for many years.

You can’t get back what you’ve lost after an emergency. But you can plan to protect what matters most. And that’s different for everyone.

Our free guide can spare people much of the avoidable grief and trauma because we know that the better you are prepared, the better you will cope

Download your RediPlan at redcross.org.au/prepare and get prepared.