I took my grandaughter to the Australia Day pool party. The day was perfect, the setting clean and tidy and “cared for” and the kiosk was open.

From 11am until 3pm, there were a range of activities for all ages……each activity was supervised by one or two of the staff and the atmosphere was one of fun and family enjoyment.

As  a regular attendee of the pool, I know how long the staff were preparing for this day and I  would like to express the appreciation I felt, and that of many other people I spoke to during the day.  Thank you each and every one of you for a day well-prepared and executed.

On Thursday 26th January, 2017 (Australia Day), my family and I, along with many other families attended the Cootamundra Swimming Pool to enjoy Australia Day activities. This was the first time that I had the opportunity to attend the Australia Day activities with my family.  

I would like to put out there a big thank you to all of the Cootamundra Pool staff consisting of Helen, TJ and the lifeguards working or volunteering their time for a few hours working tirelessly to put on such a great day of activities for the children, adults and families of Cootamundra along with looking after the safety of all persons in the swimming pool for everyone to have an enjoyable day

At a time of increasing demand for residential aged care services, the Turnbull government is stripping $1.8 billion from the aged care budget. Providers who employ health professionals are now finding it difficult to maintain their staffing levels given the impending cuts. The planned cuts come at a time when the government is reviewing both the impact of aged care sector reforms and the tool that is currently used to allocate funding.

So we have a new state Premier, Gladys B.

Sometimes when you watch the news on TV or read the papers you really do need a sense of humour .

You really do need to be able to see the ridiculous in the ‘news’  that is presented.

Our new Premier is convinced that climate change is a real problem and she is in favour of council amalgamations .

Obviously, she would not have got the job if she had been against the ‘dogs’ ban. And the new leader of the Nationals stood up protesting about council amalgamations.  

What a joke! What does he think he is doing? Where was he when the Nationals should have said no to the ‘dogs’ and forced amalgamations  .

How could you vote for any Nationals candidate at the next elections? Then there is the total dereliction of duty by the federal Nationals regarding changes to the water situation. When you see our near full dams, just remember 30 per cent of the water is there for the environment, not for farmers.

Back in the seventies there were very few diesel cars and diesel cost 80 cents a gallon.

More diesel cars were being built and the government allowed the petrol companies to double the price of diesel, but basic food stuffs hardly changed price for many years.

The oil companies and government were raking in the money from taxes. At the present time we see the government making windfall profits from the GST.