WORK STARTS ON WYNDHAM SCHOOLS (Weekly, March 12)
■ I honestly want to know why almost every time a new school is built in Wyndham it’s a prep-9.
What happens when you have thousands upon thousands of year 9s moving into year 10 and you’ve got just a few schools in the municipality to accommodate them? Are Wyndham students not expected to continue schooling after year 9?
DARREN VIA WEB
■ Williams Landing needs child care and schools urgently!
SAM VIA WEB
■ When is the government going to complete the school it built in Leakes Road?
It’s basically one main building, then portables and no landscaping.
The artist’s impression depicted in your paper showing a lovely landscaped school looks nice in the paper, but can the concept become reality? The principal of the Tarneit P-9 school even complained of a lack of funding to complete works at his school.
YPE ZEE VIA WEB
CARDS ON THE TABLE FOR RAFAEL (Weekly, March 12)
■ Cards on the way from Boston! Lots of love, Rafael.
MARLENE AUSTEN VIA WEB
GREEN ARMY NEEDS COVERAGE
■ The announcement that a new environmental workforce for 18-25- year-olds – the “green army” – will not be covered by any workers compensation scheme is extremely worrying for people who care about the consequences of workplace injuries.
Under usual work arrangements, employers are required to ensure their employees are protected by a compensation scheme and health and safety standards.
We are concerned that members of the “green army” will not be protected in the same way as other workers. These young workers will undertake heavy manual labour, including clearing local creeks and waterways, fencing and tree planting – work that carries a high level of physical risk.
If state and federal governments are serious about providing these young workers with a fair and reasonable opportunity to join the workforce, they should work together to provide them with the same workplace injury protection as other employees in Australia.
RACHAEL JAMES SLATER & GORDON
