Chaffey Dam upgrade not completed on time, report reveals.
Who cares so long as it's been done properly and on budget or as near as possible.
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Jack Cutler
It was finished at the perfect time. It's full.
Tania Thompson
And they will cry like babies if somebody does it to them. .. politicians need to realise they will learn more with their mouth closed and ears open.
Dale Kimball
A knife-wielding student threatening to kill their principal, one student attacking another with a pair of scissors - do we have a problem in our schools?
No respect and zero fear of consequences are a huge contributing factor to the escalation of violence.
Vicki Jennar
Respect is taught when a child is an infant. Respect a parent's authority, do as they are told, contribute to the family, contribute to their community. They learn it from their parents and others around them and it becomes ingrained in them. Also importantly they learn how to treat others by how their parents treat others. People should learn not to point the finger else where
Paul Chambers
Violence is symptomatic of a severe lack of trust between authority figures and their community. The students are understandably angry because they don't trust the adults in their lives. Those adults also probably taught them very early that violence is the quickest and best solution to any problem you may have. There is a direct correlation between people who were raised with violence, including smacking, and adults who go on to be violent. We need to help students develop skills to resolve conflicts through non violent means and we need to re-engage their trust by not using humiliation strategies. To gain respect you have to model it. Problem is that too many adults just demand respect without actually demonstrating how to be a respectful person themselves :/ you reap what you sow.
Bathsheba Smith
