Otago Daily Times: Your Say

John Key's assertion that he has a "mandate" to proceed with asset sales is laugable.

Apparently ODT has found the most stressful situation at Rotary Park School somehow amusing by allowing a cartoon to be published in today's paper... how low can you go ODT?  

We may need to shout!

Coming back from Europe and doing a general house clean up, I gathered a bag of used batteries to be dropped in a recycled bin at my local supermarket.

Drug and alcohol testing has become a necessary tool for employers. It is understandable that companies would want to implement drug testing to ensure the workplace and all who work in it are kept safe. The Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992 states employers have a responsibility to ensure a safe workplace and that all practical steps are taken to ensure the safety of the employees.

Come on Oamaru Residents, do you want to be the next person? I was reading about the lack of treatment and care given to the now deceased Mr Buchan, Sept 2011, I found this article alarming in that it says the *second complaint* for Oamaru Hospital care? Emmm!.

Last week I witnessed the abuse and bad language dealt out by a young man from Dunedin in the Emergency department of the Gold Coast hospital in Australia.

He had been assaulted and was there to be assessed for his injuries. He was, judging from his general behaviour and loud manner, still intoxicated.

As a parent of a thriving child in RPS for several years, I was very annoyed with those parents who thought they had the authority to speak on my behalf, claiming that 'all parents will remove their children from the school'.  I know for a fact of myself and others who have no intentions of doing so. 

Although health and safety is vitally important in any organisation, I don't agree with the idea of dividing an organisation into ‘safety sensitive roles' for drug testing purposes makes it look like people's lives are being left in an employer's hands with it all depending on how they decide which roles are safety sensitive or not and with no set guidelines on this decision, there would be no c

I strongly agree that drug testing in the work place can be an excellent tool for preventing workplace accidents in certain industries; for example positions that involve operating heavy machinery, driving or medical professionals just to name a few if testing is used correctly.

So Mr. Cull is thinking about selling assets. Well knock me down with a feather. But wait a minute, in order to sell an asset you need to actually own it. While most people say that they 'own' their own home, a sizeable proportion actually only own part of it. The rest belongs to the bank, and it is usually impossible to sell the house without their creditor's permission.