Re. ‘Keep out’ zones to keep drunks, troublemakers off Footscray streets (Weekly, February 20):
What if I get a bit pi$$ed and I actually live within this area? Am I forced by the coppers to become homeless? -Tony Cee
I live just on the outside edge of the map. So now they’re going to be pushed ‘out’ to our streets? Who are ‘they’ anyway? -On the edge
About time! I live in that area and I don’t want to fear being bailed up by drunken junkies or drunken gangs of youths who loiter in the mall, the alleys or anywhere else there. – Frank
Can we use it to keep the Regional Rail Link out of the area? That’d be nice. – Sir Stewart Wallace
That’s a big area . . . why extending to Williamstown Road? Isn’t most of the action around Hopkins/Nick streets and Footscray station? And why are only alcohol-affected people mentioned . . . surely it’s the heroin addicts/crack addicts/bums and dealers who bring the area down most of all. – Guest
I live in the area shown on that map, so now the police can ban me from my own home if they so wish? – Scray
Depends — is your home the mall, and are you a drunken menace? If not, you (and I) have nothing to fear. – Frank
Reverse the health cuts due next
The reinstatement of the first $107 million in federal health funding is a welcome first step, but Prime Minister Julia Gillard needs to commit to reversing the further $368 million in cuts that are slated for June 30.
The move is evidence that the Gillard government knew all along that these cuts were unwarranted and would hurt Victorians. – Andrew Elsbury, Western Metropolitan Region MLC
