Absolutely..... you can meet scammers in the pub or even through friends. The Internet is the tool that lets people connect. You have to meet eventually though and better if your both within close distance. Keep your eyes open and give it time to get to know each other properly after you meet. It happened for me. and I hope it can again.
That may be true but if families with young kids are forced to move because of lack of education for their children, then that's a real shame.
There is another issue as well as the buildings and facilities, the government needs to encourage good quality teachers, doctors etc to spend some time in remote areas.
I attended a seminar recently about recuiting teachers to remote locations in Queensland. Representatives came from all regions and did the big sell to the audience (mostly graduating teachers). The state government offers incentives such as extra pay for the person relocating and each family member that goes with them, cheap housing, removalist expenses and extra points. Teacher transfer works on a points system where each year a teacher accumulates points based on the location where they work. The remoter the location, the more points per year. Those with more points get preference for transfer to a location of their choice after so many years of service.
In NSW this points system was under threat. One of the reasons teachers were striking last year. Australia's population cannot sustain itself if everyone lives in the cities and on the coast. We need a poulation in rural areas to continue our agricultural ecomomy among other things such as tourism for example.
Keeping education and medical facilities in these areas is vital for this to happen. Governments need to build up these areas where ever possible and make it easy for young people to go there or encourage those born there to stay or return.
Decisions that are made in the big smoke can make or break these small communities and should be considered carefully.
Is it just me or has the world (or should I say the Media) gone mad with over-exaggeration.
This afternoon news reported and warned everyone to take cover as (pause for dramatic effect.............) a 'SUPERCELL!' was fast approaching.
As I was in my car travelling west from Brisbane, I could see a large very black cloud to the west. It was moving fast and dumped some heavy rain with a few very small hail stones for about ten minutes. (The hail lasting about 1 minute). There was a bit of water run off on the roads and a few pools of water lying on the road etc. as you would expect but that was it.
When I was a kid we would have said we had a thunderstorm this afternoon but not a very severe one.
Maybe it was worse in other areas and I was lucky to miss it. I can't be sure but does it really have to be reported everytime there's a storm coming that there's a 'SUPERCELL!'
Could we be setting ourselves up for a case of "The boy who cried wolf?"
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RE: Falling In Love Online
Absolutely..... you can meet scammers in the pub or even through friends. The Internet is the tool that lets people connect. You have to meet eventually though and better if your both within close distance. Keep your eyes open and give it time to get to know each other properly after you meet. It happened for me. and I hope it can again.