Back in 2005 I posted this page on 16/1/2007 about the stupid placement of school zone signs.

SEE:

http://schoolzonesanta.com/index.php/2007/01/16/where_s_common_sense

This is a photo of one clever example on the corner of King Georges rd and Moorfields ave. Kingsgrove.

January 07

January 2010

Spot the difference in visiability when the school zone sign is moved a bit further down the road.

Give the monkey a peanut.

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/breaking-news

This mural was painted on the shop wall last year and I commented about it on the "Graffiti" category.

Today I received an email from one of the "crew" who painted it.

He/she (the email was anonymous) said it took 8 hours to complete and they paid for the paint themselves.

Their creative work on this wall has since been graffiti ed and no doubt the "crew" must feel a bit like the residents in the same street who have had their property vandalised in the last week

This fence is on Waratah near the Railway

This clever work is the 4th effort this year on this fence at Waratah and Oak Rd.
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New plan to tackle the shire's graffiti scourge

http://www.theleader.com.au/news/local/news/general/new-plan-to-tackle-the-shires-graffiti-scourge/1758773.aspx

"includes the ability for offenders to voluntarily take part",

The "voluntarily" part is a worry.

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In the latest Supercheap catalogue.

I wonder how many of these distinctive cans are found at the scene of vandalised walls?

The ceiling has fallen in on Minister Garrett's insulation scheme.

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/politics/insulation-scams-hit-160000/story-e6frgczf-1225832389556

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/breaking-news/garrett-pulls-plug-on-insulation-scheme-launches-energy-bonus-scheme/story-e6freuyi-1225832216267

As I said in my letter to the the Telegraph (further down page)
roof insulation has merit, but people will take advantage of a way to make easy money.

So the con artists and crooks flocked in and have ruined it for all

If the guidelines were followed correctly as set out in this speech....

http://www.petergarrett.com.au/737.aspx

Crooks and con men don't follow guidelines.

There should have be action taken when stories of rorting surfaced on talk-back radio, but no that would be admitting a problem

The insulation nonsense continues.

More and mores stories of shoddy dealings with installers.

The whole scheme is on borrowed time.

There will be many firms stuck with unusable insulation.

It happened to garden sprinkler businesses

A customer of mine in Woolaware had batts installed.

It made no difference to temperature in the house.

Down-lights began malfunctioning

They insulation installer came back, and an electrician (the customer called) said the lights were now clear, but the lights still to go off and on.
The downlight transformers must have overheated initially and been damaged.

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Alex a carpet cleaner friend had his house done , he had to call installers back after they had "forgotten" to do an area.

Once again no obvious difference in temperature in house

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USELESS INSULATION 'IN 30-40pc OF HOMES' SENATE INQUIRY HEARS....

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/politics/useless-insulation-in-30-40pc-of-homes-senate-inquiry-hears/story-e6frgczf-1225831373867

Insulation installers are coming out of the woodwork (from lawn mowing contractors to men from hire a hubby, cashing in on a Federal Government "green" initiative worth $2.7 billion to put pink batts in the roof of Australian homes.

But along with good tradesmen, come the shonks and rip off merchants.

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw-act/insulation-batts-blamed-for-several-fires-across-nsw/story-e6freuzi-1225777204878

Crooks and spives aplenty.

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/companies-are-rorting-the-federal-governments-insulation-scheme/story-e6frf7kx-1225824846920

Last year 100 was the figure given of deregistered companies given that were deregistered.

were any monies returned by rorting companies?

The promised threat of "naming and shaming" of companies has resulted in this meager list.

http://www.environment.gov.au/energyefficiency/insulation/homeowners/pubs/deregistered-installers.pdf

Imagine if there was a list of all 100 companies in the paper and homeowners that dealt with theis lot all checked their roof space and demanded the work to redone.

After an article with a simiar theme was in yesterday's Daily Telegraph

I sent an email to the letter's page which was printed this morning

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9/2/10

Metal insulation banned

THERE are fears thousands of households may have been fitted with potentially deadly roof insulation under a federal government scheme.
Environment Minister Peter Garrett banned the use of metal foil insulation in the $3.7 billion rebate scheme, citing safety reasons.

Four workers have died installing the insulation, three of them being electrocuted.

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/breaking-news/metal-insulation-banned-amid-deaths/story-e6freuyi-1225828459921

I went to the Tower of hope rally at Parliament House Canberra Feb 2.

A great turnout of people who support the stand that Peter Spencer had made for unfair treatment by Governments.

Farmers from around the country marched to Parliament House to protest.

http://www.gleninnesexaminer.com.au/news/local/news/general/local-farmers-join-in-canberra-protest-rally/1742252.aspx

A video of the rally

http://agmates.ning.com/video/tower-of-hope-rally-farmers

Alan Jones speaks at the rally

http://agmates.ning.com/video/alan-jones-farmers-protest-at