We got the injured animal off the Princes Hwy and he was so caring, holding its head while we waited for help.

Thank you also to the two police officers who came to end the animal's pain.

Rebeccah Norman, Verona

The NDIS is supposed to be taking the "dis" out of disability. Instead it is more disabling than the disabilities it is supposed to be addressing.

In truth I have not read or heard one positive about it from all forms of media or in any of the many forums I have attended.

It appears to be one of life's unsolvable mysteries because absolutely no one including those who are charged with implementing it even understands it.

Many organisations including local ones have to spend the vast majority of their time that should be used helping their clients completing and ever increasing pile of useless documentation that will be fed into a computer that will make the decisions based on numbers not individual people.

I have absolutely no time or use for quantitative data. As my old Nan used to say "figures don't lie but liars can figure".

All the data needs to be qualitative so you can get each person's individual stories. Haven't you ever been given a tick a box questionnaire that didn't really cover what you really wanted to say? These forms are designed to give their designers what they want to hear rather than what you want to say.

Charity organisations who deliver NDIS are very shortly going to go to the wall because they are paid after the service is provided rather than up front as was the case before the NDIS nightmare was foisted on them. Even then the lag time to receive payment is a joke.

These organisations and their many volunteers don't have huge bank balances and assets to cover all the financials until they finally receive payments for services already rendered.

NDIS is another example of governments all care but no responsibility outsourcing of vital services for those who have little if any political clout.

Luckily there are people across all communities that have a heart and care about those who are so vulnerable.

To all those people thank you. You are making the world a much better place

Frank Pearce, Bega

There was no celebration of hunting and killing with sale of guns and free admission for children this year, at least not on Crown land in the heart of Narooma. The decision to cancel was made "for commercial reasons" by the president of the South Coast Hunters Club, and not by the Eurobodalla Shire Council. The council always had the power to revoke the licence for any reason, but regarded the event in the words of one councillor as "No more important than a teddy bears' picnic". Councillors Harding, Bryce, McGinlay and Mayne are to be credited for being the only ones to strongly oppose Huntfest in the interest of community safety and wellbeing.

Not surprisingly many community members and outside organisations disapproved strongly of an event which encouraged gun proliferation justified on the grounds that buying a gun and using it to kill feral animals was an effective and safe, recreational activity, and one that the whole family would enjoy.

Community opposition has taken the form of petitions, protests, rallies, presentations to council, and to state parliament by individuals and conservation groups such as SAFE (Stop Arms Fairs in Eurobodalla), SERCA (South East Region Conservation Alliance), Coastwatchers.350.org and Eurobodalla Greens.

Susan Cruttenden, Dalmeny