The UK process did indeed seek wide consultation and, notwithstanding heavy political influence to proceed with the privatisation, the decision was reversed.

As the Law Council of Australia has today intimated: The introduction of such a privatisation scheme ensures that no one wins in the community – only the rent seekers – whilst in all likelihood the services provided will deteriorate.

This is a system which was opposed vigorously by lawyers when Torrens first introduced it for fear of change to an historic system. 

The lawyers of today, after 150 years of experience and wisdom learned, are fighting for its continuation.

It is indeed perplexing that the Baird Government has not appreciated the benefits of an existing system whilst those practising law and all those involved in the complex business of property dealings are loud in their support of maintaining the status quo.

Surely it is time for the Baird Government to relent on what can only be a severe risk to essential infrastructure and a state disaster over time in the minds of all those citizens of both political colour, except perhaps for some who would trade a long-term world class system for the short-term gain to improve a couple of stadiums.

I READ with much amusement Philip Thompson’s letter to the editor (“Radio host Hadley’s spray shows an abuse of power”, Friday, December 2) accusing a “radio personality” of appalling abuse of his power regarding a couple of issues.

Abuse of power? I think Premier Mike Baird’s dictatorial ban of greyhound racing and the forced amalgamations of councils, in our democratic society, are the real appalling abuses of power.

To state “the abuse of power of these so-called shock jocks also came to the fore in the recent Orange by-election”, who are you kidding?

You flatter the “shock jocks “ and insult the intelligence of the Orange voters, who showed the do-nothing Nationals in the so-called safe seat of Orange that a much-needed change was due, resulting in the largest swing in nearly 50 years against the Nationals.

If Philip Thompson cares to ready John Sutton’s letter on the same page as his, he will discover the reasons for the result in Orange – and it was definitely not as a result of “shock jock” abuse of power.

Don’t wait for school holidays to fix a road. Just fix it, who cares if it’s out the front of the school. I’m sure the people living out at Kelso along the highway wouldn’t mind a two-year holiday while it gets upgraded. Silly people.

So funny to see council doing the same old repair. Mix it up. Roll it down. Seal it. Didn't work every other time but for some reason it will now. Definition of insanity … doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result.

Cry to get it done. Then still crying when it’s getting done. Whining, whingeing, whingeing.

When they start, they need to close this part until finished as people have two other ways into town - Eleven Mile Drive and Bradwardine Road – and it might be done properly.