Coffee prices ‘obscene’
A humble cup of coffee has now surged to $5 in many parts of Geelong.
Working class Geelong.
A product which costs retailers (according to industry sources) about $1.40 to put on the table.
What an obscene profit margin from a single commodity.
Talk about gouging the pockets of customers.
Obscene.
Michael J Gamble
Belmont
Fair go for students
It was extremely encouraging to read about federal Labor’s promises of funding for public education in the Geelong region (“School election pledges,” Geelong Independent, 13/5/2022).
Successive Australian federal governments have underfunded and badly neglected government schools. This has led to heartbreaking inequality in education funding and consequently public school students and staff have suffered much disadvantage.
Fair and proper funding for public education is urgently needed in Australia and I genuinely hope that this will be the priority of the new Labor government, as well as the Greens and the Independents.
Australia’s children and young people attending government schools deserve to receive the very best education possible.
Robert Van Zetten
Highton
