Tom Cutbush, Outsider.
I read the ‘Soapbox: You’re killing us’ in the Echo this week and I’ve been enlightened.
This open letter from ‘The Community’ implores tourists to stay away. It’s quite understandable given that the Tourist is the root cause of crowding, hospital delays, children mowed down, broken glass, ciggie butts, traffic misdemeanour, rising house prices, homelessness, rate hikes and ‘staying in (houses)… supposed to be our homes’.
Dear Community, you’re right! This tourism is the tip of the iceberg. Next thing those Tourist boys will be talking rude to local girls and not treatin’ them respectful like they should do. We fought these outsiders on Cronulla Beach in 2005 and the Tampa in 2001. This is Our Country, we’re entitled to more than sleeping in the park while outsiders sleep in our houses….
Or did I misunderstand? Maybe Mandy Nolan is just a funster, like Alan Jones, just taking the mickie eh? Just Highlighting the Issue.
Lucky for her, Xenophobia is a political term and not a medically recognised form of phobia.
For four decades The Echo has printed the stories some people loved, some people hated, and some pretended not to read. If you want us to keep telling the truth, the real truth, not the sugar-coated version. We’ll need your support to keep the presses rolling. 
