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Our kids are back at school (or soon will be) - and again, they're crammed into ancient school buses with no seatbelts. The Grafton and Kemspey coach crashes (1989), claimed 52 lives and horribly injured many more. Here's what the coroner said:- "It is regrettably true that it often takes a major catastrophe to precipitate Government and Government authorities into action. Matters of cost and inconvenience often have been allowed to take precedence over matters of personal safety. Promising suggestions are deflected for investigation elsewhere and largely forgotten." And here's what the Queensland Sunday Mail said about school bus travel in 2001:- "The evidence for seatbelts is overwhelming and the deaths of 11 people in the Mount Tamborine crash of a decade ago shows the possibly terrible consequences of inaction." Yet here we are again in 2004, our kids just one blown tyre or one tired truck driver away from disaster. Never mind though, we've got a brand new football stadium to console us. Join the fight to protect our kids. Visit www.oocities.org/seatbelts2004 or phone Kim on (07) 5543 1796 (mob 041 270 8451).