Thumbs down to the Morrison federal government for their grants to 19 hotels and motels (Courier, July 22). At a time when there are so many people who are homeless, where domestic violence is rife, where women’s refuges are underfunded, where people are losing their incomes through no fault of their own, the Coalition government gives taxpayers’ money to private hotel owners to improve their energy savings. Really? What brilliant government minister thought this one up?

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