Guess what, no big queues for the loos

Camille Manley Camperdown Portable urinals were used in Bradfield Park at the start of the 2009 Sydney Marathon, with singular success. They are a splendid idea to literally relieve pressure and facilitate flow and motion. After all, there's nothing worse than to join a queue at a portaloo just for a "number 1" only to find the person ahead/inside was there for a "number 2"! City to Surf organisers please take note. Edward Loong Milsons Point Well done to the City of Sydney council for trialling the new portable urinals. I saw these in action last year in Paris at the Vendanges de Montmartre, even tried one myself. There were large crowds, not many portable toilets and a couple of these. Guess what, no big queues for the loos. I commented at the time that they should be a part of every music and outdoor event. They will take the pressure off. Ross Mayberry Mudgee Perhaps they should put ''temporary public urinal'' along the Corso at Manly and inform rugby league players that it's there. They'd then be allowed to piddle in public and not get in trouble. Michael Deeth Como West Umm, where do I sit? Amanda Lyons DarlinghurstFamilies in crisis The story in today's Herald is sad in that it condemns all men to changes in family law as a result of the actions of one, although sadly it's not only men who murder their children (''She once escaped a killer - under today's laws she would still be trapped,'' April 7). The proposed changes to the Family Law Act will bring back the behaviour that I and other fathers experienced when I went through my divorce in 2001. At that time the law encouraged mothers to maximise their income from child support and Centrelink by minimising the time the father was given access to his children. I am a good father and I love my children. Why should I be condemned by the actions of Rosetta Stone Arabic others? The presumption of shared care is fair for all. Name withheld Helen Cummings is correct in highlighting the need for amendments to the Family Law Act. My ex partner, a respected professional man who was emotionally abusive, used the Family Law Act to "grasp shared care (in our case custody) as a weapon to use against" me. While the four-year legal battle took place, our son was shuttled between the two of us in a decision made by the court in "the child's best interests". The process left me and my son emotionally drained, not to mention the prohibitive financial cost that caused hardship to me but not to the professional father. Since the conclusion of the custody case, three years, where I was awarded full custody, there has been no contact from the father but, thanks to the Family Law Act, the consequences are long lasting and permanent. Name withheld What about the husbands? There are many independent studies out there from Europe and America showing that the incidence of wives abusing their husbands is almost on par with the reverse situation. I have been physically and verbally abused by my wife and it only stopped when I got police intervention. Most of the time she attacked me because I was protecting the children against her and her outbursts and drew her attention away from them, otherwise she would have been physically and verbally attacking them. But with the focus on the women being the victim, I did not know where to go and what to do as there is very little out there for men. Finally my family assisted me. If the government is looking into things, they should do it on an even basis and put the same amount of resources out there for men in similar circumstances.

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