Medicare
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LABOR, Greens and the miscellaneous mob vow to block the Coalition’s Medicare proposals, so, for that obvious reason it is withdrawn.
As usual 99 per cent of journalists, news readers, etc, instantly jump on interpret that as a “massive” and “embarrassing” back flip by the coalition.
Unbiased reporting?
Yeah right.
Medicare, for numerous reasons, is becoming unsustainable and without intervention will eventually collapse resulting in far worse consequences for patients, so when will they interview Opposition Leader Bill Shorten and ask him about his alternate policies to save Medicare?
— KERRY FOLEY, Launceston.
Petrol pricing
COLES today with a full page ad (The Examiner, January 16) are trying to con Tasmanians into thinking we have the best price for petrol.
What a joke, only after you have spent a further $20 does the new price apply and then it's 12 to 15 cents over what the rest of the country is paying.
When is someone going to stand up and face these merchants who have Tasmania by the throat?
And always have.
Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, ha ha.
Nothing but a rubber stamp for the big boys.
A review into rural pricing for petrol is going to look at three regions for 12 months.
What good is that going to do?
Just a whole lot of more talking and for what 12 months to go through figures and come to just the same conclusion.
The figures talk for themselves.
We are being ripped off and something has got to be done about it.
— DAVID PARKER, West Launceston.
Family vioence
IN rightly drawing attention to family violence in our community, it is disappointing that Patrick Billings also saw fit to level unfounded criticism (The Examiner, January 16) at the government.
The media as well as governments and the wider community all have important roles to play in primary prevention by shaping attitudes and perceptions around family violence, which is why both the government and members of parliament have been far from silent.
In an historic move to mark White Ribbon Day in November, our Premier Will Hodgman as well as the Opposition Leader and the Greens leader led a moving debate that committed the Parliament to standing up for the rights of Tasmanian women and children.
Lara Giddings, Cassy O’Connor and I are also standing together to voice our grave concern at the level of family violence and to show that this issue is above party politics.
For the government’s part, we have, as Mr Billings said, begun a review into Safe at Home legislation, and we are also rebuilding Tasmania Police by recruiting an additional 108 officers.
We are committed to working every day to ensuring government services are acting together to reduce violence in this State.
— JACQUIE PETRUSMA, Minister for Women, Minister for Human Services.