Taxpayers money
SO OUR premier isn't ruling out offering the Victorian forestry company a sweetener to relocate here. Apparently we will benefit by the tune of 100 jobs, according to the owner of said company. The fact that 250 guys are losing their jobs and their town will slowly die seems not to warrant comment.
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If our government has the money to throw to a forestry company to relocate then they should have millions to invest in health and education. Nevermind, as the premier acknowledged it's only taxpayers money.
Glennis Sleurink, Launceston.
Confidence in politicians
LEON Cooper, of St Leonards, (The Examiner, June 15) makes an interesting observation about the increasing disconnect between the electorate and our serving politicians. Part of this problem is that to productively thrive the Westminster system demands an effective opposition.
This we lack both in Canberra and in most state governments. The electorate having lost confidence in their parliamentary representatives have turned their fickle and naive votes to the so-called "Independents" and to minor parties such as The Greens.
The idea of a galaxy of representatives sounds democratic but at times, and we are now in such times, our governance requires a strong majority government with viable policies and a proven track record in economic management. These valuable assets cannot be found in Independents or The Greens.
Seeking for experience and judgement that these minority factions do not possess is a self-destructive action. Independents are all very well in theory, The Greens are a party of over idealistic dreamers lost in the wilderness of their own creation, and Labor has repeatedly demonstrated its fundamental economic incompetence.
Why then did we hobble a promising and working Liberal Coalition in Canberra? Politicians are failing us but we are also failing them. We cannot spike their guns and then complain that they are not doing what they promised to do.
At the last federal election we failed them more than they have failed us and many of us still believe that federal Labor will eventually find a leader and acquire economic skills. That day is a long way off, a race cannot be won with a three legged horse.
Len Langan, Longford.
Parking for LGH
BE WARNED, I had to go to the Launceston General Hospital for an appointment, I couldn’t find a parking space in the LGH carpark. I saw a sign for parking the other side of the LGH, I went round and round, I finally found a parking space and saw permit parking, display on dashboard.
I got a ticket from the machine for $4, expiring at 12.44pm and placed it on the dashboard. I went to my appointment and got back to my car at 11.55am to find a parking ticket stuck on the windscreen for $55 or $30 if I paid it before June 30. I paid the ticket that day.
Living in Beaumaris, very rarely do I go to Launceston as I support local business on the East Coast. Care Park should realise not everyone knows the parking system, for one hour and 21 minutes I paid $34, will they be refunding the $4 I paid when I thought I was doing the right thing, I don’t think so. To those people like myself who don’t go to Launceston that often, be warned you could be next.
L. Morton, Beaumaris.
Meander School support
IN RESPONSE to Wayne Johnston’s comments “Support exist in Meander” (June 13) I want to point out that MARRA people like him live in Meander and nearby.
Also, there was definitely no community consultation, no local think tank and no comprehension that the school belongs to the past and future of Meander and should bring hope and community togetherness, not fundamentalism and division.