Mutton dressed as lamb used to be a way of describing an elderly person trying to look young when mostly it didn’t work.

This is what is happening to our city or at least certain parts of it, mainly the older historic areas, the areas tourists come to see and admire.

Before long we will have neither if we continue along this path.

The proposed unit block on Boland Street does nothing for the eye and detracts from the historic hotel architecture as well as the more modern office block next door.

As for the view from across the river of the whole streetscape, which includes the iconic gas company buildings and will in time presumably include the proposed UTAS monstrosity, well the mind boggles.

The once majestic Windmill Hill view will disappear further.

In my lifetime I have come to appreciate the hard work and craftsmanship which has gone into the making and building of this once beautiful city which has lost so many lovely building to make way for ‘progress’.

I hope I don’t stand alone. So we have had to put up with an eyesore for many years and it looks like we may have to suffer for longer.

Remember the city motto – “progress with prudence”. It worked years ago and should be still working.

A.C. Green, Norwood.

I'VE NEVER heard such a load of codswallop in all my life as this week.

There is Barnaby Joyce, love him or hate him, born in Tamworth hospital, wearing the typical Aussie hat and he's not sufficiently Australian to be in parliament.

I guess that  makes everyone ineligible and I just wonder, if one delved deep enough, how many of the so sanctimonious Labor lot, aren't also 100 per cent dinky di Aussie.

One who springs to mind has a very strong Scottish accent. Hopefully there will be an in depth audit of every politician.

We might end up with no one able to sit in the house and wouldn't that be a good thing.

Glennis Sleurink, Launceston.

I WELCOME the Turnbull government’s commitment of $50 million, matched by philanthropic organisations, to establish a $100 million fund to fight brain cancer, a disease that kills more Australian children than any other.

As a brain cancer survivor, I have long argued that the deadliness of this disease, in particular its impact on children, means that it deserves special attention.

Despite little improvement in survival rates in three decades (only about one in five patients survive five years after diagnosis), brain cancer currently receives less than 5 per cent of Federal cancer research funding, and under this government it has been going backwards.

I am glad that after four years in government, the Turnbull Government is committing to a serious strategy to help improve brain cancer survival.

Senator Catryna Bilyk, Kingston.

THE FATE of Victoria’s voluntary euthanasia bill is now in the hands of 40 upper house MPs after the landmark legislation passed its first hurdle in the Legislative Assembly (The Examiner, October 21).

Let’s hope they’re very caring hands.

“The proposed laws will allow terminally ill Victorian residents with less than 12 months to live and who are suffering unbearable pain to request lethal medication.”

They shouldn’t be in unbearable pain to begin with.

“If the bill passes by the end of this year, an 18-month implementation period means the scheme could be in place by 2019”.

A.R. Trounson, Needles.

MANY thanks to Senator Pauline Hanson for speaking out to change the complex family law system that has crippled many families financially since Labor Prime Minister Gough Whitlam introduced the dole for 16-year-olds in 1972.

Valmai Street, Norwood.

I TOTALLY agree with David Parker's comment on the rail and cycle-walking track to the east. It is like my earlier comment on the Tamar River. It is everybody doing a study and nothing being achieved. If people wish to study they should all go to university when the government decides what to do about Inveresk.

Mr. Cecil Neil Guy, Youngtown.

WE ALL remember the Prime Minister’s jibe that “Bill Shorten is not fit to run a pie shop”. Well Messrs Turnbull, Cash and Joyce have demonstrated this week that they are well qualified to run a taxidermists business. 

A  Carter, Mowbray.

IT’S AMAZING what you can find if you wander the Launceston central business district and for all those bemoaning the demise of Birchall’s, there is good news. 

Stories Book Shop has bought much of the stock from the former Birchall’s and the shop is well worth a visit. I was particularly impressed with the children’s section in the far back of the store. There appears to be a growing vibrancy in the CBD with a range of other interesting shops opening.

Dick James, Launceston.

I HAD to smile at Quentin Cook's letter about the GST and Peter Gutwein letting his hair fall over his face (The Examiner, October 26).

I reckon poor old Peter probably wishes he actually had some hair to this with. Mind you, I can't talk. When I was young I used to complain about my thick mop getting in my eyes when running, playing football or table tennis etc. Now I'm thinking of having it declared an endangered species.

Richard Hill, Newstead.