Health
IN RESPONSE to Robert Stephens, stating that health is a black hole and that we see results when roads are widened and potholes filled, is really a mockery to every person with ill health and those with life threatening conditions. So you are saying that the reasonable experience of interstate and foreign tourists overshadows the basic right of reasonable medical treatment for our own Tasmanians?
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Highly paid specialists, executives and top heavy administrations?
What about wards reopened, pressure taken off accident and emergency by not having the emergency department filled with people waiting for beds.
Waiting times for urgent surgeries lessened, ensuring patients are not being sent home before they are medically ready, pressure taken off overworked staff, ambulances backed up in bays with patients having to wait to even go in?
Think hard, Mr Stephens those hospital workers and many patients are also hard working tax payers. A persons basic right to good health care cannot be compared to continual road works being expanded.
Susan Goebel, Invermay.
Unselfishness
I WOULD dearly like to acknowledge a very special, compassionate and charitable young woman.
Our grandaughter Josie Kate Todman is a nurse at the Launceston General Hospital, caring for the sick, infirm and terminally ill patients.
At Christmas time our family put each other’s name in a hat to determine who buys for who. We spend about $50 to $70 dollars on said present.
Josie privately messaged all family members to inform whomever drew her she would rather they donated said money to the African children, or the RSPCA. Josie chose to support the RSPCA.
She is truly a very special young lady, she is compassionate, thoughtful, generous, and a humane young lady. Go Josie, you are a credit to Tasmania, your family, your partner, your friendship and unfortunately there are too few of you.
Gill and Fred Todman, Trevallyn.
Refugees
I WRITE in response to Anne Brelsford, and her letter (December 24, 2017) regarding “Illegal Refugees”.
Your view of illegal and my view of the same seem to differ.
To me, anybody that seems to be fleeing another country, to see asylum in Australia form conditions that are catastrophic with no papers of identity, and that they have passed through countries where they could seek asylum but chose not to stay, seems strange to me.
Why come in on our coastline on boats of paid people smugglers?
Why are the majority males that have family “supposedly” left behind, hoping to get money in their new place of preference, to bring their wives, kids and parents etc?
If Kevin Rudd hadn’t undone John Howard’s policy, this would not have occurred. If I get caught drink driving, it’s illegal. If I don’t have a seatbelt on while driving it’s illegal. As parents of a disabled 36-year-old son, I would like to see more effort into looking after people like our son, and elderly rather than Centrelink forking out and looking after illegal would-be Australians.
Steve Rogers, South Launceston.
Boom Times- But for Who?
INTERPRETING Treasurer Peter Gutwein’s glib statement on the state’s boom times and housing crisis, he is seemingly dismissive of those struggling to find a home to rent. Everything in his little world is either boom times or great.
This would depend, of course, on how long your wages have stagnated, how you cannot compete with cashed-up international and interstate buyers. Something worth remembering about this year I think.
