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AT the Senate Enquiry into Regional Cities it was found that Launceston had a good chance to grow (The Examiner, June 16).
Since then statistics show that there has been no growth in North, North-East Tasmania since the Federal Election 2013.
This is a damming indictment for the Liberal Party.
It has been said Agriculture is one that can improve us getting back to creating jobs but education must come as a top priority for the young to enter this neglected Industry.
— DAVID LEWIS, Launceston.
Roadwork
WHILE it's good to see the road outside the Deloraine Police Station resurfaced, it's a shame they didn't do the "worst bit" (across the railway lines) while they had all that machinery there.
There's nothing worse than a job half done.
— A.R. TROUNSON, Needles.
Question time
THE people of Australia all have to ask themselves some questions when it comes to the Abbott Government, don't look to others for your answers, think of your own, would Prime Minister Tony Abbott be so hell bent on destroying ABC if they glorified him and the Liberal party daily?
Why is he forever trying to terrify the people with his continual terrorism talk?
Is it an attempt to deter the people from seeing the clearer picture on other issues?
Why do people choose to blame other parties when its the Liberal party that's in power making all the calls?
We need to look closer at what this government is not doing for the well being of the people of Australia on a whole.
Wake up everyone look at the clear picture.
— SUSAN GOEBEL, Invermay.
Tamar shame
I JUST hope travel agents remind tourists not to visit the entrance to our famous Cataract Gorge at low tide.
From the Yacht Club jetty, mud covers half the width of the river, worse still, it's at the Seaport Ferry Terminal.
They would be lucky to have 30 feet or more of channel to operate their boats.
Besides that, there's the smell, surely it's not good for tourists who expect to see our clean image.
Errol Stewart and Joseph Chromy are doing their best to encourage more tourists in this area.
Why isn't our government and council doing the same.
Dredging is only a bandage fix.
— BARRY MILNER, Ravenswood.
ISIS
"WOW, look at ISIS.
They're so cool, they're so hip to be thumbing their nose at authority.
Look at how heroic they are drowning and beheading innocent people.
I want to be a part of that."
Such thinking in light of their latest broadcast atrocity shows how sick those wanting to join the terrorist group really are.
What possible reason or motive could they possibly have to want to do so?
It's not about religion as their acts are against Islam.
It's not about politics as they target civilians.
These people knows what ISIS does to those who want to join them.
Out of all the foreigners they have killed what motivates those who want to strike a blow against the West into thinking they will be the ones chosen to be the terrorist hero?
— DAVIS SEECAMP, Launceston.
Geelong Star hypocrisy
THE absolute hysterical hypocrisy of those calling for the Geelong Star to be banned from fishing in Australian waters has been graphically exposed this week.
In south-western Australia a commercial fishing trawler captured and killed a rare shark as part of its usual by-catch.
Instead of doing what 99.9 per cent of all other commercial operators do and shovel it overboard with all the other by-catch it was brought back to port.
The fishermen were then lauded for handing over the dead shark for scientific examination.
On the other hand the Geelong Star accidentally killed some dolphins and seals, something so common to such fishing operations that permits are issued, and the howls of anguish are deafening despite neither seals nor dolphins being rare.
Not a peep was heard about the killing of the rare shark.
Nor is anything said about any other by-catch or recreational fishermen who deliberately kill magnificent species such as a 235kg Broadbill Swordfish.
The stench of hypocrisy is overpowering indeed.
— GEOFF MCLEAN, Launceston.
Launceston Show
THERE have been reports (The Examiner) of the Launceston Show being moved from Inveresk to the Newnham Campus of the University of Tasmania.
A report also mentions the Launceston City Council spending $20,000 on a consultancy report on the relocation of the Show.
Did the consultants do any research on the possible traffic flows in the Mowbray area, or the traffic flow on Goderich Street after leaving such an event?
In Mowbray at times, it can take up to 20 minutes to go from Foch Street to the Mowbray Hotel.
In Goderich Street it can also take 20 minutes to travel from Forster Street to The Esplanade.
On one particular day, after leaving the University at Newnham, it took 45 minutes to travel from Newnham Drive to Paterson Street.
Why not have the Launceston Show at the Longford Showgrounds, then the week after have the Longford Show there as well?
It would save the "showies" a lot of time and effort.
— JOHN DENNE, Longford.
Football
I’M CONCERNED with the rules on sling tackling with Bryce Gibbs (Carlton) tackling Robbie Shaw (Port Adelaide) in the second quarter of Saturday’s clash at the MCG.
Unfortunately, Gibbs received a two week suspension for a perfect tackle, but once a player is tackled and his arms pinned it should be amended so that it’s an instant free kick to the tackler because the player being tackled can’t dispose the ball correctly.
Then the tackler can just release the player, so that they are not thrown to the turf which is so dangerous to the player being tackled, as it is usually the head which hits the ground first, with the possibility of causing major trauma to that player.
No one likes seeing a playing injured in this manner.
— BRIAN ROLES, Retired sports trainer, Deloraine.
Salaries
READING (The Examiner, June 24) politicians wages to be discussed by the Upper House, what’s to be discussed.
Thirteen members made it crystal clear that politicians must have nothing to do with setting their wages, and rightly so.
Now it shouldn’t take more than 10 minutes once all Upper House pollies are comfortably seated, for the president to ask for a show of hands, up go 13, end of debate.
It’s really that simple, little school children do it every day, but will this happen, no way known.
Hours of each taking their turn at gum flapping, before a decision is reached, thereby justifying their important positions as our saviours and guardians.
Oh God give me strength.
— JOHN R. CONWAY, Riverside.
Cats
THE Tamar Natural Resource Management is correct in its push for a statewide approach to the feral cat problem and I fully agree that domestic cat owners have a large responsibility by doing the right thing in making sure their pets are micro-chipped and desexed.
Unfortunately feral cats have become one of the state’s predominant pests and as Tamar NRM president Roger Tyshing states, a co-ordinated program will be beneficial in stopping their re-population in most areas.
I say it must involve everyone from farmers to biologists and shooters.
With this approach, the feral cats so-called `nine lives’ may not be enough to save it.
— ROBERT LEE, Summerhill.
Launceston General Hospital
IN THE early hours of Sunday, June 21, I was taken to the Launceston General Hospital emergency department in excruciating pain.
The nursing staff and doctors were absolutely wonderful and professional and I was soon diagnosed and treated.
However, I soon discovered that the department was full with admitted patients who should have been in the wards but there were no beds available.
As a result the staff were overworked and very tired and also trying to cope with a full waiting room.
It is time the government and the health minister stopped all their talking and acted.
No good blaming the previous government, you have been there long enough for some action, so do it.
You should be ashamed of yourselves.
— PETER FLEMING, Hadspen.
Television
SO Q&A is on Prime Minister Tony Abbott's dislike list now.
They did a soppy thing by putting that man on in the first place but it seems Mr Abbott is only adding to the furore and interest.
Instead of not giving that person traction now every time we turn on the news on any of our TV stations, and on the news on the radio all we hear is about Q&A.
I reckon that 'person' is preening himself that he has so much free time on all forms of media.
Just let the issue die and we need never hear of him again.
— GLENNIS SLEURINK, Launceston.