As a resident near the new Legana town centre (with its new Main Street), and being a candidate for the West Tamar Council in the coming elections, I’ve got my eye on how street parking will be organised.

The plans are on the WTC website: there will be special parking for those who need it and longer term for staff and so on. Mention of meters and marked spaces is not there.  I believe meters discourage visits and marked spaces are not efficient. And while I’m at it, the marked (unmetered) spaces in Launceston suburbs?  Seems a waste of space and paint.

Victoria Wilkinson (candidate for West Tamar Council), Grindelwald.

I AM unsure whether the proposed changes regarding theatre education at UTAS are good or bad, but I know one thing for sure after seeing the opening night of Our Town at Earl Arts on Wednesday evening, September 12.

And that is, we are blessed with a depth of theatrical talent in this town that far exceeds what one might expect in a regional centre. Led by Kerri Gay, the strong ensemble cast of Our Town didn't miss a beat.

They inhabited the roles that amused us, provoked us and, especially in the powerful third act, made us reflect. Hats off to the director Leigh Oswin, who brought it together so consistently, even adding some successful staging innovations to this renowned piece of innovative theatre.  Hats off, too,  to the costume, sound and lighting teams for their highly professional contributions. Get along to see it, Launceston.

Owen Tilbury, East Launceston.

CONGRATULATIONS to The Examiner on publishing the recent article on Nick Daking, and for exploring the integrity of his aspirations for local government.

Nick has a rare and unique blend of attributes and experience which would make him a brilliant alderman for this city, and its community.

Entrepreneurial, creative, passionate, committed and with an impressive track record of experience, project development and long-term investment in local business (as well as returning here to raise his family), this is exactly the kind of alderman this town needs.

But if you aren’t convinced, you only need step inside his local businesses, such as Henry’s, to see what Nick is capable of; transforming places of significance in Launceston with integrity, creativity and refinement all the while celebrating our local history.

If he is capable of creating cross-generational appeal and national attention with a few businesses, imagine what he could do for our city. Nick has our vote.

A and J Woodroffe, Newstead.

IF merit was truly the yardstick of political success in the Liberal Party, Julie Bishop would be Prime Minister now.

Ingrid O’Sullivan, George Town.

RECENTLY I thought it would be a good idea to listen to federal parliamentary question time on my way home from Hobart –  nothing’s changed, I noticed.

Personal attacks, avoidance of answers to questions asked, (instead they chose to fill in the allotted response time with complete diatribe so as to avoid answering them) and while this is going on they are consistently being told by the Speaker to settle down or he will remove the main protagonists from the house.

These are the very same people we elected to represent us as leaders and, in doing so, one would think they would demonstrate values, ethics, compassion and, most importantly, common mutual respect; despite their many differing views and policies.

Often they have school children in Parliament watching on; what an example to set to our future leaders. In such a politically correct era, why do we still accept this behaviour from our elected members?

This regular Question Time debacle appears to achieve very little and as usual it’s mostly about themselves. If only they would grow up and be the leaders that the public, in good faith, elected them all to be.

I, like many others, are over the lot of them at the moment .

Todd Lambert, Devon Hills.

I'M not quite sure how to describe the last few weeks in Australian politics. Comedy, farce, sad? They tossed out one Prime Minister, inserted a new one (again) with a new Team SCOMO (please say they are joking).

Now there’s a new party, Donald Palmer (or is that Clive Trump?) who wants to “make Australia great again”. Do you know what I would like? The self-serving  clowns in Canberra to grow up, stop acting like juveniles (with apologies to juveniles) and begin doing what they were elected to do – run this country like mature adults. Probably too much to ask.

Jenny Bishop, Newnham.

WHEN, not if, the history of the recent sad and sorry debacle in the Federal Parliamentary Liberal Party is written, Malice in Underland would be a great title. Malice is defined as desire to harm someone, bitterness, hatred, ill will or revenge. All these are true of the coup that brought down Malcolm Turnbull an elected Prime Minister. I hope this, what many would see as the saddest period in the history of the federal parliament, will never be repeated. Everybody was a loser: politicians, the Liberal Party, the Parliament and most of all the people of Australia.

Malcolm Scott, Newstead.