Phones in schools
TALKING to a head teacher from a school south of Hobart who told me they have changed their school culture by banning use of mobiles from the minute you enter school property until you leave, phones are placed in school bags and students trusted not to use or phones are confiscated.
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Headmaster had to repaint basketball and volleyball courts and purchase lots of extra balls because without their phones students started playing sport and talking again.
Maybe an idea for Northern schools? Don’t forget in any emergency a school office can be contacted.
Sue Saunders, Prospect.
The Examiner Cartoons
WITH so many awful things happening in the criminal and sorry to say the political world, I get a smile and a chuckle from the cartoons in The Examiner and cut some of them out and save them they are so good.
Three examples are: First was Pope's view of the Gentlemen's Party Room with the Treasurer saying for a woman’s envoy “would wouldn't it be cheaper to line up one of Pete’s Au Pairs”. Then there was Wilcox “wear the little flag to remind you”. Finally Pat’s “Au Pair Employment Agency”.
Cartoons such as these remind me not to take life too seriously, you are a long time dead.
Malcolm Scott, Newstead.
Make Australia Great
CLIVE Palmer is at it again trying to hoodwink the voters into getting his new party into government.
His new ads smells a lot like Donald Trump all over again “Make Australia Great” come on, Clive, open your eyes Australia is great mate and will greater more the without than with you.
That’s all we need a Trump-style politician in Canberra. You say in your TV ad that there is too many politicians in Canberra, you should live by your own messages.
David Parker, West Launceston.
Peppers Silo Hotel
HAVING been taken to the Silo Hotel for a birthday lunch on September 10, I was so impressed with the courteous staff and service. The building is a credit to Errol Stewart, as are so many developments of his, both in Launceston and beyond. Tasmania is blessed to have a visionary like Mr Stewart, who pours so much into our economy by attracting tourists to our fine city with his planning and action. Thanks Mr Stewart, my brother and I are two very grateful Launceston residents. Keep up the great work, can’t wait to see your next project.
F. O’Sullivan, Riverside.
Pensioner Pay Rise
I WAS reading the newspaper recently and I nearly fell off my seat when it said that the pensions for couples will ruse by a whopping mega rise of $6.60 per week. It was an awesome surprise, so as I am not very well educated, I quickly got out my calculator to see what I could pay from this amazing rise.
Anyway I decided that we could pay $1 off our power bill, $1 off Telstra, $2 off our groceries, $1 in lieu of the stamp on this envelope. After thinking about the generosity of the government for this unbelievable rise I felt sorry for them and so we decided to donate $1 back for their kitty.
Once again I am so stoked, that leaves 60 cents towards a party to celebrate.
R.M. Greeno, Riverside.
Damning claim
IT BEGGARS belief that the current Morrison/Frydenberg Liberal-led coalition government, the same government which fiercely resisted the establishment of the Hayne Royal Commission, can now seek to blame the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) for not undertaking its principle function effectively.
No mention of the perpetrators of the countless number of rip-offs and probable frauds; the banks, the insurers nor the retail superannuation funds. Not a word.
Under funded and under staffed ASIC has always been faced with the enormous (if not impossible) task of surveillance and investigation of corporate Australia.
For the government to make this damning claim concurrent to allocating an additional $300+ million in annual funding as well as promising to introduce more legislation to greatly empower ASIC, is quite simply blatant hypocrisy in the extreme.
In their current self-inflicted and straightened circumstance, can the Liberals not see that such political cowardice will be fatally damaging at the ballot box? Apparently not.
For the sake of good governance of this great country, please Bill Shorten, bring on the next federal election as soon as is possible.
Douglas Ross Robbins, Trevallyn.
Incomprehensible
It's been a time of low-lifes of late.
Can any of us separate the disgusting behavior revealed in the Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation, and Financial Services Industry, such as AMP continuing to charge deceased people insurance premiums, or those responsible for contaminating strawberries with dangerous metal objects.
In my opinion, both wreak of conduct incomprehensible to any normal human behavior and one hopes both responsible parties get what they duly deserve and a whole lot more.
Robert Lee, Summerhill.
Advanced Mortis Premiums?
Robbing the dead has a long history dating back to classical antiquity when Egyptian tombs drew the attention of unscrupulous thieves.
Nowadays the AMP has fine-tuned the procedure to a level where dead people are being charged for life insurance.
It appears that the letters “AMP” stand for Advanced Mortis Premiums and that this practice is being questioned with a suitable degree of rigour by the Banking Royal Commission.