Proud of performance
I WATCHED a very interesting program on SBS Viceland called Fade to Black: Fight to the Death, mainly about one man’s guest and fight to have euthanasia legalised. He along with others appeared before a Senate Committee on the matter.
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There were quite a few segments shown of the committee’s deliberations. Senator Lisa Singh was one of the senators on the panel. Boy, did Senator Singh ask some excellent, profound and challenging questions of those presenting material to the committee.
As a Tasmanian I was really proud of her performance. How could the selection committee put her in fourth position on the Labor senate ticket, behind a unionist and two sitting senators, all whom I had never heard of?
Malcolm Scott, Newstead.
Unhealthy vision
A NEW and competent council would do wonders for Launceston. My grouch seems to be fairly general in the municipality, we have a council that has had problems with coming to terms with the dire needs of Launceston and I believe their failings today rendered their term of office as not only disappointing, but a term of unnecessary money spending with little or no gain to the ratepayers of the city.
Concerns, too, that city development appears to have been taken from council control and an unhealthy vision is appearing that does not sit too well with many citizens and questions are becoming stronger as to just where is all the mainland investment money is flowing from and before they depart a little public enlightenment as to how the present association could continue to be of benefit to Launceston?
Geoff Smedley, Trevallyn.
Difference in councils
WHAT a marked difference between the Launceston City Council and West Tamar Council – the LCC are money grabbers and the WTC are not.
Example: Paid rates for a property in the Launceston area in full September 21, but because the first installment was due August 31 was charged a 3 per cent penalty plus interest of $12. Did the same for my property in Riverside, which was due the same time, not only wasn’t I charged a fee, but received a $32.81 discount for paying by the September 28.
Why would councils want to merge with Launceston? They spend money like its water and then charge everyone for their extravagance there are many examples like the flood levy and the $400,000 spent putting a cycle lane on Westbury Road.
Rob Kenna, Riverside.
Pill Testing
In a ubiquitous case of deja vu, the NSW government has established a panel to advise it upon safety at music festivals, due to two, unfortunate deaths, at a recent festival in NSW.
The government in its wisdom, have pre-empted the findings, by ruling out pill-testing at music festivals, unlike many other countries, who have implemented this change with success, and has the backing of prominent doctors, Alex Wodak and David Caldicott, both very well qualified Australian healthcare specialists, experienced in this field of youthful drug experimentation, which is very pertinent to the newly announced panel of inquiry.