In other parts of the state, how many allegations of breaching a smoking permit zone have been issued by Tasmania Police?

With Tasmania Police enforcement, an allegation of such a minor matter has the potential to be one of a criminal nature, subject to legal court proceedings, initiated by a plea of not guilty.

Understandably, Tasmania Police would be very reluctant and recalcitrant to proceed with such a minor matter regarding enforcement.

Tourism Industry Council Tasmania's Luke Martin says people campaigning to stop the Lake Malbena development are hysterical.

It seems Mr Martin does not realise that wilderness is the fastest disappearing asset on this planet.

Perhaps this may help educate him so that he has a better understanding of the “big picture”.

If we compress the Earth's age into a week starting at Monday morning, then homo sapiens don't arrive until half a minute before midnight Sunday, agriculture is invented 1.5 seconds before midnight, the industrial revolution at 1/40th second before midnight, the addiction to exponential growth as the be all and end all of an efficient economy at 1/500th second before midnight.

Wilderness with life in it began Tuesday noon of that week, and has been unmanipulated by mankind until the last fraction of a second.

The picture I have of wilderness definitely does not have helicopters from a private developer carting the rich back and forth.

This is an affront and insult to wilderness itself as well as any life in that area.

Hopefully Mr Martin and the government will realise the true significance of wilderness in a world where it is rapidly disappearing before they give it away to private developers as though it has no worth, because in another fraction of a second on the week long age of the planet it will be priceless, if any exists. Luke will then be begging for it.

RESPONSE on article by Melissa Singer, plainly upset by the use of the word “fillies” the term used for a young female horse, then saying we do not call men “geldings” when in fact the term “colts” would be the more appropriate simile.

You would have to mix with men in pubs, and men’s locker rooms to give authenticity to your statements.

I am concerned that you choose to be offended where no offence was intended.

Don’t live in the dark, switch on the light.

I for one would not be offended if I was called a frisky “colt” as I still carry my jewels in a bag.

IF TONY Abbott thinks life on Nauru is 'paradise' may I respectively suggest that he does us all a favour and go and live there.

DOUG Dickenson (The Examiner, October 25) makes a powerful argument for state government intervention concerning the proposed Devonport Abattoir closure.

And if not state then why not federal?

The prime meat export industry is valuable to all of us, both directly and indirectly.

And further, I will take up from where Dickenson left off.

When such an important industry is battling to compete and the loss suffered will be state or nationwide then governments should take action.

The supporters of free markets, the allusive “trickle-down effect” and minimalist regulation will attempt to argue otherwise.

The fact is these concepts don’t work.

One only has to look at your quarterly power bill, your withering wage packet and most people’s budget verses expenditure to see the evidence.

And you could well include the greed and dishonesty Commissioner Hayne has found rampant among, banks, insurance companies and the so-called financial advice and planning businesses.

Nationalise the power industry and all other utilities. Introduce a national natural gas reservation plan. 

And these suggestions are just for starters.

I WRITE in regards to the demise of JBS jobs at Devonport where some 100 hard working Tasmanians have lost their employment as well as the 140 terminated at Longford.

This terrible state of affairs the Argentina company is responsible for has done a lot of harm to Tasmania.

JBS profited off the backs of our livestock and our highly skilled workers who now have no prospects outside of meatworks.

More than 200 of them are struggling to make a life for themselves or make ends meet.

JBS has shown they do not care for them.

They already have the profits, they already have live exports, and instead of paying the readily available and reasonable auction prices they put their employees out on the street.