There is a simple answer, as a society, we should go to the lengths required to achieve equality.

I REALLY enjoy visiting the many and varied coffee shops and cafes that abound in Launceston.

However, when I owned a coffee shop myself many years ago, it was a Health Department regulation that entrance doors had to be kept closed to keep flies and others out.

My experience these days is that I am often competing with flies and other unidentifiable insects to have my coffee and/or yummy cake.

Please keep your doors closed - patrons are very capable of opening them themselves and it will cut down the costs of running air con/heating as well.

Thanks, in anticipation of a fly-free coffee.

BIRDLIFE Tasmania and their excellent professional speakers are to be congratulated on their presentation to a well-credentialled audience.

I am disappointed that neither the council or parks and wildlife were in attendance.

The colony of little penguins is a world-class attraction and their well-being is a state and community responsibility.

The good news is that a community-led Friends of the Penguins is in the making.

I hope that these well-meaning people receive far more respect and recognition than the Friends of Regent Square which was another local group formed to protect a valuable asset.

"I AM Australian".

Chorus: "We are one but we are many

And from all the lands on earth we come

We share a dream and sing with one voice

I am, you are, we are Australian".

The words of this inspirational song celebrate the humanity of diverse, multicultural Australia.

Mr Macpherson, please don't turn the words of this song into a rhetorical call to arms to peddle your ignorance and fear as you did with the much loved John Williamson's "True Blue" (The Examiner, March 18).

By the end of this week, sunrise will be close to 7.30am. While I love daylight saving like most people, its extension to March is a month too long.

It is now too dark in the morning even for those who like a sleep in. In other words, March is too much. Are there any other early risers who agree with me?

A FRIEND of mine needs to have a lump removed, which has naturally caused concern for the family.

After a three-week wait for an appointment with a surgeon, he's finally been given one in September.

Regardless of whether the lump presents a threat or not, this delay allows for potentially another six-months of worry.

What's wrong with our health system?

If he were a cat or a dog, he would be able to have it removed within a fortnight.

As is also the case with euthanasia, we treat animals so much better than we do humans.

WE will get nowhere in resolving our energy debate until the words we use have the same meaning. The Greens etc are correct when claiming renewables are the cheapest electricity generators provided it is needed only when the sun shines or the wind blows.

They are wrong when implying this is true 24/7 as it certainly does not apply to the stuff most folks are familiar with and can't do without - that which is readily available whatever the time or the weather.

Clearly, there is an urgent need for the adjective "reliable" be used in front of electricity so as to distinguish between these two very different forms. And, of course, anyone not knowing there is a difference is not even at first base in taking part in any debate.

IT is now open season on politicians - egg throwing is OK.

The juvenile who threw eggs at Fraser Anning is a despicable product of our times.

We are learning in the home that actions equal consequences but he evidently doesn't believe this applies to him.

When Julia Gillard was egged charges were brought; when Tony Abbot was assaulted, charges were also brought.

I look forward to the same consequence for this person. The fact that a protest in favour of his behaviour was staged, says something about the organisers and the attendees.

Actions equal consequences, should be compulsory learning from primary school age. Evidently, politicians need to learn how to duck.

HAVING read Caroline Wilson's well-researched piece in (The Examiner, March 23), I can offer the best solution: if we can't play in either Launceston or Hobart (due to parochialism, parking and strong wind), I suggest we play games at North Hobart.

A team in Tassie would be an economic boom for both the state and the people, not to mention what I call "football as a whole".

C'mon government, no-one gets away with bad management, let's make the right choice for all involved. A Tassie football team looks like it's lots of fun.