An issue or a publicity stunt
DO the Northern Midlands Council actually hold any credibility?
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How possibly could they even waste time debating such a stupid proposal?
The new highway is exceptional and it would take three to four minutes to go to either end of the town.
They should be enjoying the reduction in traffic.
Is this a real issue or a publicity stunt?
Seriously crazy.
Rofkel Stevens, Perth.
Easier access for residents
AS a local resident I do believe that access to Drummond Street and Youl Road would make access much better, especially if you live in that area and travel locally regularly.
I myself was on the understanding that you could still access that part of the area once the highway was done.
The new highway is wonderful, please don't misunderstand what I am putting out there.
I just think for the people living on those particular streets or road that it may be easier for those residents to not have to drive to both ends of the town when the access was already available.
Debbie Dickson, Longford.
Leave the link as is
WE live at 76 Drummond Street at the end of Drummond next to the railway and we totally agree with everyone else not to re-establish the link.
It's been an absolute joy living here without trucks and cars driving past the house and shaking it on lots of occasions.
I do hope you see sense and don't go through with this as we see so many families out for walks and especially on bikes it's been a lot safer to do these activities.
Even with closing part of Youl Road off is not a hardship to get to anywhere .
Please leave it as is.
Margare McCallion, Perth.
Money could be better spent
MY opinion on the Perth highway is that it's a total waste of more money.
Let's face it, I live just off Drummond Street and it is three minutes extra to Longford.
Please spend money in other places.
Judy Tubb, Perth.
Is TasWater really untouchable
MY TasWater account recently arrived, with fixed water water and sewerage charges totalling over $250, equalling $1001 a year. My water consumption averages $200 per annum (at $1.062/kL) - a fifth of the fixed charges. Out of interest, I looked back to my 2008/09 charges.
Then, the fixed service water/sewerage charges totalled $395 for the year - two fifths of today's fee.My metered water consumption averaged $60 a year - (at $0.4/kL) - 15 per cent of the total annual charge.
Remarkably, it costs two-and-a-half times as much today for my water supply to come through the same pipes and meter as it did 11 years ago. The financial year 2018/19 TasWater's income from 200,000 plus households and 39,000 plus businesses totalled $325 million, of which $93 million plus is employee remuneration and $3 million-plus is for motor vehicles.
While this government can clearly do nothing to stop us being ripped off at the petrol pump, it has no excuse for allowing us to be ripped off for water, unless TasWater is truly also untouchable.
John Seaton, Prospect Vale.
Design of the Government
PETER Needham (The Examiner, May 22) is really onto something here. Parliament and the two party adversarial professional politician system is failing.
The PM has abandoned it for the crisis; a testament to his confidence in that system. Wouldn't it be great to have a formal analysis of some alternative structures currently being used around the world, and of new ideas bubbling away.
Probably in conjunction with a move to a republic (not like the US). Fanciful? You betcha, with the self serving imperative of the current mobs who would have to agree to such initiatives.
Mark Fyfe, Launceston.
Unions not entirely to blame
UNIONS during the 1970s were in a difficult position in that they had to argue for large wage increases. What had not been recognised by many was the rise in oil prices by the oil cartel. During this period oil went from $1.39 to $8.32 a barrel, an increase of about 438 per cent. These increases crippled western manufacturing. Australia's position was even more difficult. Having a favourable balance of trade kept the dollar high while other nations devalued, crippling exports.
At the same time an influx of cheaper imported products become available.Unions were blamed for high wage demands, but none of the underlying circumstances were of their making. Had unions not pressed for large wage increases we may well have had a depression rather than a recession.
Global economies by 1979 had a growth rate of 0 per cent and economies had contracted for the first time since World War II. The global financial system was in crisis as nations became more indebted to oil producers. Yes there were some union excesses, but the failure of industries over this period cannot be entirely attributed to trade unions.
Neil White, Riverside.
Teaching of mathematics
THE federal government's $60 billion JobKeeper error provides an excellent justification for redirecting some of this money towards the teaching of mathematics from the earliest of grades through to secondary school and beyond.