Invermay traffic congestion
SURELY allowing two right-turn lanes exiting Lindsay Street onto the Charles Street bridge should be trialled along with the other experimental changes underway at present. It's a no-brainer.
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I've put the idea to the City of Launceston council many times recently and have yet to receive a reasonable reply.
Jim Dickenson, Launceston.
COVID-19 borders Déjà vu?
PREMIER Peter Gutwein said "Tasmanians can be comforted by the fact that we have the necessary processes and procedures in place to ensure that we can deal with a rapid response should COVID-19 bubble up here in the state", (The Examiner, October 27).
These words are nearly the same words uttered by Minister Sarah Courtney seven months ago and look what happened.
A. R Trounson, Needles.
Hammond a brilliant leader
ROBERT Hammond was an outstanding Australian who brought hope during a time of despair.
Amid the Great Depression this church of England minister in Sydney, unable to interest the government, put his faith into action by purchasing land from his life insurance policy for a low-cost housing scheme for those who found themselves in hard times. By working together to create new homes and growing food for the new settlement in Hammondville those who were previously destitute found new hope and purpose in life. By 1940 there were more than 100 homes in the area, with a church, post office and technical college. Hammond died in 1946, but his suburb continued, as did his company which eventually expanded to provide aged care through what is now HammondCare.
Enid Denman, Beauty Point.
Pokies are devastating
DEVASTATING that the pokies industry is capitalising off the pandemic while people are struggling in poverty.
What will it take for the gutless government to stop taking donations from gambling venues and start implementing harm reduction policies?
Zoe Douglas, Nipaluna.
VAD Bill passing a disgrace
IT is a disgrace that the Tasmanian upper house is poised to pass a Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill. Palliative care services in Tasmania are poorly funded and not available to all. Tasmania, unlike other states, has not had an end of life inquiry.
The process is being rushed.
It's a sad day that politicians dispatch with their duty to protect the vulnerable in the community and legislate for the state to end people's lives rather than provide services that would make it all unnecessary.
People run the risk of dying much earlier than they need to and others to feel they should spare their relatives suffering by speeding things up. Expansion of eligibility with time is inevitable. This is a regressive, not a progressive change for Tasmania. Politicians have been misled on this issue by right to die organisations that use polls with leading questions to uninformed people to suggest there is widespread community support. This is a really sad day for Tasmania and Tasmanians. One can only hope that the politicians in the lower house and the Premier can block this madness.