I have tried Labor and National politicians. I have written to the CEO at the hospital. My doctor has sent numerous letters.

All we hear is, there are too few ENT specialists, and emergencies only get treated. Yes, the excuse now is the pandemic.

Anyone who has nose problems, will know too well, all the discomforts that accompany this. Headaches, sinus, breathing, eating, just to name a few.

Why can't we be seen elsewhere, instead of this lame, uncaring excuse. Is this a first world country or not?

PAUL Lennon as a former premier would have knowledge of why Tasmania should purchase replacement ships offshore.

Mr Lennon would be cognisant that he withdrew Spirit 3 from the Sydney service at the behest of southern interests.

This was a vision of the late Premier Jim Bacon and the market loss of tourists etc. from southern Queensland and New South Wales. I welcome his intervention, the Tasmanian economy is paramount.

Barry Prismall article (The Sunday Examiner, February 6) details how the Commonwealth has treated Tasmania.

I AM appalled at the poor driving and impatience of many people.

Last week while waiting for a short time at the Wellington and Howick streets intersection to turn right, I observed five vehicles turning on a red light or red arrow.

No wonder this is a corner for many accidents and many waiting to happen.

Casual police attendance here would be a very good idea.

FULLY enclose the entire Riverside pool area and add heating so it can be used all year round. Try to keep entrance prices reasonable, solar panels could be put on the roof. Make the grassed area beside the pool into a car parking area or spa area, maybe upgrade the slide.

Take a leaf out of Windmill Hill's book as a guide.

SEEMS like a heck of a lot of money to allocate to just one project.

I think it should be spread out over more diverse areas, they won't be hard to find.

Too many eggs in one basket. Spread the love.

I HOPE someone in official land or a letter to the editor writer can explain to me why petrol-powered push bikes do not need to be registered, insured, helmets required and a limit on the exhaust noise.

They are ridden on footpaths and the road and are so noisy they can be heard coming and going from a long distance.

To me they are motorbikes and therefore should come under the same regulations as them.

CAN we please take blame off the table when it comes to Australia Day.

Of course no one alive today can be held responsible for events that occurred 230 years ago.

So let's put that argument to bed.

Can we instead go back just 28 years to the Mabo decision which recognised for the first time that Terra Nullius was a lie.

A lie we had told ourselves as a nation for more than two centuries.

If we are to move on and celebrate our country then we must acknowledge our past.

We can do both.

Why is this so hard?

JANUARY 26, 1788 was the day that Arthur Phillip sailed into Port Jackson on the supply and planted a British flag on the soil at Sydney Cove to signify that he was about to establish a permanent presence on the land known to them as New Holland.

There were of course a series of events that both preceded and followed this which led to the dispossession of the Indigenous people.

But January 26 was proclaimed as Australia Day precisely because it represented the start of British occupation.

Of course many Australians whose ancestors arrived in the last 120 years quite reasonably feel no personal responsibility for these events.

However, my great great grandfather arrived in 1835 and was part of the government survey team who facilitated the settlement of sheep farmers from Tasmania (Batman and Co) at Port Phillip and thus the displacement of the previous occupants.

I don't feel personal guilt for this but I do understand how unjust this was and that the present descendants of those displaced aboriginal people are still feeling the effects.

It wasn't that long ago.

Ken Terry (The Examiner, January 8) suggests that it is divisive to be reminded each year that January 26 was the beginning of the British invasion by reference to "Invasion Day".

I would like to suggest that it is divisive to continue to celebrate Australia Day on a day that has such hurtful memories for a significant part of our community.

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