It is also used by countless tourists who with little knowledge of this unsealed section get broken windscreens on numerous occasions. While windscreen damage is largely contributed to by thoughtless other drivers the use by log trucks also contribute to this.

While most log truck drivers are considerate, there is a minority that do not slow down sufficiently whilst coming towards you on gravelly sections and I for one even when stopped completely have had windscreen damage.

However, this letter is about the highway not drivers. I get frustrated by the number of upgraded sections of already sealed highways around the state that in my opinion do not need serious upgrading. It's wasted money when we have a very important highway that is down to the base layer of large rocks, now sticking out of the surface of the road.

The occasional addition of a clay-based road base actually makes it more dangerous and does not last long due to regular rain.

Perhaps the minister for main roads and the minister for tourism should take a drive and see what a dangerous highway this is and prioritise some funding to commence sealing the worst sections and the ministers responsible for nomenclature change its name from "highway" to four-wheel-drive track.

NEVER before have we seen the prevalence of people speaking out publicly around the impacts of sexual assault in their lives.

Sexual assault affects women, men and children of all ages and in the last year we have seen 1655 people through sexual assault trauma.

It appears our governments, organisations, businesses and members across the community are speaking out every day.

We all witness the emotional, social and economic toll on individuals, their families, and the community as a result of all forms of sexual violence.

With the influx of recent media reports we are aware of the need to take care of survivors and their supporters who are exposed to the trauma of others vicariously through this reporting. It is very confronting to be exposed to what is reported to have happened here in our own community.

These traumatic experiences don't just happen "somewhere else" they happen right here. I acknowledge we have come a long way in developing girls and women as leaders in Australia.

When women, including Bass MHR Bridget Archer, Brittany Higgins and Australian of the Year Grace Tame, boldly start conversations they attract both welcome and deterring feedback from the community.

Laurel House promotes shifting the conversation to the generative ability of women in leadership for the betterment of society as a whole.

CORRECT comments from Dannielle Lutterell (The Examiner, February 25) that the lives of welfare recipients forced arbitrarily onto the government's controversial cashless debit card have at best been complicated - at worst hindered. Facts that have been anecdotally proven to be factual.

Yet bewilderingly, to a large extent, the government has failed to acknowledge the validity of any of this evidence. What should be of great concern to anyone on welfare is the concept that a government would potentially relinquish what should be atop any government's agenda.

The administration and overseeing of the welfare system that protects their citizens. Australians, subject to meeting eligibility criteria, irrelevant of their circumstances or where they reside, should feel confident they can access a welfare system primarily focused on their welfare. And at the same time allows a level of anonymity.

Something many feel impossible when public listed companies become involved in welfare systems.