A big call out to our ambulance men and women, though I can't remember all their names over the last few months.

But recently my wife and I experienced quite a hard night as our son had some medical issues that compounded his mental problems. These problems are from birth, not self-inflicted.

The ambulance was called and attended, but required assistance to help our son get to hospital. For the life of me I cannot remember the policeman or the policewoman's names and I apologise, but thank you immensely.

Karen and Andre, thank you, thank you (the two ambulance people who attended). Caring and very supportive, thank you.

You both helped us make the right decision. To the LGH hospital staff in emergency, a huge thank you.

I can't remember many of the staff's names from early am calls regarding our son's wellbeing, but thank you. Emergency staff looking after room 16 on the morning of Wednesday, March 10, thank you.

Dr Marcus, nurse Alex and the support workers (all big fellas) thank you. Everyone there was fantastic and responded to our young bloke even when things were not going well. So if anyone wants to bag our health system here I would just like to say you are not the only person that requires assistance.

Wait times, yep we waited a while, but there are others out there that need more urgent assistance. Stop whining, and thank you frontline men and women.

Public toilet

The Olde Tudor shopping complex has become a very busy place with restaurants, hairdresser, a beauty salon etc and a supermarket across the road. All shops that require you to stay for a length of time. And when you stay for a while, you may need to go to the toilet, so that is why the area needs a public toilet.

One shop has a sign saying "No Public Toilet" so obviously they get asked on a regular basis. Some shop keepers tell people to use the hotel, but that is not the answer.

Some hotels do not like their toilets being used as a public toilet when no money is being spent, and a toilet needs to be closer to the shopping centre.

I am sure the shops lose customers because the public need to go elsewhere. One unisex/ambulant toilet would be an asset to this busy area.

WHY should Alan Joyce profit from half-price air fares at our expense?

I can't imagine many pensioners or those on job seeker/keeper (which are about to end) being able to fly as they have to find the other half of the fare.

Bit hard when they can't afford food.

Where do they get the money?

Interest on any savings has dropped to almost nothing and pensioners were just given a stingy $4 a week increase.

That won't get them very far.

Remember when the "three amigos" lost their federal seats in Northern Tas and now where have the three cheap Liberal flights been handed to?

Billions are being given away, share it around to those in most need.

After all, whose money is it anyway?

IT was heartening to see the protest taking place outside Bridget Archer's office on Thursday afternoon in relation to the Federal Government's proposed IR "Omnibus" Bill.

As part of the current Liberal government, she will be helping to pass a piece of legislation that, if it gets over the line, will leave workers worse off.

Insecure (part time, casual, labour hire, fixed term contracts and gig etc) forms of employment are at their highest levels in our history.

What this Bill proposes, is to further entrench these forms of employment, when what we need to be heading toward are full time and therefore, secure jobs.

If the government wants people to spend money in our community to stimulate the local economy & aid economic growth, it doesn't make sense to further restrict their ability to earn what they need to do that.

IF Linda Reynolds is really so ill, Scott Morrison should stop sitting on his hands and hoping it will all go away (something he excels at) and either move her to a less stressful portfolio or to the back bench.

It just needs a positive decision from him and, unlike the bushfire crisis, he doesn't need to ask John Howard what to do first.

I BELIEVE it would be easier to re-route the South Esk river at the dam location and send the water through Trevallyn power station.

With no water coming down the Gorge it would be easier to get into the river and dig out all that mud.

Where the South Esk river meets the North Esk river.

That may be needed to be blocked off for a short time until the mud is removed

I AM so sick of hearing "buy local, shop natural, drive safe, and advertise local".

Don't people know what an adverb is these days?

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